Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester, Treatise · Part 6
❧ The anſweare to Doctoure Damaſcen, whom Wyncheſter rehearſeth in greke.
FOr the teſtimonie of Damaſcen) whō you brynge in as your chiefe wytnes) thys I hauehave to ſaye. Fyrſte, he is a ſuſpected perſon, beynge at the tyme when the Pompe of the Romayne byſhoppe or Antichriſte, beganne to exalte hym ſelfe aboue euerie thynge, that was god and godlie.
Secondly, he maynteyned Idolatrie with ſuche contention, that he deſerued to hauehave his ryghte hande ſtryken of, and hanged in the markette place as an open offender, …oeth in that crime and other, whereof he was before the Emperoure Leo accuſed and condemned.
Thyrdelie, you woulde mayuteyne his honeſtie by the wytneſſe of an honeſte man, Ecolampadius. But we diſcharge you of My Lorde hath loſte his witnes.thys teſtimonie, euen-by the teſtimonie of the ſame Ecolampadius, in the begynnynge of his boke whiche he dyd wryte concernynge the wordes of the ſupper, and reproued your blindeneſſe euen by your owne Doctours. I am not mynded ſayed thys greate Clerke Ecolampadius (who tranſlated your Doctoure Daſmaſcen) to accuſe and publyſhe to theyr ſhame, Thomas Aquinates, neyther Alberte, nor yet Dunſſe, nor any of the newe fellowes: but Peter the patcher of the ſētences: whom they call theyr maiſter, who alſo hath rubbed his erroure vponupon other that patche vp other mennes wrytynges: As Damaſcen, and Gracian dyd. Agayne a little after. Peraduenture Damaſcen and other that folowed hym. wryte in ſuche ſorte, but the reader that is wyſe can be little moued thereby. For he doeth by many argumentes declare hym ſelfe, neyther to be ſounde nor ſubſtantiall. Agayne, Lyke as Paule ſayed. When I was a chylde, I dyd ſpeake lyke a chylde: ſayth he. When I had ſmall knowledge, and had all thynges in admiration, wythout iudgemente, I dyd wryte ſome thynges whiche nowe I do not onelyonly not defende, but I wyſhe them abolyſhed and burned, if they be vnprofitablie publiſhed in any place, and if I obteine my deſire therein, I wyll be glad and reioyce. By lyke thys Ecolāpadius repented the tranſlatyng of Damaſcenboke of Damaſcene (whiche he had tranſlated) was one of them whiche he dyd not greatly allowe: for it was not publyſhed whylſe Ecolampadius lyued: but after his death, within theſe ſixe yeres.
Surely, Auguſtine, in that he made a boke of retractations, wyllynge vsus to receyue the wrytynges of no manne farther then they are agreable to the ſcriptures: maye teache vsus ryghte well that we maye refuſe Damaſcene: I wyll therefore aſke none of your fellowes: whether you be an honeſte man. But I wyll trye boeth Damaſcene and all your Doctours, by the infallible teſtimonie of the worde of God. And becauſe you do defende hym wyth a miracle: we put you out of doubte: ſuche lyinge miracles, openlie maynteynynge Idolatrie', cauſe vsus to gyue the leſſe credite vntounto hym. For Chriſte ſayeth, that Antichriſte ſhall come wyth wonders and lyinge ſignes, in ſuche ſorte, that the verie electe (if it were poſſible) ſhall be deceyued. Wherefore, ſayeth Chriſte, if they ſaye, lo here is Chriſte, lo there is Chriſte, beleue them not. etc.
Ireneus wrytynge agaynſte hereſies, at the begynnynge of thys iuglynge aboute Math. xxiiil. Ireneus. libr. i. Cap. ix.thys Sacramente in his tyme wytneſſeth, that there was one Marcus Magnus the ſcholar of Valentyne the heretike, whyche puttynge mixed wyne into the chalice: dyd fayne hym ſelfe to gyue thankes therewyth, and cauſed the wyne to chaunge coloure, ſometyme redde and ſometyme purple, by longe multipliyng of his enchaunting wordes, that grace from aboue, myghte ſeme to droppe downe bloude into his chalice, by his inuocation.
And therfore he did couet that they which were preſent ſhould taſt of that cup, that the grace, whiche was called downe by hys enchauntment, might alſo drope vponupon them. Again, he gaue …uppes of mixed wine vntounto women cōmaundeinge them to geue thankes in hys preſens. And when they had ſo done, he toke a muche greater chaliſe than the other which he had geuen to the woman, and poured out of the cupe, wherin the Euchariſtia and thākes geueing of the womā was made: into the other greater cup, and reherſeing his charmes, he cauſed the grater cup to be filled wyth the wine that was in the cup that was much leſſe, and yet dyd ther remaine ſome in the other. Other ſtrāg thinges this Marcus wrought, wherbi he drewe many to his madnes. The prophaue hiſtories do tell vsus of an The deuyll worketh myracles.hundred ſtrange wonders wrought by the deuill: Li…ius ſayeth that bloude dyd flowe out of the thoumbe of the Image of Iupiter which ſtode in mount albino. He ſaieth alſo, that it rained fleſhe at Rome. Iulius ſayeth that the erth did flowe wyth riuers of bloud Cur…s ſayeth that whan Tire was beſeged of Alexander: the breade dyd ſwete bloude on the table. The Sucerers of pharao, did they not worke wonders in the ſight of Moyſes and Aaron? But what neadeth vsus to ſeeke for olde lyes and fained miraces Exod. vii.Oure time and our abbayes hauehave ben fruitfull ynough of ſuch ware. In eueryevery monaſterie, thou mighteſt reade an hundred ſuche painted and ſet vp to the ſhewe in goodly tables, & all for maintenaūce of theſe two mattiers, whyche your man Damaſcen, doeth ſo ſtowtely defende. The prayeinge to Saintes and the rotten ſtockes and Images. But al the ſorte of you maye ful worthilie heare. Why hauehave you forſaken me the fountayne of liuelyke water and digged you broken ciſternes that can holde no water? And, becauſe you hauehave loued lies, an hauehave forgotten me and truſted in lyes: I wyll deſcouer your ſhame.
Yet one other thynge ther is whyche canſeth me not greately to fauour your doctour Damaſcene. He reporteth the thing vntrulie wherof he is called to beare witneſſe. Theſe he his wordes, wher he alledgeth the ſaieing of Chriſte for your purpoſe. Take ye and eate thys is my bodye whyche is broken for the forgeueneſſe of ſynnes. Like wiſe the cup of wyne and water, after he had taken it, he gaue it vntounto thē ſaieing, drink of this you al What dare not this Damaſcene do (trowe you) ſeinge that he dare of hys owne brayne put water into Chriſtes cup, alledgeinge for Damaſcen putteth water into Chriſtes cup.hys lie our mayſter Chriſte Let them take hym for a witneſſe, whom it deliteth to heare Chriſte belied and hys holy ſacramentes al tered and chaunged.
The… reaſoneth thys doctour of yours in thys wiſe, Is it not poſſible for God (ſayeth he) which hath made althinges: to make the bread his owne dodie, and the wine together wyth the water hys owne bloude: … your doctour wyll make moe creatures to be chaunged, then Chriſte named. For nowe Damaſcene wil hauehave water made… bloude.muſt water be the bloud of Chriſt, for al that cōeth into the chalice muſt be chaunged, and euerye drope muſte be the whole bodye and whole bloude for the one can not be without the other as you reaſon in your ſtatute of. vi articles. Falſehode is verie frutfull, and engendreth euer more newe erroures. But you loke for an anſwere to this reaſone which is clearely delated wyth ſo many examples. What doeth your doctour cōclude in ſo many his vaine w…rdes: Forſoeth that it is poſſible for Chriſte to chaunge bread into hys owne bodie, and wyne and water into hys bloude Yea he laboureth the mattier as ſore as thought he feared that no man woulde beleue hym. And thys is the thinge that you woulde ſo fayne hauehave vsus graunt you.
Well go to, were it not that we are aſhamed to ſpeake ſo vnreuerently, lewdly and vylely of oure mayſter Chriſte: we woulde graūt you that it is poſſible for him to chang hym ſelfe into bread, wine, water, ſtone, dore …e and what you wyl. And to ſatiſfie your It is poſſible … God ſhoulde chaunge all thynges.deſyre, we graunt you no leſſe but that al this is poſſible. But that Chriſt is chaunged into theſe creatures or that they are changed into chriſtes bodie: is not poſſible for you to proue You ſay, Chriſtes wordes be playne Thys is my bodie. So are the wordes playn, I am a dore, a vyue, I am the fountayn of lyueing water, Chriſt was the ſtone. But Chriſte in hys Godheade is vnchaūgeable, and in hys manhode he cōtinueth our biſhope ſtyll, and is gone in ſancta ſāctorum, the place of moſt holyneſſe where he ſitteth on the ryght hand of God, and wyl take vntounto hym no… other nature, no not the nature of angelles. Againe the worde of God is pure and no droſſe can Hebr. ii.be found therin. Al the groſſe blyndneſſe therfore, that you do admitte in makyng Chriſt thus chaungeable into hys creatures, and makyng one Chriſt that is veri God and mā in heauē, and an other that is bread wine, and water in erth: ſhalbe foūd abhominable, whē it ſhalbe examined by his word. You anſwer agayn by a ſimilitude. That lyke as the angell Gabriell maketh anſwer to the vyrgyn Marie, when ſhe axed how Chriſt ſhould be borne of hir beynge a vyrgyn: ſo dare you make anſwer that this is done and chaūged My Lordes ſimilitudes ſerue not for his purpoſe.by the holye goſt. Your ſimilitud is nothing worth, nor in any poyut agreable, For both the angel was the meſſēger of god ſet down from heauen for the ſame purpoſe: and the matter that he promiſed was prophecied to the worlde, longe before. But neither is your matter of thys chaunge, named in any place of the ſcripture, nor yet are you angels when you brynge not the worde of God with you except we ſhoulde call you ſuch angelles as can chaunge them ſelues into the angeles of light. And to declare your ſimilitude to be no thynge fyt for your purpoſe: the thynge that the angell promiſed, was ſo performid that all men myght wyth theyr ſenſes perceiue it to be truli performed. It is but a li…al matter wyth you to …elpe Chriſt, as you hauehave done a lyt…le before: except you doe belie the holie goſt alſo, and ſaye that in hys name, whych you are not taught by the ſpirite of God.
Due errour muſt neades drawe an other after D…e errour draweth an other.it, as it appeareth by you. For after you hauehave tyed Chriſt to theſe creatures, breade, wyne, and water, you muſt hauehave the grace of the holye goſte in like maner tyed to oile and water, and ſtreight after the godhead to bread and wine. Me thinketh you be wours then the Phariſes. For they compted it blaſphemie for Chriſte (beinge a verie man) to make hym ſelfe a God. What thynke you they woulde ſaye, if they heard you ſpeake thus of breade and more vile creatures?
In hys praiers, your doctour Damaſcene calleth the deade Images Sanctas et Diuinas, Holye and godlie, thought you helpe to cloke hym with more clenly termes, as you are full craftie in your generacion. And now (ſayeth he) hath he ioyned hys godheade to breade and wine.
Nowe do I perceiue, that the worſhiping and high eſtimacion of Images: is the beginninge, The worſhipinge of Images is the fountaine of all iuellmiddes and ende of all wickednes and blindneſſe, as the wiſeman teacheth. For after that Damaſcene hath taken vponupon hāde to defende the deade ſtockes to be holy and godly: he careth not what he teacheth after warde. Truely, I woulde hauehave wiſhed more ſhame in your foreheade, thē to hauehave brought in ſuch a doctour for your chiefe foundacion whoſe wordes you dare not for ſhame reporte truelie as they lye. Agayne where we be taught to cal vponupon the father in the name of hys ſonne Chriſte, and that we hauehave none other name vnderunder heauen wherby helth is promiſed to men: your doctour wyll be healed by the prayers of our ladie.
Ther is muche other made ſtuffe in your doctour, whyche I do paſſe wyth ſilence, becauſe al men maye iudge him what he is, by that he hath ſpokē alredie. Yet this one thing maye not bee omitted. He addeth more ouer that the bodie cometh not downe from heauen, and yet the breade and wine be tranfourmed into the bodie and bloude of God.
Thus confoundeth he the natures, callinge it the bloude of God. He bringeth in newe and ſtrainge ſchole learneinge of tranſubſtāciacion. He maketh. ii. bodies of Chriſt One that cometh not downe frō heauē, and an other that is in thys tranſformacion vponupon earth. Thys is your great clarke and principal witneſſe, worthy to be ſet forth in al languages, and his learneinge enlarged wyth your annotatiōs, and al the conning and wit you hauehave. You are much more mete to be an interpretour of ſuch one, thā to trouble your ſelfe wyth commentaries vponupon ſcripture.
But aſke hym how it is tranſformed and chaunged: and he ſaieth, the maner is inſcrutable, Marche the conſtancie of this doctour.and can not be ſerched. Yet will he not be aſhamed (as thought he knewe thynges that coulde not be knowne) to teache howe. ij. wayes. Firſt, as Chriſte was borne of the virgine marie Thē as the breade by eateing and the wine by drinkeinge, are chaunged in to the bodye and bloude of him that eateth and drinketh naturallye: ſo are theſe chaunged into the bodie of Chriſte a boue nature. But neither of your ſimilitudes agreth. For theſe two worckes afore named, are worckes of trueth, and therfore do thy ſo appeare vntounto the knowledge of man, as they are done in dede. Chriſte was borne of Marie the virgine, verie mā accordeinge▪ to the Prophecies that were ſpoken of hym before, and was ſene conuerſaunte wyth mē, the ſpace of. xxx. yeares. But your myracle did neuer appere one moment.
The meate is chaunged bi a natural courſe Thys was far …otte.and order, digeſted in the ſtomake, and parte ſent into the veynes, parte ſent forth other wayſe. But I can not perceyue what lyke ſimilitude you can fetch herof, to the thinges aboue nature. wherfore you renne to your ſhote anchor. This is my bodi. No man denieth but thys is true, You brynge the worde and we brynge the worde. But the doubt is onelyonly in the ſignification and meaneynge. You ſaye that (eſt is) ſignifieth, is chaunged is trāſformed, whē both the form remaineth ſtyll, and you hauehave neuer one ſcripture that maketh for you: but manie that maketh againſt you, byſides the liuely feleynge of our fayeth, which muſt hauehave God in higher eſtimacion, then for to tye hym to any dyle creature. Yea, the whole courſe of the chriſten religion, which acknowlegeth that▪ Chriſte is aſcended vp from the earthe to the heauens and there ſytteth on the ryght hand of God the father to be our mediatour and meane whom he hath choſen ther to reygne tyll he come agayne to treade downe hys enimies vnderunder hys fete.
We can therfore receyue non ſo groſſe fō tence of the chaunge and traunſformacion of bred and wine into the bodie of Chriſt. But according to the whole courſe of ſcripture: we worſhype our lorde God, ſpred thorowe all ouer all and in all hys creatures, Infinite, in cōprehenſible, whom the heauen of heuenes can not contayne, and hys ſonne Chriſt, humblynge hym ſelfe vntounto our vyle nature, but nowe exalted farre aboue the Angelles. And where we finde any thynge ſpoken or writtē not agreable with this doctrine of our faieth and chriſtē religiō, if a man do ſay it (though he take vntounto hym the face of an a…gell by cō terfayte holyneſſe) we compt hym Anathema, that is accurſed, bi the leſſō of Paul. And Galat. i.al ſuch ſcriptures as might ſerue for his purpoſe and mayntenaunce of hys errour: we muſt confute with more opē places and teſtimoneis of the ſame.
Now wher as you ſpeake vnworthely of God his ſacred maieſtie, and his ſonne Chriſte, haueynge not one lyke place of ſcripture wherby this worde eſt is) doeth make a ſodayne chaunge and tranſformation we hauehave boeth in the olde teſtamēt and the newe, veri many, where eſt (is) is ſpoken of the thynge repreſented. As. vii. fat kyne are. vii. yeares vii. good eares of corne: are. vii. yeares.
This is the paſouer. Circūciſion, is the couenant. And, he is Helias, The ſto… was chriſt I am the dore, I am the verie vine. You are one bread and one bodie: ſo manie as be partakers of one breade.
We hauehave & beleue the wordes (this is my bodie) We reſiſte not the ſcripture but my Lordes gloſes.as wel as you. We ſtriue onelyonly a gainſt youre gloſes. We graunte the omnipotencie and almighti powre of God that he might hauehave changed creatures in all theſe ſentences. But that he dyd ſo is oure controuerſie and thys thinge are you not able to trye nor iuſtifie.
But you thinke it is inoughe to denie all thys at one worde, and ſaye, thys is not the figure or ſigne of Chriſtes bodie (no fie for ſhame) but the verie bodie of our Lord glorified. For oure Lord ſayed, this is not the figure of my bodye: but my bodie. And euen ſo, and more plainelye, Chriſte ſayde. I am the verie vine, and not the figure of the vine. But your doctoure (as Ecolāpadius geueth warneinge in the begininge of hys boke) is nothing ſubſtāciall. The texte that he bringeth out of Iohn: maketh cleare againſte him Iohn. vi.For no man can be ſaued vnleſſe he eate the fleſhe of the ſonne of man, and drinke hys blonde. Moiſes and the prophetes were ſaued therfore dyd they eate hys fleſhe and drinke hys bloude. And yet had they neuer Chriſt bodilie, naturally, and carnalli amongeſte them. It is not ment therfore of the carnall and bodilie eateinge, but (as Chriſte teacheth in the beginninge of the ſame ſermon) he is eaten by fayeth, for ſo onelyonly myght the olde fathers eate him. And ſo doth Paul witneſſe that the fathers dyd eate hym. The fathers (ſayeth he) dyd eate the ſame ſpirituall i. Corhi. x.meate and drinke the ſame ſpirituall drinke. They dyd all drynke of the ſame ſpirituall ſtone. The ſtone was Chriſt. Againe, where Damaſcene bringeth in this texte, he that eateth me lyueth for me: it maye proue playne, that the …eſhelie and carnall eateinge, is not ment therby. For thē the wicked hauehave life by Chriſt. Streight after your doctour cōeth to the point you would hauehave him, to teach Idolatrie boeth wyth outwarde geſturs and in warde affections. And vponupon this do you diſcant in your annotaciōs. But to handle this mattier worthily: would aſke a whole boke I wil therfore bring in one onelyonly text, which Chriſte bringeth out of Deu. againſt the diuil. Deut. vi. Mat. iiii.The Lord thy God ſhalt thou worſhip & him only ſhalt thou ſerue And whē you can proue me yt this bread, Images, or ani other creature is god: thā wil I promiſe you to fal downe & worſhip it. But if I ſhould do it before I knowe I ſhoulde commit Idolatrie. Which thyng was ful wel conſidered of the olde counſayles, for they did forbid kneleing vponupon the ſame daies in theſe miſteries. Now your mā ſcrapeth together certayne figures out of the olde teaſtament, to be the figures of thys figu…e. And yet they ſerue little for your purpoſe. The cole that Eſai ſawe, the Eſai. vi. Genſ. xiiii. Exod. xxi.bread and wine of Melchizedeche, the bread of propoſiciō, make verie litle for thys purpoſe, but that you muſte wreaſte ſome what leſte you be vtterly deſtituted of ſcriptures Let al men (that dare for feare of your threatninges read the ſcriptures) iudge the places.
Nowe concerneinge your vnbloudie ſacrifice, it is to be noted you wil hauehave hym eaten bodie, bloud, bones, and ſacrificed againe for ſins: and yet you ſaye it is no bloudie, ſacrifice. I thinke no mā wil be ſo mad as once to take your parte herin, notwithſtandeinge Mala. i.the text of Malachie the prophet, which you reherſſe for your purpoſe, but nothyng to the purpoſe. From the eaſte to the weſt (ſayeth he) my name is greate a monge the heathen, and euerie where do they bren inſēſe and offer vntounto my name, euen a pure offeringe for great is my name among the heathen, ſaieth the Lorde of hoſtes. Al men maye eaſily perceiue how litle this maketh for your purpoſe
It is harde ſhifte of ſcriptures when you brynge in ſuche places for your purpoſe, as do rather make agaynſt you then wyth yow as here after this ſhalbe declared to do.
That the bodie of Chriſt can not be cha… ged The bodie of Chriſte can … be cha…ng… …to our co…ruption.into our corruptiō: eueryevery man knoweth and beleueth, and this is one reaſone that monethmonth vsus to ſaye that this bread which is receyued into our mouthes and ſo goeth into the ſt…alie, and ſomtyme is vomited vp againe (as we hauehave ſeue in ſpeke folke) & ſomtyme goeth forth other wayes: is nothynge (the fygure ſet aparte) but verie breade the ſubſtaunce nothinge chaunged Wher your doctour hath learned to ca… it the remedie for all diſeaſes, and vponupon what cōſideratiō you terme it, the armoure of defence from all ad…yaunce, the fyer that tryeth out golde, the purgacion of all fylth and diſeaſes: I cā not tel. I know no ſuch tytles it hath by the ſcriptures, though your doctour alledge the apoſtle for his purpoſe. Notwithſt…dyng make it what you wyll, ſo you make it not God ſettynge it vp as an Idole to be worſhyped: I wyll neither cō …ēd nor ſtriue agaynſt you But the lorde that made bothe heauen and the earthe, he is the lorde, beſydes whō ther is none other God▪ He is the true God and ſauiour and ther is none but he.
He is the cole that conſumeth wickednes Eſai. xliii. xlv. xlvi. Mala. iii.He is the fyre that purgeth and clenſeth. He is the lorde the lyuynge God. As for the healeyng of all diſeaſes: I doubt not but the phiſicians wyll anſwer you.
Your doctour dareth not brynge in the i. Corhi. xi.ſentence of the Apoſtle truly as it is: for fear leaſt we ſhulde call it breade as the Apoſtle doeth. But he ſayeth. who ſo euer eateth the bodie and bloude vnworthelye: he eateth and drynketh condemnation to hym ſelfe. And this ſemeth quite cōtrary to the text of Iohn which he cited but a lytle before (he that eateth me ſhall lyue) for doubtleſſe Chriſte can not be eaten wythout profyte. He beyng the foode of lyfe, bryngeth lyfe to all them that once may fede of hys fleaſhe.
For thys cauſe ſayeth Chriſte, if any man be thyrſty, let hym cum vntounto me and drynke He that beleueth in me, the flouds of lyuing water ſhall flowe forth of hys bealy. But he that beleueth not is condemned all ready.
Thus do we either eate thys ſacrament Iohn. vii.of Chriſtes death wyth fayt he, and thē hauehave we lyfe aboundantly: or els nothyng regardyng the bodie and bloude wherof we ſhold be partakers ſpiritually in thys ſacramente we offend in vnbelyfe or lacke of charitie. Both the which thynges Paule laieth to the charge of the Corinthians, and therfore biddeth he them Iudge them ſelues leſte they be condemned wyth the worlde.
Agayne, where your doctour ſayeth that Damaſcene wil ha…e this breade the fi…te frutes of the breade to come.thys bread is the fyrſte fruites of the bread to come: cōpare his laſte wordes to the ſame and you ſhall ſe he ſpeaketh lyke a doctour. Theſe be hys wordes, though you cloke thē wyth your interpretacion. They are called the examples of thynges to come. Not that they are not the verye bodye and bloude of Chriſt in verie dede: but bycauſe, that by thē we be made nowe partakers of the Godhed of Chriſte. foreign But then by the contemplacion of the minde, by the onelyonly viſion.
If thys mans doctryne be true: we hauehave not onelyonly the fruites in this life, but the veri fulneſſe. For we hauehave Chriſt bodilye and are alſo partakers of the God heade. Yet in time to come we ſhall hauehave hym by the viſion of the mynde onelyonly, as he affirmeth in hys laſt lines.
Oh how moch better were it to followe the open ſcriptures, then blynde doctoures? For the ſcriptures teach, that now we do ſee …t in a darke ſhadow, wheras after this life in the newe Ieruſalem, we ſhall ſe face to face Then ſhall we knowe as we be knowne▪ we ſhall eate and drynke at hys table. Yea no tonge cā tel, no eie hath ſen… or eare heard neither hath it entred into the herte of man. The glorie that God hath prepared for thē that louelove hym. Excuſe your authour as wel as you can from the hereſie of the Marcioniſtes, he muſte needes be in the daunger thereof, ſo longe as he reaſoneth that Chriſtes Luke. xxiiii.bodie is a ſpirite. For a ſpirite hath neither fleſhe nor bones.
Agayne when your doctour taketh vponupon hym to make gloſes, he deſcanteth vponupon the wordes of the godly enſtructed Baſilius, and when he calleth it foreign the exemple: your marchaunt ſayeth that he ſpake this of the breade and wyne before the conſecration. I praye you who was euer ſo mad to ſay that it did ſignifie any thinge before it was taken to this holy vſe: but that it was commune breade, as other is whiche we eate.
Then gyueth he warning like a doctour, that heretikes ſhoulde hauehave no parte hereof, leſte the margarites be caſte vntounto hogges, notwithſtanding that Chriſt ſuffered Iudas to be parte taker thereof.
I knowe you are a great lawier (biſhoppe Stephane) and hauehave bene muche vſed in the triynge of wytneſſes. I praye you what cre…ite ſhould ſuche a man hauehave, that is founde fantie ſo many tymes in ſo ſmall examination.