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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.
Why I cum not to your Sermons? this question is captious: and yet ye are […] discharged why […] should not […] me. As men choose their wives, so choose they their teachers. S. Augustine's and S. […], Sermons […] more to teach, then to convince.
VVHy I cum not to your Sermons? thys question is captious: and yet ye are 〈…〉 discharged why 〈…〉 should not 〈…〉 me. As men chouse their wiues, so chouse they theyr teachers. S. Augustines and S. 〈…〉, Sermons 〈…〉 more to teach, then to conuince.
The Reply Sarum.
I Meant not to be captious, but only to put you in remembrance that your pretence of learning is but feigned, & that you are not in deed so willing to be taught as ye would seem to be Whensoever ye shall show me by your law that a man may be required to prove a […] negative, I will be content to confer with you, and to show you