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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.
Touching this pretty fancy of a man of Clouts, and a wase of straw, I see well, M. Harding, ye thought it good policy, to clout up the matter, and to satisfy your Reader with a strawen answer. The straw was in your eyes, M. Harding, & not in the man. Ye stood too far aloof: your eyes dazzled: and therefore ye knew not, what ye saw. If ye had drawn near, ye should soon have found your own error. It was no man of straw, but Pope Adrian the sixth, and last, that we spake of: Onlesse ye think the Popes Holiness to be a man of straw. For thus he pronounced at Nuremberg in Germany in the great assembly of y• Empire, by the mouth of Cheregatus his Legate a Latere. A Sacerdotibus iniquitatem populi dimanare: multis nunc annis, graviter, multisque modis peccatum esse Romae: 1& inde à Pontificio Culmine malum hoc, atque luem ad inferiores omnes Ecclesiarum Praefectos defluxisse: Thus Pope Adrian bade his Legate say, That the iniquity of the people grew from the Priests: And that now, for the space of many years, there have been great, and grievous offences committed in Rome: And that all this plague, and mischief hath flowed unto all the Inferior Rulers of the Church, even from the High Throne of the Popes Holiness. This same story is also extant,2 printed at Cologne in a Book called Fasciculus rerum Sciendarum.
Touchinge this pretie fansie of a man of Cloutes, and a vvaze of stravve, I sée wel, M. Hardinge, ye thoughte it good policie, to clowte vp the matter, and to satisfie your Reader with a stravven ansvveare. The stravve was in your eies, M. Hardinge, & not in the man. Ye stoode too far aluffe: your eies daseled: and therefore ye knewe not, what ye sawe. If ye had drawen neare, ye should soone haue founde your owne erroure. It was no man of stravve, but Pope Adrian the sixthe, and laste, that wée spake of: Onlesse ye thinke the Popes Holinesse to be a man of stravve. For thus he pronounced at Norinberg in Germanie in the great assemblie of y Empiere, by the mouthe of Cheregatus his Legate a Latere. A Sacerdotibus iniquitatem populi dimanare: multis nunc annis, grauiter, multisque modis peccatum esse Romae: