The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

The leap is as great as I have said / and consequently as ¹dangerous to the archbishop's neck. For it falleth still forth / that for the space off 300. years from the time off the Apostles / there is no syllable in any one approved author / off any ether archbishop / or Metropolitan. for as for the Canons attributed unto the Apostles (those only excepted which are to be found in their writings) being as is agreed amongest men off any judgement / gathered off divers councils in sundry times: that which is here alleged off the Ans. was by all likelihood drawn out off the council off Antioch / having almost the very words thereof saving as it cometh to pas / it being somewhat later / is somewhat worse. The council of Antioch / a good while after that of Nice / can not make the fall off the archbishop less dangerous. As for the fable off Archbishops in England in Euleutherius time / it is before confuted. So that if a Metropolitan were all one with an Archbishop: yet he is destitute of the testimony off the purest / and best times. Where the D. thinketh those words off the council off Nice (Let the ancient custom be kept) will save his neck, and his body from harm: he is deceived. For this word ancient / being in number off those / which have relation / and depend of others: signifieth a greater / or smaller time according to the things wherewith it is compared / or hath relation unto. so that that may ⟨p. CCCCLXXXIIII⟩be / and often is called ancient / which is but of very few years: and which other sometime can not be so called / without a greater number. The bishops therefore comparing that decree / with other made at that time / and not before / called that an ancient custom.

The leape is as great as I haue saied / and consequently as ¹daūgerous to tharchbishops neck. For yt falleth still forth / that for the space off 300. yeares from the time off the Apostles / there is no syllable in any one approued autor / off any ether archbishop / or Metrapolitane. for as for the Canons attributed vnto the Apostles (those onely excepted vvhich are to be found in their writinges) being as is agreed amongest men off any iudgement / gathered off diuers councels in sondry times: that which is here alledged off the Ans. was by all likelihood drawen owt off the councell off Antioch / hauing almost the very vvordes theroff sauing as yt cometh to pas / yt being somewhat later / is somewhat vvorse. The councell of Antioch / a good while after that of Nice / can not make the fall off tharchbishop les daungerous. As for the fable off Archbishops in Englande in Euleutherius tyme / yt is before confuted. So that if a Metrapolitane were all one with an Archbishop: yet he is destitute of the testimonie off the purest / and best tymes. Where the D. thincketh those wordes off the councell off Nice (Let the auncient custome be kepte) will saue his necke, and his body from harme: he is deceiued. For this word auncient / being in nomber off those / which haue relation / and depend of others: signifieth a greater / or smaller time according to the thinges vvherwith it is cōpared / or hath relatiō vnto. so that that maie