A46876:92
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 good Bishop was most encouraged to publish this Apology by Peter Martyr (as1 appears by Martyr's Letter of the 24th of August) with whom he had spent the greatest part of his time in Exile. But Martyr only lived to see the Book which he so much longed for, dying at Zurick, on the twelfth day of November following,2 after he had paid his thanks for, and expressed his value of this piece in a Letter which is subjoined to this Book in all the following Prints. And Mr. Camden also in his Annals expressly saith, this Apology was printed first in the year 1562.
THE good Bishop was most encouraged to publish this Apology by Peter Martyr (as1 appears by Martyr's Letter of the 24th of August) with whom he had spent the greatest part of his time in Exile. But Martyr only lived to see the Book which he so much longed for, dying at Zurick, on the twelfth day of November following,2 after he had paid his thanks for, and expressed his value of this piece in a Letter which is subjoyned to this Book in all the following Prints. And Mr. Camden also in his Annals expresly saith, this Apology was printed first in the year 1562.
- 1Heylyn. p. 328.
- 21562. In the LXIII. of his Age.
In the year 1564.1 Mr. Harding put out a pretended Answer to Bishop Jewel's famous Challenge at Paul's Cross, mentioned above, to which in the year following the Bishop made a very learned Reply, the Epistle before