"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."

Hugh Latimer, words addressed to Nicholas Ridley at the moment of their burning for heresy, Oxford, 16 October 1555. Recorded by John Foxe in Acts and Monuments (Foxe's Book of Martyrs), first published 1563.