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And whereas you allege the petition of the Lords prayer (deliver us from evil) to prove this prayer against Thunder. &c. besides that all the commodities and discommodities of this life are prayed for / and prayed against in that petition / whereby we desire our daily bread: it is very strange to apply that to the thunder / that is understanded of the devil / as the article apo tou ponerou doth declare. And that it is a marvellous conclusion / that for so much as we ought daily and ordinarily / and publicly desire to be delivered from the Devil / Ergo, we ought daily and ordinarily / and publicly / desire to be delivered from thunder. It is one thing to correct Magnificat, and an other thing to show the abuse of it: And therefore I see no cause why you should use this allusion between Magnificat ⟨p. 138⟩& significat, unless it be for that you purposing to set out all your learning in this book / would not so much as forget an old rotten proverb / which trotted amongst the monks in their cloisters / of whom I may justly say / which Tully said in a nother thyng. Nec quicquam ingenium potest monasterium: that is / the cloister could never bring forth any witty thing / for here although there be Rythmus, yet it is sine ratione.¹

And wheras you alledge the petition of the Lords prayer (deliuer vs from euill) to proue this prayer against Thunder. &c. besides that all the commodities and discommodities of thys life are prayed for / and prayed against in that petition / whereby we desire oure daily breade: it is very straunge to apply that to the thunder / that is vnderstanded of the deuill / as the article apo tou ponerou dothe declare. And that it is a maruellous cōclusion / that for so much as we ought daily and ordinarily / and publikely desire to be deliuered from the Deuill / Ergo, we oughte daily and ordinarily / and publikely / desire to be deliuered from thunder. It is one thing to correct Magnificat, and an other thing to shew the abuse of it: And therfore I see no cause why you should vse this allusion betwene Magnificat ⟨p. 138⟩& significat, vnles it be for yt you purposing to set out all your learning in thys boke / wold not so much as forget an old rotten prouerb / whych trotted amongst the monkes in their cloisters / of whome I may iustly say / whych Tullie sayd in a nother thyng. Nec quicquam ingenium potest monasterium: that is / the cloister coulde neuer bring forthe any witty thing / for heere although there be Rythmus, yet it is sine ratione.