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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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Where you like not my translation of Chrysostoms words, I trow you would have me to learn of you to translate, you use such sincerity and ⟨p. 306⟩plainness in your translation. Let the learned reader be judge. I did translate the words my self out of the copy of Florence, more truly than it seemeth you would have done. But when you see the words of Chrysostom so manifest and clear against your feigned Transubstantiation (for he saith, that the nature of bread remaineth still) you craftily for a shift, fall to the carping of the translation, because you cannot answer to the matter. And yet the words of Chrysostom cited by master Peter Martyr in latin out of Florence copy, and my translation, and the translation of master Peters book in English, do agree fully here in sense, although the words be not all one, which neither is required nor lightly found in any two translators, so that all your wrangling in the diversity of the translations, is but a sleight and common practise of you, when you cannot answer the matter, to seek faults in the translation, where none is.
WHere you like not my translatiō of Chrisostomes wordes, I trow you would haue me to learne of you to trāslate, you vse such sincerity and ⟨p. 306⟩playnnes in your translation. Let the learned reader be iudge. I did translate the wordes my selfe out of the copye of Florence, more truely than it seemeth you would haue done. But whan you see the wordes of Chrisostome so manifest and cleare agaynst your fayned Transubstantiation (for he sayth, that the nature of bread remayneth still) you craftely for a shift, fall to the carping of the translation, bicause you cannot answere to the matter. And yet the wordes of Chrisostome cyted by master Peter Martyr in latine out of Florence copy, and my translation, and the translation of master Peters booke in English, do agree fully here in sense, although the wordes be not all one, which neyther is required nor lightly found in any two translators, so that all your wrangling in the diuersity of the translations, is but a fleight and common practise of you, whan you cannot answer the matter, to seeke faultes in the translation, where none is.