A15061:289
An answer to a certain book, writtenAn answere to a certeine booke, written
An answer to a certain book, written by Master William Rainolds student of divinity in the English college at Rhemes, and entitled, A refutation of sundry reprehensions, cavils, etc. by William Whitaker ...An answere to a certeine booke, written by Maister William Rainolds student of diuinitie in the English colledge at Rhemes, and entituled, A refutation of sundrie reprehensions, cauils, etc. by William Whitaker ...
Printed at London : For Thomas Chard, 1585
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.
Concerning the translation of the English Bibles.
Master Martins book of Discovery is answered long since from head to foot in every part:1 you have the answer amongst you, say to it what you can with truth and learning. To brag of your fellows book, which being throughly and soundly disproved, you cannot with all your skill maintain, is a childish vanity: to acknowledge no Reply, which you cannot but know, or to make light account of it, whereunto you cannot truly rejoin, is wilfulness and partiality. Our translations and translators have been sufficiently cleared, for the most part, of such faults as were objected: and though it is not denied, but in every out of them some fault or other may be found, worthy reproof and correction, yet may it most truly be affirmed, that of all our translations none can be noted so full of imperfections and errors, as your latin vulgar ⟨p. 219⟩translation is, which you not only follow but commend for the best of all, yea prefer before the original text it self, against knowledge, reason, and conscience. This whole chapter you might have spared, handling such things as have been so well handled in your judgement by Master Martin: but the occasion serving you to utter some part of your humour, which so boileth in your stomach, that it would burst the vessel, if it breathed not forth, you could not pr•termit. Briefly let us peruse this little, or nothing rather, that you bring.
MAster Martins boke of Discouerie is aunswered long since from head to foote in euerie part:1 you haue the answere amongst you, saie to it what you can with truth and learning. To bragge of your fellowes booke, which being throughlie and soundlie disprooued, you cannot with all your skill maintaine, is a childish vanitie: to acknowledge no Replie, which you cannot but knowe, or to make light account of it, whereunto you cannot truelie reioine, is wilfulnes and partialitie. Our translations and translatours haue beene sufficientlie cleared, for the most parte, of such faults as were obiected: and though it is not denied, but in euerie ont of them some fault or other may be found, worthy reproofe and correction, yet maie it moste truelie be affirmed, that of all our translations none can be noted so full of imperfections and errors, as your latine vulgar