A09739:72
An answer made the fourth day of September a thousand five hundred sixty [and]…Ane answer made the fourth day of Septembre a thousand fyue hundreth syxtie [and]…
An answer made the fourth day of September a thousand five hundred sixty [and] one, by maister Theodore de Besza minister of the holy Evangel, in the presence of the queen mother, the king and queen of Navarre, the princes of the blood royal, and of the privy counsel, unto that which the cardinal of Lorraine had replied against that which was propounded in the first journey of their talking together, by the said de Besza in the name of the reformed churches. Together with an other short answer made by the said de Besza the 26 day of the said month unto certain articles of reply set forth by the said cardinalAne answer made the fourth day of Septembre a thousand fyue hundreth syxtie [and] one, by maister Theodore de Besza minister of the holie Euangile, in the presence of the quene mother, the king and quene of Nauarre, the princes of the blood royall, and of the priuie counseil, vnto that whiche the cardinall of Lorraine had replied against that whiche was propounded in the first iourney of their talking together, by the said de Besza in the name of the reformed churches. Together with an other short answer made by the said de Besza the 26 day of the said moneth vnto certein articles of replie set forth by the said cardinall
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Lekprewik, 1562
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And besides all this my Lords, how long is it a go, that there reigned ⟨image 23⟩so horrible a confusion in the Church and principally in the great estates & dignities of Prelates, in such sort that the greatest desolation of the house of God is in that part where it ought to be most entire and best decked. At the least it is a long time past that the examples hereof have appeared & that the good Bishops have sobbed & sighed so grievously therefore,1 & so evidently that we hear them at this day.
And besydes all this my Lordes, how long is it a go, that there reigned ⟨image 23⟩so horrible a cōfusiō in ye Churche and principally in the great estates & dignities of Prelates, in such sorte that the greatest desolation of the house of God is in that parte where it oght to be moste entier and best decked. At the least it is a long tyme past that the exemples hereof haue appered & that ye good Busshops haue sobbed & sighed so grieuously therefore,1 & so euidently that we heare them at this day.
- 1Go•• Bishops […] sobbed […] sighed see th•• wick•• […] be in the prela••• of the Chur••Go•• Bussh••pes 〈…〉 sobbed 〈…〉 sighed see th•• wick•• 〈…〉 be in the prela••• of the Chur