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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.
I Never thought it had been so high a mystery to understand y• nature of all Instant. Children were wont to have it in their common disputations in y• parvise Schools in Oxford if it serve only for them y• dispute dialecticè, & ye (as ye pretend) be are the person only of a lerner & cum not to dispute, why then did ye allege against me the custom of the Schools, & the disputation o• masters of art in the universities? ye know they use ⟨image 53⟩there to […] […] dialecticè, & none otherwise. And that I spake herein, I spake only upon occasion of your own words. Howe shall I think ye remember your Aristotle, if ye so […] […] your own letters?
I Neuer thought it had bene so high a misterie to vnderstand y• nature of all Instāt. Childrē were wōt to haue it in their cōmon disputatiōs in y• paruise Scholes in Oxford yf it serue only for them y• dispute dialecticè, & ye (as ye pretend) be are the person onely of a lerner & cum not to dispute, why thē did ye alledge against me the custome of the Scholes, & the disputation o• maisters of art in the vniuersities? ye knowe they vse ⟨image 53⟩there to 〈…〉 〈…〉 dialecticè, & none otherwise. And that I spake herein, I spake onely vpon occasion of your own wordes. Howe shall I thinke ye remember your Aristotle, if ye so your own letters?