Wielding a broadsword, Knox began his career as bodyguard to protestant preacher George Wishart. After a stint as a French galley slave, Knox was released to England where he helped to draft the 39 Articles of the Church of England, giving him a place as a foremost English as well as Scottish reformer. Forced to leave England at the accession of Bloody Mary Tudor, he went to Geneva where he studied under John Calvin to whom he ever after looked as a father. He returned to Scotland in 1559 and spent the rest of his life preaching and writing in support of reformation in his native land. Knox was remarkable for his love of God’s Word and for his courage. At his death, the Regent of Scotland declared, “Here lies a man who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.”