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They then knelt down together, and prayed;
whereupon they kissed each other. Anneken immediately
commenced to sing: “In thee, O Lord,
do I put my trust.” Ps. 71:1. The servants told
her to be still; but Govert said: “No, sister, sing
on,” and helped her sing. Enraged at this, the
bailiff called to him a servant, and whispered something
in his ear. The latter went to the assistant of
the executioner, who, upon receiving the order, immediately
put a gag on Govert; but the latter held
his teeth so firmly closed, that the gag did not hinder
him much, and he laughingly said: “I could
easily sing with the gag on; but Paul says: Sing in
your heart to God.” Eph. 5:19.

The executioner, in order to put her to shame,
made Anneken stand in her bare chemise. A servant
asked Gillis whether he did not see some of his people.
Gillis said: “Do you know of nothing else to
torment us with?” “What does he say?” asked
Govert. “He inquires for our fellow-brethren,”
replied Gillis. Govert said: “Though I could count
twenty, I would not mention a single one. You
think that by killing us you can suppress the word
of God: but of those that hear and see this, hundreds
shall yet come forth.” Standing at the stake,
he said: “Amend your ways and repent; for after
this there will be no more time for repentance.”
A servant who had a bottle of wine, asked them
whether they wished to drink. Govert said: “We
have no desire for your insipid wine; for our Father
shall give us new wine in his eternal kingdom.”
Matt. 26:29. When it was thought that the old
woman had been strangled at the stake, she began
to sing a hymn in honor of her Bridegroom, which
when Anneken heard it, she, from ardent love, sang
with her. When they all stood at their stakes, each
with a strap around the neck, they smiled at and
nodded to one another, thus affectionately saluting
and comforting each other, and commending their
souls into the hands of God, they fell asleep in the
Lord, and were burned.



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