ABSTRACT
In November 1558, when Day had been printing for Wayland for at least 18 months, Mary’s reign came to an end. She had died with the reestablishment of papal authority and the restored English Catholic Church both still in their infancy.1 She also died without issue, leaving her younger half-sister, Elizabeth, to take her place. Contemporaries were in doubt about many features of the new regime, including its very survival, but one feature of it was unquestioned from the beginning: Elizabeth would rule as a Protestant. The exact nature of her Protestantism would be revealed in time, disappointing many, including John Day.2 But from the inception of Elizabeth’s reign, it was clear that many of Mary’s religious policies would be reversed.
