It is the propertie of quarellers, and of men naturally bent to contention, to striue* 1.1 about wordes and termes, when they cannot reproue any thing in the matter it selfe. For in all these faults here pretended there is not one that toucheth the matter of the booke, onely the tytle in the top of the leafe, the cōming of women so neare to the Communion table, the paying of the accustomed offrings to the Curate, are in this place reproued, as mat∣ters of great importance, being all of themselues not worth the talking off: and yet béeing (as comely and decent orders) prescribed by the Church, may not be contem∣ned and despysed, without the crime of stubbornnesse and disobedience. But that your quarelling may the rather appeare, I will answere your cauilles in as few wordes as I can, and first for the title which is this. The thankes giuing of women after child∣birth, commonly called the Churching of women. Now sir you sée, that the proper tytle* 1.2 is this. The thankes giuing of women after Childebirth. The other is the common name customably vsed of the common people, who will not be taught to speake by you, or any man, but kéepe their accustomed names and termes: therefore they call the Lordes day Sunday, and the next day vnto it Monday, prophane and ethnicall names, and yet nothing derogating from the dayes and tymes. Lykewise they call the Mor∣ning and Euening prayer, Mattens and Euensong, neyther can they be brought to the contrarie, and yet the prayers be not the worse: so they call the day of Christes nati∣uitie Christmasse, &c. what is this to condemne the things themselues?
But you say this terme doth import nothing else than a banishment from the Church. &c. so might you say that these names Sunday & Monday do import yt we dedicate those days to the Sunne & Moone: and so likewise might you say of the other names reteyned in the cōmon and vsuall speache: but all men would then espie your folly euen as they may do nowe, if they be disposed. The absence of the woman after hir delyuerie,