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Chri. I was sometime a pore scholar of Cambridge very desirous to have the knowledge of good letters, and in the time of my being their, this godly man preached many learned and christen sermons both in latin & english tong, at the which all, I for most part was present, and although at the time I was but a child of xvi. years yet I noted his doctrine so well as I could, partly reposing it in my memory, par lye commending it to letters as most faithful treasurers unto memory. I was present when with manifest authorities of God's word and arguments invincible besides the allegations of doctors he proved in his Sermons, ⟨image 21⟩that the holy scriptures ¹ought to be read in the English tong of all christen people, whether they were priests or lay men, as they be called, which thing divers drowsy dunces with certain false flying flattering Friars could not abide, but openly in their unsavoury sermons resisted his godly purpose, even as Alexander the coppersmith and Elymas the sorcerer with many other resisteth blessed Paul and ²his Godly doctrine, not withstanding ³he (yea rather God in him, whose cause he handled) gate the victory, and it came to pass according to his teaching. Neither was I absent when he inveighed against temple works, good ententes, blind zeal, superstitious devotion. &c. ⁴as the painting of tabernacles gilding of Images, setting ⟨image 21⟩up of candles, running on pilgrimage & such other idle inventions of men, whereby the glory of God was obscured and the works of mercy the less regarded. I remember also how he was wont to rebuke the beneficed