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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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Why their singing cake is rather round than otherwise,1 Antoninus maketh this reason. The host, sayeth he, is made round after the manner of a penny, because Judas sold Christ for thirty pens. Guilielmus Durandus writeth thus:2 The host is formed round because the earth is the Lords, and all that is therein, the round world, & all that dwell in it, that the outward fashion thereof may ⟨image 161⟩signify him, that wanteth both beginning and ending.
Whye theyr singing cake is rather rounde than otherwyse,1 Antoninus maketh thys reason. The hoste, sayeth he, is made round after the manner of a penye, bicause Iudas solde Christ for thirtye pens. Guilielmus Durandus writeth thus:2 The hoste is formed rounde bycause the earth is the Lordes, and al yt is therin, ye round world, & all yt dwel in it, yt the outward fashion therof may ⟨image 161⟩signifie him, that wanteth both beginning and ending.
- 1Round cakeRoūd cake
- 2Reasons wise & substantialReasons wise & substantiall
1Pope Alexander likewise appointed, that the wine in the chalice should be mingled with water, to signify the union & unseparable fellowship of Christ & his church. Joan. Laziard. Joan. Stella. Libro. Concil. Grat. Sabel.