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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.
¶ Sarum.
YE say ye are in possession. No, ye were sometime, ye are not now and when ye were ye had no right title or good evidence to claim by. No more then they which sometime sate in Moses chair, or they that said. Nos sumus […] Abrahami, we are the children of Abraham, & thereby claimed their possession. Therefore ye were possessors […] […], and for that cause ye are now […], and orderly removed.
YE say ye are in possession. No, ye were sometime, ye are not nowe and when ye were ye had no right title or good euidence to claime by. No more then they which sometime sate in Moses chaire, or they yt saide. Nos sumus 〈…〉 Abrahami, we are the children of Abraham, & therby claimed their possession. Therfore ye were possessores 〈…〉 〈…〉, and for that cause ye ar now 〈…〉, and orderly remoued.
¶ Cole.
When ye meddle with […], ye show […]. I am […] in possession of all that ever I taught, and if you put me out of possession by […]. I ought to be restored. Had not the […] […] the old law good title to sit in Moses chair? What ye forget your self, yes perbie. The […] ccompted no man, maloe fidei possessorem, after that he hath continued in possession an ored years. But I pardon you for mistaking […] […], it is not your […].