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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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And as for the words of S. Augustine, make nothing for the real presence, as I have before declared. So that therein I neither have foil nor trip, but for all your brags, hooks and crooks, you have such a fall, as you shall never be able to stand upright again in this matter. And my shafts be shot so straight against you, and with such a force, that they pierce through shield & habergeon, in such sort that all the harness you have, is not able to withstand them, or to make one arrow to start back, although to avoid the stroke you shift your place, seeking some mean to fly the fight. For when I make mine argument of Transubstantiation, you turn the matter to the real presence like unto a surgeon that hath no knowledge, but when the head is wounded or sore, he layeth a plaster to the heel. Or (as the proverb sayth) Interrogatus de alijs, respondet de caepis. when you be asked of garlic, you answer of onions.
And as for the wordes of S. Augustine, make nothing for the reall presence, as I haue before declared. So that therin I neyther haue foyle nor trippe, but for all your bragges, hookes and crookes, you haue such a fall, as you shall neuer be able to stand vpright agayne in this matter. And my shaftes be shot so straight agaynst you, and with such a force, that they perse through shilde & haburgen, in such sort that all the harnes you haue, is not able to withstand them, or to make one arrow to start backe, although to auoyde the stroke you shift your place, seeking some meane to flye the fight. For when I make mine argument of Transubstantiation, you turne the matter to the reall presence like vnto a surgeon that hath no knowledge, but when the head is wounded or sore, he layth a playster to the heele. Or (as the prouerbe sayth) Interrogatus de alijs, respondet de caepis. when you be asked of garlicke, you answer of onions.
And this is one pretty sleight of sophistry,1 or of a subtle warrier, when he seeth him self overmatched, and not able to resist, then by some policy quite to put of, or at the least to delay the conflict, and so do you commonly in this book of Transubstantiation. For when you be sore pressed therein, than you turn the matter to the real presence. But I shall so straitly