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A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers…A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers…
A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martin Luther, John Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaration of Martin Luther's faith before the Emperor Charles the fifth, and the illustre estates of the empire of Germany, with an oration of his death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melanchthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.
London: printed by John Awdely, 1561London: printed by Iohn Awdely, 1561
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Nevertheless it is certain, there wer• see•es of superstition in the time of the Fathers and ancient Doctors, & therefore S. Austen ordained some thing of vows, although he wrote not thereof so strangely as other: for sooth y• best some times shall be spotted with the blemish of the follies that reign in their age. For as naturally ⟨image 21⟩we love our Country, so fondly we favour the present fashions, where in we be trained & educated And very well alludeth Euripides to this.
Neuertheles it is certain, ther wer• see•es of supersticion in the tyme of the Fathers and auncient Doctors, & therefore S. Austen ordeyned some thyng of vowes, although he wrote not therof so straungely as other: for soth y• best some tymes shal be spotted wyth the blemysh of the follyes that reygne in theyr age. For as naturally ⟨image 21⟩we loue our Country, so fondly we fauour the present fashions, wher in we be trained & educated And very wel alludeth Euripides to thys.
What customs •e in tender youth by Natures lore receive: The same we love & like always, and loth our •ust to leave.
What customes •e in tender youth by Natures lore receaue: The same we loue & lyke alwayes, and lothe our •ust to leaue.