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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
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.
You are bound, you say, & may §Vnot dispute, yet god be thanked, you are not so bound as ye have bound others. But I would wish that Queens majesty would not only set you at […] in that behalf, but also command you to show your ⟨image 22⟩grounds. But when ye were at liberty▪ and a free disputation was offered you at Westminster before the Queens most honourable coū cel, & the whole estate of y• Realm▪ I pray you whether part was it that then gave over? And yet then you know ye were not bound.
You are bound, you say, & may §Vnot dispute, yet god be thāked, you are not so bound as ye haue boūd others. But I wold wish yt Quenes maiestie wold not only set you at 〈…〉 in that behalf, but also commaunde you to shewe your ⟨image 22⟩groundes. But when ye were at liberty▪ and a free disputatiō was offred you at Westminster before the Quenes most honorable coū cel, & the whole estate of y• Realm▪ I pray you whether parte was it that then gaue ouer? And yet thē you know ye were not bound.
Ye say ye remain still in the §Aaafaith ye were baptised in. O good master doctor stand not to much in that point. You know ye have already forsaken a great number of such things as were thought necessary when ye were Baptised, and yet be sides that, how many times have some of you altered your faith within the space of twenty years. Remember your self, who wrote the Book A. De vera obediē