The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…

IT is an easy thing for those that were never tried, to censure the frailty of those that have truckled for some time under the shock of a mighty Temptation; but let such remember St. Paul's advice, Let him that standeth take heed least he fall. This great Mans fall shall ever be my Lesson, and if this glistering Jewel were thus clouded and foiled, God be merciful to me a Sinner.

IT is an easie thing for those that were never tried, to censure the frailty of those that have truckled for some time under the shock of a mighty Temptation; but let such remember St. Paul's advice, Let him that standeth take heed least he fall. This great Mans fall shall ever be my Lesson, and if this glistering Jewel were thus clowded and foil'd, God be merciful to me a Sinner.

Mr. JEWEL had not been long at Frankfort, before Peter Martyr hearing of it, often solicited him to come to Strasburgh,¹ where he was now settled and provided for; and all things considered, a wonder it is that he did not perish in England;² For there was no Person more openly aimed at than he, because none of them had given wider Wounds than he to the Catholic Cause. One Tresham a Senior Canon of Christ-Church, who had held some Points against him at his first coming thither, now took the benefit of the times to be revenged on him, and incited those of Christ-Church and of other Houses to affront him publicly. So that not finding any safety at Oxford, he retired to Lambeth to Cranmer, where he was sure of as much as the place could afford him. A Consultation had been held by some of the more fiery Spirits, for his commitment unto Prison. But he came ⟨p. 15⟩thither (as was well known) on the public Faith, which was not to be violated for the satisfaction of some private Persons. It was thought fit therefore to discharge him of all further employment,³