[15] Baines' "Lancashire," p. 540.
[16] Whitaker's "Whalley," p. 424.
[17] "The common net at that time," says Sir Richard Baker, "for
catching of Protestants was the real presence; and this net was used to
catch the Lady Elizabeth. That princess showed great prudence in
concealing her sentiments of religion, in complying with the present
modes of worship, and in eluding all questions with regard to a subject
so momentous. Being asked at one time, what she thought of the words of
Christ, '_This is my Body_,'--whether she thought it the true body of
Christ that was in the sacrament,--it is said that after some pausing
she thus answered:--
"'Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it; And
what the Word did make it, _That_ I believe, and take it;'
"which, though it may seem but a slight expression, yet hath in it more
solidness than at first sight appears; at least, it served her turn at
that time to escape the net, which by a direct answer she could not have
done."--Baker's _Chronicle_, p. _320_.
[18] Cardinal Pole and others.