The Repl: doth not any where to my remembrance, vilify the person of his adversary, but only his arguments, and answers, together with the vile courses of our Hierarchy, in which kind of jesting the Rej: his scurrility is far greater, then the Repl: saving the difference, which ariseth out of the outward greatness of Prelates, ⟨p. 3⟩and the poor condition of them, which are oppressed by them. Now the Repl: is no admirer of Bs. persons, nether are disputations acquainted, with such court language, as they are used unto: If it please your Lordship &c. but such is the condition of those, that have to do with Prelates, that they are usually censured either for scurrility, or flattery, and there is no doubt, but some will accuse the Rej: as much of flattery in blazing his Diocesans Admirable wisdom, as he doth the Repl: of scurrility, though I will not: Those who write against Prelates, are wont to expect such a censure from them & theirs.1 So Zwinglius in his Epistle touching the authors of sedition I doubt not, saith he, but there will be many, who having heard or read all these things, at length will be ready to say, what meant this scoffer? Calvin among others, was often accused of the same fault, not only by those, whom he calls usually, cornutos Episcopos, horned Bishops, but even by their diminutive emulators among the Lutherans, his answer therefore unto Westphalus about this imputation may serve the Replyer. It is easy for Joachymus to object against me, the odious tarturs of unseemly scurrility, 2and slanderous bitterness of language, but it is as easy for me, to wipe away that calumny of his with one word &c. For what course should I take, since either the truth should have been betrayed in silence, or otherwise by an easy and toothless expression, the suspicion of fearfulness and distrust would have been discovered.
The Repl: doth not any where to my remembrance, vilifie the person of his adversary, but only his arguments, and answeres, together with the vyle courses of our Hierarchy, in which kynd of jesting the Rej: his scurrility is far greater, then the Repl: saving the difference, which ariseth out of the outward greatnes of Prelats, ⟨p. 3⟩and the poore condition of them, which are oppressed by them. Now the Repl: is no admirer of Bs. persons, nether are disputations acquainted, with such court lāguage, as they are used unto: If it please your Lordship &c. but such is the condition of those, that have to doe with Prelats, that they are usually censured either for scurrility, or flattery, and there is no doubt, but some will accuse the Rej: as much of flattery in blazing his Diocesans Admirable wisdome, as he doth the Repl: of scurrility, though I will not: Those who write against Prelats, are wont to expect such a censure from them & theirs.1 So Zwinglius in his Epistle touching the authors of sedition I doubt not, saith he, but ther will be many, who having heard or read all these things, at length will be ready to say, what meant this scoffer? Calvin among others, was often accused of the same fault, not onely by those, whom he calls usually, cornutos Episcopos, horned Bishops, but even by their diminutive aemulators among the Lutherans, his answere therefore unto Westphalus about this imputation may serve the Replyer. It is easy for Ioachymus to obiect against me, the odious tarturs of unseemely scurrility, 2and slanderous bitternes of language, but it is as easy for me, to wipe away that calumny of his with one word &c. For what course should I take, since either the truth should have beene betrayed in silence, or otherwise by an easy and toothlesse expression, the suspition of fearfulnes and distrust would have beene discovered.
- 1Sic Zwingl•us de seditionum authoribus in Epist. non dubito fore, complures, qui lectis vel auditis his omnibus: tandem ecquid hi• scurra vult, dicturi sunt.
- 2Facile est Joachim•, nigrum insalsae scurrilitatis, & sycophanticae mordaci •is falem, m•hi objicere sed aeque mihi próptum est, uno verbo diluere ej•s calumnians, si aspiara, reperui •egé, quid tam odiose traducit &c. Q••d enim facerem, quia vel silentio, prodenda fuisset alioqui veritas, vel placida mollique actione, dando•• timiditatis ac diffidentiae signum ult. admo. ad Westph. in princip.Facile est Ioachim•, nigrum insalsae scurrilitatis, & sycophanticae mordaci •is falem, m•hi objicere sed aeque mihi próptum est, uno verbo diluere ej•s calumnians, si aspiara, reperui •egé, quid tam odiose traducit &c. Q••d enim facerem, quia vel silentio, prodenda fuisset alioqui veritas, vel placida mollique actione, dando•• timiditatis ac diffidentiae signum ult. admo. ad Westph. in princip.
