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The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
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.
Thomas. Put it forth.
Thomas. Put it foorth.
Theophilus. I have sometimes thought, that that proposition, which is as a conclusion, taken out of the history going before, was not put by the author of the said book: but rather of some studious reader, which hath no•ed the same in the margin, and that it hath been added to the text, as it oftentimes happeneth in many good authors. And I am not alone in that opinion but many wise and learned men besides me. And if one do examine the thing well, it is easy to see, y• the continuation of the narration seemeth to be broken & marred, & that y• sentence hath ben put in, y• which was a certain annotation & consequence, which some did make upon y• text: as it oftentimes happeneth in reading the books, & noting the places y• which we would have to serve us.
Theophilus. I haue somtimes thought, that that proposition, which is as a conclusion, taken out of the history going before, was not put by the author of the sayd booke: but rather of some studiou• reader, which hath no•ed the same in the margent, and that it hath bene added to the text, as it oftentimes happ•neth in many good authors. And I am not alone in that opinion but many wise and learned men besides mée. And if one doe examine the thing well, it is easy to sée, y• the continuation of the narration séemeth to be broken & marred, & that y• sentence hath ben put in, y which was a curtein annotation & consequence, which some did make vpon y text: as it oftentimes happeneth in reading the bookes, & noting the places y which we would haue to serue vs.