LIB. Ill 'The Honour oftheMariea Clergie. A ringmilh their OunO:ans, therefore Co11tilltfiCJ rPIH repi•i•&IJ 4ml Mfljt~JIIJ impofed? Caofl thou think I have met with afober Adverfary? My words are, Th•t oNr Hiflo· riu tedch 111, h•rP 14ft, horP repi•inglj, hor.tmjNft/1 OHf Eng/ijbC/ergiepooped Nmier thw JO•A!· And whatcan this fophifler make ofthis? Are ye ROt albamed (yeSuperiors ofDDrP4J) are ye not alhamedoffuch aChampion; fitter foruroop ofPigmiuto mile a reed in their bickerings with Cranes, than to be committedwith any reafonable orScholler-likeAnragonifl? In thebickerings with his D••ft•"', the Patiens pleaded prefcription(as we have !hewedout ofMalnm6Nry)and taxed hisSaints with . novelty: In my bickerings with him, I plead Antiquity, Scripture, B.eafon;and taxe him moO: juflly with impudence and abfurdity. Hl'w well is dut man that is marcht but with an honefl Adverflfy ? · THe Conclufion follows, a fitcoverforfuchadi!h; The lteader was not we•ry Rt{.p.J!J,&,, enough, bmhe mufl: be tyred with a tediousrecapitulation; wherein my Refuter recollects all his difperfed folly, that itmay !hew the fairer: Te)ling his Ptl)teflanr friend, what I have bragged, what J have undenaken , what I have not pe1 rormed, · how I have falfified, how I havemiO:akec; what himfelfebath in all paifages performed agaioflme, how he bathanfwered, how he hath conquered. The befl is, the Conclufion can !hewnomore then the Prernifes: By themletme be judgei:l: Thofe C have made good tomy Reader, rhatC.E. harh accufed much, and provednorhiog; vanredmucb,and done nothing; railedmuch,and hurtJlothingjlabouredmuch,and I gained oo~hing; talked much, and faid nothing. , It is alarge and bold -vord: but ifany onedaufe ofminebe unproved,. ifanyone claufeofminebedifproyed, anyoneeJrception "~gain!t my defence provedjolt, any1 one charge ofhis proved rrue, any one fiallhoodofmine dett.Cted, any one-argument ofmine refelled1 anyone argument of p~opofition ofhis not_refelled, Letmegoe •·I I way conviaec;l with lbame. But ifl ~ve anfwered eVery challenge,vindicatedevery ~~~~~~;J~::~~~:~;tf;,';:;~~:d':fi~~~:!,~~~~~fn~~~~~ ;h~:":JP:,'?' red every feotenceofmy pooreEpiflle, Letmy Apologie liveand patfe ~ and let my ""'"'·rh" 1 0 Refuter goe "he is, C.E. C~tli0dtor EgT<gi.. t: Let my caufe be no more victorious ~~~~j;:," than jufl; and lethonefr Mariages ever holdup their heads, indefpight of K•me and '"' .r Auftm, Hell. With this farewell, I leave my&efuter, either to the ailingofhis unblondy "'hid' ?"";,.. executionsofthe Son ofGod, or the plottingofthe bloody executionsofthe Oepu- 1 Jt•d bu ,... ties ofGod, or (as it were hisbelt) to the knockingofhi• Beads: bm ifhewillneeds bemedlingwith hispen, and will have me, after fome Jubilees, to expect an anfwer tomy fix weeks labour, I !hall in the mean time pray, that Godwonld giv,jhim the grace togive way to theknownTruth, and fometimes to fay rru~. Yet rogratifiemyB.eader or the parting, I may notconcealefromhiman ancient andworthyMonument, which I had the favour and happines to fee in the Inner Libraryof Corpus Chrijli Colledge in Cambridge; An excellent TreatiCe, written (a· mongflfeventeen other) in afaire fer hand, by an Author ofgreat learningand anE tiquity; He would needs fuppreife his name, but defcribeshimfelfe robe Rotornagm- 0fR..., in· fir : The timewherein it wos written, appeares to be amidsrbe heat ofconreotion '""'"· whichwas between the Archbi!hopof C4nter6HrJ and Torll.. for precedency;*which quarrel! fell betwixt RotMphof C4nterb•'J, andrh.. rftinofTorlt._, in the year(lll4·) • Asali>the concmtKlO be· twi:xtthe Church of KO.:U and 1"'1- · at which timePope Pafcalk wrote to Kin~ HtiiYJ conctming it; And wasrecued after about the yeare J J iS. TheDifcourfe!hallfpeak enough for ii: felfe. 1 ..... I 1.6f..•HtultL ' I ROTO-
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