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An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
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Moreover, besides other learned men which were about Alfred, histories make mention of Johannes Scotus, 1a godly divine, and a learned Philosopher, but not that Scotus whom we call Duns, (who came after this many years.) This Johannes Scotus at the request of Carolus Caluus, the French king, translated the book of Dyonisius, intituled De Hierarchia, out of Greek into Latin, word by word. He wrote also a book, De corpore & sanguine Domni: which was after condemned by the Pope,2 In concilio Vercellensi.
Moreouer, besides other learned men which were about Alfred, histories make mention of Iohannes Scotus, 1a godly deuine, and a learned Philosopher, but not that Scotus whō we call Duns, (who came after this many yéeres.) This Iohannes Scotus at the request of Carolus Caluus, the French king, translated the booke of Dyonisius, intituled De Hierarchia, out of Gréeke into Latine, word by word. Hée wrote also a booke, De corpore & sanguine Domni: which was after condemned by the Pope,2 In concilio Vercellensi.
- 1Johannes Scotus.Iohannes Scotus.
- 2Scotus book De Corpore condemned.Scotus booke De Corpore condemned.
He wrote also a book De naturae divisione, wherein he accorded not with the Romish religion: whereupon the Pope writing to Charles of this Scotus, complained of him: so he was constrained to remove out of France, and came into Engl. to Allured (as some say) by the letters of Alfred, of whom