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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.
S. Ambrose in his time, preached to the people of Italy in latin, and as it is to be thought, the people understood him.
S. Ambrose in his tyme, preathed to the people of Italy in latin, and as it is to be thought, the people vnderstode him.
S. Augnstin, in his sermons to y• common people in Africa hath diverse times these words. Nunc loquar latinè ut omnes intelligatis. Now will I speak latin saith saint Augustin to the common people, that ye may all understand me. S. Gregory, in his sermons used the latin tong to the people, & I trow he spake not all in vain. I marvel why ye doubt not aswell, whether the common Greek people understood Demosthenes, or Aeschines: or the common latin people understood Cicero, or Hortensius, when they spake unto them in their mother tong.
S. Augnstin, in his sermons to y• commen people in Aphrica hath diuerse times these wordes. Nunc loquar latinè vt omnes intelligatis. Now wil I speak latin saith saint Augustin to the commen people, that ye may al vnderstand me. S. Gregory, in his sermons vsed the latin tong to the people, & I trow he spake not al in vain. I marueil why ye doubt not aswel, whether the commen Greke people vnderstod Demosthenes, or Aeschines: or the commē latin people vnderstode Cicero, or Hortensius, when they spake vnto them in their mother tong.
Now, that the common prayers, in S. Basiles, S. Ambrose, & S. Augustine's tim were in the common bulgare tong, mark how well it may be proved. S Basil ⟨image 71⟩saith thus of the usage of the common prayer in his tim. Coniunctus sonus virorum, mulierum, paruulorum, tanquam fluctus fecientis littora, in nostris ad Deum precibus excitatur. In our prayers that we make to God, we raise up such a sound of the voices of men women, & children praying together, as if it were y noise of the waves beating against the sea banks. Whereby it appeareth that in S. Basiles tim, men, women, and children, sang in the Churches altogether.