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What, I say, ⟨image 95⟩when on all sides your ears do fully conceive the voices of the most choice learned fathers touching the visible meat, the bread which is broken, the wine which is crushed out of the grapes, the matter, and the substance of bread and wine: when as these so many authors whom I have cited, do as it were thrust into your mouth bread & wine: do you notwithstanding not receive bread nor wine? and are ye yet so purblind as not to see ought else here but fanatical superficial shadows only, and accidents of bread? Surely that queasy stomach of yours deserveth in my conceit to be continually fed with those delicate cates of accidents.

What, I say, ⟨image 95⟩when on all sides your eares doe fully conceiue the voyces of the most choyse learned fathers touching the visible meat, the bread which is broken, the wine which is crusht out of the grapes, the matter, and the substance of bread and wine: when as these so many authours whom I haue cited, do as it were thrust into your mouth bread & wine: doe you notwithstanding not receyue bread nor wine? and are yee yet so poreblinde as not to see ought else here but phanatical superficiall shadowes onely, and accidents of bread? Surely that queysie stomacke of yours deserueth in my conceyte to bee continually fed with those delicate cates of accidents.

But because I will not oppress you with testimonies I surcease here. This one thing I demand: sithence these visible kinds whereof ye speak, do hold yet the names of the things which they were before: I would fain know, whether together with the names they do retain the effect and operation of the same things wherein they be said to feed, and to nourish, yea or nay?¹ If ye say, yea: certes ye feed your guests very finely, that so feed them with colours and shows of accidents not much unlike, as if because Pepper is black, therefore a man should say it is hot in the mouth: or because salt is white, therefore it doth savour and season victuals.