...following lines, which she had probably composed and laid up in her memory for such an emergency : — " Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it, And what that Word doth make it, That I believe and take it." She was, in fact, an English...

...her sister the queen caused her to be plied with questions about her belief in transubstantiation : any, but I know not his name. I'rince. What manner of ma brake it. And what his words did make it That I believe and take it. Her best-known poem or exercise...

...once asked to explain her view about the Holy Communion, and she quoted the following verse : — " Christ was the Word that spake It, He took the Bread and brake It ; And what that Word doth make It, That I believe and take It." The first completely English...

...her life was in danger under Mary, and a direct denial of transubstantiation might have been fatal: " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what His words did make it, That 1 believe, and take it" She was emphatically a learned...

...whether she allowed the real presence in the sacrament of the Ltrd's Supper, she adroitly replied, — Christ was the word that spake it ; He took the bread and brake it ; And what that word did make it, That I believe and lake it. Even more clever was her reply,...

...questioned her as to her belief in Transubstantiation, is said to have answered in the famous lines : Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it; And what His words did make it, That I believe and take it.1 We get a picture of Queen Elizabeth...

...Supper. The quick-witted Princess, without hesitation, replied in these extempore and ambiguous lines: " Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what his word did make it, That I believe and take it." This clever avoidance of a theological...

...real presence of the Saviour at the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, she made her now famous reply : Christ was the word that spake it ; He took the bread and brake it; And what His words did make it, That I believe and take it. Her reply silenced the queen...

...verse with which the queen's name is always associated. It is the following, and is deservedly famous : Christ was the Word that spake it ; He took the Bread and brake it : And what the Word did make it, That T believe, and take it.1 There is, however, much reason...

...1 When asked if she believed in transubstantiation, she resorted to the following Delphic answer : "Christ was the word that spake it. He took the bread and brake it, And what his words did make it, That I believe and take it." adviser for forty years, acting...