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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. There is in th at a Sophistry.
Thomas. There is in th at a Sophistrie.
Hillarius. There is no need to allege sophistry. For the thing is such in beritie. There is nothing but the foolish opinion & persuasion of men, which maketh them to judge otherwise. For as Saint Augustine saith, what 1are all the metals but earth? what difference is there then between the iron and the gold, but that the one is 2a blacker earth, and the other more yellow & pale? wherein he declareth that he is more fearful then the uson.
Hillarius. There is no neede to alledge sophistrie. For the thing is suche in beritie. There is nething but the foolish opinion & perswasion of men, which maketh them to iudge otherwise. For as Sainct Augustine saith, what 1are all the mettals but earth? what difference is there then betweene the yron and the golde, but that the one is 2a blacker earth, and the other more yollow & pale? wherein he declareth that he is more fearefull then the vson.
- 1Augustin,
- 2The gold paleThe golde pale