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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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If then I shall revoke these, I can do none other but augment for•e •o their tyranny, & not only open windows, but wide gates, to such an in fernal i•••ety, the which will extend more wide, and with more liberty, then yet she ••st. And by the testimony of this my R•tractacion, their •aso•ent and malicious kingdom shall be made most licentious, and less subject to punishment, most intolerable to the common people, and yet confirmed and established, spectal•y if this be bruited, that I Luther have done this by the authority of your most excellent Majesty, and the sacred Romaine Empire. Oh Lord, what a cover or shadow shall I be then? to cloak their naughtiness and tyranny.
If then I shall reuoke these, I can doo none other but augment for•e •o theyr tyranny, & not onely open w•ndowes, but wyde gates, to such an in fernal i•••ety, the whych wil extend more wyde, and wyth more libertye, then yet she ••st. And by the testimony of this my R•tractacion, theyr •aso•ent and mali•ious kingdome shall be made most licencious, and lesse subiect to punishment, most intollerable to the common people, and yet confyrmed and established, spectal•y if thys be bruted, that I Luther haue done thys by the author•tye of your moste excellent Maiestye, and the sacred Romaine Emp•re. Oh Lorde, what a couer or shadowe shall I be then? to cloke theyr naughtynes and tyrannye.