There was a time when anyone who read the Bible in England did so at great risk. But a man by the name of Wycliffe saw in the Bible the remedy for the ills of his country. There was no English Bible in existence , so in the face of bitter opposition, he translated the Bible into English. People appreciated the Bible. Men would give a load of hay for the privilege of reading it an hour. But the people paid with their lives for reading the Word of God. Some were burned to death with copies of the Bible around their necks. In some places children were forced to light death fires under their parents, and possessors of the Bible were hunted down like wild beasts.