The B. of Salisbury.The B. of Sarisburie.

The B. of Salisbury.

The B. of Sarisburie.

This argument hangeth only upon lack of carriage. For if it were possible to devise a way, that the Sacrament might be carried about in both kinds, then were this guess soon answered. For otherwise Melciades speaketh not one word of the Communion in One Kind. Now, that the carriage of both kinds is not impossible, the examples of antiquity do well declare. S. Hierome writeth thus of Exuperius the Bishop of Toulouse in Fraunce:¹ Nihil illo di•ius, qui Corpus Domini in canistro vimineo, sanguinem portabat in vitro. There was no man richer th•n he, that carried the Lords Body in a wicke• Basket, and his Blood in a Glass. ²Likewise Justinus Martyr, declaring the order of the Church in his time, saith thus: Illis, quae cum gratiarum actione consecrata sunt, unusquisque participat: Eadem, ad eos qui absunt, ⟨p. 130⟩Diaconis dantur perferenda. Of the things that be consecrate (that is, the Bread, Water, and Wine) every man taketh part, The same things are delivered to the Deacons to be carried unto them that be away. Here have we found not only a possibility, but also a common usage & practise of carrying the Sacrament in Both Kinds. This is the first invincible argument, that all the world cannot answer.

This argument hangeth onely vpon lacke of carriage. For if it were possible to diuise a way, that the Sacrament might be caried aboute in bothe kindes, then were this gheasse soone answeared. For otherwise Melciades speaketh not one woorde of the Communion in One Kinde. Now, that the carriage of bothe kindes is not impossible, the examples of antiquitie doo wel declare. S. Hierome writeth thus of Exuperius ye Bishop of Tholouse in Fraunce: