ILLUSTRATIONS.

STEEL VIGNETTE.-Execution of Lord Guilford Dudley.

Blessing the Bell........

Martyrdom of Francis Gamba, a Lombard...

Mass for the Dead..

Portrait of John Wickliffe.-Steel Engraving.

Saint Anthony's Day....

The Inquisition....

Sale of Indulgences..

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THE

PROTESTANT ANNUAL.

EXECUTION OF LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY.

(SEE STEEL VIGNETTE, ON TITLEpage.)

THE person whose execution is represented in the beautiful vignette of the titlepage, is Lord Guilford Dudley, husband of Lady Jane Grey, and son of the ambitious duke of Northumberland, who, at the death of Edward VI., conspired with many others, to prevent the accession of Queen Mary, and put Lady Jane Grey on the throne. The utter failure of his ill-concerted project brought him to the scaffold. The rebellion also proved fatal to Lady Jane and Lord Guilford; the duke of Northumberland's guilt was attributed to her. The youth and accomplishments of this amiable pair rendered them the objects of universal compassion; but Mary, whose heart was insensible to all the feelings of humanity and generosity, resolved to extirpate every person from whom she had the least reason to apprehend any danger. It had been intended to execute the Lady Jane and Lord Guilford together, on the same scaffold at Tower-hill; but the council, fearing the compassion of the people for their youth, beauty, and innocence, and noble birth, might excite a dangerous commotion, gave orders that he should be beheaded within the verge of the Tower.. After witnessing the melancholy spectacle of the executioners coming back with her husband's headless trunk for interment, she, with the greatest firmness and composure, submitted her own neck to the stroke of the executioner.