“The burning of the Godly and constant Martyr Mr. Thomas Bilney.” Fully clothed and with arms extended outward, Bilney stands chained to the stake and surrounded by flames and smoke. A crowd of soldiers looks on while one of them stokes the fire. This is a new design that presumably replaces the woodcut which appears in all four earlier English editions (1563, 1570, 1576, 1583) entitled: "Friers [friars] pulling Bilney out of the pulpit." (The actual martyrdom of Bilney is not illustrated in the first four editions.) In this edition, the image is a revised design of Luborsky and Ingram 11223/38, 11223/5, and 11222/11. JPEG file (467 KB).
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