r 14 A relationof the Apocalypfe. C A r. t. as fpeaking incongruoully, who ufeth nothing more,then after-the manner ofhis own nation,both to be wanting and abounding in re- latives. In the i. verfe it was fo, and he hathf:gnified, for, Which he alfehathfignified; in the 5. Andfrom ?efua Chrifl that f.rithfull »it- neffe; For, Which ts thatfaithfullïrzitneffe ;Inthe nextverfe following, And hath made us Icings; For, andWhobath made us Kings; and foafterwards very often. But let the place be corrupted ; fhall the praifebe taken awayfrom a molk fair Virgin for one blemish, and thall it be given to another, that is all over the body ill favoúred and milha- pen? Tut our Interpreter ( faith he ) loath alWaies followed true and corred edcopies, as he is alWai ^s Wont to do.; I no doubt, in that place alfo,where he tranflateth, andhe good, for and I ftood, Chap. z 2. 17. Andno man couldfpeakoftheFong, for andno man could learn the long, Chap. 14.- 3. And the KingofAges, for the King ofSaints, Chap./ 5.3. and in the fame place, clothedin cleanHone, for in clean or pure En:-n. verf. 6. Thou that art,andWhichWaft holy, for thou that art, andWhich Waft, andWhich/halt be, Chap. 16. 5. In the fame place, I heard ano- ther for another out ofthe Altar, verf. 7. One hour after the Reafi,fr onehour With the Beaft, Chap.i7.Iz.VefTel.ofpreciousfient, for ofcefly Wood, Chap. i 8.1 2. Let thefefew things give atafte ofma- nyothers. What, did the Jefuite fee the things,and yet notblufh to atfirmthat the old Interpreter had alwaies followed correred cc- pies ? But it may be thefe be faults of the .Printer, perhaps force of them are ; Butwhat havéwe todo with the Printers, as if the conten- tion were, not about the Greekand Latine copies now extant, bata- bout the firft Edition of the Latine Tranflation, which at this day is no where to be found ? Betides thefe faults are both ancient , and they arealfo now confirmed by the authority ofthe Conned/ of Trent, which hath ordained and decreed-,that among manyLatine Tranflati- ons, this felf farneold and vulgar one, which hath been allowed inthe Church by the long customoffomany ages, fhould be accounted au- thenticall, neither fhould berejeCted for any pretence whatfoever. It had been eafie to have deluded the authority of the Councell,ifby caffing the fault upon the Printers, it had been lawfull to have de- parted fromthe vulgar edition. Thoufeefkthen that thou muff make good tbefefaults , and that the credit of the old Interpreter is very indifcreetly bragged of, (that T may not fay impudently;Though indeed it was necefl'ary for thee to deal in fuch manner, in re- gard of that humble fervice , wherewith thou art .bound to Rome. 6 A»d
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