# Anneken Botson, Janneken Her Daughter, And Maeyken Pieters, A. D. 1585.

1585 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ANNEKEN BOTSON, JANNEKEN HER DAUGHTER, AND MAEYKEN PIETERS, A. D. 1585.

Source heading; not independently verified

About the year 1585, there were imprisoned, at
Sint Vyt, in the country of Lutzenborg, three
women, having been brought from a village called
Nieuwstadt. Among them were a mother and
daughter; the mother’s name was Anneken Botson,
and that of her daughter Janneken Botson; the other
woman was named Maeyken Pieters. All three of
them were simple, godfearing persons, who had forsaken
popery, and through the grace of God,
betaken themselves to the obedience of the holy
gospel. This the priests could not endure, but
they manifested their envy and reported these
persons to the authorities; and thus they were
apprehended and put in prison at Sint Vyt, as already
mentioned. There they were not confined
long, but were forthwith examined concerning their
faith, which they cheerfully and in simplicity confessed,
and to which they also constantly adhered,
though they tried in many ways to make them recant
the truth; but when they could not prevail upon
them they were sentenced that they should be burnt
to ashes. As innocent sheep for the slaughter they
went to the place where they were to be offered up,
and died thus a valiant death, offering up their bodies
as a sacrifice to the Lord.





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