The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke

Thou shalt understand most dear reader / when I had taken in hand to look over the new testament again & to compare it with the greek / and to mend whatsoever I could find amiss & had almost finished the labour: George Joy secretly toke in hand to correct it also by what occasion his conscience knoweth: & prevented me / in so much / that his correction was printed in great number / ere mine began. When it was spied and word brought me: though it seemed to divers other that George Joy had not used the office of an honest man / seeing he knew that I was in correcting it myself: nether did walk after the rules of yt love & softness which christ / & his disciples teach us / how that we should do nothing of strife to move debate / or of vain glory or of covetousness. Yet I toke the thing in worth as I have done divers other in time past / as one that have more experience of the nature & disposition of yt mans complexion / & supposed that a little spice of covetousness & vain glory (two blind guides) had been the only cause that moved him so to do / about which things I strive with no man: & so followed after & corrected forth & caused this to be printed / without surmise or looking on his correction.

THou shalt vnderstonde moost dere reader / when I had taken in hāde to looke ouer the new testament agayne & to cōpare it with ye greke / and to mende whatsoeuer I coulde fynde amysse & had almost fynesshed ye laboure: George Ioye secretly toke in hand to correct it also by what occasyon his conscyence knoweth: & preuēted me / in so moche / yt his correccyō was prynted in great nombre / yer myne begāne. When it was spyed and worde brought me: though it semed to dyuers other yt George Ioye had not vsed ye offyce of an honest mā / seinge he knew yt I was in correctynge it myselfe: nether dyd walke after ye rules of yt loue & softenes which christ / & his desciples teache vs / how yt we shuld do nothynge of stryfe to moue debate / or of vayne glorie or of couetousnes. Yet I toke ye thīge in worth as I have done dyuers other in tyme past / as one that have moare experyēce of ye nature & dysposiciō of yt mānes cōplexion / & supposed that a lytle spyse of couetousnes & vayne glorie (two blynde gydes) had bene ye onlye cause yt moued him so to do / aboute which thynges I stryue with no man: & so folowed after & corrected forth & caused this to be prynted / without surmyse or lokynge on his correctyon.