A04468:2508
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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Ye say, There was no Learning in those days professed in Rome. And why so? Will ye now say of Rome, as ye erst said of Athens? Will ye say, There was no City of Rome then standing? Will ye say, Learning there was then utterly decayed, and the whole Country become Barbarous? If there were no study, or place of Learning then in Rome, where then was there any study in all Christendom? For the Universities of Paris, Orleans, Toulouse, Salerno, Padua, Bononia, Praga, Salamanca were erected long afterward. And therefore ye seem to say, that all the whole world then was Barbarous.
Ye saie, There was no Learninge in those daies professed in Rome. And why so? Wil ye nowe saie of Rome, as ye earste saide of Athenes? Wil ye saie, There was no Cittie of Rome then standinge? Wil ye saie, Learninge there was then vtterly decaied, and the whole Countrie becomme Barbarous? If there were no studie, or place of Learninge then in Rome, where then was there any studie in al Christendome? For the Vniuersities of Parise, Orleance, Tolouse, Salerne, Padua, Bononia, Praga, Salamanca vvere erected longe aftervvarde. And therefore ye séeme to saie, that al the whole worlde then was Barbarous.
But that ye may the better see your oversight, S. Hierome, writing of Victorinus, and Donatus,1 saith thus: Victorinus the Rhetorician, and Donatus the Grammarian, my Schoolmasters, are accounted notable in Rome. And again he saith, Victorinus nation Apher, Romae sub Constantio principe Rhetoricam docuit:2 Victorinus borne in Africa, taught Rhetoric in Rome in the time of the Emperor Constantius.
But that ye maie the better sée your ouersight, S. Hierome, writtinge of Victorinus, and Donatus,1 saithe thus: Victorinus the Rhetorician, and Donatus the Grammarian, my Schoolemaisters, are accoumpted notable in Rome. And againe he saithe, Victorinus natione Apher, Romae sub Constantio principe Rhetoricam docuit: