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Now if the Jews were either so negligent, or so malicious, as you imagine, and the Christians so careful for preservation of the Bible, how then came it to pass, that in the Hebrew copies was found so great truth & sincerity, in the common translations such notorious errors & corruptions,¹ and that for so many hundred years after Christ? Andradius a doctor of your own schools, & a great master in your Roman synagogue, hath told you already, that you have herein unadvisedly & foolishly deemed, that therefore more credit is to be given to the latin edition, then to the Hebrew books, for that these were corrupted through the treachery of the Jews: & saith, you cannot either note the time, or describe the authors of that heinous fact, or assign the place, or show such other circumstances, which might convict the Jews of this sacrilege, & that therefore the whole matter hangeth upon bare suspicion, for which we ought not to charge in this manner the holy books of the hebrews, so ancient, so commended by our elders, so renowned by testimonies of all ages.²

Now if the Iewes were either so negligent, or so malitious, as you imagine, and the Christians so carefull for preseruation of the Bible, how then came it to passe, that in the Hebrew copies was found so great truth & sinceritie, in the common translations such notorious errors & corruptions,¹ and that for so many hundred yeares after Christ? Andradius a doctor of your owne schools, & a great master in your Romane synagogue, hath tolde you alreadie, that you haue herein vnaduisedlie & foolishlie deemed, that therfore more credit is to be giuen to the latin edition, then to the Hebrewe bookes, for that these were corrupted through the treacherie of the Iewes: & saith, you cannot either note the time, or describe the authors of that hainous fact, or assigne the place, or shew such other circumstances, which might conuict the Iewes of this sacrilege, & that therfore the whol matter hangeth vpon bare suspiciō, for which we ought not to charge in this manner the holie bookes of the hebrewes, so auncient, so commended by our elders, so renoumed by testimonies of al ages.²