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Consider now & peruse the sum of your whole discourse.¹ Let us grant that these by you hitherto rehearsed are indeed corruptions, which yet is plainly false, and not anyways to be granted: but let us for your cause suppose such a thing. Tell us I pray you, how many corruptions have you found? score them up, and let us know the number. with all your skill, labour & conference, yet were you not able to object ⟨p. 282⟩ten places out of the Hebrew Bibles, which you might probably charge with corruption. A manifest proof and certain argument of rare and notable purity in them, far above not only the diverse translations of old time, but also your vulgar latin edition, which you notwithstanding boldly, but most untruly, maintain to be sounder and purer then the Greek text in the new testament, and the Hebrew in the old. Let us therefore somewhat examine your latin Bibles, whether in them such corruptions may not be found, as you have charged the original text withal: whereby it shall appear, that there are in your Bibles of the vulgar translation corruptions of all sorts great plenty, yea almost innumerable, & therefore that your argument against the fountains is absurd,² and most unreasonable, to condemn them, because of some faults imagined, whereas you approve a latin edition ten times worse then you can once with show of trueth suspect them to be.

Consider now & peruse the summe of your wholl discourse.¹ Let vs graunt that these by you hetherto rehearsed are indeede corruptions, which yet is plainelie false, and not anywaies to be graunted: but let vs for your cause suppose such a thing. Tell vs I pray you, how many corruptions haue you found? score them vp, and let vs know the number. with al your skil, labour & conference, yet were you not able to obiect ⟨p. 282⟩ten places out of the Hebrew Bibles, which you might probablie charge with corruption. A manifest proofe and certaine argument of rare and notable puritie in them, far aboue not onelie the diuerse translations of olde time, but also your vulgare latine edition, which you notwithstanding boldly, but moste vntrulie, maintaine to be sounder and purer then the Greeke text in the new testament, and the Hebrew in the olde. Let vs therefore somewhat examine your latine Bibles, whether in them such corruptions may not be found, as you haue charged the originall text withall: whereby it shall appeere, that there are in your Bibles of the vulgare translation corruptions of all sorts great plentie, yea almoste innumerable, & therefore that your argument against the fountaines is absurd,