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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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l88 XVII. SIR THOMAS MORE.haue it on this wise deliuered ihem at //le bishops hande, &had leuer pay for it <strong>to</strong> ^/le pri/zter, tha/z haue it <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> byshopfree.' It might so happen wilk some, qtwd I. But yet inmyne opinion <strong>the</strong>r wer in that maner more wilfulnes tha/z i9^ gret reuelewl^doithvserence in ha;;d whan he wil rede, & reuerently<strong>the</strong> scripture,layeth it vp agayn whau hc liath dooue. Wheraswe (god forgeue vs) take a litle regarde <strong>to</strong> sit down on ourbyble, \\ith <strong>the</strong> old testament & <strong>the</strong> new <strong>to</strong>o. Which homely 21handeling, as it procedeth. <strong>of</strong> litle reuerewce, so doth it m.ore& more enge//dre in /he mind a negligence & conte7;zpt <strong>of</strong>gods holi words. We find also /hat among /he lewes, thoughal <strong>the</strong>ir whole byble was write;/ in <strong>the</strong>ir vulgare <strong>to</strong>ng, & those

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