The co[n]futacyon of Tyndales answere made by syr Thomas More knyght lorde chau[n]cellour of Englonde

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Now haue ye herd all redy by what hygh reasons Tyn∣dale hath prouyd you the thynge that he affermeth / that ys to wyt that the apostles wrote and lefte in wrytynge euery thynge that is of necessyte for the soule, eyther to be done or to be byleued.

But syth he seeth hym selfe, that in his reasons for hys owne parte there is so ly••••e pyth / & that he can neuer proue nor no man ellys, the thynges that Tyndale muste proue or ellys proue hym self a fole, for fallynge from the fayth of Crystes chyrce / that is to say y^• the apostles left all such ne∣cessarye [ C] poyntes of the fayth in wrytynge: he leueth of now his parte hym selfe, & asketh vs why they left aught vnwri¦ten as though if I that neuer was of counsayle with them, can not tell vnto Tyndale playnely wherfore and why the apostles left aught vnwrytē, he myght theruppon conclude that they wrote all to gether. Is not this a wyse and a wor¦shyppefull reason?

Thys maner is mych lyke as Tyndale wolde afferme y^t all the lawes of England be wryten, and what so euer were vnwryten were no law. And when he hadde longe wrestled therwyth and coulde not proue it / wolde then aske me, hath the realme of Englande any lawes that he not wryten•• to

[ A] what purpose I praye you sholde they be lefte vnwryten. And then yf I coulde not gyue hym an answere therto, such as coude content hym: he myghte therfore wyth good rea∣son take hys parte for proued / and well and wourshypfully conclude that all that euer are vnwryten are no lawes. But now in my name he answereth hys questyon / and then con∣futeth that answere.