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The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against…The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against…
The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishops and clergy of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobility, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realm.The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobilitie, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realme.
Geneva: printed by J. Poullain and A. Rebul?, 1558
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 widow and the stranger both they murder cruelly: The father less they put to death and cause they know none why.
The widdowe and the stranger both they murther cruelly: The father lesse they put to death and cause they know none why.
And yet say they: tush, tush, the Lord shall not behold this deed, Ne yet will Jacobs God revolve the things by us decreed.
And yet saye they: tushe, tushe, the Lorde shall not beholde this dede, Ne yet will Iacobs God reuolue the thinges by vs decreed.
But now take heed ye men unwise, among the folk that dwell: Ye fools (Lsaye) when will ye way or understand this well?
But now take hede ye men vnwise, amonge the folke that dwell: Ye fooles (Lsaye) when will ye waye or vnderstand this well?
He that the ear did plant and place, shall he be slow to hear? Or he that made the eye to see, shall he not see most clear?