Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 215
, lie still and slumber,Holy angels guard thy bed. But this was not in the very old primer, for it was.not then written, and there were other verses andshort proverbs which those who learnt probablyremembered long after they had forgotten largerbooks. There was but one other picture, and that was… … Beneath it was printed: Mr. John Rogers,minister of the gospel in London, was the firstmartyr in Queen Marys reign, and was burnt atSmithfield, February 14, 1554. His wife, withnine small children, and one at her breast follow-ing him to the stake ; with which sorrowful sighthe was not in the least…
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