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

SO saith Mr. Humphrey in his Life;¹ but it is apparent by the first lines of his Epistle to Seignior Scipio, that he studied some time at Padua, and there being no mention of his travelling at any time before his exile, nor ⟨p. 18⟩indeed any possibility of it, I suppose that whilst he was thus with Peter Martyr at Zurick, he made a step over the Alps to Padua, which was not very distant, and there studied some time, and contracted his acquaintance with the said Venetian Gentleman; for this Journey is no where mentioned by any other Author that I have seen, and I can find no time so likely for it as now.

SO saith Mr. Humfrey in his Life;¹ but it is apparent by the first lines of his Epistle to Seignior Scipio, that he studied some time at Padua, and there being no mention of his travelling at any time before his exile, nor ⟨p. 18⟩indeed any possibility of it, I suppose that whilst he was thus with Peter Martyr at Zurick, he made a step over the Alpes to Padua, which was not very distant, and there studied some time, and contracted his acquaintance with the said Venetian Gentleman; for this Journey is no where mentioned by any other Author that I have seen, and I can find no time so likely for it as now.

1. 1Humphrey p. 90.Humfrey p. 90.

DURING all the time of his exile, which was about four years, he studied very hard, and spent the rest of his time in consolating and confirming his Brethren; for he would frequently tell them that when their Brethren endured such bitter Tortures and horrible Martyrdoms at home, it was not reasonable they should expect to fare deliciously in Banishment, concluding always: Haec non du rabunt aetatem. These things will not last an Age Which he repeated so very often, and with so great an assurance of mind that it would be so, that many believed it before it came to pass, and more took it for a Prophetic Sentence afterwards.