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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
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The Epistle to Seignior Scipio was written soon after the Apology, and to a private Venetian Gentleman in a more free and friendly way, as not being at all intended for the Public. It was first Printed in English and Latin at the end of the Council of Trent; who made that Version I know not, but it is a very good one, and if I might have had so much liberty, I would only have altered a very few words in it, and so have Re-printed it again. But not daring to take that liberty with what belonged to other men, I have done it over again as well as I could, and perhaps the Reader will not be displeased to see it in the same stile with the Apology, in English as well as Latin.
The Epistle to Seignior Scipio was written soon after the Apology, and to a private Venetian Gentleman in a more free and friendly way, as not being at all intended for the Publick. It was first Printed in English and Latin at the end of the Council of Trent; who made that Version I know not, but it is a very good one, and if I might have had so much liberty, I would only have altered a very few words in it, and so have Re-printed it again. But not daring to take that liberty with what belonged to other men, I have done it over again as well as I could, and perhaps the Reader will not be displeased to see it in the same stile with the Apology, in English as well as Latin.
But now who can enough deplore the Blindness, Pride and Partiality of those Men, who being led by Interest, and hoodwinked by Ignorance, did at first employ all the disingenuous Arts that spite and ⟨image 7⟩prejudice could furnish them with, to ruin this most Excellent, Apostolical, and Primitive Church; or force her to return back to the State of Corruption, out of which with so much labour, difficulty, and danger, she was then rising.
But now who can enough deplore the Blindness, Pride and Partiality of those Men, who being led by Interest, and hoodwink'd by Ignorance, did at first imploy all the disingenuous Arts that spite and ⟨image 7⟩