Barber Jans, in the Year 1570

At Haarlem in Holland, in the year 1570, a woman named Barber Jans was apprehended, because she had apostatized from the Romish church and endeavored to be a follower of Christ. Having boldly confessed her faith, and firmly adhering to it, she was sentenced to death on the 13th of February, and secretly drowned for the Gospel's sake, and then burned to ashes.