A04468:2518
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As for the Chair of Porphyry stone, which otherwheres ye call the Chair of ease,1 it is too vile to be answered. Sabellicus saith, Spectatur adhuc in Pontificia domo Marmorea Sella,2 circa medium inanis: qua Novus Pontifex continuò ab eius Creatione residet: Ut sedentis genitalia ab ultimo Diacono attrectentur.
As for the Chaire of Porphyrie stoane, whiche otherwheres ye cal the Chaire of ease,1 it is too vile to be answeared. Sabellicus saithe, Spectatur adhuc in Pontificia domo Marmorea Sella,2 circa medium inanis: qua Nouus Pontifex continuò ab eius Creatione residet: Vt sedentis genitalia ab vltimo Diacono attrectentur.
- 1The hollow Chair.The holovv Chaire.
- 2Sabellicus Enneadis. 9. Li. 1.
But, let Truth be Falsehood: and let Stories be Fables. Yet, M. Harding, ⟨p. 380⟩it may please you to remember,1 that the same Fable was raised first in Rome, and from thence only, & from no place else, was published abroad into the world. But let the Popes own Secretaries, and all the people there be deceived: and, to shadow the shame of that See, let Rome it self be the Mother of lies. Let no man know the certain Truth of matters, but only Onuphrius, the Popes Parasite, and M. Harding. Yet neither would so many Chronicles have recorded, nor would the whole world so universally have believed these things of the Pope, more then of any other Bishop, had there not been wonderful corruption of manners, and dissolution of Life, and open horror, and filthiness in that only See above all others.