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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.
The Reply, Sarum.
True and earnest asseveration maketh a proof sufficient in y• law, as long as •e have nothing to the contrary, as in dead ye have not, nor never shall have. But with out question your terrible guard of Bills & halberds, your grinning and scoffing, with other like your demeanour, as ye used in the disputations at Oxford against the martyrs, and faithful witnesses of God's trueth, and as now your cracks of many things, and bringing forth of nothing, I believe to any wise man maketh but small proof in divinity. But if ye would have had any wise man mislike my asseveration, ye should have showed ⟨image 48⟩by what scriptures, by what Coū cells, or by what doctors, ye restored these things again.
TRue and ernest asseueration maketh a proufe sufficient in y• law, as lōg as •e haue nothinge to the contrarie, as in ded ye haue not, nor neuer shall haue. But wt out question your terrible garde of Billes & halbardes, your grinning and skoffing, with other like your demeanour, as ye vsed in the disputations at Oxforde against the mar•irs, and faithfull witnesses of goddes trueth, and as now your crakes of many things, and bringing forth of nothing, I beleue to any wise man maketh but smal proufe in diuinity. But if ye wold haue had any wise man myslik my asseueratiō, ye should haue shewed ⟨image 48⟩by what scriptures, by what Coū celles, or by what doctours, ye restored these thinges again.