The burning of Cranmer in 1556
Abstract
(L) Before the city gate, the martyr, with long beard, (""L. Receiue my spirit"") tied to the stake standing among flames, thrusts his left hand into the fire; ""Frier John"" standing before him directing a workman attending the pyre; (R) three noblemen seated before a crowd of civilians and soldiers.\\ Burning Hand, Friar John\ ""That all men might see his hand burned before his body was touched"" (1888.1c); ""repeated his unworthy hand""