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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.
Yes, I think ye are gone from one thing at the least, besides pardons, and pilgrimages. I meant not D. Gardiner to pull him out of his grave, & to torment him being dead: as ye did master Bucer, master Fagius, in Cambridge, Doctor Peter martyrs wife in Oxon. & others mo: but only that I would not have you build to much upon your constancy, which hitherto hath •en fo•nd to be […] as the pleasure of the prince.
YEs, I thinke ye are gone frō one thing at the least, besides pardons, and pilgrimeges. I ment not D. Gardiner to pul him out of his graue, & to tormēt him being dead: as ye did master Bucer, master Fagius, in Cambridg, Doctour Peter martirs wyfe in Oxon. & others mo: but onely that I woulde not haue you builde to much vpon your constancy, which hitherto hath •en fo•nd to be 〈…〉 as the pleasure of the prince.
But he repented him, ye say, when he saw he should needs dye. I trust he did so, for he had good cause so to do. But if he repented himself of his book y• he had written so stoutly against y• pope, why ⟨p. 78⟩did he not recant it in all his life time? why did he not revoke his error openly? why held he his peace? why dissembled he so deeply, for the space of xx. years together.