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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
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.
I leave the misconstruing, and falsifying of so many Fathers: the allowing, and soothing of manifest Forgeries: the upholding of Abuses, and open Errors: your weak Proofs: your silly Conjectures: your simple Guesses: your great Oversights: your bold Affirmations: your heaps of Untruths: your disdainful Scorns: your immoderate Scoffs: your ungentle, and uncivil words, as for example, Villains, Thieves, Fools, Dizzards, Lourdaines &c. I leave other your unmannerly, and uncleanly speeches:1 Hungry Dogs eat dirty puddings: As common as life with beggars: 2They serve the belly, and the things beneath the belly.
I leaue the misconstrueinge, and falsifieinge of so many Fathers: the allowinge, and soothinge of manifest Forgeries: the vpholdinge of Abuses, and open Erroures: your weake Proufes: your seely Coniectures: your simple Gheasses: your greate Ouersightes: your bolde Affirmations: your heapes of Vntruthes: your disdeigneful Scornes: your immoderate Scoffes: your vngentile, and vnciuile woordes, as for example, Villanes, Theeues, Fooles, Disardes, Lourdaines &c. I leaue other your vnmannerly, and vncleanely speaches:1 Hungry Dogges eate dirty puddinges: As common as life vvith beggers: 2They serue the belly, and the thinges beneath the belly.
- 1Confuta. 318. b.
- 2Confuta. 250. b.
Was this a present, M. Harding, meet either for the Modesty of a Virgin, or for the Majesty of a Prince: specially such a Virgin, and such a Prince, so Chaste, so Grave, so Learned, so Wise, so Virtuous, so Godly, as Christendom seldom hath seen the like? What? thought you, that either her wisdom could not espy your frauds, and mockeries: or, that her chaste ears could quietly bear your loathsome talk? Or, thought you by the weight of such reasons, to move Mountains, and to work wonders, and to force her Majesty to leave christ and his Gospel, and come to Louvain to follow you?