A04468:2373
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
I doubt not, good Reader, but perusing these few following, thou shalt plainly see, that the Authors of this Apology spake not all, that they might well have spoken. But, if thou happen to read Dantes, Petrarcha, Boccaccio, Mantuan, Valla, and others like, thou wilt certainly say, that even now, being thus challenged, and called forth, and required to speak, yet we have rather given an inkling hereof, then opened the particular secretes of the matter. For thereof S.1 Bernard saithe thus, Quae in occulto fiunt ab Episcopis, turpe est vel dicere: It is shame to utter the things, that Bishops do in their secretes. And therefore he saith further, even as did the writer of the Apology, Melius itaque arbitror super hoc dissimulate: Touching such matters, I think it better to dissemble. Franciscus Petrarcha calleth Rome the Whore of Babylon, the Mother of all Idolatry, and Fornication: 2and saith, that all shame, and reverence is quite departed thence. Baptista Mantuanus saith:
I doubte not, good Reader, but perusinge these fewe folowinge, thou shalte plainely sée, that the Authours of this Apologie spake not al, that they might wel haue spoken. But, if thou happen to reade Dantes, Petrarcha, Boccase, Mantuan, Valla, and others like, thou wilte certainely saie, that euen now, beinge thus chalenged, and called foorth, and required to speake, yet wée haue rather geeuen an inklinge hereof, then opened the particulare secretes of the mater. For thereof S.1 Bernarde saithe thus, Quae in occulto fiunt ab Episcopis, turpe est vel dicere: It is shame to vtter the thinges, that Bishoppes doo in theire secretes. And therefore he saithe further, euen as did the writer of the Apologie, Melius itaque arbitror super hoc dissimulate: Touchinge sutche matters, I thinke it better to dissemble. Franciscus Petrarcha calleth Rome the VVhoore of Babylon, the Mother of al Idolatrie, and Fornication: