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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.
Hillarius. If it were so that the Sun and the Moon doth now shine there, we may think, that some one of the country of the Antipodes is come from thence, who hath declared and described to our Preacher the situation of hell, of Limbo patrum, and of Purgatory, with all their confines in such sort and manner as he hath expounded them unto us.
Hillarius. If it were so that the Sunne and the Moone doth nowe shine there, wée maye thinke, that some one of the countrye of the Antipodes is come from thence, who hath declared and described to our Preacher the scituacion of hell, of Lymbo patrum, and of Purgatory, with al their confines in such sort and manner as he hath expounded them vnto vs.
Thomas. You may say what you will, and I will believe what pleaseth me, but I cannot think that he was ever there, or that he hath ever heard any one speak that came from thence, & hath so well visited all the places thereof. For never in my life I heard it better devised. There is neither hall, chamber nor closet, coal-pan, kitchen, nor seller, chimney nor pot-hangers, great cauldron nor little cauldron, chains nor flesh-hooks and other infernal utensils, but that he hath described and set them forth so lively, as me thinketh I see the things before mine eyes in such sort, that yet I am afraid when I think on them. The Chirographers and Notaries are very diligent and curious for to express & declare in their ⟨image 30⟩instruments and writings the situation & limits of houses and possessions of which they make writings off: But I have not found any so skilful and of such ability who can bound and limit so perfectly the lands, as our preacher to day hath limited and bounded out hell, Limbus patrum and Purgatory. As far as I can perceive he knoweth in what climate they are: how many degrees, miles 1and places the one is from the other: of what side they are all situated and placed, whether they be on the Cast, West, North or South.