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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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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.
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.
But would to God, y• such as vaunt they follow S. Austen, would always represent one like opinion & mind, as S. Austen. Certainly they would not clip and mutilate his sentences, to serve their purpose.
But would to God, y• such as vaunt they follow S. Austen, wold alwaies represent one lyke opinion & mynoe, as S. Austen. Certaynly they would not clyppe and mutilate hys sentences, to serue their purpose.
And the light restored by S. Austens1 works, hath much profited posterity For Prosper, Maximus, Hugo, and some other like, that governed studies to S. Bernard's time, have for the most part imitated the rule of S. Austen. And this while still the regiment and riches of the Bishops increased, and thereof ensued a mo•e than gigantal or monstrous reign, profane and ignorant men governed the Church, among the which certain were instructed in sciences and ⟨image 22⟩