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…

But why throw you away §Hhhthese balance, and being so earnestly required, why be ye so loth to show forth but one old doctor of your side? ye make me believe, ye would not have the matter cum to trial. Only ye set forth the empty names of S Augustine, of saint Hierome, of S. Chrysostom, of sBasil, of s. Cyprian, of Tertullian, of Treneus, of Dionysius, of the Councils, &c. as the Apothecaries oftentimes set forth their painted Boxes, and nothing in them, you show me only the names of the doctors, which I knew afore, but ye show me not one word in them of the private mass, or of the rest of the matters that lie between ⟨p. 23⟩us if ye could have found any thing in them for your purpose, I believe you would not have brought them empty. But that is a policy in the time of Siege when the Soldiers within begin to want vitals, to throw forth a few loaves over the walls, that the enemy without may think they have store enough, & so give over the Siege.

But why throwe you awaye §Hhhthese balance, and beyng so earnestly required, why be ye so loth to shew forth but one old doctour of your side? ye make me beleue, ye wolde not haue the mater cum to trial. Only ye set forth the emptye names of S Augustine, of sainte Hierome, of S. Chrisostome, of sBasil, of s. Ciprian, of Tertullian, of Treneus, of Dionysius, of the Councels, &c. as the Apothecaries oftentimes set forth their painted Boxes, and nothing in them, you shewe me onlye the names of the doctours, whiche I knew afore, but ye shewe me not one worde in them of the priuate masse, or of the rest of the matters that lie betwen ⟨p. 23⟩vs if ye coulde haue founde any thinge in them for your purpose, I beleue you woulde not haue brought them emptie. But that is a policie in the time of Seige whē the Souldiers within beginne to want vitales, to throwe forthe a feweloues ouer the walles, that the enemie without maye thynke they haue stoore inough, & so geue ouer the Siege.