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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.
¶ Cole.
WE brought more then ye were able to answer, all were it not Scriptures, nor doctors, nor councils.
VVE brought more then ye were able to answer, all were it not Scriptures, nor doctours, nor councelles.
The Reply. Sarum.
IN steed of scriptures, Doctors, and Councils, ye brought such extremity, as the world hath not seen the like, and as you are now ⟨image 46⟩loth to hear of. And yet it pleased god that the same should be answered sufficiently, with patience & sufferance, But here am I glad ye confess one trueth by the way, that ye brought in all that time, nether scriptures, nor Doctors, nor general Councils of your side, and yet I trow ye were fry from Recognisance. This I believe passed you unawares and not of purpose▪ As your Proloqu•tor in the disputation at Oxford, gave out one trueth by chance undad. uisedly, as he gave knowledge to the audience in the divinity school of what matters they would dispute. For thus he said, and that in your own hearing, Vir […], conuenimus hûc holdiè disputaturi contra horribilem illam Haeresim, de veritate Corporis, & Sanguinis