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I marvel what Rastell meaneth by¹ bringing this for his purpose / for I think it no boasting of my self / but if ye think that it be untrue / I think he is very blind. ⟨image 10⟩For what scripture hath the poor commons been admitted unto even till this day? It hath ben and locked up in a strange tongue and from them that have attained the knowledge of that tongue hath it ben locked with a thousand false glosses of antichrists making and innumerable laws. And where I say our fore fathers have not had the light of God's word opened unto them / I mean that they have not the scripture in their own mother tongue / that they might have conferred these juggling mists with the light of God's word as the process of my words can testify which he hath holy left out / but I beseech the christen reader once to read the place for my discharge and his confusion / ye shall find it in the second lief of my book.

I meruayll what Rastell meanethe by¹ bryngynge this for his purpose / for I thīke it no bostinge of my selfe / but yf ye thynke that it be vntrue / I thinke he is very blinde. ⟨image 10⟩For what scripture hathe the poore cōmens bene admitted vnto euen tyll this daye? It hath ben and locked vp in a strange tounge and from thē that haue attayned the knowlege of that tounge hath it ben locked with a thousand salse gloses of antichrystes makynge and innumerable lawes. And where I saye oure fore fatheres haue not hadde the lyght of goddes worde opened vnto thē / I meane that they haue not the scrypture in theyr own mother tonge / that they might haue conferred these iuggeling mistes wyth the lyght of goddes worde as the processe of my wordes can testifye whiche he hathe holy lefte out / but I beseche the chrysten reader once to read the place for my discharge and his confusyon / ye shall fynde it in the seconde lefe of my boke.

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