A19563:1075
An answerAn aunsvvere
An answer by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, unto a crafty and sophistical cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctor of Law, late Bishop of Winchester against the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serveth, answered such places of the book of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seem any thing worthy the answering. Here is also the true copy of the book written, and in open court delivered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...An aunsvvere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...
London: printed by John Daye, 1580London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1580
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Canterbury.
Here you confess that you cited Hilary untruly, but you impute the fault to your copy. What copy you had I know not, but aswell the citation of Melanchthon, as all the printed books that ever I saw, have otherwise then you have written, and therefore it seemeth that you never red any printed book of Hylarius. Marry it might be that you had from Smith a false copy written,1 who informed me, that you had of him all the authorities that be in your book. And having all the authorities that he had with great travel gathered, by and by you made your book, and stale from him all his thank and glory, like unto Aesop's chough, which plumed himself with other birds feathers. But wheresoever you had your copy all the books set forth by public faith have otherwise, then you have cited. And although the false allegation of Hilary toucheth you somewhat yet chiefly it toucheth Smith, who hath erred much worse in his translation then you have done, albeit nether of you both handle the matter sincerely and faithfully, nor agree the one with the other.
HEre you confesse that you cited Hilary vntruely, but you impute the fault to your copy. What copy you had I know not, but aswell the citation of Melancthon, as all the printed bookes that euer I saw, haue otherwise then you haue written, and therfore it seemeth that you neuer red any printed booke of Hylarius. Marry it might be that you had from Smyth a false copy written,1 who informed me, that you had of him all the authorityes that be in your booke. And hauing al the authorities that he had with great trauell gathered, by and by you made your booke, and stale from him all his thanck and glory, like vnto Esops choughe, which plumed himselfe with other birds fethers. But whersoeuer you had your copy all the books setforth by publike fayth haue otherwise, then you haue cited. And although the false allegatiō of Hylary toucheth you somewhat yet chiefly it toucheth Smyth, who hath erred much worse in his translation then you haue done, albeit nether of you both handle the matter sincerely and faithfully, nor agree the one with the other.