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Albertus Pigghius, the greatest pillar of that part, in a little treatise that he writeth of the Mass, hath these words: Quod si qui abusus in rem sacratissimam, & saluberrimam irrepserunt, ut irrepsisse plerosque non diffitemur, scimus ad quem, & ad quos pertineat eosdem corrigere. That is to say, if there have certain abuses crept into y• holy and wholesome thing, that is the Mass, as I grant, there have ⟨image 134⟩crept in very many, yet we know, to what man, & men the redress thereof doth appertain. Here Pigg•ius granteth simply without colour, that diverse abuses have at sundry times privily crept into y• Mass. And yet I believe, he was no such enemy to the cause, that he would ever have granted so much, specially against the same self thing that he defended, unless he had known it perfectly, to be true. It any man doubt of this man Albertus Pigghius, and know not his authority, nor what he was, let him understand that when I speak of him, I speak of all, for this is he, that all the rest have chosen to follow as their captain: The greatest learned man, as it is supposed, and as he himself thought, that •uer wrote in y• quarrel. He hath ⟨p. 132⟩found out errors, and abuses, in the mass, and is not abashed openly to confess the same.

Albertus Pigghius, the greatest piller of that parte, in a litle trea•ise that he writeth of the Masse, hath these wordes: Quod si qui abusus in rem sacratissimam, & saluberrimam irrepserunt, vt irrepsisse plerosque non diffitemur, scimus ad quem, & ad quos pertineat eosdem corrigere. That is to say, if there haue certein abuses crepte into y• holy and holsom thing, that is the Masse, as I graunt, there haue ⟨image 134⟩crept in very manye, yet we know, to what man, & men the redresse thereof doth apperteine. Here Pigg•ius graunteth simply wythout colour, that diuerse abuses haue at sundry tymes priuily crept into y Masse. And yet I beleue, he was no such enemy to the cause, that he would euer haue graūted somuch, specially against ye same self thyng that he defended, vnlesse he had knowen it perfectly, to be true. It any man doubt of this man Albertus Pigghius, and knowe not hys authority, nor what he was, let hym vnderstand yt when I speake of him, I speake of all, for thys is he, that all the rest haue chosen to follow as their captain: The greatest learned mā, as it is supposed, and as he hymselfe thought, that uer wrote in y quarrell. He hath