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   [[File:mm-bk2-p179.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Burning of Jurriaen Simonsz, 

Clement Dircks, and Marie Joris, 

Haarlem, 1557. Engraving by 

Jan Luiken in [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mirror]] Martyrs Mirror , 

v. 2, p. 179 of Dutch 

edition. Scan provided 

by [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library &lt;br/&gt; and Archives] Mennonite Library 

and Archives 

'']]      Mary Joris wasan [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, who, "removed from her husband and children," was sentenced to death with [[Joriaen Simonsz (d. 1557)|Joriaen Simons]] and [[Clement Dirksz (d. 1557)|Clement Dirks]], and languished in chains in [[Haarlem (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Haarlem]], Holland. Since she was pregnant the execution was postponed until she should be delivered; but she died in prison before it happened (1557). Joriaen, Clement, and Mary are celebrated in a hymn, "Hoort toe ghy Christen scharen" (Hear, ye multitudes of Christians), inserted in <em>Nieu Liedenboeck</em> of 1562 (re-edited by Wackernagel), while Mary's name is also found in the hymn "Hoort vrienden al hier in dit aertsche dal" (Hear all ye friends in this earthly dale), hymn No. 20 of the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|&lt;em&gt;Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren&lt;/em&gt;]]. According to the <em>Bibliographie</em> this martyr was probably the wife of the bookseller Dionys, who was also arrested but escaped from prison, and her name was Mary (Maritgen) Servaes. This surmise is based on S. Ampzing's history of Haarlem; but this book is not very reliable.


= Bibliography =
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<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . </em>N.p., 1570: 257, note 1, 590.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 178.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660</em>. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 563, 565. [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm].

<em>Doopsgezinde Lectuur</em> (1856): 339.

Haeghen, Ferdinand van der., Thomas Arnold and R. Vanden Berghe. <em>Bibliographie des Martyrologes Protestants Néerlandais</em>. II. <em>Receuils</em>. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1890: v. II, 717, No. 397.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 435.

Wackernagel, Philipp.<em> Lieder der niederlandischen Reformierten aus der Zeit der Verfolgung im 16. Jahrhundert</em>. Frankfurt: Hender &amp; Zimmer, 1867. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1965: 133.

Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 79.


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