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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.
Pighius saith, the council o• Ephesus was general, and ye say it was not so. Ye must give me leave to say the trueth, if the matter come to a, quid dicunt, Pigghius will be taken in your country for a […] as well learned, and as skilful in your counsels, as D. Cole. Ye should not so little esteem the doctors of your own side, least that being not able to allege any old doctor, and refusing the new, it may haply be thought ye have neither old, nor new. And yet when ye […] before the Queens majesties commissioners, at Lambeth, ye said openly there, that Pighius is full of ⟨image 90⟩errors. But forasmuch as ye your self have begun to find fault with your own doctors, I trust hereafter ye will the better bear with us, if we sometime shall do the same. Here ye drive me to use the moe words, partly to defend Pighius in his right, and partly to make you see how, wilfully ye withstand an open trueth, having so little to the contrary. And as ye shall be found true in this, even so am I well content to take you in all the rest.
Pighius sayth, the councell o• Ephesus was generall, and ye say it was not so. Ye muste geue me leaue to say the trueth, if ye matter come to a, quid dicunt, Pigghius wil be taken in yr cuntry for a 〈…〉 as wel learned, and as skilfull in yr counsels, as D. Cole. Ye shoulde not so little esteme the doctours of your own syde, least that beīg not able to alledge any olde doctoure, and refusing the new, it may happely be thought ye haue neyther old, nor new. And yet whē ye 〈…〉 before the Quenes maiesties cō missioners, at Lambeth, ye sayd openly there, that Pighius is ful of ⟨image 90⟩erroures. But forasmuche as ye your self haue begon to find faulte wyth your own doctours, I trust hereafter ye wyll the better beare wyth vs, if we sometyme shall do the same. Here ye dryue me to vse the moe words, partly to defende Pighius in hys right, and partely to make you se howe, wilfully ye wythstande an open trueth, hauyng so little to the contrary. And as ye shalbe founde true in thys, euen so am I wel content to take you in all the reast.