A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to…A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to…

And here I will note an other cause / which brought in this pomp and princely estate of bishops / wherein although I will say more in a word for the pompous estate / then M. Doctor hath done in all his treatise / yet I will show that although it were more tolerable at the first / now it is by no means to be borne with. * In the ecclesiastical story we read that the inscriptions of divers ¹epistles sent unto bishops were timiotatois kyriois. We read also of aspasticon oicon house of salutations / which Ambrose bishop of Milan had. As for the title ²of (most honourable Lords) it was not so great nor so stately as the name of a Lord or knight in our country / for all those that know the manner of the speech of the Grecians do well understand / how they used to call every one of any mean countenance in the common wealth where he lived kyrion / that is Lord / so we see also the Evangelists use the word Kyrios to note a mean person as when Mary in the. 20. of John / thinking that our saviour Christ had been the keeper of the garden calleth him (Kyrion). So likewise in France they call every one that is gentleman / or hath any honest place Monsieur, and so they will say also feigning your honour. Now we know this word (Lord) in our country is used otherwise / to note some great personage / either by reason of birth or by reason of some high dignity in the common wealth / which he occupieth: and therefore those titles although they were somewhat excessive / yet were they nothing so swelling and stately as ours are.

And heere I will note an other cause / which brought in this pompe and princely estate of byshoppes / wherin although I will say more in a worde for the pompeous estate / then M. Doctor hath done in all hys treatise / yet I will shew that although it were more tollerable at the first / now it is by no meanes to be borne with. * In the ecclesiasticall story we read that the inscriptions of dyuers ¹epystles sent vnto byshops were timiotatois kyriois. We read also of aspasticon oicon house of salutations / which Ambrose byshop of Millain had. As for the title ²of (most honorable Lordes) it was not so great nor so stately as the name of a Lord or knight in our country / for all those that know the maner of the speach of the Grecians do well vnderstand / how they vsed to call euery one of any meane countenaunce in the common wealth where he lyued kyrion / that is Lorde / so we see also the Euangelistes vse the worde Kyrios to note a meane person as when Mary in the. 20. of Iohn / thinking that our sauiour Christ had bene the keper of the garden calleth hym (Kyrion). So likewise in Fraunce they call euery one that is gentilman / or hath any honest place Monseur, and so they will say also fainng your honour. Now we know thys word (Lord) in our countrey is vsed otherwise / to note some great personage / eyther by reason of birth or by reason of some high dignitie in the common wealth / which he occupyeth: and therfore those titles although they were somewhat excessiue / yet were they nothing so swelling and stately as oures are.