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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.
But because you a•e a• Bishop and […] […] •tche an […], ye doubt […] •ou ought […] show cause of y• you […] or no, and therefore ye spake by […]. Where at I do •utche […] for the person […] the place maketh •ereuce w•o should prove or disprove▪ The greater personage you bea•e, the less cause have ye to be put to answer. You have not yet I ween all forgot the trade in •reforde which you and I were brought up in. In sc•oles of philosophy a master of art is the highest degree, where the master is rather put to oppose, than to answer. And like wise in divinity in ordinary disputation y• doctor opposeth, the meaner man answereth▪ And what reason should lead you to to think y• a Bishop should ⟨image 11⟩not rather show cause of the he teacheth, the any other. Sa•et Paul requireth in a Bishop that he be [Greek or Hebrew], a man before all other meet and able to teach. And it is a rule in Bishops that they be •eady to give an account of their believe. And ma•ye reasons are there why it should be so.
But bicause you a•e a• Bishop and 〈…〉 〈…〉 •tche an 〈…〉, ye doubt ou ought shewe cause of y you or no, and therfore ye spake by . Where at I do utche for the person the place maketh ereuce wo shoulde proue or disproue The greater personage you beae, the lesse cause haue ye to be put to answeare. You haue not yet I wene all forgot the trade in reforde which you and I were broughte vp in. In scoles of philosphie a maister of arte is the highest degree, where the maister is rather put to oppose, thē to answeare. And like wise in diuinitie in ordinarie disputation y doctour opposeth, the meaner mā answeareth And what reasō should leade you to to think y a Bishop should