South London . l, these martyrs were not of them-selves. When, however, they found that not only Bishops andgreat people, but also their own brothers, cousins, fathers, weretaken out from their workshops and tied three or four togetherto the stake, where they suffered the agonies of the fire andstill continued to pray aloud with firmness: then the lessonwent straight home to them ; and for many a generation tocome the people learned to loathe the very name of the reli-gion which could thus burn innocent people by the hundredfor believing, as they were told, what the Bible taught. ST. MARY OVER
South London . l, these martyrs were not of them-selves. When, however, they found that not only Bishops andgreat people, but also their own brothers, cousins, fathers, weretaken out from their workshops and tied three or four togetherto the stake, where they suffered the agonies of the fire andstill continued to pray aloud with firmness: then the lessonwent straight home to them ; and for many a generation tocome the people learned to loathe the very name of the reli-gion which could thus burn innocent people by the hundredfor believing, as they were told, what the Bible taught. ST. MARY OVERIES 201 It is a mistake, again, to suppose that the lessons of perse-cution were taught at Smithfield alone. They were indus-triously taught from many centres. There were burnings atStratford-le-Bow : at Stepney : at Westminster: beyond , Southwark, at Newington ; while the vast crowdswhich attended a burning and imbibed these lessons of fear andhatred are shown by two entries alone in JMachyns Diary,. TOMB OF BISHOP ANDREWS, ST. MARY OVERIES 1556. Thexxvij day of June rod from Newgate unto Strat-ford-a-bow, in iii cares xiij, xj men and ij women, and therebornyd (burned) to iiij postes, and there where a xx M again, 1556. The xxij day of January whent in toSmythficld to bcrne between vii and viij in the morning vmen and ij women : on of the men was a gcntyllman of thecndor tempuU, ys nam Master Grcn ; and thc} were all born^-dby ix at iij postes. And thcr wher a commonmcnt throughc 202 SOUTH LONDON London over nyght that no young folke shuld come ther, forther the grettest number was as has byne sene at swychc atyme. Therefore it is evident, first, that enormous crowdsgathered together to witness the sufferings of the victims,and to note their constancy in the hour of agony ; secondly,that the authorities were becoming alarmed at the effectwhich these examples might have upon the young. Noyoung people were permitted to be present. We may besure that the pr
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