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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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Madame the last time that it pleased you to give us audience we made declaration according to the grace, that our Lord gave us, of the article that was propounded touching the Church, the marks, and authority of the same. Wherein we have so followed the word of God that every one as we judge had occasion to be con tented with our answer. But in stead to approve that which was spoken by us, we have been demanded by what power we minister the word of God and the holy Sacraments, ⟨image 39⟩and besides all that there was no thing spared that might make our cause more odious.1 We can not tell for what purpose this was set forward. For first of all we came not hither to minister the word of God nor the Sacraments. Wherefore there was no need to ask us by what authority we would do it. If it should be said that it is to cause us render a reason of that which we have done heretofore.2 Ye must consider that our company is of two manner of people, the one serve for ministers without this realm, in places where their vocation is received, of them it may not be demanded why they be ministers. There is others that preach within this realm whom ye have not called, to cause them give an account of that which is past, as touching their vocation, but only ⟨image 39⟩to confer with their doctrine: or else it should be a beginning to make process against them, the which thing Madame we are sure that ye have not minded. If it be after a sort, to confer under correction, there should be therein no great purpose and it could not serve but to cause us enter into this matter, out of the which we could not depart without offending and angering my Lords the Prelates. The which we have not minded, nether will we give occasion unto any body to interrupt this holy work that is begun. And that it may be known that we speak not without great cause:3 always as two parties mete to enter into conference: if the one ask the other by what virtue do you this? The other will demand the like: and so it will be very hard but of these reciproque ⟨image 40⟩