An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church

Doctor Barnes after that he came from the university of Louvain, went to Cambridge, where he was made Prior and Master of the house of Augustines, at which time the knowledge of good letters was very scant in the University: which Barnes thinking to redress, read in his house Terence, Plautus, and Cicero, so that what with his labour and help of Thomas Parnell his scholar whom he brought from Louvain with him, reading Copia verborum & rerum, he caused the house shortly to flourish with good letters, and made a great part of his house learned: as M. Cambridge, M. Field, M. Coleman, M. Burley, M. Coverdale, &c. After these foundations laid, he did openly read in the house, S. Pauls Epistles, and put by Duns & Dorbell, ¹and (yet though he were a questionary himself) in short space made he diverse good divines, observing disputations of necessary points of faith in his house,² & also in the schools when he should dispute with any man. The first man, that answered Doctor Barnes in the Scriptures was M. Stafford, for his form to be bachelor of divinity; Which disputation was marvellous in the ⟨p. 50⟩sight of the great blind Doctors: notwithstanding all this, till he was converted by Bylney; ³he remained in his superstition still. The first Sermon that ever he preached according to the truth of the Gospel, was the Sunday before Christmas day at S. Edwards church belonging to Trinity hall in Cambridge, by the pease market: whose theme was the Epistle of the same Sunday, Gaudete in Domino &c. For which Sermon he was immediately accused of heresy by two fellows of kings hall. Then the godly men flocked, and conferred together: the house that they most commonly resorted unto, was the white horse, which for despite of them, to bring Gods word into contempt was called Germany.⁴ This house was especially chosen, because they of S. Johns, Kings and Queens Colleges might come on the backside thither.

Doctor Barnes after that he came from the vniuersitie of Louaine, went to Cambridge, where hée was made Prior and Maister of the house of Augustines, at which time the knowledge of good letters was very scant in the Vniuersitie: which Barnes thinking to redresse, read in his house Terence, Plautus, and Cicero, so that what with his labour and helpe of Thomas Parnell his scholer whom he brought from Louaine with him, reading Copia verborum & rerum, he caused the house shortly to florish with good letters, and made a great part of his house learned: as M. Cambridge, M. Field, M. Coleman, M. Burley, M. Couerdall, &c. After these foundations laid, he did openly read in the house, S. Paules Epistles, and put by Duns & Dorbell,