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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 are bound ye say, and may not dispute: yet are ye not so bound as ye have bound others. But when […] were at liberty, and a […] disputation was granted and offered at Westminster before the Queens majesties most honourable council, and the whole state of the Realm, I pray you, whether part was it that then gave over? And yet the, ye know, ye were not bound, onlesse it were to •lence because ye had nothing to say.
YE are bounde ye say, and maye not dispute: yet are ye not so bounde as ye haue bounde others. But when 〈…〉 wer at libertie, and a 〈…〉 disputation was graunted and offered at Westminster before the Quenes ma•esties moste honorable councell, and the whole state of the Realm, I pray you, whether part was it that then gaue ouer? And yet the, ye knowe, ye were not bounde, onlesse it were to •lence because ye had nothing to say.
¶ Cole
AT Westminster we came to dispute. & were answered that there was non appointed, where we refused not to write neither. But when our book could not be read as yours was, we refused not utterly to dispute, but only in the case if our book could not be suffered to be red as indifferently as yours was. Now hardly weigh whether ye have indifferently reported, that we utterly refused to dispute with you, or no.