M. Harding. The .3. Division.M. Hardinge. The .3. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .3. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .3. Diuision.

It appeareth, that being not unwitting, how good proofs we have for the Mass it self, he thinketh to blank us by putting us to the proof of his number of .xxx.xx.xv.x. or .v.

It appeareth, that beinge not vnwittinge, howe good proufes we haue for the Masse it self, he thinketh to blanke vs by puttinge vs to the proufe of his number of .xxx.xx.xv.x. or .v.

Verily this kind of men fareth with the Church much like unto strong Thieves, who having ⟨p. 480⟩robbed an honest wealthy man of all his money, say afterwards unto him uncourtuously, ah Carl, how camest thou by so much Old Gold? Or if it like not them to be compared with Thieves, in regard of the room they have shuffled them selves, into, they may not unfitly be likened to a Judge of the Stannary at L•dforde in Devonshire, who (as I have heard it commonly reported) hanged a felon among the tinners in the forenoon, and sate upon him in judgement at afternoon. And thereof to this day, such wrongful dealing in a common Proverb is in that Country called Lydforde Law. Sith that you, M. Ivel, and your fellows, that now sit on the bench, require of us the proof of moe Masses in one Church in one day, as it were a verdict of twelve men: of equity and right, ye should have heard our verdict, ere ye had given sentence, and condemned the Mass.

Verily this kinde of men fareth with the Churche muche like vnto stronge Theeues, who hauinge ⟨p. 480⟩