A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.

A Viewe of Vntruthes, Wherewith M. Hardinge thus chargeth his Aduersarie.

• Aristotle beinge once asked, what a common Lier gained by his Lieinge, answeared thus: That when he telleth Truthe, no∣man wil beleeue him. Confuta. 159. a.
• Who seeth not, and almoste feeleth your Lies? 176.
• When wil yee foresake the Schoole of Lie∣inge? 179. a.
• Yee are good in the arte of Lieinge. 218. b.
• Yee haue sworne to belie al the world. 245. a
• Wee haue taken you tardie in so many, and so manifeste Lies. 159. a.
• Beinge disposed to Lie, he woulde Lie for a vantage. 157. b.
• Lie so longe, as yee liste. 150. a.
• Al menne doo espie your Lieinge. 150. b.
• A sumpe of Lies. 5. a.
• Carteloades of Lies. 175.
• A man for his Life cannot finde one leafe, in it without many Lies. 219.
• Lieinge to this felowe is Accidens Inse∣parabile. 273. b.
• Make of it, what yee wil. A lie is a lie. 155. b.
• The number of Ʋntruthes, vttered of M. Jewelles parte, noted, and Confuted by others, and by mee, amounteth to a thou∣sande, and odde. M. Hardinge in the Pre∣face to the Reader before his Reioinder.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Here, good Christian Reader, I haue thought it needefull, for thy better satisfac∣tion, to géeue thee a shorte viewe of these so horrible, & so shameful Vntruthes: that by a sewe, thou maiste be hable, to iudge the better of the reste.

A Vievve of Vntruthes.

• Reioinder, Fol. 1.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• Here appereth smal hope, that M. Hardinge wil deale plainely in the reste, that thus ma∣keth his firste entrie with * a Cauil.

M. Hardinge.

• 1. Vntruthe. For it is no Cauil. The B. of Sarisburie.
• Whereas the * mater is knowen, & agreed v∣pon, it is great ••olie, to pike a quarrel vnto the woorde. The mater is, what is meante by pri∣uate Masse.

M. Hardinge.

• 2. Vntruthe. It is not knowen, nor agreed vpon.
• The B. of Sarisburie.
• Euery Masse, saithe M. Hardinge, is * com∣mon, & none Priuate.

M. Hardinge.

• 3. Vntruthe. I saie not so, but with addition, whiche ma∣keth certaine limitation.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• If there be * no Priuate Masse at al, then was there no priuate Masse in y^e primitiue Church: whiche was my firste assertion.

M. Hardinge.

• 4. Vntruth. It is not saide, There is no Priuate Masse at al. For there is Priuate Masse, as Priuate is taken in an other sense.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• M. Harding in his. 22. Ar∣ticle, entreating of the Accidentes of Breade, & Wine, &c. calleth that thinge Priuate, that is disputed in opē Au∣dience, in the hearinge of fiue hūdred, or moe, and is sette abroade to the knowledge of the worlde.

M. Hardinge.

• 5. Vntruthe. In that place I speake not hereof, but of M. Iewelles fine laste Articles.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• He saithe, These maters were neuer taught in open Audience, but Priuately disputed in the Schooles.

M. Hardinge.

• 6. Vntruthe. I saie not so, but otherwise.

The B of Sarisburie.

• As for the Masse, somme∣times he maketh it the Sacrifice, sommetime the * Communion &c.

M. Hardinge.

• 7. Vntruthe. I neuer saide the Communion to be the Masse.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• If the Sacrifice be com∣mon, why doothe he géeue it these Priuate Cities, This for the Liuinge, This for the Deade, &c?

M. Hardinge.

• 8. Vntruther. I geeue not the Sa∣crifice these Titles.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• He saithe, It is a feaste, &

• therfore it is common. And thus he salueth one errour w^t an other.

M. Hardinge.

• 9. Vntruthe. It is no erroure, to saie, The Cōmunion, whiche is in the Masse, is a Feaste.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• What if y^e Priestes wille be, to woorke Necro∣mancie, or Sorcerie, as it is reported of Pope Hildebrande?

M. Hardinge.

• 10. Vntruthe. This is not vepor∣ted by any graue, and true writer: But by them that flattered the Emperoure of that time.

A Replie.

• This storie is largely set out by Beno, Cardi∣nale of the Churche of Rome. Vrspergensis saith, Manifestum Ne∣cromanticū. An. 1080.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• What if y^e Piestes wille be, to poison some bo∣dy, as Henrie the Em∣peroure was poisoned in the Communion Breade?

M. Hardinge.

• 11. Vntruthe. He was not so poi∣soned: but died otherwise.

A Replie.

• Vrspergensis saith, Qui∣dam Religiosus tra∣didit Imperatori in∣toxicatam Euchari∣stiam. An. 1313. Like∣wise saith Auentinus, Bap. Egnatius, Sup∣plementum Chroni∣cor. Raui. Textor, Carion. &c.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• Pope Victor was poiso∣ned in the Chalice.

M. Hardinge.

• 12. Vntruthe. He died otherwise.

A Replie.

• He died euen so. Reade Martinus Polonus, Volaterranus, Mat∣thaeus Palmerius, Sup∣plementū Chronico∣rum, Fasciculus Tem∣porum, Raui. Textor, Anselmus Rid, Mas∣saeus Cameracensis, Vrsperg. Pag. 230.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• Lyra saithe, Many mira∣cles are wrought in the Churche * to mocke the people.

M. Hardinge.

• 13. Vntruthe. Lyra saithe it not.
• 14. Vntruthe, To wocke the peo∣ple, is not in Lyra.

A Replie.

• The woordes of Lyra be very plaine, Aliquan∣do in Ecclesia fit ma∣xima deceptio populi in Miraculis fictis à Sacerdotibus, vel eis adhaerētibus, propter Lucrum: Sommetimes euen in the Churche the the people is shamefully deceiued with feined Mi∣racles, wrought either by the Priestes, or els by their companions, for lukers sake. In Daniel. Ca. 14.

The B. of Sarisburie.

• S. Hierome saith, Domi∣nica Coena omnibus debet esse Cōmunis.

M. Hardinge.

• 15. Vntruthe. S, Hierome is not the Authoure of those briefe Commentaries.

A Replie.

• Thes are printed emonge other S. Hieromes woorkes, and are com∣monly knowen by his name: but by any o∣ther Anthours name they are not knowen.

These he fiftiene of the firste horrible greate Lies, that M. Hardinge hath so adui∣sedly noted in his Reioinder. It were but loste laboure to proceede further. As these are, euen so are the reste.

Nowe, good Reader, maie it please thée, to take a prouse of other Vntruthes, that after greate trauaile, & seekinge, he hath likewise founde out in the Apologie.

The Apologie. Parte 2. Cap. 4. Diuis. 2.

• The Councel of Carthage prouided, that no Bishop shoulde be called ei∣ther the Highest Bishop, or y^e Chiefe Prieste.

M. Hardinge.

• 1. Here, Sir Defender, yee plaie false. Yee are ta∣ken with false Dice. False plaie, shameful falsifieinge, false teachinge, false sleight, forginge of Canons, your Lie your falsehedde. Shame on you Defender. How so euer this Canon be construed, it taketh no place out of Aphrica: and therefore cannot iustely be al∣leged againste the Bishop of Rome.

The Replie.

• ...The woordes of the Councel, alleged by

• Gratian, are these: Primae sedis E∣piscopus non appelletur Princeps Sacerdotum, vel Summus Sacer∣dos, vel aliquid huiusmodi: Sed tantùm, primae Sedis Episcopus. V∣niuersalis autem nec etiam Roma∣nus Pontifex appelletur.

The Apologie. Parte 2 Cap. 12. Diuis. 2.

• Calixtus decreed, that the Consecration beinge finished, al the people shoulde Communicate &c.

M. Hardinge.

• 2. Vntruthe. This Decree had Relation vnto the Priestes, Deacons, and Subdeacons, and not vnto the people.

The Replie.

• Here M. Hardinge is soone reproued e∣uen by his owne Doctours, Duran∣dus, Hugo, Cochlaeus, Clichtoueus. For thus they saie, Omnes olim, tū Sacerdotes, tum Laici cum Sacrifi∣cante communicabant &c. Hîc v∣nicum hac de re Canonem recitabo. qui Calixto adscribitur.

The Apologie. Parte 2. Ca 8. Diuis. 2.

• Gregorius Nazianzenus saithe, spea∣kinge of his owne Father, that a good, & a diligent Bishop dooth serue in the Ministerie neuer the woorse, for that he is Married, but rather the better.

M. Hardinge.

• 3. Vntruthe. Yee make manifeste Lies. Yee vse your accustomed figure Pseudologia, whiche is Lieinge in plaine Englishe, &c. How coulde he saie, that a Bishop serueth in the Ministerie neuer the woorse, but rather the better? &c.

The Replie.

• This erroure of M. Hardinges grewe of Ignorance. For Nazianzenes woordes be very plaine: Meo Patri Mater mea, data illi à Deo, non tan∣tùm Adiutrix facta est, sed etiam Dux, & Princeps, verbo, facto{que} inducens illum ad res optimas &c. In pietate non verebatur seipsam il∣li Magistram exhibere. In Epita∣phio Patris.

The Apologie. Parte 6. Ca. 5▪ Diui. 2.

• Pope Liberius was a fauourer of the Arian Heretiques.

M. Hardinge.

• 4. Vntruthe. That you saie of Liberius is starke false. He neuer fauoured the Arians.

The Replie.

• The Authoure hereof is S. Hierome, De Ecclesiasticis Scriptoribus. In Fortunatiano. And one of M. Har∣dinges owne principal Doctoures saithe, De Liberio Papa constat fu∣isse Arianum.

The Apologie. Parte 6 Ca▪ 5. Diui. 2.

• Pope Zosimus corrupted the Councel of Nice.

M. Hardinge.

• 5. Vntruthe. Yee belie Zosimus: He corrupted not the Councel of Nice.

The Replie.

• This matter moste plainely appeareth by the Recordes of the Councel of Aphrica.

The Apologie. Parte 6 Cap 5 Diuis. 2.

• Pope Iohn helde a detestable opinion touchinge the immortalitie of the Soule.

M. Hardinge.

• 6. Vntruthe. That you reporte of Pope Iohn, is likewise moste false. The woorste that Marsi∣lius, and Ockam wrote of him, is, that he taught openly, that the Soules of the luste see not God, vntil the daie of Iudgemente. That he had any detestable opinion of the Immor∣talitie of the Soule, there was no sutche his opinion: But it is your false sclaunder: by whiche your wicked, and detestable maltce, yee imagine to deface the Authoritie of the Holy See Apostolique.

The Replie.

• Gerson in Sermone Paschali: Pope Iohn 22. decreed, that the Soules of the wicked should not be pounished, before y^e daie of the laste Iudgement. Whiche erroure the Vntuersitie of Parise condemned for Heresie, and caused the Pope to recante.
• Concil. Constantien. in Appendice. In primis Quin imò Iohannes Pa∣pa. 22. dixit, & pertinaciter credidit, Animā hominis cum corpore hu∣mano mori▪ & extingui, ad instar a∣nimalium brutorum. Dixit{que}, mor∣tuum semel, etiam in Nouissimo

• Die, minimè esse resurrecturum.

The Apologie. Parte 6. Ca. 6. Diui. 1.

• The Canonistes sale, The Pope can doo as mutche, as Christe him selfe can doo.

M. Hardinge.

• 7. Vntruthe. The moste parte hereof is very false, and sclaunderous. Mentiris in your Diui∣nitie is a Verbe Commune.

The Replie.

• The woordes be moste manifeste, & out of al question: Excepto peccato, Pa∣pa potest, quicquid Deus ipse po∣test. Extra, De translatione Episco∣pi. Quanto. Hostien.

The Apologie. Parte 6. Ca. 6. Diui. 1.

• Somme of them haue saide, The Pope is the Lighte, that is comme into the worlde: And, who so is an il dooer, fleeth that Lighte.

M. Hardinge.

• 8. Vntruthe. If yee were hardely charged, to shewe, where he saide it, or, where he wrote it, yee would be founde a Lier, as in many o∣ther pointes yee are founde already. That he neuer wrote it in any of his eloquente Italian Sermons, set foorthe in Printe, I am assured. And more hath he not set foorthe. Nowe it remaineth, that yee telle vs, where he saithe so or els confesse your sclaunderous Lie.

The Replie.

• In the Oration, that Cornelius the Bi∣shop of Bitonto pronounced in the Councel of Tridente, yee maie finde these woordes: Papa Lux venit in Mundum: Sed dilexerunt homines tenebras magis quàm Lucem.

The Apologie▪ Parte 4. Ca. 1. Diui. 1.

• They haue decreed, that a Prieste, for Fornication ought not to be re∣moued from his Cure.

M. Hardinge.

• 9. Vntruthe. This is a foule Lie. And herein these menne moste shamefully haue sclaundered the Churche: as, by that I haue saide, to any man it maie appeare.

The Replie.

• But vnto the beste learned Canonistes it appeareth farre otherwise. Pa∣normitane saithe, Hodiè ex Sim∣plici Fornicatione Clericus non de∣ponitur. Extra. De Consangui. & Affini. Non debet. Likewise it is so∣lemnely noted in great letters in the Margine, Fornicationes causa hodiè nemo est deponendus.

The Apologie. Parte 6. Ca. 14. Diui. 1.

• In the Councel of Chalcedon the Ciuile Magistrate condēned iiJ. Bishoppes, Dioscorus, Iuuenalis, & Thalassius, for Heretiques, & gaue Iudgemente, that they shoulde be deposed.

M. Hardinge.

• 10. Vntruthe. That al these three were condem∣ned in that Councel▪ wee finde not. Mutche lesse. that they were condemned by any Ciuile Magistrate, doo wee finde &c. VVhat is im∣pudencie? VVhat is licentious Lieinge? VVhat is deceiteful dealinge, if this be not?

The Replie.

• These be the woordes, pronounced o∣penly in the Councel, Videtur nobis iustum esse, eidem poenae Diosco∣rum Reuerendum Episcopum A∣lexandriae, & Iuuenalem Reueren∣dum Episcopum Hierosolymorum, & Thalassium Reuerendum Epis∣copum Caesariae Cappadociae sub∣iacere. Concil. Chalcedonen. Actio∣ne. 1. Pag. 831.

Reioinder. Fol. 251. b. The B. of Sarisburie.

• M. Harding healpeth it forewarde with a litle prety false translation of his owne. For, whereas it is written in the Latine, Cùm benedixisset Sācta, He translateth it thus, When he had cōsecrated the Sacrament. And like∣wise these woordes, Post finem Ora∣tionum, he translateth thus: After he had donne y^e Praier of Consecration.

M. Hardinge.

• 11. Vntruthe. Gentle Reader, consider, how falsely M. Iewel demeaneth him selfe. These woordes, Post finem Orationum, thou findest not at al in al this 32. Diutision. If they be not here, why reproueth he me for vsinge a prety false translation? This is not a prety, but a grosse, and a shamelesse kinde of falsehed, to charge we with that, whiche here I saie not.

The Replie.

• It is in the very next Diuision. There∣fore

• this mater needed nothinge so greate adoo.

The Apologie. Parte. 2. Ca. 13. Diui. 1.

• Origen saithe, The Breade, whiche is sanctified by the Woorde of God, &c.

M. Hardinge.

• 12. Vntruthe. Alleginge Origen, Sir Defender, yee plaie your accustomed false plaie, corru∣ptinge his sentence, and falsifieinge his woordes. He saith, Ille cibus, not, Ille Panis.

The Replie.

• Yet Origen in the same place calleth it seuen times, Panis. Therefore this was but a simple mater, to make sutche a Tragedie of false plaie.

The Apologie. Parte. 2. Ca. 1. Diui. 1.

• S. Augustine saithe, Although the Ma∣testie, and Godhedde of Christe be e∣uerywhere, yet the Body, wherein he rose againe, muste needes be in one place.

M. Hardinge.

• 13. Vntruthe. S. Augustine in that Treatie hath not that woorde, Oportet, but this woorde, Potest: as the Bookes haue, that be not corru∣pted by the mainteiners of that Heresie.

The Replie.

• Gratian reportinge this place of S. Au∣gustine, vseth this woorde, Oportet. Thus he saithe in moste plaine wise, Corpus, in quo Christus resurrexit, In Vno loco esse Oportet. De Consecr. Dist. 2. Prima. Like∣wise saithe Petrus Lombardus re∣portinge the same, in Vno loco esse Oportet. Lib. 4. Dist. 10. Sunt item. But before them al S. Peter saide, Oportet illum Coelos capere vs{que} ad tempora restitutionis omnium. Actorum. 3. These, I trowe, were not the maineteiners of any Heresie.

The Apologie. Parte. 5. Ca. 3. Diui. 11.

• The Olde Councel of Carthage com∣maunded nothing to be readde in the Congregation, but the Canonical Scriptures.

M. Hardinge.

• 14. Vntruthe. This Booke is ful of Lies, and falsified places. This Olde Councel is newely falsified. The woordes be, Vt prae∣ter Scripturas Canonicas nihil in Eccle∣sia legatur sub nomine Diuinarum Scri∣pturarum. It foloweth in the same Decree, Liceat etiam legi Passiones Martyrum, cùm Anniuersarij dies eorū celebrantur.

The Replie.

• This Obiection is very true: albeit not greatly to the pourpose. For, as the Decrée cutteth of al secrete, or vn∣laweful Scriptures, so it suffreth no∣thinge els to be read in the Churche, but onely the Passions, or deathes of Martyrs, and that onely vpon the Martyrs Anniuersarie: whiche was, for one Martyr, but onely one daie in the yeere.
• Nowe lette M. Hardinge telle vs, what, and howe mutche there remained biside, to bee read in the Churche, sauinge onely the Canoni∣cal Scriptures. Howe be it in the same thirde Councel of Carthage, there bee other woordes founde som∣mewhat plainer, & more pregnante, then these. For in the saide Councel of Carthage, the Councel of Hippo was abbridged. In whiche Abbrid∣gemente this Decree is read emōgest others: Scripturae Canonicae in Ec∣clesia legendae quae sunt: & praeter quas alia nō legantur. These woordes were abbridged, and authorized in the saide thirde Councel of Carthage: as it is plaine by the Title of the same: Concilij Hipponensis Abbre∣uiationes factae in Concilio Cartha∣ginensi Tertio. In mistakinge of whiche woordes I muste needes con∣fesse mine erroure. For by ouersight, I thought, the Councel of Carthage had benne abbridged in the Councel of Hippo, as it maie appeare by my answeare in this Booke, Fol. 519. Whereas contrariwise, the Councel of Hippo was abbridged in the Coun∣cel of Carthage. This in deede of my parte was an erroure. And I thanke M. Dorman, that hathe geeuen mée occasion, better to consider the same. Notwithstandinge, as I saide before, the woordes be plaine, Praeter quas (Scripturas) alia non legantur.

The Apologie. Par. 5. Cap. 11. Diui. ••.

• The Canonistes this date vse to saie of the Pope, that for so mutche as he is Lorde of al benefices, though he sel Bishoprikes, Monasteries, Benefices, and Spiritual promotions for monie, yet he cannot committe Simonie, though he would neuer so faine.

M. Hardinge.

• 15. Vntruthe. VVhereas it is written in Sum∣ma Angelica, In Curia Romana, titulus De Simonia non habet locum, The selfe same Summe vseth this distinction, saieinge, Verum est in ijs, quae sunt Simoniaca de Iure positiuo solùm: sed non in ijs, quae sunt Simoniaca de lure Diuino. VVhereby he meaneth, that concerninge Simonie, whiche properly is so called, the Pope is no lesse sub∣iecte thereto, then any other man. Thus haue you shamefully belied Summa Angelica.

The Replie.

• Hereby it appeareth, that M. Hardinge vnderstādeth not his owne Summa. For by Simonia de Iure positiuo, is meante the sale of Bishoprikes, and Benefices, &c. whiche, as this Summa saithe, the Pope maie freely selle for monie, without empeachemente of any manner of Simonie. For be∣ter proufe whereof Theodoricus saithe, Papa non potest committe∣re Simoniam. Sic tenent Iuristae.
• Quia Simonia excusatur per Au∣thoritatem Papae. De Schismate in∣ter Vrban. & Clemen. lib. 2. cap. 32. An other saithe: Papa non commit∣tit Simoniam recipiendo pecuni••m pro collatione Beneficiorum 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shamefully wee belie Summa ••••¦gelica.

16. Vntruthe.

• In the fourthe parte. 7. chapter, and. 4. Diuision of this Booke, touchinge that most vile, and shameful abusing of Franciscus Dandalus Gentleman of Venice, that was driuen to wal∣lowe vnder y^e Popes table in a chaine like a Dogge, reported, as M. Har∣dinge saithe, by Sabellicus in the first Booke of his Seconde Decade: I haue answeared, as then I thought, accordinge to truthe, that Sabellicus wrote no Decades, but onely Ennea∣des: as it might appeare by his woorkes printed either at Basile by Heruagius, or otherwhere by any o∣ther. Sithence I vnderstande, that there is nowe extante an other Booke of Sabellicus, by the name of Deca∣des, set foorthe of late at Basile by Coelius Secundus Curio, An. 1560. Vnderstande thou therefore, good Reader, that herein I folowed sutche Bookes of Sabellicus, as had benne long abroade, and were wel acquain∣ted amōg the learned. But that there should any other newe Booke of Sa∣bellicus be printed afterwarde, spe∣cially so longe after the Authours death, I coulde not prophesie.

These, and sutche other, good Christian Reader, be our Vntruthes, so many in number, and of sutche weighte, that M. Hardinge thinketh him selfe wel hable easily with the same to lode a Carte.* 1.1 To al these so many, and so many, so horri∣ble, and so blasphemous Lies, Goddes Holy name be blessed, wée maie truely saie with S. Paule,* 1.2 Tanquam seductores: & ecce veraces: Wee are called deceiuers: and yet wee saie the Truthe.

How be it, I doo not so warrante euery parcel of any my writinges, as though there were nothinge therein conteined, but might safely be iustified in al respectes, and againste al quarrels. Sutche reuerence, by S. Augustines iudgemente, wée ought to géeue onely to the VVoorde of God. Nomans Learninge or memorie was euer infinite. But of al others, I acknowledge mine to be the weakeste.

If I haue at any time mistaken either Authoure for Authoure, or Name for Name, or Chapter for Chapter, or Booke for Booke: as whereas in the allegatiō of Pope Leo, in stéede of these woordes, Indiuiduam Vnitatē, I wrote, Indiuiduam Trinitatem: or, whereas in stéede of these woordes, Paulinus ad Romanianum, I

wrote, Paulinus ad. Augustinum, the saide Epistle of Paulinus beinge mingled with a whole Booke of the Epistles of S. Augustine: Or, if vpon any other like 〈◊〉〈◊〉, I haue alleged either Liberius for Athanasius, or the Arians for the Eu∣ty 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or any one Father, or Doctoure, for an other, sutche errours, beinge bolde of malice, were neuer hitherto accoumpted damnable. The beste Learned haue oftentimes fallen into them.

For prouse whereof, it were easy to saie, y^t Cicero, notwithstanding otherwise a great Learned man, alleged Aiax in stéede of Hector, Agamemnon in stéede of Vlysses, Eupolis in stéede of Aristophanes: That Aristotle alleged Calypso in stéede of Circe: That Gratian allegeth Aniceus for Anicetus, Ambrosius for Au∣gustinus, Calixtus for Anacletus, Greeke for Latine, Nevve for Olde: That Hippolytus allegeth the Apocalyps of S. Iohn in stéede of Daniel: That S. Chrysostome nameth Abacuk for Sophonias, and Agar for Sara. If thou be desi∣rous to sée these seueral errours further proued, it maie please thee to sée mine An∣sweare to this s, Fol. 362.

That in the alleginge of Liberatus I leaste out this woorde, Quodammodò, it was onely an Erroure. For why I should of pourpose doo it, there was no cause: specially that woorde bearinge in that place no greatter weight. But M. Hardinge alleginge these woordes of S.* 1.3 Augustine, Christus quodammodò ferebatur in manibus suis,* 1.4 not of erroure, but, as it maie be thought, of set pourpose, leafte out, Quodammodò, as knowinge, that in that one woorde reasted the meaninge of the whole.

Briefely, what so euer other like erroure shalbe found in any my writinges, I wil discharge bothe my Clerke, and the Compositoure, & the Printer of the same, & take the whole vpon mée self. I speake not this for that I thinke, my Booke can be printed without erroure: for that, in sutche a number & varietie of allegations, were scarcely possible. But if any erroure, what so euer, shal escape, as I doubte not but there wil many, I proteste before him, that séeth the harte, it walbe wholy againste my wil.

And yet maie not these menne so charge others, as if they them selues onely were priuileged, and exempted from al sutche dangers. M. Hardinge maie re∣member, that he him selfe in stéede of the Prophete Osee,* 1.5 hath alleged vs the No∣ble Iosua: and,* 1.6 that by an other like ouersight, he hath alleged the Eighth Booke of Socrates Scholasticus, whereas Socrates neuer wrote but Seuen: As like∣wise also M. Dorman allegeth the Seuenth Booke of the Storie of Theodoretus,* 1.7 whereas Theodoretus him selfe neuer wrote but Fiue. And againe, he fraieth al Christian Princes with the horrible Examples of the Tvvoo Kinges, as he saith,* 1.8 Ozias, and Oza. Yet he might easily haue learned, that Oza was a poore Priuate man, and neuer knowen to be a Kinge. Notwithstandinge, in one of his late litle∣woorthe Pamflettes, confessinge his ouersight herein, he stumbleth into an other Erroure,* 1.9 as fowle, as the first, and bewraieth his ignorance more then before. For nowe he telleth vs, he hath better remembred him selfe, that the saide Oza was not a Kinge, but onely a Prophete. And yet yewis, a childe could haue tolde him, that the same Oza was neither King, nor Prophete, but onely a Leuite. Let him looke better on his bookes, and he shal finde it.

Howe be it, I woulde not, that either M. Hardinge, or M. Dorman shoulde thinke, that therefore they are here charged with ignorance. Errours wil créepe bitwéene theire fingers, be thei neuer so watcheful. In the heate, and drifte of wri∣tinge, when the minde is wholy occupied, and fully bente to the substance of the cause, it is an easy mater, by somme confusion, one waie, or other, to disorder a woorde, or to displace a number, as to write either 9. for 6. or, 24. for 42. or somme

other like: whiche errour, though it be light in dooing, yet in the reckeninge often∣times is very greate. To leaue other Examples, M. Hardinge him selfe in his Confutation of the Apologie,* 1.10 in stéede of the 22. of Luke, hathe printed the 2. of Luke. Likewise in his Reioinder,* 1.11 in stéede of these woordes, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, he hath printed, and sente vs quite the contrarie, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In one Booke of the Newe Testamente set out at Co∣laine, in stéede of these woordes,* 1.12 Neque Scortatores Regnum Dei possidebunt, yée shal finde it by erroure printed thus, Neque Sacerdotes Regnum Dei possi∣debunt. To be shorte, M. Hardinge in this selfe same Booke, in stéede of these woordes,* 1.13 Lulled a sleepe, by erroure hath printed, Lulled a sheepe. If al sutche childishe aduantages shoulde be taken, then coulde no writer escape vncontrolled.

Thus, good Christian Reader, by the shorte Viewe of these fewe Vntruthes, for so it pleaseth these menne to calle them, thou maiste the better weigh the va∣lue and substance•••• of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

Tedious Repetitions.

M. Hardinges often rehearsal, and doubling of one thing hath forced mee somme∣time to doo the like. Whiche thing, good Reader, if vnto thee it shal séeme ouer wearisome, I praie thee to consider the occasion thereof. My meaninge was onely to doo thee good.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Confu. fol 175. a.
• * 1.2

  2. Cor. 6.
• * 1.3

  Augu. in Psal. 33
• * 1.4

  M. Hard. in his Answeare to the Chalenge. Fol. ••08. b.
• * 1.5

  Confut. 46. a.
• * 1.6

  Confuta. 312. b.
• * 1.7

  Dorman, Fol. 22.
• * 1.8

  Dorman, Fol. 24.
• * 1.9

  Dorman, in his Requeste. Fol. 13.
• * 1.10

  Confut. 47. a. Reioind. Fol. 287. a.
• * 1.11

  Reioind. Fol. 287. a.
• * 1.12

  1. Corin. 6.
• * 1.13

  Confut. 332. a.