lt[m.p.;sz. to 2.h. The Honour oftheM ariedClergie. L J B.lll. I cryes our, as before of forgery~ loriowofignonnce, telling his R..ocm, that 1h" ·e onely taken thisupon rruftfrom another! note-book. R.eader, by this jucge oft he A fpirir ofm) Dttrallor. lristrue, lfta'ore wrore no Bcokeof this tide; h!tin thefe. cond BookeofhisEccldi>fticall Offices, h~ makes the ride of his f<ec r.c Choprcr, Dt Reg•lis c/mcotum;Ofthelluluo{Cier/i.!s. From this Chapt<r, I circ; confdfed pal· f•ge, and amthuscenfured; wherca~the Councell of MeNf!L cites it bJ rhis I'<IY fii lr. S>rHt iflll<g•l• C/ericorrwt di'!'"'"JI, As it isfaid ht the R•le ofCl" A!'· Is ir firnpli: dry that he knowes notthismle of Iftdore I ot malicicufn< flr, th>r heccrccalesit ? Oneofthemis unavoidable. It is cleere then;rohis !hame (tf he hal'e ar.y) rhar ti:e ieftimony is aright cited; and is ir kfle cleere thatit is maimed, zrd cur elf by the hams in their M•g••li..,Councell? Compar~ the p)aces,rhe fraud lholl be manifdl. That Councell in rhe tenth Chapter proleffes t1H111nfcribe ( ver64fim) the words of s· ljidort in the foredred Tralt; :md where ljidor~t flhh, C(Jftin:cnh 111 h viof,ti t oqoriJ ptrp€1Ho conferv4rtjfNdunt, 1111 ce1tt NfliiH 1Jhit,.;,Jonii ?Jinot/u ftedtrrr:IIIT; l t t Jfc11, live chofte, or m•rr;hut o•e; Their good Clerks hal'e umrly i<lt nt:r the latrerclmfe, and make IFJore charge hi> CleJkeswith perpctuall ccminrncy , Ut thtQt/ire r b'fl'· H<rhar denies this, In him deny thatthere is aSun in the Htal'<ll, er lighin th2t I Sun : what need I fay more? Let the bookea fpeake. Here my Refuter cloth fo lbdRe and <ut, rhar any man may fc< he fpeaksagainfi I his own he1rt; for (eoomit his fhained mif. inrerprerarion of lf a'ore, fi11ce we r.cw contend not ofrhe fenCe, bur ofthe cirarion) how poorelyc'o:h he 13lve up the credit l' ofhis Mog•11line Farh<rs, whi!f! he faith, Jfia'ore JP•k! mgMtr•U, rhe F•thtn in tl><l Co•ncellmoreJiriOifl when he that harh bur one halfe of an eyem>)' (ee, that both C fpeake inone latitudeofrhe fame perfons? Thofe Fathers givir.~ the fame title to rhatChaprer,and profdlin~ ro follow rhe Letters ana Syllables of lftrl•re; both name only Cltri<os in that rule, withem difhr.llion. Away then with this graceldfe facing ofwilfull frauds in your f.tirhlt fTe Secretaries,whirh haveaUo ferchr two Canons om ofC•rth•gero Woram;.ancl lcarne robe afhamed ofyour ~rolle falfificariom, and in· juriousexpurgations; ~lfe duubtlefTe theWorldwill be a!hamed of you. SECT. 11. I Did bur name H•lderlt"" his Epiftle in mine, a! awiroelle, not asrhe fcund2tion D ofmy caufe; m)' R.efiuer fpems bur one and thirty whole P.rgesupon him: tow elfe!hould hehavemade aVolume? In all this wba< faye. he~ little in many words; and the fame words thrice over for failing. And firfi hewondersar my exrreamprodigaliryofcrcdir, ar.d (c;rcdnclfeofcon· fcience, in citinganEpifilefa £Onvilled by BeU.,mir.t, B.,oniw, Ec/i.!Ns, Falrr,Fifz. Smtons the Jcfutt, and orhers. Why doth he not Wond<r thatthe 1\lconewil! keep her paco in rhe fkic, whilesfomany Dog•bark at her below. When theft Prcllcrsof · Rome have faid theirworfi, there i• more true authority in the very face ofthisl et· rer, and better Argomenu in thebodyofit, than in an hundred Decretal! Epitlles which he adoreth. Let the World wonder rather at his lhamelefiJcfle, who rebring the occafionofthis fable (ashe rermes it)faines it to be only aLNther•n fifrion toco- E vcrrheir inceftuous mariages, whereas their own Cardinall £nd"' SJI~iiH, almoft c·wo lmndredyearrsago, mentions it, and reports the argument of it; w}1ere:a !' i~ yetextanr(as Ill]ricNs) in the Libraries ofGerm•nJ; wher<.,Hta'io.fotmd an •ncren~ copyofir in H•ll•nd; and our 'John Bile, Archbi!hcp P-.k!r, B.'Jer.cl, Jchn fox, hao a copy ofir remarkable for reverend antiquity, in a~ed Parchnlt nr, here in England; which, I hope to haverbemeane! to produce : where.,, lallly, the very fiileirr.po:· I terb age. A• well may be quefiion all theReccrdsof their Y41i<4r>, all report ofH t· I fiorie., all Hiftori"' ofTimes : He that would doubt whether fuch an EpiiHewere written, may 35We!ldoubt wheth<r Pope Z•ch•rywrore to B.lionif11Ce in G_rr11116J. • I direfrion when to eatbtocon: may. coubr whether p,.,/tbe lift wrote ro hrsEnghfh Catholikes toperfw•de themnot to fweare they woeld be good fubjdts: may dcubr w~ --~-----------------------------------
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