| List of Illustrations | xi |
| Note on Texts | xiii |
| Introduction | 1 |
1 | Bible Translation and Commentary | 17 |
1 | Revelation 12:1-6: The Woman Clothed with the Sun; Revelation 17:3-6: The Whore of Babylon | 19 |
A | New Testament Translation (1525-26) | 19 |
B | from The Image of Both Churches (c. 1545) | 22 |
C | The Geneva Bible (1560) | 31 |
D | The Rheims New Testament (1582) | 33 |
2 | Translation Theory | 37 |
A | from The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) | 37 |
B | from The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer (1532-33) | 45 |
C | from A Temperate Ward-Word (1599) | 49 |
2 | Selfhood and Obedience in Church and State | 55 |
1 | from The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) | 57 |
2 | Book of Homilies (1547) | 60 |
A | From the "Homily of Faith" | 60 |
B | From the "Homily of Good Works" | 63 |
3 | from The Sermon on the Plowers (1548) | 68 |
4 | from The Displaying of Protestants (1556) | 74 |
5 | from The Christian Directory (1582) | 77 |
6 | from The Execution of Justice in England (1583) | 80 |
7 | from A True, Sincere, and Modest Defense of English Catholics (1584) | 85 |
3 | Allegories of the English Reformations: Drama, Poetry, and Fiction | 89 |
1 | from A Comedy Concerning Three Laws (1538, pub. c. 1548) | 91 |
2 | from Lusty Juventus (c. 1550) | 109 |
3 | from Philargyrie of Great Britain (1551) | 139 |
4 | from Beware the Cat (c. 1553, pub. 1570) | 152 |
5 | from The Assault of the Sacrament of the Altar (1549, pub. 1554) | 166 |
4 | Laity Versus Clergy: Dialogue and Monologue | 179 |
1 | John Bon and Master Parson (c. 1548) | 181 |
2 | Doctor Double Ale (c. 1548) | 187 |
3 | from The Country Divinity (1581) | 201 |
4 | from A Pleasant Dialogue Between a Soldier of Berwick and an English Chaplain (1581) | 204 |
5 | The Marprelate Controversy, from Oh Read Over Doctor John Bridges, For It Is a Worthy Work (1588) | 210 |
5 | Theatrical Controversy | 215 |
1 | Prologue to The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene (c. 1550) | 217 |
2 | from Concerning the Kingdom of Christ (1550) | 221 |
3 | from The Anatomy of Abuses (1583) | 224 |
6 | Biography, Autobiography, and Martyrology | 229 |
1 | from The Latter Examination (1546, pub. 1547) | 231 |
2 | from The Vocation of John Bale (1553) | 242 |
3 | from The Path of Obedience (c. 1556) | 258 |
4 | from The Life of Sir Thomas More (c. 1556, pub. 1626) | 260 |
5 | from The Book of Martyrs | 268 |
A | From the Life of William Tyndale (1570) | 268 |
B | The Burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley (1570) | 279 |
C | The Examination and Execution of Alice Driver and Alexander Gouch (1570) | 286 |
D | The Hairbreadth Escape and Exile of the Duchess of Suffolk (1576) | 292 |
6 | Poems (1586) | 300 |
7 | from An Epistle of Comfort (1587) | 303 |
8 | Poems (c. 1590) | 308 |
9 | from A Treatise of the Three Conversions of England (1603) | 312 |
7 | Queenly Pageantry and Texts | 317 |
1 | Prison Writings (1553-54) | 319 |
A | An Epistle to a Learned Man | 319 |
B | An Exhortation | 322 |
C | The Lady Jane's Words upon the Scaffold | 323 |
2 | from A Copy of a Letter Sent into Scotland (1555) | 325 |
3 | from The Queen's Majesty's Passage Through the City of London (1559) | 332 |
4 | Letter on the Entry into Edinburgh of Mary, Queen of Scots (1561) | 343 |
5 | from the Book of Martyrs | 345 |
A | Dedication to Queen Elizabeth I (1563) | 345 |
B | The Miraculous Preservation of the Lady Elizabeth (1563) | 350 |
C | The Deliverance of Catherine Parr from Court Intrigue (1570) | 365 |
Appendix | List of Notable Persons | 373 |
| Glossary | 377 |
| Select Bibliography | 381 |
| Index | 385 |
| Acknowledgments | 393 |