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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 say, I […] misreport the late Council of Constance. O good master doctor, these words sa• to much of your choler, and might better have been spared. I spake more favourably of y• council, then I might have done. The words of the council be these speaking namely of y• communion under both kinds. Pertinaciter asserentes […] pofitum, tanquam Heretici •rcendi sunt.
YE say, I 〈…〉 misreporte the late Councell of Constance. O good master doctor, these words sa• to much of your choller, and might better haue been spared. I spake more fauourably of y• councell, then I might haue done. The words of the councel be these speaking namely of y• communion vnder both kinds. Pertinaciter asserētes 〈…〉 pofitum, tanquam Heretici •rcendi sunt.
By these words they that maintain the manifest ordinance of Christ, & the practise of the Apostles, are not called […], as I said, but […] & wilful heretics. Ye see therefore, my report was more favourable, then y coū deserved.