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The temporiser (that is to sayThe temporysour (that is to saye
The temporiser (that is to say: the observer of time, or he that changeth with the time.) Compiled in Latin by the excellent clerk Wolfangus Musculus, and tra[n]slated into French by M. Vallerain Pullain. And out of French into English by R.P. 1555.The temporysour (that is to saye: the obseruer of tyme, or he that chaungeth with the tyme.) Compyled in Latyn by the excellent clarke Wolfangus Musculus, and tra[n]slated into Frenche by M. Vallerain Pullain. And out of Frenche into Inglishe by R.P. 1555.
printed by H. Singleton?, 1555
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¶Temporiser. I think so in deed.
¶Temporisour. I thinke so in dede.
☞Eusebius. Tell me then: if thou hadst lived in the time of Daniel, what other counsel wouldest thou have given to the three young men, than that, which thou thinkest presently to be lawful? or else if thou hadst been in their place, wouldest thou not have done, as thou doest now? Thou wouldst have obeyed the Kings commandment, and have knelled down with the rest.
☞Eusebius. Tell me thē: yf thou hadst liued in the tyme of Daniel, what other counsayl wouldest thou haue geuē to the thre yong men, thē that, which thou thinkest presently to be lawfull? or els yf thou hadst bene in theyr place, wouldest thou not haue done, as yu doest now? Thou wouldst haue obeyed the Kynges commaundemēt, and haue kneled downe with the reste.
¶Temporiser. No that I would not, for if I had done so, it had been sin.
¶Temporisour. No that I would not, for yf I had done so, it had bene synne.