The Bishop of Salisbury.The Byshoppe of Sarisburie.
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The Bishop of Salisbury.
The Byshoppe of Sarisburie.
IF any learned man of our adversaries, or if all the learned men that be alive, be able to bring any one sufficient sentence out of any old catholic Doctor or Father, or out of any old general Council, or out of the holy Scriptures of God, or any one example of the Primitive Church, whereby it may clearly and plainly be proved, that there was any private Mass in the whole world at that time for the space of six hundred years after Christ. &c. The conclusion is this: As I said before, so say I now again, I am content to yield and to subscribe.
IF any learned man of our aduersaries, or if al the learned men that be alyue, be hable to bryng any one sufficient sentence out of any olde catholike Doctour or Father, or out of any olde general Councel, or out of the holy Scriptures of God, or any one example of the Primitiue Churche, whereby it may clearely aud plainely be proued, that there was any priuate Masse in the whole worlde at that tyme for the space of sixe hundred yeres after Christ. &c. The conclusion is this: As I sayd before, so say I now againe, I am content to yelde and to subscribe.