,,ten ,,reasons ,,proposed ,,to ,,his   
,,adversaries ,,for ,,disputation ,,in  
,,the  ,,name ,,of ,,the ,,faith ,,and  
,,presented ,,to ,,the ,,illustrious    
,,members ,,of ,,our  ,,universities    
,,by ,,edmund ,,campion ,,priest ,,of   
,,the ,,society ,,of ,,the ,,name  ,,of 
,,jesus ,nihil ,obstat ,s4 ,,georgius   
,,kieran ,,hyland1 ,s4,t4,d1 ,,censor   
,,deputatus ,imprimatur  ,,petrus ,,epus
 ,,southwarc ,,contents  ,,introduction 
,,rationes ,,decem ,,translation        
,,introduction              ,though     
,blessed ,edmund ,campion's ,decem      
,rationes has passed  through           
forty-seven editions1#a printed in all  
parts of ,europe2  though it has        
awakened the enthusiasm of thousands2   
though ,mark  ,anthony ,muret1 one of   
the chief ,catholic humanists of        
,campion's  age1 pronounced it to be    
written by the finger of ,god1 yet it   
is not an easy book for men of our      
generation to appreciate1 and  this     
precisely because it suited a bygone    

generation so exactly4  ,before it can  
be esteemed at its true value1 some     
knowledge of  the circumstances under   
which it was written1 is indispensable4 
#a4 ,,the ,,significance ,,of ,,the     
,decem ,rationes4    ,the chief point to
 remember is that the ,decem ,rationes  
was the  last and most deliberate free  
utterance of ,campion's  ever-memorable 
mission4 ,during the few months that    
mission  lasted he succeeded in staying 
the full tide of victorious             
,protestantism1 which had hitherto been 
irresistible4 ,the ancient  ,church had 
gone down before the new religion1 at   
,elizabeth's  accession twenty years    
before1 with an apparently final fall1  
and since then the ,elizabethan         
,settlement had triumphed in every      
church1 in every school and court4 ,the 
new generation had been  moulded by it2 
the old order seemed to be utterly      
prostrate1  defeated and moribund4 ,nor 
was it only at home that  ,protestantism
 talked of victory4 ,in every           

neighbouring land she  had gained or was
 gaining the upper hand4 ,she had       
crossed the  ,border and subdued        
,scotland1 she held ,ireland in an iron 
grip1  she had set up a new throne in   
,holland1 she had deeply divided        
,france1 and had learned how to paralyze
 the power of ,spain4 ,what  could stay 
her progress8    ,then a new figure     
appeared1 a fugitive flying before the  
law4 ,he  was hunted backwards and      
forwards across the country1 every man's
  hand seemed against him4 ,it was      
impossible to hold out for long  against
 such immense odds1 and he was in fact  
soon captured1  mocked1 maligned1       
sentenced and executed with contumely4  
,yet  ,campion and his handful of       
followers had meanwhile succeeded in    
doing what the whole nation1 when       
united1 had failed to do4 ,he  had      
evoked a spirit of faith and fervour1   
against which the  violence of          
,protestantism raged in vain4 ,he had   
saved the beaten1  shattered fragments  

of the ancient host1 and animated them  
with  invincible courage2 and his work  
endured in spite of endless  assaults   
and centuries of persecution4 ,the      
,decem ,rationes is  ,campion's harangue
 to those whom he called upon to follow 
him in  the heroic struggle4    #b4     
,,the ,,man ,,and ,,the ,,mission4      
,thus much for the inspiration and      
general significance of  ,campion's work
 considered as a whole4 ,it will also   
repay a much  more minute study1 and to 
appreciate it we must enter into        
further details4    ,as to the man      
himself1 suffice it to say that he was a
 ,londoner2  his father a publisher2 his
 first school ,christ's ,hospital2 that 
he was afterwards a ,fellow of ,st4     
,john's1 ,oxford1 and held at the  same 
time an exhibition from the ,grocer's   
,company4 ,at ,oxford he  accepted to   
some extent the ,elizabethan ,settlement
 of religion1  but not sufficiently to  
satisfy the ,company of ,grocers1 who   
eventually withdrew their exhibition4   

,this was a sign for further            
inquisitorial proceedings1 which made   
him leave the ,university1  and retire  
to ,dublin2 but he was driven also      
thence by the  zealots for              
,protestantism4 ,eventually he went over
 to the ,english  ,college at ,douay1   
whence he migrated to ,rome1 entered the
 ,society  of ,jesus1 and after eight   
years' training had returned1 a priest1 
to his native country1 forty years old4 
,his strong point was  undoubtedly a    
singularly lovable character1 and he    
possessed the  gift of eloquence in no  
ordinary degree4 ,for the rest1 his     
natural qualities and acquired          
accomplishments were above the  ordinary
 level1 without reaching an             
extraordinary height4 ,he was  a man who
 never ceased working1 and whose temper 
was always  angelic1 though he sometimes
 suffered from severe depression4 ,he   
was adored by his pupils both at ,oxford
 and in ,bohemia4 ,his  memory was      
always bright1 and his conversation     

always sparkled  with fresh thoughts and
 poetical ideas4 ,he composed with      
extraordinary facility in ,latin prose  
and verse2 but the extant  fragments of 
these literary exercises do not strike  
us as being  of unusual excellence1     
though genuinely admired in their day4  
,he  was certainly an ideal missioner3  
saintly1 inspired1 eloquent1            
untireable1 patient1 consumed with the  
desire for the success of  his          
undertaking1 and unfaltering in his     
faith that success would  follow by the 
providential action of ,god1 despite the
 obvious  fact that all appearances were
 against him4    ,campion landed at     
,dover late in ,june1 #aehj1 and reached
 ,london  at the end of the month4      
,there was an immediate rush to hear    
him1 and ,lord ,paget was persuaded to  
lend his great hall at  ,paget ,house in
 ,smithfield to accommodate a           
congregation for the  feast of ,saints  
,peter and ,paul4 ,the sermon was       
delivered on the  text from the ,gospel 

of the day1 ,tu es ,christus1 ,filius   
,dei  vivi4 ,the hall was filled1 and   
the impression caused by the  sermon was
 profound2 but the number of hearers had
 been  imprudently large4 ,though no    
arrests followed1 the persecutors  took 
the alarm1 and increased their activity 
to such an extent  that large gatherings
 had for ever to be abandoned2 and after
 a  couple of weeks both ,campion and   
,persons left ,london to escape  the    
notice of the pursuivants1 whose raids  
and inquisitorial  searches were making 
the lot of ,catholics in town           
unbearable1  whereas in the country the 
pursuit was far less active1 and  could 
be much more easily avoided4 ,the two   
,fathers met for the  last time at      
,hoxton1 then a village outside ,london1
 to concert  their plans for the next   
couple of months1 and were on the point 
of starting1 each for his own           
destination1 when a ,catholic of  some  
note rode up from ,london4 ,this was    
,thomas ,pounde1 of  ,belmont or        

,beaumont1 near ,bedhampton1 a landed   
gentleman of  means1 an enthusiastic    
,catholic1 and for the last five years  
or  so a prisoner for religion4 ,mr4    
,pounde's message in effect was  this4  
,you are going into the proximate danger
 of capture1 and  if captured you must  
expect not justice1 but every refinement
 of  misrepresentation4 ,you will be    
asked crooked questions1 and your       
answers to them will be published in    
some debased form4 ,be sure  that       
whatever then comes through to the outer
 world will come  out poisoned and      
perverted4 ,let me therefore urge you to
 write  now1 and to leave in safe       
custody1 what you would wish to have    
published then1 in case infamous rumours
 should be put about  during your       
incarceration1 rumours which you will   
then not be  able to answer or to       
repudiate4 ,father ,persons seems to    
have  agreed at once4 ,campion at first 
raised objections1 but soon1  with his  
ever obliging temper1 sat down at the   

end of the table  and wrote off in half 
an hour an open letter ,to the ,lords of
  ,her ,majesty's ,privy ,council1      
afterwards so well known as  ,campion's 
,challenge4    #c4 ,,the ,,challenge4   
,campion1 after finishing his letter and
 taking copy for himself1  had consigned
 the other copy to ,pounde4 ,persons had
 done the  same2 but whereas the latter 
took the precaution to seal his  letter1
 ,campion had handed over his           
unfastened4 ,then the company  broke up4
 ,persons made a wide circle from       
,northampton round to  ,gloucester1     
while ,campion made a smaller circle    
from ,oxfordshire  up to ,northampton4  
,when they got back to town in          
,september1 they  found all the world   
discussing the ,challenge4 ,what had    
happened  was that proceedings had been 
taken by the ,ecclesiastical            
,commission against ,pounde1 and he had 
been committed to solitary  confinement 
in the ruinous castle of ,bishop's      
,stortford4 ,before  he left ,london he 

began to communicate the letter to      
others1 lest  it should be altogether   
lost1 and as soon as it was thus        
published it attracted everyone's       
attention1 and his adversaries  had     
ironically christened it the challenge4 
,the word was indeed  one which ,campion
 had used1 but he had employed it       
precisely in  order to avoid any charge 
that might have arisen1 of being        
combative and presumptuous4    ,thus in 
the course of three months ,campion1 as 
it were in spite  of himself1 had filled
 ,england with his name and with the    
message  he had come to announce1 and he
 had reduced his adversaries to a  very 
ridiculous position4 ,they had been     
dared to meet him in  disputation1 and  
this they feared to do4 ,in effect1 they
 in their  thousands were hiding their  
heads in the sand1 while their          
constables and pursuivants were raiding 
the houses of ,catholics  on every side 
in hopes of catching the homeless       
wanderer1 and of  stopping his mouth by 

violence4 ,the pulpits1 of course1 rang 
with  outcries against the newcomer1 and
 in his absence his doctrines  were rent
 and scoffed at2 but1 as ,campion said  
in a contemporary  letter1 ,the people  
hereupon is ours1 and the error of      
spreading  that letter abroad hath done 
us much good4 ,this was the first       
popular success which the ,catholics had
 scored for years2 and  after so many   
years of oppression some popular success
 was of  immense importance to the      
cause4 ,father ,persons1 in a           
contemporary letter1 says that the      
,government found that there  were      
#ej1jjj more recusants that autumn than 
they had known of  before4 ,the number  
is1 of course1 a round one1 and is      
possibly  much exaggerated1 but it gives
 the ,catholic leader's view of the     
advantage won at this time4    ,we may  
now turn to ,the ,challenge itself1 the 
only piece of  ,campion's ,english      
during this his golden period1 which has
 survived4    ,,to ,,the ,,right        

,,honourable1 ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,her  
,,majestie',s ,,privy ,,council         
,,right ,,honourable3    ,whereas ,i    
have come out of ,germanie and          
,boemeland1 being sent by  my           
,superiors1 and adventured myself into  
this noble ,realm1 my  deare ,countrie1 
for the glorie of ,god and benefit of   
souls1 ,i  thought it like enough that1 
in this busie watchful and  suspicious  
worlde1 ,i should either sooner or later
 be intercepted  and stopped of my      
course4 ,wherefore1 providing for all   
events1  and uncertaine what may become 
of me1 when ,god shall haply  deliver my
 body into durance1 ,i supposed it      
needful to put this  writing in a       
readiness1 desiringe your good          
,lordships to give it  ye reading1 for  
to know my cause4 ,this doing ,i trust  
,i shall ease  you of some labour4 ,for 
that which otherwise you must have      
sought  for by practice of wit1 ,i do   
now lay into your hands by plaine       
confession4 ,and to ye intent that the  

whole matter may be  conceived in order1
 and so the better both understood and  
remembered1 ,i make thereof these ix    
points or articles1 directly1  truly and
 resolutely opening my full enterprise  
and purpose4    i4 ,i confesse that ,i  
am 7albeit unworthie7 a priest of ye    
,catholike  ,church1 and through ye     
great mercie of ,god vowed now these    
viii  years into the ,religion of the   
,societie of ,jhesus4 ,hereby ,i have   
taken upon me a special kind of warfare 
under the banner of  obedience1 and eke 
resigned all my interest or possibilitie
 of  wealth1 honour1 pleasure1 and other
 worldlie felicitie4    ii4 ,at the     
voice of our ,general ,provost1 which is
 to me a  warrant from heaven1 and      
,oracle of ,christ1 ,i tooke my voyage  
from ,prage to ,rome 7where our said    
,general ,father is always  resident7   
and from ,rome to ,england1 as ,i might 
and would have  done joyously into any  
part of ,christendome or ,heathenesse1  
had  ,i been thereto assigned4    iii4  

,my charge is1 of free cost to preach   
the ,gospel1 to  minister the           
,sacraments1 to instruct the simple1 to 
reforme  sinners1 to confute errors--in 
brief1 to crie alarme spiritual  against
 foul vice and proud ignorance1         
wherewith many my dear  ,countrymen are 
abused4    iv4 ,i never had mind1 and am
 strictly forbidden by our ,father that 
sent me1 to deal in any respect with    
matter of ,state or ,policy of  this    
realm1 as things which appertain not to 
my vocation1 and from  which ,i do      
gladly restrain and sequester my        
thoughts4    v4 ,i do ask1 to the glory 
of ,god1 with all humility1 and under   
your correction1 iii sortes of          
indifferent and quiet audiences3  the   
first before your ,honours1 wherein ,i  
will discourse of  religion1 so far as  
it toucheth the common weale and your   
nobilities3 the second1 whereof ,i make 
more account1 before the  ,doctors and  
,masters and chosen men of both         
,universities1 wherein  ,i undertake to 

avow the faith of our ,catholike ,church
 by proofs  innumerable1 ,scriptures1   
,councils1 ,fathers1 ,history1 natural  
and  moral reasons3 the third before the
 lawyers1 spiritual and  temporal1      
wherein ,i will justify the said faith  
by the common  wisdom of the laws       
standing yet in force and practice4     
vi4 ,i would be loth to speak anything  
that might sound of any  insolent brag  
or challenge1 especially being now as a 
dead man  to this world and willing to  
put my head under every man's foot1  and
 to kiss the ground they tread upon4    
,yet have ,i such a  courage in         
avouching the ,majesty of ,jhesus my    
,king1 and such  affiance in his        
gracious favour1 and such assurance in  
my  quarrel1 and my evidence so         
impregnable1 and because ,i know        
perfectly that no one ,protestant1 nor  
all the ,protestants  living1 nor any   
sect of our adversaries 7howsoever they 
face men  down in pulpits1 and overrule 
us in their kingdom of grammarians  and 

unlearned ears7#b can maintain their    
doctrine in  disputation4 ,i am to sue  
most humbly and instantly for the       
combat with all and every of them1 and  
the most principal that  may be found3  
protesting that in this trial the better
 furnished  they come1 the better       
welcome they shall be4    vii4 ,and     
because it hath pleased ,god to enrich  
the ,queen my  ,sovereign ,ladye with   
notable gifts of nature1 learning1 and  
princely education1 ,i do verily trust  
that--if her ,highness would  vouchsafe 
her royal person and good attention to  
such a  conference as1 in the ii part of
 my fifth article ,i have  motioned1 or 
to a few sermons1 which in her or your  
hearing ,i am  to utter1--such manifest 
and fair light by good method and plain 
dealing may be cast upon these          
controversies1 that possibly her  zeal  
of truth and love of her people shall   
incline her noble  ,grace to disfavour  
some proceedings hurtful to the ,realm1 
and  procure towards us oppressed more  

equitie4    viii4 ,moreover ,i doubt not
 but you her ,highness' ,council being1 
of  such wisdom and discreet in cases   
most important1 when you shall  have    
heard these questions of religion opened
 faithfully1 which  many times by our   
adversaries are huddled up and          
confounded1 will  see upon what         
substantial grounds our ,catholike      
,faith is builded1  how feeble that side
 is which by sway of the time prevaileth
  against us1 and so at last for your   
own souls1 and for many  thousand souls 
that depend upon your government1 will  
discountenance error when it is         
bewrayed1 and hearken to those  who     
would spend the best blood in their     
bodies for your  salvation4 ,many       
innocent hands are lifted up to heaven  
for you  daily by those ,english        
students1 whose posteritie shall never  
die1 which beyond seas gathering virtue 
and sufficient knowledge  for the       
purpose1 are determined never to give   
you over1 but  either to win you heaven1

 or to die upon your pikes4 ,and        
touching  our ,societie be it known to  
you that we have made a league--all  the
 ,jesuits in the world1 whose succession
 and multitude must  overreach all the  
practices of ,england--cheerfully to    
carry the  cross you shall lay upon us1 
and never to despair your recovery1     
while we have a man left to enjoy your  
,tyburn1 or to be racked  with your     
torments1 or consumed with your prisons4
 ,the expense is  reckoned1 the         
enterprise is begun2 it is of ,god1 it  
cannot be  withstood4 ,so the faith was 
planted3 so it must be restored4    ix4 
,if these my offers be refused1 and my  
endeavours can take no  place1 and ,i1  
having run thousands of miles to do you 
good1 shall  be rewarded with rigour1 ,i
 have no more to say but to recommend   
your case and mine to ,almightie ,god1  
the ,searcher of ,hearts1 who  send us  
,his grace1 and set us at accord before 
the day of  payment1 to the end we may  
at last be friends in heaven1 when all  

injuries shall be forgotten4       99   
99   99   99   99    ,direct1 true1 and 
resolute1 ,campion's words certainly    
are1 and  they are calculated in a      
remarkable degree to reassure and       
animate his fellow ,catholics and their 
friends1 and it is for  them in reality1
 rather than for the ,lords of the      
,council1 that  the message is composed4
 ,if the composition has a fault it is  
its  combativeness2 and in effect1      
though this drawback was not felt  at   
the time1 it was later4 ,subsequent     
missionaries found it best  to adopt a  
policy of far greater secrecy and       
silence4 ,if1  however1 we remember that
 ,campion intended his paper to be      
published under quite different         
circumstances1 we can see that he  at   
least hardly deserves the reproach of   
being contentious1 or if  he does1 his  
failing was venial when we consider the 
tastes of  the age4 ,the immediate      
result of the publication was without   
question a great success4    ,,the      

,,decem ,,rationes4    ,like a wise     
general1 ,father ,persons at once       
bethought himself how  best to follow up
 the good beginning already made4       
,accordingly1  when he and ,campion met 
at ,uxbridge 7for it was not safe for   
,campion to come to ,london71 he        
suggested that the latter1 seeing  that 
his memory was still green at ,oxford1  
should compose a short  address on the  
crisis to the students of the two       
,universities4  ,campion met the        
suggestion as he had met the suggestion 
of  ,pounde1 with a gentle disclaimer1  
alleging divers difficulties1  but soon 
good-humouredly assented on the         
condition 7not a usual  one with        
literary men7 that someone else should  
propose the  subject4 ,the company      
therefore made various suggestions1 none
 of  which met with general acceptance1 
until ,campion proposed ,heresy  in     
,despair4 ,whereat1 adds ,persons1 all  
that were present  could not choose but 
laugh1 and wonder to see him fall upon  

that  argument at such a time when      
heresy seemed most of all to  triumph4  
,in truth1 with ,england invincible at  
sea and on land1  and the absolute sway 
of ,elizabeth1 ,cecil1 and ,walsingham  
over  both ,church and ,state1 what more
 hopeful position for  ,protestantism   
could have been imagined8 ,campion's    
meaning1 of  course1 was that           
,protestantism was in despair of holding
 the  position of the ancient ,church2  
of ruling in the hearts of a free       
people2 of co-existing with ,christian  
liberty4 ,it was unworthy1  therefore1  
of the acceptance of minds that aspired 
to mental  freedom1 as did the youth of 
the ,universities4 ,this subject for  an
 address was welcomed with acclamation1 
and ,campion promised to  undertake it1 
suggesting on his side that ,persons    
should arrange  ways and means for      
printing the tract when finished1 and   
any  other which might seem needed4     
,this agreed to1 all separated once     
more1 and ,campion rode  northwards on a

 tour which he took in ,derbyshire1     
,yorkshire1 and  ,lancashire1 and which 
was not over for six months4 ,meantime  
,father ,persons had set up his magic   
press near ,london1 and  issued from it 
five volumes of small size indeed1 but  
of  remarkable vigour and merit4 ,as    
soon as any notable attack was  made on 
the ,catholics1 an answer was brought   
out in a wonderfully  short time1 and   
these answers were pithy1 vigorous1 and 
pointed1  in no ordinary degree4 ,when  
one remembers how much co-operation  is 
needed to bring out even the slightest  
volume1 one is truly  astonished at the 
feat of bringing out so many and such   
good  ones1 while the hourly fear of    
capture1 torture1 and death hung  over  
the heads of all4 ,when threatened with 
danger in one place  the press was      
bodily transported to another4          
,however1 our business at present is not
 with ,persons1 but with  ,campion4 ,his
 book was finished and sent up to       
,persons in ,march1  #aeha1 with a title

 altered to suit the controversy which  
had  already begun4 ,it was now ,decem  
,rationes3 quibus fretus1  certamen     
adversariis obtulit in causa ,fidei1    
,edmundus ,campianus  c4 ,ten ,reasons1 
for the confidence with which ,edmund   
,campion  offered his adversaries to    
dispute on behalf of the ,faith1 set    
before the famous men of our            
,universities4 ,persons was charmed1  as
 he had expected to be1 with its        
literary grace4 ,it was in  ,latin1 as  
had been agreed1 and ,campion's ,latin  
prose1 7though  critics of our time find
 it somewhat silvery and ,livian71      
suited  the tastes of that day to       
perfection4 ,the only thing which made  
,persons at all thoughtful was the      
number of references4 ,campion  declared
 that he was sure he had verified them1 
as he entered  them in his notebook1 but
 ,persons1 with greater caution1        
declared  that they must be verified    
anew4    ,the difficulty of this for men
 living under the ban1 and cut off  from

 access to large libraries1 was of      
course great1 but through  the help of  
others1 especially through ,mr4 ,thomas 
,fitzherbert of  ,swynnerton1 the task  
was happily accomplished4 ,campion came 
up  from the north to ,stonor1 on the   
,oxfordshire border where the  secret   
press then was2 and there1 amid a       
thousand fears1 alarms  and dangers1 the
 book was printed4    #e4 ,,the         
,,printing4    ,of the actual           
preparations for printing the ,ten      
,reasons1  ,persons gives this account  
in his memoirs#c3 ,persons was of       
opinion that ,campion should come up to 
,london immediately after  ,easter      
,march #bfth to examine the passages    
quoted1 and to assist  the print4       
,meanwhile ,persons began to prepare new
 means of  printing1 making use of      
friends and in particular of a certain  
priest called ,william ,morris1 a       
learned and resourceful man1 who        
afterwards died in ,rome4#d ,this was   
necessary1 as the first  press near     

,london1 where the first two books had  
been printed1  had been taken down4     
,eventually and with very great         
difficulty he  found1 after much trying1
 a house belonging to a widow1 by name  
,lady ,stonor1 in which she was not     
living at that time4 ,it was  situated  
in the middle of a wood1 twenty miles   
from ,london4    ,to this house were    
taken all things necessary1 that is1    
type1  press1 paper1 c41 though not     
without many risks4 ,mr4 ,stephen       
,brinkley1 a gentleman of high          
attainments both in literature and  in  
virtue1 superintended the printing4     
,father ,campion then coming  to        
,london1 with his book already revised1 
went at once to the  house in the wood1 
where the book was printed and          
eventually  published4 ,persons too went
 down to stay with him for some days  to
 take counsel on their affairs4    99 99
 99 99 99    ,stonor ,park1 to which    
,campion and ,persons had betaken       
themselves1#e is still in the possession

 of the old ,catholic  family of that   
name1 of which ,lord ,camoys is the     
representative4  ,father ,morris says   
that the printing1 according to the     
traditions of the place1 was carried on 
in the attics of the old  house4#f      
,being near ,henley it was possible to  
go there by road  or by water1 and one  
might come and go on the ,oxford        
high-road  without attracting attention4
    ,still there was grave risk of      
discovery from the noise made by  the   
press1 and from the number of extra men 
about the house1 as  to the fidelity of 
each of whom it was impossible to be    
absolutely sure4 ,day by day the dangers
 thickened round them4  ,one evening1   
soon after their arrival1 ,william      
,hartley1 a priest  and afterwards a    
martyr1 who was helping in the work1 and
 had  then just come back from a visit  
to ,oxford1 mentioned casually  that    
,roland ,jenks1 the ,catholic stationer 
and book-binder there1  was again in    
trouble1 having been accused by his own 

servant4  ,jenks was doubtless known to 
all ,oxford men1 indeed but three  years
 before his name had been noised all    
over ,europe4 ,he had  been sentenced to
 have his ears cut off for some         
religious  offence1 when the ,judge was 
taken ill in the court itself1 and1  the
 infection travelling with marvellous   
rapidity1 the greater  part both of the 
bench and of the jury were stricken down
 with  gaol fever1 and two judges1      
twelve justices1 and other high         
officials1 almost the whole jury1 and   
many others1 died within  the space of  
two days4#g    ,in mentioning ,jenks's  
new troubles ,hartley probably did not  
realize the extent of the danger to the 
whole party which they  portended4      
,persons had in fact employed the very  
servant who had  now turned traitor1 to 
bind a number of books for him at his   
house near ,bridewell ,church1 ,london1 
which with all its contents  was thus in
 a perilous condition4 ,early next      
morning an express  messenger was sent  

in to town with orders to hide or       
destroy  ,persons' papers and other     
effects4 ,it was already too late3 that 
very night the house had been searched1 
and ,persons' letters1  books1          
vestments1 rosaries1 pictures1 and other
 pious objects1  had all fallen into the
 hands of the pursuivants4 ,worse still1
  ,father ,alexander ,briant1 afterwards
 a martyr1 and one of the  brightest and
 most lovable of the missionaries1 was  
seized next  door1 and hurried off first
 to the ,counter1 then to the ,tower1   
where he was repeatedly and most cruelly
 racked to make him say  where ,persons 
might be found4    ,information about   
his torture was brought to the ,jesuits 
at  ,stonor1 and one can easily see how 
grave and disturbing such  bad news must
 have been4 ,for almost the whole of one
 night1  says ,persons1 ,campion and ,i 
sat up talking of what we had  better   
do1 if we should fall into their hands4 
,a fate which  befell him soon after4   
,the ,registers of the ,privy ,council  

inform us that their ,lordships  gave   
orders to have ,jenks sent up to ,london
 on the #bhth of ,april4  ,this settles 
approximately the date of the beginning 
of the  printing at ,stonor1 and the    
book was not finished till nearly the   
end of ,june4 ,so the work lasted about 
nine weeks1 a fairly long  period when  
we consider the smallness of the ,latin 
book1 here  reproduced4 ,it will1       
however1 be shown from intrinsic        
evidence1  that the stock of type was   
very small4 ,the printers had to set up 
a few pages at a time1 to correct them  
at once1 and to print off1  before they 
could go any further4 ,then they        
distributed the type  and began again4  
,when all was finished they rapidly     
stabbed and  bound their sheets4        
,considering the fewness of the         
workmen#h and  the unforeseen delays    
which so often occur during printing1   
the  time taken over the production does
 not seem extraordinary4    ,for many   
years no example of the original edition

 of the ,decem  ,rationes was known to  
exist3 none of our great public         
libraries  in ,london or at the         
,universities possesses a copy4 ,but it 
was the  singular good fortune of the   
late ,marquess of ,bute to pick up two  
copies of this extremely rare volume1   
and he munificently  presented one of   
them to ,stonyhurst ,college4 ,canon    
,gunning of  ,winchester is the happy   
owner of a third copy4 ,by the courtesy 
of  the ,rector of ,stonyhurst1 ,i am   
able to offer a minute description  of  
the precious little book4    ,the volume
 is1 considering the printing of that   
time1 distinctly  well got up4 ,there is
 nothing at first sight to suggest that 
its  publication had been a matter of so
 much difficulty and danger2  but when  
one scrutinizes every page with care1   
one finds that it  bears about it some  
traces of the unusual circumstances     
under  which it was produced4    ,if we 
look first for the water-mark in the    
paper we shall find  that it is the     

pot--the ordinary ,english sign2 a      
proof1 if one  were needed1 that the    
book was really printed in this country4
  ,the sheets run from ,a to ,k 7with   
prefixed double-dagger71 in  fours1     
#afmo2 the folios are #dd1 of which #ci 
are numbered 7but by  accident the      
pagination is omitted from #a to #d and 
#dj is blank as  well as the            
fly-leaves74    ,let us think of what   
this means4 ,eleven signatures for #dd  
folios1  #afmo1 means that only eight   
pages #afmo went into each printing     
frame1 or1 in other words1 that the     
frame was so small that it  would have  
been covered by half a folio sheet1 #i  
by #ac inches4  ,they probably printed  
off each little sheet by itself1 for if 
they had had a larger frame so as to    
print an entire folio  sheet--then we   
should have found in the finished book  
that the  water-mark would recur once in
 each sixteen pages4 ,in point of  fact1
 however1 it only recurs irregularly in 
the first1 fifth1  and tenth gathering4 

,this could not have occurred unless the
  sheets used were of half folio size4  
,a ,greek fount was evidently wanting4  
,campion was fond1 after the  fashion of
 scholars of that day1 of throwing into 
his ,latin  letters a word or two of    
,greek1 which in his autograph are      
written1 as ,mr4 ,simpson has remarked1 
with the facility of one  familiar with 
the language4 ,here on fol4 #bd a we    
find adynata1  where ,greek3 adunata    
would have been in ,campion's epistolary
  manner4 ,again1 on fol4 #d b he       
quotes1 ,hic calix novum  testamentum in
 sanguine meo1 qui 7calix7 pro vobis    
fundetur1 and  in the margin ,poterion  
,ekchynomenon1 in ,italics1 where ,greek
  script1 if obtainable1 would obviously
 have been preferred4 ,a  further       
indication of the difficulties under    
which type had been  procured is seen in
 the use of a query sign of a           
black-letter  fount 7i4e4 different     
question mark7 instead of the ,roman    
fount 7i4e41874 ,this will be the more  

readily comprehended when  we remember  
that ,father ,persons' books1 which     
,brinkley had  printed before1 were in  
,english1 and that ,english prose was   
then  still generally printed in ,gothic
 character#i4    ,so ,persons also made 
use of it in order that there might be  
nothing in his books to strike the eye  
as unusual in books of  that class4     
,campion's volume on the other hand     
being in ,latin1 it  was necessary to   
procure a new set of ,roman type4 ,the  
use of  the black-letter query-signs    
would not at once attract attention1  so
 they were kept1 though all else was    
changed4    ,a further trace of the     
difficulty in finding type is found in  
the signs for a1 e1 diphthong4 ,this    
combination recurred very  frequently in
 ,latin1 and the printers had very few  
of them4 ,very  soon after starting we  
find them substituting for ,roman an    
,italic diphthong1 ae ligature also o1 e
 7oe ligature71 and  even e1 an ordinary
 mediaeval form of the sign4 ,it will be

  noticed that these substitutions      
become increasingly frequent1  as we    
approach fol4 #ab 7end of signature ,c71
 fol4 #cb 7end of  signature ,h71 and   
#cf 7end of signature ,i71 whereas as   
soon as  the next signature begins the  
fount of ae ligature is ready to  hand  
again4 ,the conclusion to be deduced is 
that leaves ,c1 ,h1  and ,i were each   
printed off1 and the type distributed1  
before  the setting up of ,d1 ,i1 and ,k
 could be proceeded with4 ,this         
illustrates what has been said before of
 the very small stock of  type in the   
printing establishment4    ,another     
slight peculiarity ought perhaps to be  
noticed3 it is  the accentuation of the 
,latin4 ,adverbs1 for instance1 are     
generally accented on the last syllable1
 e4g41 doctiu's1  facile'1 qua'm1 eo'1  
quo'3 the rule1 however1 is by no means 
regularly kept4 ,but this has evidently 
nothing to do with the  peculiar        
conditions under which ,campion's book  
was produced1 and  is to be accounted   

for by the use of accents in other      
publications of the same class4 ,nothing
 was then definitely  settled about the 
accentuation of either ,french1         
,italian1 or  ,latin1 and ,campion's    
volume does but reproduce the           
uncertainty  on the matter which was    
everywhere prevalent4    ,whilst the    
printers were contending with the       
difficulties arising  from the smallness
 of their stock of type1 difficulties   
which no  doubt caused vexatious and    
dangerous delays1 ,campion and ,persons 
resumed their missionary labours with   
vigour4 ,in his ,memoirs  ,persons      
writes3    99 99 99 99 99    ,whilst the
 preparations were being made ,campion  
preached  unweariedly1 sometimes in     
,london1 sometimes making excursions4   
,there was one place that of the        
,bellamy's whither we often  went1 about
 five miles from ,london1 called        
,harohill4 ,in going  thither we had to 
pass through ,tyburn4 ,but ,campion     
would always  pass bareheaded1 and      

making a deep bow both because of the   
sign  of the ,cross1 and in honour of   
some martyrs who had suffered  there1   
and also because he used to say that he 
would have his  combat there4#aj    99  
99 99 99 99    ,father ,bombino#aa      
managed to find out some further        
details4 ,mrs4  ,bellamy's house1 he    
tells us1 had a good library1 and as to 
,campion's conduct at ,tyburn1 he       
explains that the shape of the  gallows 
was a triangle1 supported at its three  
angles by three  baulks of timber2 the  
tie-beams1 however1 suggested to        
,campion  the ,cross of ,christ4        
,from the ,state ,papers we hear of     
other families and places said  to have 
been visited by ,campion at this period3
 the ,prices1 of  ,huntingdon2 ,mr4     
,william ,griffith1 of ,uxbridge2 ,mr4  
,edwin ,east1 of  ,bledlow1 ,bucks2     
,lady ,babington1 at ,twyford1 ,bucks2  
,mr4 ,dormer1 at  ,wynge1 and ,mrs4     
,pollard4#ab    ,in spite of alarms1    
dangers1 and interruptions1 the work of 

printing was concluded without mishap4  
,the method of publication  was         
singular4 ,hartley took the bulk of the 
copies to ,oxford1  where the chief     
academical display of the year1 the     
,act1 as it  was called1 was taking     
place in ,st4 ,mary's1 on several       
successive  days4 ,hartley1 coming in at
 the end of the first day1 waited for   
every one to go out1 then slipped his   
little books under the  papers left on  
the seats1 and was gone4 ,next morning  
he entered  with the rest1 and soon saw 
that his plan had been perfectly        
successful4 ,the public disputation     
began1 but the attention of  the        
audience was elsewhere4 ,there was      
whispering and comparing  notes1 and    
passing about of little books1 and as   
soon as the  seance was over1 open      
discussion of ,campion's ,reasons4      
,hartley  did not wait for more1 but    
rode back to ,stonor with the news that 
the book had surely hit its mark4    ,at
 ,oxford1 as ,father ,persons says1 many

 remembered and loved the  man1 or at   
least knew of his gentle character1 and 
of the career  he had abandoned to      
become a ,catholic missionary4 ,the book
  recalled all this2 and to those who   
were able to enter into its  spirit it  
preached with a strange penetrating     
force4 ,by all the  lovers of classical 
,latin1 and there were many such at that
 day1  it was read greedily4 ,the       
,catholics and lovers of the old ,faith 
received it with enthusiasm1 but a still
 more valid testimony to  its power was 
given by the ,protestant ,government1   
which gave  orders to its placemen that 
they should elaborate replies4 ,these   
replies drew forth answers from the     
,catholics1 and the controversy  lasted 
for several years4 ,mr4 ,simpson has    
included an outline of  this controversy
 in his ,life of ,campion1 and to it ,i 
may refer  my readers1 having nothing   
substantial to add to his account4      
#f4 ,,criticism4    ,it would not be    
necessary for me to say more about its  

success1  except that to us nowadays1   
the ,rationes will not seem at all  so  
remarkable as it did to our ancestors4  
,religious controversy1  in itself1 does
 not much interest us moderns2 and those
 who will  read ,latin merely to enjoy  
the style are very few4 ,but in the     
sixteenth century1 as ,sir ,arthur      
,helps truly says1 men found in  the    
thrill of controversy the interest they 
now take in novels4  ,at that time1 too1
 of all literary charms1 that of good   
,latin  prose was by far the most       
popular1 and the language was still the 
lingua franca of the learned all the    
world over4 ,once we get so  far as to  
appreciate that both subject and style  
were in its  favour1 the popularity of  
the volume will seem natural enough1    
for it is bright1 pointed1 strong1 full 
of matter1 bold1  eloquent1 convincing4 
,without attempting anything like a     
complete account of the  reception of   
the book by the public1 ,i may mention  
as the most  obvious proof of its       

popularity1 that more strenuous         
endeavours  were made 7so far as ,i can 
discover7 to answer it than were made   
in the case of any other assault upon   
the ,elizabethan religious  settlement4 
,lord ,burghley himself1 the chief      
minister of the  ,crown1 called upon the
 ,bishop of ,london1 perhaps the most   
forward  man then on the episcopal      
bench1 to use all endeavours to ensure  
the publication of a sufficient answer4 
,finally they appointed  the ,regius    
,professors of ,divinity both at ,oxford
 and at ,cambridge  to provide for the  
occasion1 and it took both of these a   
long  series of months to propound their
 answers to ,campion's tract1  which is 
only as long as a magazine article4     
,speaking broadly1 we  may say that this
 was the most that ,elizabeth's         
,establishment  could do officially2 and
 besides this1 there were sermons       
innumerable1 and pamphlets not a few by 
lesser men1 as well as  disputations in 
the ,tower1 of which more must be said  

later4    ,this hostile evidence is so  
striking and so ample that it might     
seem unnecessary to allege more1 but ,i 
attach a great deal more  importance to 
the praise of theologians of ,campion's 
own faith3  for1 in the first place this
 is much harder to obtain than the      
attention of the persons attacked4      
,secondly1 those who are  acquainted    
with ,catholic theological criticism are
 at first  surprised to find what very  
severe critics ,catholic theologians    
are one of another4 ,in this case1 where
 the writer had from the  nature of his 
task to make so much use of rhetorical  
arguments1  allusions1 irony1 and       
unusual forms of expression1 there was  
more than usual chance of fault being   
found1 especially as every  possible    
thorny subject is introduced somehow1   
and that in terms  meant to please not  
,roman theologians1 but ,oxford         
students4  ,evidently there was danger  
here that critics should or might be    
severe1 or at least insist on certain   

changes and emendations4  ,in fact the  
work was received with joy1 and         
reprinted frequently  and with honour4  
,i have lately found a letter in its    
commendation from the ,cardinal         
,secretary of ,state of that day1  and  
,muret1 as we have heard1 perhaps the   
greatest humanist then  living in the   
,catholic ranks1 described it as        
,libellum aureum1  vere digito ,dei     
scriptum4    #g4 ,,the ,,disputations4  
,the publication of the ,decem ,rationes
 was the last act of  ,campion's life of
 freedom4 ,he was seized the very next  
week1 and  after five months of         
suffering was martyred on #a ,december1 
#aeha4  ,during that prolonged and      
unequal struggle against every variety  
of craft and violence the ,ten ,reasons 
continued to have their  influence1 and 
on the whole they were extremely        
helpful1 for  they enabled the martyr to
 recover some ground which he had lost  
while under torture4 ,during those awful
 agonies he confessed to  having found  

shelter in the houses of certain        
gentlemen4 ,it is  certain that these   
names were all known to the ,government 
before1 and that he was not betraying   
any secret4 ,nevertheless  the gentlemen
 in question were at once seized1       
imprisoned and  fined1 on the alleged   
evidence of ,campion's confessions only4
  ,this of course caused much scandal   
among ,catholics1 and so long  as he lay
 lost in the ,tower dungeons1 unpleasant
 rumours about  his constancy could not 
be effectively contradicted4 ,thus far  
,elizabeth's ministers had gained an    
advantage1 which ,pounde had  foretold  
they were likely to win4 ,but the remedy
 he had  suggested also proved          
effective4    ,though under ordinary    
circumstances ,elizabeth's ministers    
meant  nothing less than having the     
disputation requested1 nevertheless  now
 that ,campion was so terribly shaken   
and reduced1 they hoped  that they might
 arrange some sort of a meeting1 which  
might in  show correspond with what had 

been demanded in the ,decem  ,rationes1 
and yet leave them with a certain       
victory4 ,they were  emboldened too1 by 
finding that their prisoner was not     
after all1  such a particularly learned 
man4 ,he had never been a professor of  
theology1 or written or made special    
studies1 beyond the ordinary  course    
which in those days was not a long one4 
,it was1 therefore1  settled that four  
disputations should be held in the      
,tower of  ,london4 ,theology was still 
taught at ,oxford and ,cambridge in     
something of the old mediaeval method   
and in syllogistic form4  ,the men who  
were pitted against ,campion had lately 
been1 or were  still1 examiners at the  
,universities4 ,nor is it to be denied  
for  a moment that they did their work  
well4 ,the attack never  faltered4      
,their own side quite believed they had 
won4 ,the method  they adopted was this4
 ,they assumed the role of examiners1   
and  starting with the ,decem ,rationes 
before them1 they plied  ,campion with  

crabbed texts1 and obscure quotations   
from the  ,fathers4 ,then they cut short
 his answers1 and as soon as one had    
examined for one quarter of an hour1    
another took his place1 for  they were  
anxious above all things to avoid       
defeat4 ,the number of  topics broached 
and left unsettled surpasses belief1    
indeed the  scene was one of utter      
confusion1 taunts1 scoldings1 sneers--a 
very1 very different test from the      
academic argumentation1 which  ,campion 
had requested4    ,the martyr did not   
show any remarkable erudition1 indeed   
all  opportunity to do so was carefully 
shut off4 ,no ,university1 ,i  fancy1   
would have given him a chair of theology
 on the strength  of his replies on that
 occasion4 ,there was more than one     
premature assertion of victory on the   
,protestant side4 ,but when  the        
,catholic and ,protestant accounts are  
compared1 one sees that  the advantages 
won against ,campion were slight4 ,they 
evidently  hoped that by vigorous and   

repeated attacks they would at last     
puzzle or bear him down4 ,but they were 
never near this4 ,he was  always fresh  
and gay1 never in difficulties1 or at   
the end of his  tether4 ,he stands out  
quite the noblest1 the most sympathetic 
and  important figure in those motley   
assemblies4 ,the ,catholics were        
delighted4 ,they succeeded in getting   
their own report of the  disputations1  
which is still extant1 and they would   
have printed  it1 if they had been able4
 ,philip1 ,earl of ,arundel1 by far the 
most important convert of that          
generation1 was won over by what  he    
heard in those debates4    ,on the whole
 then we must say that1 if ,campion did 
not come off  gloriously1 he at least   
acquitted himself well and honourably1  
and distinctly gained by the conflict4  
,offers of disputation were  not the    
ideal way of forwarding a mission such  
as his4  ,nevertheless1 in his case1    
despite circumstances the most  adverse1
 the result had proved advantageous4 ,it

 had greatly  strengthened and          
encouraged his own followers1 and that  
was in  reality the best that could then
 be expected4 ,incidentally too  the    
adverse rumours1 which had gained ground
 during his  seclusion1 were dissipated4
 ,it was clear that1 though he might    
have been deceived1 his constancy was   
unconquerable4    ,thus ,campion's      
,challenge and his ,ten ,reasons not    
only contain  the message of his mission
 enunciated with characteristic         
eloquence1 but the delivery of each     
message is an history-making  event1 big
 with dramatic consequences4 ,the       
controversy about his  book did not die 
with him1 but continued for some years1 
until it  was merged into the standing  
controversy between the two  religions4 
,we cannot describe it here4    ,suffice
 it to say that ,mr4 ,simpson1 in the   
,appendix to his  ,edmund ,campion      
enumerates not less than twenty works1  
which  appeared in those controversies  
between #aeha and #aehe4 ,the chief     

defender of ,father ,campion's writings 
was ,father ,robert ,drury1  ,s4,j41 but
 all his biographers also have something
 to say on the  subject4 ,the chief     
opponents are ,william ,charke1         
,meredith ,hanmer1  ,william ,fulke1    
,laurence ,humphrey1 ,william ,whitaker1
 ,r4 ,stoke1  ,john ,field1 ,alexander  
,nowell1 and ,william ,day4 ,some       
further  information on the whole       
subject may be found in articles by the 
late ,father ,morris and myself in ,the 
,month for ,july #ahhi1  ,january #aije1
 and ,january #aiaj4 ,j4,h4,p4          
,footnote #a3 ,of these four are in     
,english translations1 dated  #afjf 7by 
,richard ,stock71 #afcb1 #afhg1 and     
#ahbg4 ,the present  translation is thus
 the fifth into ,campion's mother       
tongue4  ,though each of the quaint old 
versions has its merits1 and some  do   
not lack charm1 not one would adequately
 represent ,campion to  the modern      
reader4 ,a new translation was a        
necessity--may ,i not  say1 a most happy

 one--seeing that ,father ,joseph       
,rickaby was at  hand to satisfy it4    
,j4,h4,p4    ,footnote #b3 ,the meaning 
is--,the ministers tyrannize over us1 as
  if we were a kingdom of unlearned     
schoolboys1 listening to a  teacher of  
grammar4    ,footnote #c3 ,catholic     
,record ,society ,,iv41 #ad-ag4         
,footnote #d3 ,father ,bombino calls him
 ,richard ,morris1 and says he  went    
into exile and lived with ,allen first  
at ,rheims1 and  afterwards at ,rome1   
where he died in the ,english ,college4 
7,vita  ,campiani1 p4 #aci7    ,footnote
 #e3 ,father ,morris identified the lady
 who let or lent  ,stonor ,park1 with   
,dame ,cecilia ,stonor1 daughter of     
,leonard  ,chamberlain4 ,father ,persons
 describes her as a widow1 and if so1   
the ,sir ,francis1 then alive1 was not  
her husband1 but her son4  ,both father 
and son had the same ,christian name4   
,footnote #f3 ,on the other hand1 ,mr4  
,thomas ,edward ,stonor1 in a           
correspondence to be mentioned          

immediately1 says that there were  no   
definite traditions as to the actual    
locality of the press4    ,footnote #g3 
,challoner1 ,missionary ,priests1       
,introd4 p4 #ab4    ,footnote #h3 ,as   
five printers were subsequently         
arrested1 we know  their names1 and they
 deserve to be recorded here1 viz41     
,stephen  ,brinkley1 ,john ,harris1     
,john ,hervey1 ,john ,tuker1 ,john      
,compton4 ,allen  speaks of seven       
workmen4 ,diary of the ,tower and ,douay
 ,diary4    ,footnote #i3 ,the custom   
however was already changing1 and ,roman
  type soon afterwards came into general
 use4    ,footnote #a3 ,memoirs1 i4 cap4
 #bd2 ,collectanea ,p4 fol4 #aee4       
,footnote #aa3 ,bombino1 ,vita ,campiani
 #afbj1 p4#acf4 ,some of  ,bombino's    
additions are not1 perhaps1 arranged in 
their true  chronological order4 ,he    
tells us1 for instance1 a propos of     
,brinkley's difficulties in getting     
printers1 that he had to dress  them1   
and give them horses to ride1 like      

gentlemen4 ,but he does  not make it    
clear whether these were the men who    
printed the ,ten  ,reasons1 or ,persons'
 previous works4 ,bombino says that     
,brinkley  paid for the type1 c41 but   
,allen1 in a contemporary letter1 says  
that ,george ,gilbert had left a fund   
for these purposes4 ,bombino  says the  
printing of the ,decem ,rationes was    
commenced at  ,brinkley's own house at  
,green ,street1 and had to be removed   
because one of the servants was arrested
 in ,london1 and tortured  to make him  
confess1 which he heroically refused4   
,campion and  ,persons knowing of the   
torture1 not of the man's constancy1 at 
once removed the press4 ,but ,persons'  
,memoirs ascribes this  incident to an  
earlier period4 7,domestical            
,difficulties1 p4  #aai2 ,autobiography 
for #aeha74    ,footnote #ab3 ,simpson1 
p4 #bag1 following ,lansdowne ,,mss4    
xxx4 #gh    ,,rationes ,,decem          
,,qvibvs ,,fretvs ,b4 ,,edmvndvs        
,,campianvs ,,certamen ,,adversariis    

,,obtvlit  ,,in ,,cavsa ,,fidei1        
,,redditae ,,academicis ,,angliae4      
,,epistola #a    ,,ad ,,reginae         
,,angliae ,,consiliarios1 ,,qua         
,,profectionis ,,suae ,,in ,,angliam    
,,institutum ,,declarat1 ,,et           
,,adversarios ,,ad ,,certamen ,,provocat
    ,quandoquidem1 viri ornatissimi1 a  
,germania et ,bohemia revocatus1  non   
sine ingenti vitae meae periculo1 in hoc
 florentissimum  ,angliae regnum1       
dulcissimam patriam meam1 tandem        
aliquando  perveni1 pro ,superiorum     
meorum voluntate1 ,dei gloriam et       
animarum  salutem promoturus2 verisimile
 esse putavi1 me turbulento hoc1        
suspicioso ac difficillimo tempore1 sive
 citius1 sive aliquanto  tardius1 in    
medio cursu abreptum iri4 ,quapropter   
ignarus quid de  me futurum sit1 quum   
,dei permissu in carceres et vincula    
forte  detrudendus sim1 ad omnem eventum
 scriptum hoc condidi3 quod ut  legere1 
et ex eo causam meam cognoscere velitis1
 etiam atque  etiam rogo4 ,fiet enim1 ut

 hac re non parvo labore liberemini1 dum
  quod multis ambagibus inquirere vos   
audio1 id totem aperta  confessione     
libere expromo4 ,atque ut rem omnem1 quo
 melius et  intelligi1 et memoria       
comprehendi queat1 compendio tradam1 in 
novem omnino capita eam dispertiar4     
#a4 ,profiteor me1 quamvis indignum1    
,ecclesiae ,catholicae  sacerdotem1 et  
iam octo abhinc annis magna ,dei        
misericordia in  ,societatem nominis    
,iesu cooptatum1 peculiare quoddam belli
  genus sub obedientiae vexillo         
suscepisse2 ac simul me omni            
divitiarum1 honorum et aliorum huiusmodi
 bonorum spe1 et  habendi potestate1    
abdicasse4    #b4 ,generalis ,praepositi
 nostri decreto 7quod ego tamquam       
mandatum  coelitus missum1 et a ,christo
 ipso sancitum veneror71 ,praga ,romam1 
ubi ,generalis nostri perpetua sedes    
est2 ,roma deinde in ,angliam  contendi3
 qua animi alacritate etiam in          
quamcumque aliam orbis  terrarum partem1
 sive ad christianos1 sive ad infideles1

 profectus  fuissem1 si me ad eam       
profectionem superiores mei             
designassent4    #c4 ,negotium mihi     
commisum tale est1 ut gratis ,evangelium
  administrem1 rudes in fide instituam1 
flagitiosos a scelere ad  meliorem vitae
 rationem traducam1 errores convellam2  
et1 ut  summatim omnia complectar1      
pugnae spiritualis signum tuba canam1   
atque alacriter adversus foeda flagitia 
et superbam ignorationem1  qua innumeri 
cives mei1 quos intimis animi visceribus
 complector1  oppressi iacent1 depugnem4
    #d4 ,numquam mihi animus fuit1 imo  
et a ,patribus1 qui me miserunt1  severe
 prohibitum mihi est1 ut ne reipublicae 
ac politicae huius  regni               
administrationis negotiis me immisceam3 
nam et aliena haec  sunt a vocationis   
meae instituto1 et iis animum           
cogitationesque  meas libenter avoco4   
#e4 ,quamobrem vestra clementia fretus1 
ad gloriam ,dei tria non  minus aequa1  
quam ab omni pacis et tranquillitatis   
reipublicae  perturbatione aliena1      

concedi mihi et permitti humillime      
postulo4  ,primum est1 ut ,dominationes 
vestrae1 pro sua et reipublicae         
dignitate1 me pro religione disserentem 
audire non graventur4  ,alterum1 quod et
 cumprimis desidero1 et maximi momenti  
esse  arbitror1 ut mihi liceat in       
consessu doctorum1 magistorum et        
utriusque ,academiae virorum insignium1 
sacrosanctae theologiae  professorum1   
verba facere4 ,promitto me catholicae   
,ecclesiae fidem  invictis rationibus et
 sacrarum ,scripturarum1 ,conciliorum1  
,patrum  atque historiarum auctoritate1 
ac denique ex ipsa tum naturali1  tum   
morali philosophia efficaciter          
demonstraturum et defensurum4  ,tertium1
 ut audiar ab utriusque iuris1 sive     
canonici1 sive  civilis1 peritis1 quibus
 eamdem fidei veritatem1 legum1 quae    
etiamnum vigent1 testimonio atque       
auctoritate comprobabo4    #f4 ,nollem  
equidem quidquam proferre1 quod         
insolentem  provocationem aut           
arrogantiam aliquam prae se ferret2 quum

 et  mundo mortuus iam sim1 et ex animo 
paratus promtusque1 ut me ad  cuiusvis  
pedes abiiciam ac vestigia etiam        
exosculer4 ,tantus tamen  animus mihi   
est pro gloria et maiestate ,regis mei  
,iesu  amplificanda1 tanta in eius      
favore fiducia1 tanta denique in  causae
 aequitate et firmissimorum argumentorum
 ac probationum  robore confidentia1    
7quum certo sciam nullum protestantium1 
nec  omnes simul iunctos1 nec ullam     
adversariorum factionem1  quantumvis    
imperitam multitudinem et grammaticos   
quosdam  adolescentulos1 apud quos      
insigniter debacchantur1 in errorem     
inducant1 posse dogmata sua disputatione
 aut tueri aut probare72  ut cum illis  
omnibus1 vel cum eorum quolibet1 vel cum
  antesignanis ex omni illorum numero   
delectis1 ultro me offeram              
congressurum2 bona fide protestans eo   
mihi gratius fore certamen1  quo melius 
instructi accesserint4    #g4 ,et       
quoniam ,dominus ,deus ,dominam meam    
reginam1 eximiis naturae1  eruditionis  

ac regiae educationis dotibus exornare  
voluit1 si sua  ,maiestas huiusmodi     
auditionem1 qualem in quinto articulo   
secundo  loco efflagitavi1 sua regali   
praesentia et benigna attentione        
cohonestare dignaretur1 sperarem sane1  
me articulos controversos  optima       
methodo et perspicuis argumentis ita    
illustrare1 atque ab  omnibus           
fallaciarum involucris quibus constricti
 sunt1 explicare  posse1 ut zelo        
veritatis et amore1 quo sua ,maiestas   
populum  complectitur1 mediocriter eius 
animum inclinarem1 quum ad  plurimas    
res1 quae regno suo non parum detrimenti
 afferunt1  damnandas et reiiciendas1   
tum ad nos catholicos1 misere iamdui    
oppressos1 maiore aequitate             
prosequendos4    #h4 ,neque vero dubium 
mihi est quin vos1 ornatissimi          
consiliari  ,s4 ,m41 quum in maximi     
momenti negotiis praeclare ac sapienter 
agere soleatis1 ubi has de fide         
controversias1 quas adversarii  nostri  
non sine fuco et confuse plerumque      

pertractant1 bona fide  delectas et fuco
 nudatas perspexeritis1 luce meridiana  
clarius  cognituri sitis1 quam solidis  
et firmis fundamentis fides  catholica  
nitatur4 ,et quia e contrario           
protestantium argumenta  sunt omnino    
frivola et infirma1 quae temporis       
iniquitate vim  aliquam contra nos      
habere putantur2 futurum spero1 ut      
vestrarum  animarum et innumerabilium   
aliarum1 quae a vestro nutu et  exemplo 
pendent1 miserti1 ab huiusmodi falsorum 
dogmatum  architectis et doctoribus     
facies vestras animumque ipsum          
avertatis1 ac nobis1 qui vitam nostram  
pro vesta salute  alacriter profundere  
parati sumus1 aequiori et magis propitia
  mente auscultetis4 ,multae innocentes 
manus quotidie et sine  intermissione   
pro vobis in coelum attolluntur4 ,haec  
in vos  studia sunt eorum ,anglorum1 qui
 in provinciis transmarinis  numquam    
interiturae posteritatis patres1 virtuti
 et eruditioni  adquirendae dant operam2
 omninoque secum statuerunt1 a salute   

vestra promovenda non prius absistere1  
quam vel animas vestras  ,christo       
lucrifecerint1 vel lanceis vestras      
confixi generose  occubuerint4 ,et      
quidem quod ad ,societatem nostram      
attinet1 velim  sciatis1 omnes nos1 qui 
sumus de ,societate ,iesu1 per totum    
terrarum orbem longa lateque diffusi1   
7quorum continua successio  et multitudo
 omnes machinationes vestras anglicas   
facile  superabit71 sanctum foedus      
iniisse ut cruces1 quas nobis           
iniicietis1 magno animo feramus1 neque  
umquam de vestra salute  desperemus1    
quamdiu vel unus quispiam e nobis       
supererit1 qui  ,tiburno#b vestro       
fruatur1 atque suppliciis vestris       
excarnificari1 carceribusque squalere et
 consumi possit4  ,iampridem inita ratio
 est1 divinique numinis auspicio        
inchoatum  certamen2 nulla vis1 nullus  
impetus adversariorum superabit4 ,hac   
ratione consita et tradita olim fides   
est1 eadem in pristinam  dignitatem     
revocari et restitui debet4    ,quod si 

hoc scriptum meum1 quod offero1         
reiicitur1 nec benevoli  conatus mei    
quidquam possint efficere1 et pro       
itinere multorum  millium milliarium    
vestri causa suscepto1 ingratum animum  
experiar2 id unum agendum mihi          
supererit1 ut vos causamque meam  ,deo  
scrutatori cordium commendem3 quem      
quidem ex animo precor1 ut  nobis       
tantisper gratiam suam impertiri velit1 
qua ante extremum  remunerationis diem  
in unam sententiam conspiremus2 et ut   
tandem  aliquando in coelo1 ubi nulla   
erit iniuriarum memoria1 amicitia       
sempiterna perfruamur4    ,,prefatio    
,,edmundus ,,campianvs ,,doctissimis    
,,academicis ,,oxonii ,,florentibvs ,,et
  ,,cantabrigiae1 ,s4 ,p4 ,d4    ,anno  
praeterito1 quum ex instituto vitae meae
 iussus in hanc  insulam remeassem1     
clarissimi viri1 offendi sane fluctus   
haud  paulo saeviores in anglicano      
littore1 quam quos in oceano            
brittannico recens a tergo reliqueram4  
,mox interiorem in ,angliam  ubi        

penetrassem1 nihil familiarius1 quam    
inusitata supplicia2  nihil certius1    
quam incerta pericula4 ,collegi me1 ut  
potui1 memor  causae1 memor temporum4   
,ac ne prius forte corriperer1 quam     
auditus a quopiam fuissem1 scripto      
protinus mandavi consileum  meum1 qui   
venissem1 quid quaererem1 quod bellum1  
et quibus1  indicere cogitarem          
,autographum apud me habui1 ut mecum1 si
  caperer1 caperetur2 exemplum eius apud
 amicum deposui1 quod1 me  quidem       
nesciente1 pluribus communicatum est4   
,adversarii  publicatam schedulam       
atrociter acceperunt quum caetera1 tum  
illud  invidiosissime criminantes1 quod 
unus omnibus in hoc religionis  negotio 
certamen obtulissem2 quamquam solus non 
eram futurus1 si  fide publica          
disputassem4 ,responderunt postulatis   
meis ,hammerus  et ,charcus4 ,quid      
tandem8 ,otiose omnia4 ,nullum enim     
responsum1  praeter unum1 honeste       
dabunt1 quod numquam dabunt3            
,conditiones  amplectimur1 ,regina      

spondet1 advola4 ,interea clamant isti3 
,sodalitium tuum1 seditiones tuas1      
arrogantiam tuam1 proditorem1  sine     
dubio proditorem4 ,ridicule4 ,operam et 
oleum et famam  homines non             
insipientissimi cur profundunt8         
,verum his duobus1 7quorum prior animi  
causa meam chartam delegit1  in quam    
incurrerat2 alter malitiosius totam rem 
convolvit71  praebitus nuper est        
libellus admodum luculentus1 qui quantum
  oportuit1 tantum et de ,societate     
nostra1 et de horum iniuriis1 et  de    
provincia1 quam sustinemus1 edisserit4  
,mihi supererat1  7quoniam1 ut video1   
tormenta1 non scholas1 parant           
antistites71  rationem facti mei vobis  
ut probarem2 capita rerum1 quae mihi    
tantum fidentiae pepererunt1 quasi      
digito fontes ostenderem4 ,vos  etiam   
hortarer1 quorum interest praeter       
caeteros1 incumbatis in  hanc curam1    
quam a vobis ,christus1 ,ecclesia1      
respublica et vestra  salus exigunt4    
,ego si fretus ingenio1 litteris1 arte1 

lectione1  memoria1 peritissimum quemque
 adversarium provocavi fui  vanissimus  
et superbissimus1 qui neque me1 necque  
illos  inspexerim2 sin causam intuitus1 
existimavi satis me valentem  esse1 qui 
docerem hunc solem meridie lucere1      
debetis mihi  fervorem istum concedere1 
quem honor ,iesu ,christi1 ,regis mei1  
et  invicta veritas imperarunt4 ,scitis 
,m4 ,tullium in ,quintiana1 quum        
,roscius victoriam adpromitteret1 si    
efficeret argumentis1  septingenta      
millia passuum non esse decursa biduo1  
non modo nihil  veritum articulos et    
nervos ,hortensii1 sed ne grandiores    
quidem  ,hortensio1 ,phillipos1 et      
,cottas1 et ,antonios1 et ,crassos1     
quibus  maximam dicendi gloriam         
tribuebat1 metuere potuisse4 ,est enim  
quaedam veritas tam illustris et        
perspicua1 ut eam nullae  verborum      
rerumque praestigiae possint obruere4   
,porro liquidius  est quod nos agimus1  
quam illa fuit hypothesis ,rosciana4    
,nam si  hoe praestitero3 coelos esse1  

divos esse1 fidem esse1 ,christum  esse1
 causam obtinui4 ,hic ego non sim       
animosus8 ,equidem occidi  possum1      
superari non possum1 iis enim           
,doctoribus insisto1 quos  ille         
,spiritus erudiit1 qui nec fallitur1 nec
 vincitur4    ,quaeso a vobis ut salvi  
esse velitis4 ,a quibus hoc impetraro1  
reliqua minime dubitanter expecto4 ,date
 modo vos huic  sollicitudini1 ,christum
 obtestamini1 industriam adiungite2     
profecto sentietis id1 quod res est1 et 
adversarios desperare1 et  nos1 tam     
solide fundatos1 quieto magnoque animo  
hanc arenam  expetere oportere4 ,brevior
 hic sum1 quod reliquo sermone vos      
alloquor4 ,valete4    ,,rationes        
,,oblati ,,certaminis    ,ego dabo vobis
 os et sapientiam1 cui non poterunt     
resistere et  contradicere omnes        
adversarii vestri4 ,luc4 xxi4 #ae4      
,rationum capita4    #a4 ,sacrae        
,litterae4    #b4 ,sacrarum ,litterarum 
sententia4    #c4 ,natura ,ecclesiae4   
#d4 ,concilia4    #e4 ,patres4    #f4   

,fermamenta ,patrum4    #g4 ,historia4  
#h4 ,paradoxa4    #i4 ,sophismata4      
#aj4 ,omne genus testium4    ,,prima    
,,ratio    ,,sacrae ,,litterae4    ,quum
 multa sunt1 quae adversariorum         
diffidentiam in causa  loquuntur1 tum   
nihil aeque atque sanctorum maiestas    
,bibliorum  foedissime violata4 ,etenim 
qui1 posteaquam reliquorum testium      
voces et suffragia contempserunt1 eo    
sunt redacti nihilo secius1  ut stare   
nequeant1 nisi divinis ipsis codicibus  
vim et manus  intulerint2 ii se profecto
 declarant extrema fortuna confligere1  
et rebus iam desperatis ac perditis1    
experiri durissima velle  atque ultima4 
,manicheis#c quid causae fuit1 ut       
,evangelium  ,matthei et ,acta          
refigerent ,apostolica8 ,desperatio4    
,his enim  voluminibus cruciabantur1 et 
qui ,christum negaverant prognatum de   
,virgine1 et qui ,spiritum christianis  
tum primo coelitus illapsum  finxerant  
quum ipsorum ,paracletus1 ,persa        
nequissimus1 erupisset4  ,quid          

,ebioniis1#d ut omnes ,pauli repudarient
 epistolas8  ,desperatio4 ,his enim suam
 dignitatiem retinentibus1 antiquata    
circumcisio est1 quam isti revocaverant4
 ,quid ,luthero#e ut  ,epistolam ,iacobi
 contentiosam1 tumidam1 aridum1         
stramineam1  flagitiosus apostata       
nominaret1 et indignam spiritu censeret 
apostolico8 ,desperatio4 ,hoc enim      
scripto confessus miser atque  disruptus
 est1 quum in sola fide iustitiam1      
constitueret4 ,quid  ,lutheri catulis1  
ut ,tobiam1 ,ecclesiasticum1            
,machabaeos1 et horum  odio complures   
alios eadem calumnia comprehensos1 e    
sincero  canone repente dispungerent8   
,desperatio4 ,his enim oraculis         
disertissime coarguuntur1 quoties de    
angelorum patrocinio1  quoties de       
arbitrii libertate1 quoties de fidelibus
 vita  defunctis1 quoties de ,divorum   
hominum intercessione disputant4        
,itane vero8 ,tantum perversitatis1     
tantum audaciae8 ,quum ,ecclesiam1      
concilia1 cathedras1 ,patres1 martyres1 

imperia1 populos1 leges1  academias1    
historias1 omnia vetustatis et          
sanctitatis vestigia  conculcassent1    
scripto ,dei verbo tantum controversias 
velle  dirimere proclamassent1 illud    
ipsum verbum1 quod solum restiterat1    
exsectis e toto corpore tam multis1 tam 
bonis1 tam speciosis1  partibus1        
delumbasse8 ,septem enim ipsos de veteri
 ,testamento#f  codices1 ut minuta      
dissimulem1 calviniani praeciderunt2    
lutherani  vero etiam epistolam ,iacobi1
 et huius invidia quinque alias2#g de   
quibus aliquando fuerat et alicubi      
controversum4 ,his quoque  libellum     
,estheris et tria capita ,danielis      
adnumerant novissimi  ,genuenses2 quae  
quidem ,anabaptistae1 istorum           
condiscipuli1 iam  pridem damnaverant   
atque deriserant4    ,quanto modestius  
,augustinus1#h qui sacrosanctum         
catalogum  pertexens1 non sibi neque    
alphabetum hebraicum1 ut ,iudaei2 neque 
privatum spiritum1 ut ,sectarii1 pro    
regula posuit2 sed illum  ,spiritum1 quo

 totum corpus ,ecclesiae ,christus      
animat4 ,quae quidem  ,ecclesia custos  
huius depositi1 non magistra1 quod      
haeretici  cavillantur1 thesaurum hunc  
universum quem ,tridentina#i ,synodus   
est amplexa1 vetustissimis olim         
conciliis publicitus vindicavit4  ,idem 
,augustinus1#aj de una ,scripturarum    
particula speciatim  disserens1 inducere
 in animum non potest1 librum           
,sapientiae1 qui  iam tum ,ecclesiae    
calculo1 temporum serie1 priscorum      
testimonio  instinctione fidelium1 ut   
firmus et canonicus robur obtinuerat1   
cuiusquam temeritate vel susurro extrudi
 extra canonem oportere4  ,quid ille    
nunc diceret1 si viveret in terris1 et  
,lutheros  ,calvinosque concerneret     
opifices bibliorum1 qui sua lima        
politula  et elegantula vetus novumque  
,testamentum raserint2 neque            
,sapientiam tantum1 sed et alia permulta
 de canonicorum librorum  ordine        
segregaverint3 ut quidquid ex horum     
officina non  prodierit1 illud ad       

omnibus phrenetico decreto tamquam      
incultum  et horridum conspuatur8    ,ad
 hoc tam dirum et exsecrabile perfugium 
qui descenderunt1 ii  certe licet in ore
 suorum asseclarum volitent1 sacerdotia 
nundinentur declamitent in concione1    
ferrum in catholicos1  equuleum         
crucemque consciscant2 tamen victi1     
abiecti1 squalidi1  prostrati sunt3     
quandoquidem arrepta virgula censoria1  
veluti  arbitri sedentes honorarii1     
divinas ipsas tabulas1 si quae ad       
stomachum non fecissent1 obliterant4    
,ecquis est vel mediocriter  institutus1
 qui talium cuniculos hostium           
reformidet8 ,qui homines  quamprimum in 
corona vestra1 eruditorum hominum1 ad   
eiusmodi  veteratorias artes1 tamquam ad
 familiarem daemonem currerent1 non     
aurium convicio sed strepitu pedum      
exciperentur4 ,quaererem ab  eis1 verbi 
gratia1 quo iure corpus biblicum        
detruncent atque  diripiant8            
,respondent3 non se veras ,scripturas   
exscindere1 sed  excernere              

supposititias4 ,quo iudice8 ,spiritu    
sancto4 ,hoc enim  responsum a          
,calvino#aa praescribitur1 ut ,ecclesiae
 iudicium1 quo  spiritus examinantur1   
subterfugiat4 ,cur igitur alios alii    
lancinatis1 quum omnes eodem ,spiritu   
gloriemini8    ,calvinianorum spiritus  
recipit sex epistolas1 quae spiritui non
  placent lutherano2 freti tamen uterque
 sancto ,spiritu4  ,anabaptistae        
historiam ,iobi fabulam#ab appellant1   
tragicis et  comicis legibus            
intermixtam4 ,qui sciunt8 ,spiritu      
docente4  ,castalio#ac mysticum illud   
,salomonis ,canticum1 quod ut  paradisum
 animae1 ut manna reconditum1 ut        
opiparas in ,christo  delicias catholici
 admirantur1 nihilo pluris quam         
cantilenam de  anicula1 et cum          
pedissequis aulae colloquium amatorium  
venereus  furcifer aestimavit4 ,vnde    
hausit8 ,a spiritu4 ,in ,apocalypsi     
,ioannis1 cuius omnes apices excelsum   
aliquid et magnificum  sonare confirmat 
,hieronymus1#ad tamen ,lutherus#ae et   

,brentius  et ,kemnitius quiddam1 nescio
 quid1 difficiles aristarchi            
desiderant2 eo scilicet propendentes1 ut
 exautoretur4 ,quem  percontati8        
,spiritum4 ,quatuor ,evangelia fervore  
praepostero  ,lutherus#af inter se      
committit1 et prioribus tribus          
,epistolas  ,pauli longe praeferens1    
unicum deinceps ,evangelium ,ioannis1   
pulchrum1 verum1 praecipuum decernit    
esse nominandum2 quippe  qui1 quod in   
ipso fuit1 libenter etiam ,apostolos    
suarum rixarum  socios adscripsisset4   
,quo doctore8 ,spiritu4 ,quin etiam iste
  fraterculus#ag non dubitavit          
,evangelium ,lucae petulanti stylo      
perstringere1 quod in eo crebrius bona  
nobis virtutum opera  commendentur4     
,quem interrogavit8 ,spiritum4          
,theodorus ,beza ex  ,lucae vigesimo    
secundo capite 3 ,hic calix1 novum      
testamentum1  in meo sanguine1 qui      
7calix7 pro vobis fundetur1 ,greek3     
potaerion enchunomenon1 ausus est ut    
corruptum vitiatumque  traducere1 quod  

haec oratio nullam expositionem1 nisi de
 vino  calicis converso in verum        
,christi sanguinem1 patiatur4 ,quis     
indicavit8 ,spiritus4 ,denique quum     
omnia credant suo quisque  spiritui1    
nomen sancti ,spiritus horribili        
blasphemia mentiuntur4  ,qui sic agunt1 
nonne se produnt8 ,nonne facile         
refutantur8 ,nonne  in concessu talium  
virorum1 quales estis ,academici1       
tenentur ac  minimo negotio             
constringuntur8 ,cum his ego timeam pro 
fide  catholica disputare1 qui pessima  
fide voces non humanas1 sed  aethereas  
tractavere8    ,nihil hic dico1 quae    
vertendo perverterint quamvis           
intolerabilia  sint1 quae accusem4      
,gregorio ,martino1 scientissimo        
linguarum1  collegae meo1 qui doctius et
 plenius hoc praestabit1 nihil          
praeripio1 nec aliis1 quibus id laboris 
esse iam prae manibus  intellexi4       
,facinorosius crimen est ac tetrius1    
quod nunc  persequor4 ,inventos esse    
doctorculos1 qui temulento quodam       

impetu in coeleste chirographum         
involarint2 idipsum pluribus  locis1 ut 
maculatum1 ut mancum1 ut falsum1 ut     
subreptitium  condemnarint2 eius partes 
aliquas correxerint1 aliquas            
corroserint1 aliquas evulserint4 ,hinc  
omne propugnaculum1 quo  muniebatur1 in 
lutheranos spiritus1 tamquam in valla   
phantasmatum pictosque parietes         
commutarint2 ne prorsus  obmutescerent1 
quum in ,scripturas1 erroribus suis     
infestas1  impingerent1 quas nihilo     
commodius expedire1 quam sorbere        
favillas1 aut saxa mandere1 potuissent4 
,haec ergo mihi prima ratio vehemens et 
iusta fuit quae ubi partes  adversarias 
umbraticas et fractas ostendisset1      
animum sane  addidit viro et christiano 
et in his studiis exercitato1 pro       
sempiterni ,regis diplomate adversus    
reliquias profligatorum  hostium        
decertandi4    ,,secvnda ,,ratio        
,,sacrarvm ,,litterarvm ,,sententia     
,alterum est1 quod me quidem ad         
congressum incitarit1 et horum  apud me 

copiolas elevarit1 adversarii perpetuum 
in ,scripturis  exponendis ingenium1    
plenum fraudis1 inane prudentiae4       
,statim  haec1 philosophi1 tangeretis4  
,itaque vos auditores expetii4          
,sciscitemur ab adversaras1 exempli     
gratia1 quidnam sequuti novam  sectam   
intriverint1 qua ,christus excluditur e 
coena mystica8 ,si  nominant            
,evangelium1 accurrimus4 ,a nobis verba 
sunt3#ah ,hoc  est corpus meum4 ,hic est
 calix meus4 ,qui sermo visus est ipsi  
,luthero#ai tam potens1 ut quum etiam   
discuperet fieri  ,zuinglianus1 quod ea 
re plurimum incommodare ,pontifici      
potuisset1 captus tamen et victus       
apertissimo contextu1 cederet2  neque   
minus invitus ,christum vere praesentem 
in ,sacramento  sanctissimo fateretur1  
quam olim daemones1 victi miraculis1    
,christum ,dei ,filium vociferati       
sunt4#bj ,agedum1 pagella scripta       
superiores sumus2 de sententia scripti  
contenditur4 ,hanc  pervestigemus ex    
verbis adiacentibus3#ba ,corpus meum1   

quod pro  vobis tradetur4 ,sanguis meus1
 qui pro multis effundetur4 ,adhuc      
durissimae partes ,calvini sunt1 nostrae
 faciles et explicatae4  ,quid amplius8 
,conferte ,scripturas1 inquiunt4        
,conspirant  ,evangelia1#bb ,paulus     
adstipulatur2 voces1 clausulae1 tota    
connexio panem1 vinum1 insigne          
miraculum1 coeleste pabulum1  carnem1   
corpus1 sanguinem1 reverenter           
ingeminant4 ,nihil  aenigmaticum1 nihil 
offusum caligine loquendi4    ,tamen    
perstant adversarii1 neque finem faciunt
 altercandi4 ,quid  agimus8 ,opinor1    
audiatur antiquitas2 et quod nos alteris
 alteri  suspecti non possumus1 illud   
omnium saeculorum veneranda  canities1  
,christo propior1 ab hac lite remotior1 
decidat  arbitrio4 ,non ferunt3 prodi se
 aiunt4 ,dei verbum purum1 purum1       
inclamant2 hominum commentarios         
aversantur4 ,insidiose inepte4 ,dei     
verbum perurgemus1 obscurant2 ,divos    
testamur interpretes1  obsistunt4 ,in   
summa1 sic instituunt1 nisi reorum      

iudicio  steteris1 nullum iudicium fore4
    ,atque ita se gerunt in omni1 quam  
exercemus1 controversia1 de  infusa     
gratia1 de inhaerente iustitia1 de      
,ecclesia conspicua1 de  necessitate    
,baptismatis1 de ,sacramentis et        
,sacrificio1 de piorum  meritis1 de spe 
et timore1 de peccatis imparibus1 de    
auctoritate  ,petri1 de clavibus1 de    
votis1 de conciliis evangelicis1 de     
caeteris4 ,scripturas neque paucas et   
ponderosa catholici passim  in libris1  
in colloquiis1 in templis1 in schola    
citavimus atque  discussimus2 eluserunt4
 ,veterum scholia graecorum et latinorum
  admovimus2 abnuerunt4 ,quid tum       
denique8 ,doctor ,martinus ,lutherus1   
aut vero ,phillippus1 aut certe         
,zuinglius1 aut sine dubio ,calvinus  et
 ,bezza1 fideliter enarrarunt4 ,egone   
quemquam vestrum existimen  tam esse    
mucosis naribus1 qui hoc artificium1    
monitus1 non  persentiscat8 ,quare      
fateor me scholas ,academicas cupide    
requirere1 ut inspectantibus vobis1     

calamistratos istos milites1  in solem  
et pulverem e suis umbraculis evocatos1 
non meis  viribus1 qui cum vestris      
centesima parte non sum conferendus1 sed
  valentissima causa et certissima      
veritate debilitem4    ,,tertia ,,ratio 
,,natvra ,,ecclesiae    ,audito iam     
,ecclesiae nomine1 hostis expalluit4    
,sed tamen  excogitavit quiddam1 quod a 
vobis animadverti volo1 ut falsi  ruinam
 et inopiam cognoscatis4 ,senserat in   
,scripturis tum  propheticis1 tum       
apostolicis1 ubique honorificam         
,ecclesiae fieri  mentionem3 vocari     
civitatem sanctam 7,apoc4 xxi4 #aj71    
fructiferam  vineam 7,ps4 lxxix4#i71    
montem excelsum 7,isai4 ii4 #b71        
directam  viam 7,ibid4 xxxv4 #h71       
columbam unicam 7,cant4 vi4 #h71 regnum 
coeli  7,matth4 xiii4 #bd71 sponsam     
7,cant4 iv4 #h71 et corpus ,christi     
7,eph4  v4 #bc et #a ,cor4 xii4 #ab71   
firmamentum veri 7#a ,tim4 iii4 #ae71   
multitudinem illam1 cui ,spiritus       
promissas instillet omnia  salutaria    

7,ioan4 xiv4 #bf73 illam1 in quam       
universam nullae sint  umquam fauces    
diaboli morsum letiferum impacturae     
7,matth4 xvi4  #ah72 illam1 cui         
quicumque repugnet1 quantumvis ore      
,christum  praedicet1 non magis         
,christi1 quam publicanus aut ethnicus  
7,matth4 xviii4 #ag71 potiatur4    ,non 
est ausus contravenire sonitu1 videri   
noluit ,ecclesiae1 quam  toties         
,scripturae commemorant1 refragari2     
nomen callide retinuit1  rem ipsam      
funditus1 definiendo1 sustulit4 ,his    
enim proprietatibus  delineavit         
,ecclesiam1 quae penitus ipsam occulant1
 et dimotam a  sensibus tamquam ideam   
platonicam1 secretis obtutibus hominum  
perpaucorum subiiciant#bc2 eorum        
tantummodo1 qui singulariter  afflati1  
corpus hoc aerium intelligentia         
comprehenderent1 et  huiusce sodalitatis
 participes subtili quodam oculo        
lustrarent4  ,vbi candor8 ,vbi          
simplicitas4 ,quae ,scripturae1 quae    
sensa1 qui  ,patres1 hoc penicillo      

depingunt ,ecclesiam8 ,sunt ,christi ad 
,asiaticas ecclesias 7,apoc4 i4 #b1 #c71
 sunt ,petri1 ,pauli1 ,ioannis1  aliorum
 ad diversos epistolae2 frequentes in   
,actis ,apostolicis  inchoantur et      
propagantur ecclesiae 7,act4 viii4 #aj1 
#aa et seq474  ,quid istae8 ,num soli   
,deo et sanctis hominibus1 an           
christianis  etiam cuiuscumque generis1 
manifestae8    ,sed profecto durum telum
 necessitas est4 ,ignoscite4 ,nam qui   
saeculis omnino quindecim1 non oppidam1 
non villam1 non domum  reperiunt imbutam
 doctrina sua1 donec infelix monachus   
7,lutherus7  incesto connubio votam ,deo
 virginem funestasset2 aut ,helvetius   
gladiator 7,zuinglius7 in patriam       
coniurasset2 aut stigmaticus  perfuga   
7,calvinus7 ,genevam occupasset2 ii     
coguntur ,ecclesiam1 si  quam volent1 in
 latebris venditare1 et eos parentes    
asserere1  quos nec ipsi noverint1 neque
 mortalium quisquam aspexerit4 ,nisi    
forte gaudent maioribus illis1 quos     
haereticos fuisse liquet1 ut  ,aerio1   

,ioviniano1 ,vigilantio1 ,helvidio1     
,iconomachis1 ,berengario1              
,valdensibus1 ,lolhardo1 ,wiclefo1      
,hussio2 a quibus pestifera  quaedam    
fragmenta dogmatum emendicarint4        
,nolite mirari1 si fumulos istos non    
pertimui1 quos1 modo ad  meridianam     
lucem venero1 minime fuerit laboriosum  
dispellere4  ,haec est enim nostra      
sermocianatio4 ,dic mihi3 subscribis    
,ecclesiae1 quae saeculis anteactis     
viguit8--,omnino4--,obeamus ergo  terras
 et tempora4 ,cui8--,coetui             
fidelium4--,quorum8--,nomina            
nesciuntur1 sed constat plurimos        
exstitisse4--,constat8 ,quibus          
constat8--,deo4--,quis dicit8--,nos1 qui
 divinitus edocti  sumus4--,fabulae qui 
credam8--,si arderes fide1 tam scires   
hoc1  quam te vivere4    _/99 ,spectatum
 admissi1 risum teneatis8    ,iuberi    
christianos omnes adiungere se          
,ecclesiae1 cavere ne  spiritali gladio 
trucidentur1 in domo ,dei pacem colore1 
huic  animas credere columini veritatis1

 istic querelas omnes deponere1  hinc   
eiectos habere pro ethnicis2 nescire    
tamen tot centinis1 tot  homines1 ubinam
 illa sit1 quive huc pertineant8 ,vnum  
illud  crepare in tenebris1 ubi ubi sit 
,ecclesia1 tantummodo sanctos et  in    
aethera destinatos ea contineri8 ,ex quo
 fit ut1 si quis  imperium sui          
,praesulis detrectare velit1 scelere    
solvatur1  dummodo sibi persuadeat      
presbyterum in crimen incidisse1 et ab  
,ecclesia protinus excidisse4    ,quum  
scirem adversarios talia comminisci1    
quod nullius aetatis  ,ecclesiae        
consuessent1 et orbatos tota re1 velle  
tamen inter  angustias vocabulum        
possidere1 solabar me vestro acumine1   
atque  adeo mihi pollicebar1 fore ut    
quamprimum huiusmodi technas ex  ipsorum
 confessione cerneretis1 statim homines 
ingenui et cordati  stultas argutias in 
vestram intextas perniciem              
exscinderetis4    ,,qvarta ,,ratio      
,,concilia    ,gravis1 ,ecclesia        
nascente1 quaestio de legitimis         

caeremoniis1  quae credentium animos    
disturbavit1 coacto ,apostolorum et     
seniorum concilio1 soluta est4          
,credidere parentibus filii1  pastoribus
 oves1 in haec verba mandantibus#bd3    
,visum est  ,spiritui sancto et nobis4  
,sequuta sunt ad extirpandam haeresim1  
quae varia quibusque saeculis           
pullulavit1 oecumenica veterum          
,concilia quatuor1 tantae firmitudinis1 
ut iis ante annos mille  singularis     
honos tamquam divinis vocibus1          
haberetur#be4 ,non  abibo longius4      
,etiam domi nostrae1 comitiis regni     
eadem ,concilia  pristinum ius          
inviolatamque dignitatem obtinent4 ,haec
 citabo1  teque ipsam#bf1 ,anglia1      
dulcissima patria1 contestabor4 ,si1    
quemadmodum prae te fers1 quatuor ista  
,concilia reverebere1  summum honorem   
primae sedis ,episcopo1 id est1 ,petro1 
deferes3#bg  incruentum corporis et     
sanguinis ,christi sacrificium in altari
  recognosces3#bh beatos ,martyres1     
divosque omnes coelites1 ut pro  te     

,christo supplicent1 obsecrabis3#bi     
mulierosos apostatas ab  infando        
concubitu et incestu publico            
coercebis3#cj multa facies1  quae       
demoliris2 multa1 quae facis1 infecta   
voles4#ca ,porro  ,synodos aliorum      
temporum1 nominatim vero ,tridentinam1  
eiusdem  auctoritatis ac fidei cum      
primis illis fuisse1 quando usus        
venerit1 demonstraturum me spondeo atque
 recipio4    ,auctus igitur ,conciliorum
 omnium valido et exquisito praesidio1  
cur non ingrediar in hanc palaestram    
animo tranquillo et  praesenti1         
observaturus adversarium1 quo se        
proripiat8 ,nam et  evidentissima       
producam1 quae distorquere non poterit1 
et  probatissima1 quae respuere non     
audebit4    ,fortasse verbosius loquendo
 diem extrahere conabitur2 sed ab       
intentis hominibus1 si vos rego bene    
novi1 nec aures nec oculos  compilabit4 
,quod si quis erit omnino tam demens1   
qui se unum  opponat ,senatoribus orbis 
terrae1 et iis quidem omni exceptione   

maioribus1 sanctioribus1 doctioribus1   
vetustioribus2 libenter  aspiciam illud 
os1 quod ubi vobis ostendero1 reliqua   
cogitationibus vestris relinquam4       
,interim hoc monebo2 qui pleno          
,concilio1 rite atque ordine consummato1
 momentum et pondus  abrogat1 videri    
mihi nullo consilio1 nullo cerebro2     
neque solum  in theologicis tardum1 sed 
etiam in politicis inconsultum4 ,si     
umquam ,dei ,spiritus illuxit           
,ecclesiae1 certe illud est tempus      
immitendi ,numinis1 quum omnium         
ecclesiarum1 quae sunt in terris        
patentissimae1 religio1 maturitas1      
scientia1 sapientia1 dignitas1  unam in 
urbem confluxerint1 adhibitisque modis  
omnibus divinis et  humanis1 quibus     
indagari veritas possit1 promissum      
implorent  ,spiritum1#cb quo salutariter
 et prudenter sanciat4    ,prosiliat    
nunc aliquis factionis haereticae       
magistellus1 attollat  supercilia1      
suspendat nasum1 frontem perfricet1     
iudicesque suos  scurriliter ipse       

iudicet4 ,quos ille ludos1 quos iocos   
dabit8  ,repertus est ,lutherus1#cc qui 
diceret1 anteferre se ,consiliis  duorum
 suffragia bonorum et eruditorum hominum
 7putatote suum et  ,phillippi71 si     
quando in ,christi nomine consensissent4
 ,o  circulos6 ,repertus est            
,kemnitius#cd1 qui concilium            
,tridentinum  ad suos vertiginis        
importunae calculos exegerit2 quid      
lucratus8  ,infamiam4 ,dum iste         
nictaverit1 sepelietur cum ,ario2       
,tridentina  ,synodus quo magis         
inveterascet1 eo magis in dies eoque    
perennius  efflorescet4 ,bone ,deus6    
quae gentium varietas1 qui delectus     
episcoporum totius orbis1 qui regum et  
rerumpublicarum splendor1  quae medulla 
theologorum1 quae sanctitas1 quae       
lacrymae1 quae  ieiunia1 qui flores     
academici1 quae linguae1 quanta         
subtilitas1  quantus labor1 quam        
infinita lectio1 quantae virtutum et    
studiorum divitiae augustum illud       
sacrarium impleverunt8 ,audivi  ego     

,pontifices exsultantes1 et in his      
,antonium1 archiepiscopum  ,pragensem1 a
 quo sum creatus presbyter1 amplissimos 
et  prudentissimos viros1 quod in ea    
schola haesissent aliquot annis1  ut    
nullum ,ferdinandi ,caesaris1 cui multum
 debuerant1 regalius et  uberius in se  
beneficium colerent1 quam hoc fuit quod 
in  ,tridentino gymnasio legati ex      
,pannonia consedissent4 ,intellexit  hoc
 ,caesar1 qui reversis ita gratulatus   
est3 ,aluimus vos in  schola optima4    
,huc invitati fide publica1 cur non     
properarunt adversarii1 ut eos  palam   
refellerent1 in quos ranunculi coaxant e
 cavernulis8--,hussio  et ,hieronymo    
fregere fidem1                          
inquiunt--,qui8--,constantiensis        
,concilii  proceres--,falsum est3 nullam
 dedere4 ,sed nec in ,hussium tamen     
animadversum fuisset1 nisi homo         
perfidiosus et pestilens1 retractus  ex 
fuga1 quam ei ,sigismundus ,imperator   
periculo capitis  interdixerat1 violatis
 etiam conditionibus1 quas scripto      

pepigerat  cum ,caesare1 vim omnem      
illius diplomatis enervasset4 ,fefellit 
,hussium praecipitata malitia4 ,iussus  
enim1 quum barbaras in sua  ,bohemia    
tragoedias excitasset1 semetipsum       
sistere ,constantiae1  despexit         
praerogativam ,concilii2 securitatem    
periit a ,caesare1  ,caesar obsignavit1 
christianus orbis resignavit maior      
,caesare4  ,redire ad mentem            
haeresiarcha noluit3 periit4 ,hieronymus
 vero  ,pragensis furtim venit          
,constantiam1 protectus a nemine2       
deprehensus  comparuit1 peroravit1      
habitus est perbenigne1 liber abiit quo 
voluit1 sanatus est1 haeresim eiuravit1 
relapsus est1 exustus est4    ,quid     
toties unum exemplum de sexcentis       
exagitant8 ,repetant  annales suos4     
,martinus ipse ,lutherus 7a4 #aeah7     
odium ,dei et  hominum1 ,augustae       
positus coram ,cardinale ,caietano1     
nonne quod  potuit1 eructavit1 et       
,maximiliani litteris communitus        
excessit8  ,idem accitus ,wormatiam 7a4 

#aeba71 quum et ,caesarem et plerosque  
,imperii principes haberet infensos1    
nonne ,caesaris verbo tutus  fuit8      
,postremo lutheranorum et zuinglianorum 
capita1 praesente  ,carolo quinto1      
haereticorum hoste victore1 domino1     
nonne datis  induciis confessiones suas 
innovatas exhibuere comitiis            
,augustanis1 et sospites abiere8 ,haud  
secus litterae ,tridientinae            
locupletissimas adversario cautiones    
providerant3#ce uti noluit4  ,nimirum se
 iactat in angulis in quibus ubi tria   
verba graeca  sonuerit1 sapere videatur2
 abhorret a luce1 quae litteratorem in  
numero poneret1 et ad honesta subsellia 
devocaret4 ,catholicis  ,anglis tale    
chirographum impunitatis impetrent1 si  
diligunt  salutem animarum4 ,nos        
,hussium non causabimur2 verbo          
,principis  innixi1 convolabimus4       
,sed ut1 unde sum egressus1 eo          
regrediar1 ,concilia generalia mea      
sunt1 primum1 ultimum1 media2 his       
pugnabo4 ,hastam exspectet  adversarius 

amentatam1 quam avellere numquam        
poterit4  ,prosternatur in eo satanas1  
,christus vivat4    ,,qvinta ,,ratio    
,,patres    ,antiochiae1 qua primum in  
urbe ,christianorum nobile cognomentum  
increbuit1 ,doctores1#cf id est1        
eminentes theologi2 et  ,prophetae1 id  
est1 concionatores perquam celebres1    
floruerunt4  ,huiusce generis scribas et
 sapientes1 doctos in regno ,dei1 nova  
promentes et vetera1#cg ,christum       
callentes et ,moysem1 ,dominus  ipse    
futuros gregi prospexerat4 ,hos1        
ingentis beneficii loco  donatos1       
explodere1 quanti maleficii est8        
,explosit adversarius4  ,quid ita8 ,quia
 stantibus illis1 concidisset4 ,id ego  
quum pro  certissimo comperissem1 pugnam
 simpliciter exoptavi1 non illam        
iocularem1 qua turbae velitantur in     
compitis1 sed istam severam  et acrem1  
qua congredimur in vestris              
,philosophorum spatiis3    _/99-pede    
pes1 densusque viro vir4    ,ad ,patres 
si quando licebit accedere1 confectum   

est praelium2 tam  sunt nostri1 quam    
,gregorius ipse decimus tertius1        
filiorum  ,ecclesiae ,pater             
amantissimus4 ,nam ut omittam loca      
sparsa1 quae ex  monumentis veterum     
conquisita1 nostram fidem apposite      
affirmateque  propugnant2 tenemus horum 
integra volumina1 quae de industria     
religionem1 quam tuemur1 evangelicam    
distincte copioseque  dilucidant4       
,duplex ,hierarchia ,martyris           
,dionysii#ch quas classes1  quae sacra1 
quos ritus edocet8 ,pupugit ea res      
,lutherum#ci tam  valde1 ut huius opera 
simillima somniis1 nec non              
perniciosissima iudicaret4 ,imitatus    
parentem ,caussaeus1#dj  nescio quis    
terrae filius1 ex ,gallia1 non est      
veritus hunc  ,dionysium1 inclytae      
gentis ,apostolum1 vocitare delirum     
senem4  ,centuriatores#da vehementer    
offendit ,ignatius et ,calvinum1#db  ut 
in eius epistolis deformes naevos1 et   
putidas naenias  hominum quisquiliae    
notarint4 ,censoribus#dc illis fanaticum

  quiddam ,irenaeus edixit2 ,clemens    
auctor ,stromatum zizania  faecesque    
protulit2#dd reliqui ,patres huius aevi1
 sane  apostolici viri1 blasphemias et  
monstra posteris reliquerunt4  ,in      
,tertulliano rapiunt avide1 quod a nobis
 edocti1 nobiscum  communiter           
detestentur2 sed meminerint libellum de 
,praescriptionibus1#de qui nostri       
temporis sectarios tam  insigniter      
perculit1 numquam fuisse reprehensum4   
,hippolytus1  ,portuensis#df episcopus1 
quam belle1 quam clare ,antichristi     
nervum1 lutherana tempora1              
praemonstravit8 ,eum propterea          
scriptorem infantissimum et larvam      
nominant4 ,cyprianum1  delicias et decus
 ,africae1 ,gallicanus ille criticus#dg 
et  ,magdeburgici#dh stupidum1 et       
destitutum ,deo1 et depravatorem        
poenitentiae nuncuparunt4 ,quid admisit8
 ,scripsit enim de  virginibus1 de      
lapsis1 de unitate ,ecclesiae           
tractationes  euismodi1 eas etiam       
epistolas ,cornelio1 ,romano ,pontifici1

 ut nisi  fides huic martyr detrahatur1 
,petrus ,martyr ,vermilius1 omnesque    
cum eo foederati1 peiores adulteris et  
sacrilegis habeantur4 ,ac  ne singulis  
insistam diutius1 ,patres huius saeculi 
damnantur  omnes1 quippe qui doctrinam  
de poenitentia mire  depravarint4#di    
,quo pacto8 ,nam austeritas canonum1    
quae viguit  ea tempestate1 maiorem in  
modum displicet huic sectae plausibili1 
quae tricliniis aptior1 quam templis1   
voluptarias aures titillare  et         
pulvillos omni cubito#ej solet assuere4 
,quid aetas proxima1 quid peccavit8     
,chrysostomus et ii ,patres  iustitiam  
fidei foede videlicet obscurarunt4#ea   
,nazianzenus1  quem honoris causa1      
,theologum veteres appellarunt1         
,caussaeo#eb  iudice1 ,fabulator1 quid  
affirmaret1 nesciit4 ,ambrosius a       
cacodaemone fascinatus est4 ,hieronymus 
aeque damnatus1 atque  diabolus3        
iniuriosus ,apostolo1#ec blasphemus1    
sceleratus1  impius4 ,vnus ,gregorio    
,massovio#ed pluris est ,calvinus1 quam 

centum ,augustini4 ,parum est1 centum2  
,lutherus#ee nihili facit  adversum se  
mille ,augustinos1 mille ,cyprianos1    
mille ,ecclesias4  ,longius rem         
deducere1 supervacaneum puto4 ,nam in   
hos1 qui  bachantur1 quis miretur in    
,optatum1 ,athanasium1 ,hilarium1       
,cyrillos1 ,epiphanium1 ,basilium1      
,vincentium1 ,fulgentium1 ,leonem1      
,gregoriumque ,romanum fuisse           
procacissimos8    ,quamquam si datur    
ulla rebus iniustis iusta defensio non  
inficior  habere ,patres1 ubicumque     
incideris1 quod isti1 dum sibi          
consentiunt1 necessario stomachentur4   
,etinem qui odere stata  ieiunia1 quo   
animo oportet esse in ,basilium1        
,nazianzenum1  ,chrysostomum1 qui de    
quadragesima et indictis ieiuniorum     
feriis1  tamquam de rebus iam usitatis1 
conciones egregias publicarunt8  ,qui   
suas animas auro1 libidine1 crapula et  
ambitiosis  conspectibus vendiderunt1   
possuntne non esse inimicissimi         
,basilio1 ,chrysostomo1 ,hierionymo1    

,augustino1 quorum excellentes  libri de
 monachorum instituto1 regula1          
virtutibus1 teruntur8    ,qui captivam  
hominis voluntatem invexere1 qui        
christiana funebria  sustulere1 qui     
,divorum reliquias incendere1 sintne    
placabiles  ,augustino1 qui de libero   
arbitrio libros tres1 de cura pro       
mortuis unum1 de miraculis ad ,basilicas
 et memorias ,martyrum  prolixum caput  
nobilissimi operis#ef et conciones      
aliquot  exaravit8 ,qui fidem suis      
captiunculis metiuntur1 nonne           
succenseant ,augustino1 cuius est       
insignis epistola1#eg qua se  profitetur
 antiquitati1 consensioni1 successioni  
perpetuae et  ,ecclesiae1 quae sola     
inter tot haereses ,catholicae nomen    
usucapione vindicat assentire8          
,optatus1 ,milevitanus episcopus1       
,donatianam partem revincit#eh ex       
communione ,catholica2 nequitiam accusat
 ex decreto ,melchiadis  7lib4 #a72     
haeresim refutat ex ordine ,romanorum   
,pontificum 7lib4  #b72 insaniam        

patefacit ex ,eucharistia et chrismate  
contaminatis  7lib4 #c72 sacrilegium    
horret ex diffractis altaribus in quibus
  ,christi membra portata sunt1         
pollutisque calicibus qui ,christi      
sanguinem tenuerunt1 7lib4 #f74 ,de     
,optato quid sentiant1 aveo  scire1 quem
 ,augustinus#ei ut venerabilem et       
catholicum  episcopum1 ,ambrosio parem  
et ,cypriano2 quem ,fulgentius#fj ut    
sanctum et fidelem ,pauli interpretem1  
,augustini similem et  ,ambrosii1       
meminerunt4    ,athanasii ,symbolum in  
templis concinunt4 ,num favent ei1 qui  
,antonium ,eremitam ,aegyptium1#fa      
gravis auctor1 accurato libello         
dilaudaverit1 quique cum ,alexandrina   
,synodo#fb iudicium ,sedis              
,apostolicae1 ,divi ,petri1 suppliciter 
appellarit8 ,prudentius in  hymnis      
quoties precatur ,martyres1 quos        
decantat8 ,quoties ad eorum  cineres et 
ossa ,regem ,martyrum veneratur8 ,num   
hunc probabunt8  ,hieronymus pro        
,divorum reliquiis et honoribas scribit 

in  ,vigilantium1 in ,iovinianam pro    
virginitatis gradu4 ,huccine  patientur8
 ,ambrosius#fc tutores suos ,gervasium  
et ,protasium1  celebritate notissima1  
in ,arianam ignominiam honestavit2 cui  
facto divinissimi ,patres#fd encomium   
tribuere3 quod factum ,deus  non uno    
prodigio decoravit4 ,num benevoli sunt  
,ambrosio futuri8  ,gregorius ,magnus1  
noster ,apostolus1 planissime noster    
est1 eoque  nomine nostris adversariis  
odiosus2 quem ,calvini#fe rabies negat  
in schola sancti ,spiritus educatum1    
propterea quod sacras  imagines         
illitteratorum libros appellasset4      
,dies me deficeret numerantem epistolas1
 conciones1 homilias1  orationes1       
opuscula1 disceptationes ,patrum1 in    
quibus ex apparato  graviter et ornate  
nostra catholicorum dogmata roborarunt4 
,quamdiu apud bibliopolas ista          
venierint1 tamdiu frustra nostrorum     
codices prohibentur2 frustra servantur  
aditus oraeque maritimae2  frustra      
domus1 arcae1 scrinia1 capsulae         

disquiruntur2 frustra tot  portis       
minaces tabulae suffiguntur4 ,nullus    
enim ,hardingus1 nec  ,sanderus1 nec    
,stapletonus1 nec ,bristolius haec nova 
somnia  vehementius1 quam hi1 quos      
recensui1 ,patres1 insectantur4 ,talia  
cogitanti accrevit animus et desiderium 
pugnae1 in qua1 quoquo se  moverit      
adversarius1 nisi gloriam ,deo cesserit1
 feret incommodum4  ,patres admiserit1  
captus est2 excluserit1 nullus est4     
,adolescentibus nobis ita contigit4     
,ioannes ,ivellus antesignanus          
calvinianorum ,angliae1 catholicos ad   
,divi ,pauli ,londinensium  incredibili 
iactantia lacessivit1 invocatis per     
hypocrisim et  imploratis ,patribus1    
quicumque intra salutis annum           
sexcentesimum  claruisset4 ,accipiunt   
conditionem memorabiles viri1 qui tum   
exsulabant ,lovanii1 summis licet       
difficultatibus propter  iniquitatem    
suorum temporum circumsepti4 ,ausim     
dicere1 tanto  popularibus nostris bono 
fuisse illam ,ivellii astutiam1         

inscitiam1 improbitatem1 impudentiam1   
quas ii scriptores  feliciter           
expanderunt1 ut vix aliud quidquam1     
memoria mea1  provenerit ,anglorum      
,ecclesiae laboranti fructuosius4       
,edictum  continuo valvis appenditur1 ne
 qui codices illiusmodi  legerentur1    
neve haberentur4 ,quum tantis clamoribus
 propemodum  extorti prodiissent1       
didicere quicumque negotium attigissent1
  ,patres fuisse catholicos1 id est1    
nostros4 ,neque hoc sibi  suisque vulnus
 inflictum ,laurentius ,humfredus#ff    
tacuit2 qui  quum alte ,ivellum quoad   
caetera sustulisset1 unam ei notam      
aspersit inconsiderantiae1 quod ,patrum 
calculos recepisset1  quibuscum sibi    
nihil esse commercii1 nec fore1 sine    
ulla  circuitione proloquitur4          
,pertentavimus etiam familiariter       
aliquando ,tobiam ,matthaeum1 qui  nunc 
in concionibus dominatur1 quem propter  
bonas artes et virtutum  semina         
dileximus1 ut responderet ingenue1      
possetne qui ,patres  assiduus          

lectitaret1 istarum esse partium1 quas  
ille suaserat4  ,retulit1 non posse1 si 
pariter eos legeret iisque crederet4    
,verissimum hoc verbum est1 neque aliter
 eum nunc1 aut ,mattheum  ,huttonum1 qui
 vir nominatus in paucis1 versare       
,patres dicitur1 aut  reliquos          
adversarios1 qui hoc faciunt1 sentire   
arbitror4    ,hactenus ergo securus in  
hanc aciem potui descendere1 bellaturus 
cum1 iis1 qui quasi auribus lupum       
teneant1 aeternam causae  maculam       
cogantur inutere1 sive recusent ,patres1
 sive deposcant4  ,nam in altero fugam  
adornant1 in altero suffocantur4        
,,sexta ,,ratio    ,,firmamentvm        
,,patrvm    ,si quibus umquam cordi     
curaeque fuit id1 quod maximopere       
nostris  fuit et esse debet3 ,scrutamini
 ,scripturas1#fg facile princeps  et    
palmares in hoc genere sanctissimi      
,patres exstitere4 ,horum  opera        
sumptuque tot gentibus et linguis       
transcripta ,biblia et  importata sunt2 
horum periculis et cruciatibus erepta de

 flammis  hostilibus et vastitate2 horum
 laboribus et vigiliis omnem in  partem 
enucleata studiosissime2 die noctuque   
sacras ,litteras  imbibere1 de          
suggestibus omnibus sacras ,litteras    
edidere1 immensa  volumina sacris       
,litteris ditavere1 fidelissimis        
commentariis  sacras ,litteras          
explicuere cibos et inediam sacris      
,litteris  condivere1 occupati denique  
sacris in ,litteris1 ad senectutem      
decrepitam pervenere4    ,quod si       
frequenter ipsi quoque ab auctoritate   
maiorum1 ab  ,ecclesiae praxi1 a        
successione ,pontificum1 a ,conciliis   
oecumenicis1 a traditionibus            
apostolicis1 a cruore ,martyrum1 a      
scitis ,praesulum1 a visis eventisque   
mirabilibus argumentati  sunt2 tamen    
omnium maxime et libentissime sanctarum 
,litterarum  testimonia densa           
conglobant1 haec premunt1 in his        
habitant1 huic  armaturae fortium duces 
robustissimi1 sarta tecta civitatis ,dei
  contra nefarios impetus quotidie      

munientes1 optimo iure primas  partes   
honoratissimasque porrigunt4    ,quo    
magis demiror illam exceptionem         
adversarii superbam et  fatuam1 qui     
velut aquam in profluente quaeritans1   
sic in  ,scripturis confertissimis      
,scripturarum penuriam obiectat4        
,tantisper se ,patribus assensurum      
dicit1 dum sacris ,litteris             
adhaerescunt4 ,num loquitur ex animo8   
,curabo igitur procedant  armati atque  
stipati ,christo1 ,prophetis1 ,apostolis
 atque omni  apparatu biblico1          
celeberrimi auctores1 antiquissimi      
,patres1  sanctissimi viri1 ,dionysius1 
,cyprianus1 ,athanasius1 ,basilius1     
,nazianzenus1 ,ambrosius1 ,hieronymus1  
,chrysostomus1 ,augustinus1  latinusque 
,gregorius4 ,regnet in ,anglia fides    
illa1 quam hi  ,patres1 amicissimi      
,scripturarum1 ex ,scripturis exstruunt4
 ,quas  afferunt1 afferemus2 quas       
conferunt1 conferemus2 quod inferunt1   
inferemus4 ,placet8 ,excrea1 dic        
sodes--,minime vero1 inquis1 nisi  recte

 exponant--,quid est hoc ipsum1 recte8  
,arbitratu tuo4 ,nihilne  pudet         
labyrinthi8    ,ergo quum sperem in     
,academiis florentissimis consociatum   
iri bene  multos1 qui1 non pingui       
,minerva1 sed acuto iudicio in has      
controversias inspecturi sunt1 et horum 
responsa nugatoria  libraturi1 laetus   
hunc diem campi praestolabor1 ut qui    
contra  sylvestres tumulos mendiculorum 
inermium nobilitatem et robur           
,ecclesiae ,christi cogitem educere4    
,,septima ,,ratio    ,,historia         
,pristinam ,ecclesiae faciem historia   
prisca retegit4 ,huc provoco4  ,certe   
antiquiores historici1 quos etiam       
usurpant adversarii1 fere  numerantur   
,eusebius1 ,damasus1 ,hieronymus1       
,ruffinus1 ,orosius1  ,socrates1        
,sozomenus1 ,theodoretus1 ,cassiodorus1 
,gregorius  ,turonensis1 ,vsuardus1     
,regino1 ,marianus ,sigebertus1         
,zonaras1  ,cedrenus1 ,nicephorus4 ,quid
 narrant8 ,nostrorum laudes1 progressus1
  vicissitudinem1 hostes4 ,imo vero1    

quod observes diligenter1 illi  qui     
dissident a nobis odio capitali1        
,philippus1 ,pantaleon1  ,funecius1     
,magdeburgici1 quum se ad scribendam vel
 chronologiam  ,ecclesiae vel historiam 
appulissent1 nisi nostrorum gesta       
colligerent1 ac inimicorum ,ecclesiae   
nostrae fraudes et scelera              
coacervarent1 mille quingentos annos    
argumento vacui  praetermitterent4      
,cum his considera peculiares certarum  
historiographos regionum1  qui unius    
acta cuiusque populi curiosius          
operosiusque scrutati  sunt4 ,ii quasi  
,spartam adepti1 quam locupletare modis 
omnibus et  perpolire cuperent1 qui ne  
convivia quidem lautiora1 aut  manicatas
 tunicas1 aut pugionum capulos1 aut     
inaurata calcaria1  talesque minutias1  
si novitatem saperent1 tacuere2         
profecto1 si  quid in religione mutatum1
 aut a primis degeneratum saeculis      
inaudissent1 frequentes memorassent2 si 
non frequentes1 saltem  aliqui3 si non  
aliqui1 unus aliquis absque dubio4      

,nullus omnino1  neque benevolus nobis1 
neque malevolus1 non modo quidquam tale 
prodidit1 sed nec significavit4         
,verbi gratia4 ,dant nobis adversarii1  
nec aliter possunt1 fuisse  ,romanam    
,ecclesiam aliquando ,sanctam1          
,catholicam1 ,apostolicam3 tum  quum    
haec a ,divo ,paulo promeruisset        
elogia3#fh ,vestra fides  annuntiatur in
 universo mundo3 sine intermissione     
memoriam vestri  facio3 ,scio quia      
venien ad vos1 in abundantia            
benedictionis  ,christi veniam3         
,salutant vos omnes ,ecclesiae ,christi3
 ,vestra enim  obedientia in omnem locum
 divulgata est4 ,tum quum ibi ,paulus in
  libera custodia#fi disseminaret       
,evangelium2 tum quum in ea  quondam    
,babylone coelectam ,ecclesiam#gj       
,petrus regeret2 tum  quum ille         
,clemens1#ga apprime laudatus ab        
,apostolo1#gb sederet  ad ipsa          
gubernacula2 tum quum profani           
,caesares1#gc ut ,nero1  ,domitianus1   
,traianus1 ,antoninus1 ,romanos         

,pontifices laniarent2  tum etiam1 vel  
,calvino#gd teste1 quum ,damasus1       
,siricius1  ,anastasius1 ,innocentius1  
clavum tenerent ,apostolicum4 ,hoc enim 
saeculo nihil adhuc1 praesertim ,romae1 
digressos ab ,evangelica  doctrina1     
liberaliter ille concedit4    ,quando   
igitur hanc fidem tantopere celebratatam
 ,roma perdidit8  ,quando esse desiit1  
quod ante fuit8 ,quo tempore1 quo       
,pontifice1  qua via1 qua vi1 quibus    
incrementis urbem et orbem religio      
pervasit aliena8 ,quas voces1 quas      
turbas1 quae lamenta  progenuit8 ,omnes 
orbe reliquo sopiti sunt1 dum ,roma1    
,roma1  inquam1 nova sacramenta1 novum  
sacrificium1 novum religionis  dogma    
procuderet8 ,nullus exstitit historicus 
neque latinus1  neque graecus1 neque    
remotus1 neque citimus1 qui rem tantam  
vel  obscure iaceret in commentarios8   
,ergo perspicuum hoc quidem est1 si1    
quae nos credimus1 historia  multa et   
varia1 nuntia vetustatis1 vita memoriae1
 loquitur ac  repetit affluenter2 quae  

vero isti obtrudunt1 nulla naratio post 
homines natos in ,ecclesia valuisse     
commeminit3 et ,historicos esse  meos1  
et incursiones adversarias esse         
frigidissimas1 quae nihil  movere       
possint1 nisi prius receptum sit1 omnes 
omnium temporum  christianos in spissam 
perfidiam atque in gehennae voraginem   
corruisse1 donec ,lutherus ,boram       
constuprasset4    ,,octava ,,ratio      
,,paradoxa    ,ego vero1 praestantissimi
 viri1 quum de multis haeresibus quaedam
  apud me opiniosissimorum portenta     
reputo1 quae mihi venient  expugnanda2  
meipsum inertiae nequitiaeque condemnem1
 si cuiusquam  in experiundo facultatem 
aut vires extimescerem4 ,sit ingeniosus1
  sit eloquens1 sit exercitatus1 sit    
omnium librorum helluo2 tamen  aridus et
 balbus appareat necesse est1 quum haec 
tam adunata  sustentabit4 ,disputabitur 
enim1 si forte nobis annuent1 de ,deo1  
de homine1 de peccato1 de iustitia1 de  
sacrimentis1 de moribus4  ,videro an    
ausint asseverare1 quae sentiunt1       

quaeque1 rebus  addicti necessariis1    
divulgant in scriptiunculis4 ,faxo      
norint  ista suorum axiomata4    ,,de   
,,deo4--,deus est auctor et causa#ge    
peccati1 volens1  suggerens1 efficiens1 
iubens1 operans1 et in hoc impiorum     
scelerata consilia gubernans4 ,proprium 
,dei opus fuit1#gf ut  vocatio ,pauli1  
sic adulterium ,davidis1 ,iudaeque      
proditoris  impietas4 ,monstrum hoc1    
cuius ,philippum aliquando puduit1      
,lutherus#gg tamen1 a quo ,philippus    
hauserat1 quasi oraculum  coeleste miris
 extollit laudibus1 et alumnum suum eo  
nomine  tantum non exaequat#gh ,apostolo
 ,paulo4 ,percontabor etiam1 quid  animi
 ,luthero fuerit1 quem ,angli#gi        
calviniani virum divinitus  datum ad    
orbem illuminandum pronuntiant1 quum    
hunc versum  demeret supplicationibus   
,ecclesiae4#hj ,sancta ,trinitas1 unus  
,deus1 miserere nobis4    ,,de          
,,christo4--,mox ad personam ,christi   
progrediar4 ,quaeram ista  sibi quid    
velint2 ,christus ,de ,filius1 ,deus de 

,deo8 ,calvino3#ha  ,deus ex sese1      
,bezae3#hb ,non est genitus de ,patris  
essentia4  ,item3 ,duae constituantur in
 ,christo uniones hypostaticae1#hc      
altera animae cum carne1 ,divinitatis   
cum humanitate altera4  ,locus apud     
,ioannem3 ',ego et ,pater unum sumus1'  
non ostendit  ,christum ,deum           
'homoousion'#hd ,deo ,patri4 ,sed et    
'anima mea1  inquit ,lutherus1#he odit  
hoc verbum 'homoousion4' ,pergite3      
,christus ab infantia non fuit gratia   
consummatus1#hf sed animi  dotibus velut
 caeteri homines adolevit3 usu factus   
quotidie  sapientior1 ita ut puerulus   
ignorantia laborarit4 ,quod perinde     
est1 ac si dicerent originis labe et    
vitio sordidatum4 ,sed  cognoscite      
diriora3 ,christus1 quum orans in horto1
 sudoribus  aquae manaret et sanguinis1 
sensu damnationis aeternae              
cohorruit3#hg vocem edidit sine ratione1
 sine spiritu1 vocem  doloris impetu    
repentinam2 quam1 ut non satis          
meditatam1 cleriter  castigavit4 ,estne 

aliquid amplius8 ,attendite3 ,christus1 
quum  actus in crucem exclamaret3 ',deus
 meus1 ,deus meus1 ut quid  dereliquisti
 me8' accensus est flammis inferni1#hh  
desperationis  voceni emisit1 non aliter
 affectus1 quam si pereundum ei foret   
internecione sempiterna4    ,his etiam1 
si quid possunt1 addant3 ,christus1     
inquiunt1#hi  descendit ad inferos1 id  
est1 mortuus gehennam gustavit1 nihilo  
minus quam animae damnatorum1 nisi quod 
sibi restituendus  erat4--,quandoquidem 
enim morte corporea nobis nihil         
profuisset2#ij anima quoque luctari cum 
morte debuit aeterna1  atque hoc modo   
nostrum scelus suppliciumque dependere4 
,ac ne  quis forte suspicetur1 istud    
,calvino per incuriam obrepsisse1  idem 
,calvinus3#ia ,omnes vos1 si qui        
doctrinam istam solatii  plenam         
exagitastis1 perditos appellat          
nebulones4 ,tempora1  tempora1 cuiusmodi
 monstrum aluistis8 ,cruor ille         
delicatus et  regius1 qui de innocentis 
,agni corpore lacerato fissoque         

scaturiit1 cuius cruoris una guttula    
propter dignitatem ,hostiae  mille      
mundos redimere potuisset1 nihil humano 
genet profecit1  nisi mediator ,dei et  
hominum 7#a ,tim ii4 #e71 homo ,christus
 ,iesus  mortem quoque secundam 7,apoc4 
ii4 #aa71 mortem animae1 mortem         
gratiae1 peccati solius et exsecrabilis 
blasphemiae sociam1  pertulisset8 ,prae 
hac insania modestus videbitur ,bucerus1
  quamquam est impudens1 qui#ib infernum
 in symbolo sepulcrum  accipit1 per     
epexegesim valde praeposteram1 ac potius
 tautologiam  ineptam atque stolidam4   
,anglicani sectarii1 pars ,calvino1     
idolo suo1 pars ,bucero1 magno          
magistro1 solent accedere2 pars etiam   
submurmurant in hunc  articulum1 ne quid
 facessat ultra molestiae1 quemadmodum  
sine  tumultu penitus eximatur de       
,symbolo4 ,id veno etiant fuisse        
tentatum in conventiculo quodam         
,londinensi1 memini narrasse mihi1  qui 
interfuit1 ,richardum ,chenaeum1        
miserrimum senem1 male  mulctatum a     

latronibus foris1 neque tamen ingressum 
in paternam  domum4 ,hactenus de        
,christo4    ,,de ,,homine4--,de        
homine#ic quid8 ,imago ,dei penitus in  
homine  deleta est1 nulla boni scintilla
 superstite3 tota natura quoad  omnes   
animae partes ita funditus eversa1 ut ne
 renatus quidem et  sanctus quidquam sit
 aliud intrinsecus1 nisi mera corruptio 
atque  contagio4 ,quorsum ista8 ,vt qui 
sola fide gloriam rapturi sunt1  in     
omnium turpitudinum coeno volutati1     
naturam accusent1 virtutem  desperent1  
praecepta deonerent4    ,,de            
,,peccato4--,huc ,illyricus1            
,magdeburgensium primipilus1 illud  suum
 adiecit immane placitum#id de originis 
peccato1 quod esse  vult3 ,intimam      
substantiam animarum1 quippe quas1 post 
,adami  lapsum1 diabolus ipse procreet1 
et in sese transformet4 ,hoc  quoque    
tritum est in hac faece3 ,omnia peccata 
esse paria3#ie  sed ita 7ne ,stoici     
reviviscant71 si ,deo iudice            
ponderentur4 ,ac  si ,deus1 aequissimus 

iudex1 oneri nostro cumulum potius1 quam
  levamentum faceret1 et id1 quod non   
est in re1 quum sit ipse  iustissimus1  
exaggeraret4 ,hac trutina non levius in 
,deum  severissime iudicantem deliquerit
 ille caupo1 qui gallum  gallinaceum1   
quando non est opus1 occiderit1 quam    
infamis ille  sicarius1 qui plenus      
,beza1 ,gallum heroa ,guisium1          
admiribili  virtute principem1 displosa 
fistula interemit2 quo facinore nihil   
vidit orbis noster aetate nostra        
funestius1 nihil luctuosius4    ,,de    
,,gratia4--,sed fortasse1 qui tam sunt  
in peccati conditione  tetrici1         
magnifice philosophantur de divina      
gratia1 quae huic  malo succurrere ac   
mederi possit4 ,praeclaras vero isti    
partes  assignant gratiae1 quam neque   
infusam cordibus nostris1 neque ad      
resistendum sceleribus validam esse     
latrant1 sedextra nos in solo  ,dei     
favore#if collocant3 qui favor non      
emendet impios1 nec  purget1 nec        
illuminet1 nec ditet2 sed veterem illam 

sentinam  adhuc manantem atque          
foetentem1 ne deformis et odiosa        
putetur1  ,deo connivente1 dissimulet4  
,quo suo plasmate tantopere             
delectantur1 ut ne ,christus quidem     
aliter apud illos#ig gratia  plenus et  
veritate dicatur1 quam quod ei ,deus    
,pater mirandum in  modum faverit4      
,,de ,,ivistitia4--,quae res ergo       
iustitia est8 ,relatio4#ih ,non enim  ex
 theologics concinnata virtutibus1 fide1
 spe1 charitate1 quae  animam suo nitore
 convestiant2 sed tantum occultatio     
delicti1  quam qui sola fide            
prehenderit1 ille tam de salute certus  
est1 ac  si iampridem interminato coeli 
gaudio#ii frueretur4 ,age1  somniet hoc2
 sed unde constare poterit de futura    
perseverantia1  qua qui caruit1 exivit  
infelicissimus1 licet ad tempus pure    
pieque iustitiam coluisset8 ,imo vero1  
haec tua fides1 ,calvinus  ait#ajj1 nisi
 tuam tibi perseverantiam firme         
pronuntiet1 ut  hallucinari nequeas1    
tamquam inanis et languida sperneretur4 

,agnosco discipulum ,lutheri4           
,christianus1 inquit ille#aja etiam     
volens1 non potest salutem perdere1 nisi
 nolit credere4    ,,de                 
,,sacramentis4--,ad ,sacramenta festino4
 ,nullum1 nullum1 non duo1  non unum1 ,o
 ,sancte ,christe1 reliquerant4 ,ipsorum
 quippe panis  venenum est2 ,baptismus  
etsi adhuc verus1 tamen ipsorum iudicio 
nihil est1 non est unda salutis1 non est
 canalis gratiae1 non  derivat in nos   
,christi merita2 sed significatio       
dumtaxat salutis  est4 ,itaque nihilo   
pluris ,baptismum ,christi1 quoad       
naturam rei1  quam ,ioannis facere      
caeremoniam4 ,si habeas1 recte2 si      
careas1  nihil damni3 crede1 salvus es1 
antequam abluere4#ajb ,quid ergo        
parvuli1 qui nisi iuventur virtute      
,sacramenti1 sua fide miselli  nihil    
assequuntur8 ,potius quam ,sacramento   
,baptismatis quidquam  tribuamus1       
inquiunt ,magdeburgici1#ajc demus inesse
 fidem ipsis  infantulis1 qua serventur1
 cuius fidei pulsus quosdam abditos     

intelligant ipsi1 qui vivant necne1     
nondum intelligunt4 ,durum4 ,si  hoc    
adeo durum est1 ,lutheri pharmacum      
auditote3 ,praestat1  inquit1#ajd       
omittere1 quandoquidem nisi credat      
infans1 nequidquam  lavatur4 ,haec illi 
quidem ancipites animo1 quidnam         
enuntient  categorice4 ,ergo ,balthassar
 ,pacimontanus diribitor interveniat2   
qui parens ,anabaptistarum1 quum        
parvulis motum fidei non posset         
affingere1 ,lutheri cantiunculam        
adprobavit1 et paedobaptismum  eiiciens 
e templis1 neminen nisi adultum fonte   
sacro decrevit  abluere4 ,ad reliqua    
,sacramenta quod attinet1 quamvis illa  
bestia  multiceps horrendas eiectet     
contumelias1 tamen quia quotidianae  iam
 sunt et callum auribus obduxerunt1 hic 
praetereo4    ,,de ,,moribvs4--,restant 
haereticorum de vita et moribus frusta  
nocentissima1 quae ,lutherus evomi in   
chartas1 ut ex unius  pectoris impuro   
gurgustio pestem lectoribus inhalaret4  
,audite  patienter1 et erubescite1 et   

mihi date veniam recitanti3 ,si  nolit  
uxor#aje1 aut non possit1 veniat        
ancilla4 ,siquidem res  uxoria tam est  
cuique necessaria1 quam esca1 potus1    
somnus4  ,matrimonium est virginitate   
multo praestantius2 eam ,christus1 eam  
,paulus dissuaserunt hominibus          
christianis4 ,sed haec fortasse  propria
 ,lutheri sunt8 ,non sunt4 ,etiam nuper 
a meo ,charco1#ajf  sed misere timideque
 defenduntur4 ,vultis ne plura8 ,quidni8
  ,quanto sceleratior es1 inquit1#ajg   
tanto vicinior gratiae4  ,omnes actiones
 bonae peccata sunt2 ,deo iudice1       
mortifera2 ,deo  propitio1              
leviuscula#ajh--,nemo malum suapte      
voluntate  cogitat#aji--;,decalogus     
nihil ad christianos#aaj--,opera nostra 
,deus nequaquam curat--,soli recte      
participant coena ,dominica1 qui        
tristes1 afflictas1 perturbatas1        
confusas1 erraticas apportant           
conscientias4--,confitenda crimina sunt1
 sed cuilibet1 qui si te  vel ioco      
absolverit1 modo credideris1 absolutus  

es4--,legere  preces horarias non est   
sacerdotum1 sed laicorum--,christiani   
liberi sunt a statutis hominum4 ,satis  
superque lacunam istam  commosse videor4
 lam finio4 ,nec vero putetis iniquiorem
 esse me1  qui lutheranos et zuinglianos
 promiscue coarguerim2 nam isti  memores
 a quo proseminati sint1 inter se       
fratres et amici volunt  esse1#aaa      
adeoque gravem interpretantur iniuriam1 
quum in ulla  re praeter unam1          
discriminantur4    ,equidem non sum     
tanti1 ut vel mediocrem locum mihi sumam
 in  selectis theologis1 qui hodie      
bellum haeresibus indixere2 sed hoc     
scio1 quantuluscumque sum1 periclitari  
me non posse1 dum ,christi  gratia      
fultus adversum talia commenta1 tam     
invisa1 tam insulsa1  tam bruta1 coelo  
terraque iuvantibus1 praeliabor4        
,,nona ,,ratio    ,,sophismata          
,scitum est1 inter caecos luscum regnare
 posse4 ,apud rudes valet  saepe fucata 
disputatio1 quam schola ,philosophorum  
exsibilat4 ,multa  peccat adversarius in

 hoc genere2 sed quatuor fallacies      
plerumque  consuitur1 quas in ,academia 
malim1 quam in trevio1 retexere4        
,primum vitium ,greek3 skiamachia est1  
quae auras et umbras magno  contau      
diverberat4 ,hoc pacto3 contra coelibes 
iuratos et votos in  castimoniam1 quod  
nuptiae bonae sint1 virginitas melior1  
offeruntur ,scripturae loquentes        
honorifice de coniugio4 ,quem  feriunt8 
,contra meritum hominis christiani1     
tinctum ,christi  sanguine1 alioquin    
nullum1 promuntur testimonia1 quibus    
iubemur1  nec naturae1 nec legi1 sed    
sanguini ,christi fidere4 ,quem         
refellunt8 ,in eos1 qui colunt          
,coelites1 ut famulos ,christi maxime   
gratiosos1 citantur integrae pagellae1  
quae vetant colere multos  ,deos4       
,vbinam sunt8 ,huiusmodi argumentis1    
quae apud haereticos  infinita reperio1 
nobis esse detrimento non poterunt2     
vobis esse  fastidio poterunt4    ,aliud
 vitium ,greek3 logomachia est1 quae    
sensa deserens1  loquaciter cum verbo   

litigat1 ,invenias mihi ,missam1        
inquiunt1  aut ,purgatorium in          
,scripturis4 ,quid ergo8 ,trinitas1     
,homoousion1  ,persona1 nusquam sunt in 
,bibliis1 quia voces istae non sunt8    
,affine est huic peccato litterarum     
aucupium2 quum neglecta  consuetudine et
 mente loquentium1 quae vita vocabuli   
est1  adversus elementa contenditur4    
,nempe sic aiunt3 ,presbyter nihil  est 
,graecis1 nisi senior2 ,sacramentum1    
quodvis mysterium4  ,caeterum acute ,d4 
,thomas1#aab ut omnia3 ,in vocibus1     
inquit1  videndum1 non tam ex quo1 quam 
ad quid sumantur4    ,tertium1 ,greek3  
homonumia est1 longe lateque patens4    
,vt3  ,quorsum ordo sacerdotum2 quum    
,ioannes 7,apoc4 v4 #aj7 omnes nos      
vocaverit sacerdotes8 ,etiam hoc        
addidit3 ,regnabimus super  terram4     
,quorsum ergo reges8 ,item3 ,propheta   
7,isai4 ,,lviii4 #f7  celebrat ieiunium 
spiritale1 hoc est1 ab inveteratis      
criminibus  abstinentiam4 ,valeat ergo  
ciborum delectus1 et dierum             

praescriptio4 ,siccine8 ,igitur         
insanierunt ,moyses1 ,david1 ,elias1    
,baptistes1 ,apostoli1 qui biduo1       
triduo1 vel hebdomadis inediam          
terminarunt2 quae quidem1 ut a crimine1 
debebat esse perpetua4  ,hoc quale sit1 
iam vidistis3 propero4    ,quartum his  
adiicitur ,circulatio1 in hunc modum3   
,da mihi notas1  inquam1 ,ecclesiae4    
,verbum ,dei et purissima ,sacramenta4  
,haeccine  sunt apud vos8 ,quis         
dubitet8--,ego vero pernego4 ,consule   
verbum  ,dei4--,iam consului1 minusque  
vobis1 quam antea1 faveo4 ,attamen      
planum est4--,proba mihi4 ,quia nos ne  
latum quidem unguem  discedimus a verbo 
,dei4--,vbi est acumen tuum8 ,semperne  
capies  pro argumento illud ipsum1 quod 
ponitur in quaestione8 ,quoties  hoc iam
 inculco8 ,num tu evigilas8 ,num faces  
admovendae sunt8 ,dico  a te perperam   
exponi verbum ,dei3 testes habeo        
quindecim aetates1  sta sententiae1 non 
meae1 non tuae1 sed harum               
omnium4--,stabo  sententiae verbi ,dei3 

,spiritus ubi vult1 spirat4 ,eccum1 quos
  gyros1 quas rotas fabricat4 ,hic      
nugator1 tot verborum atque  sophismatum
 architectus1 nescio cui formidolosus   
esse queat1  molestus erit fortasse4    
,molestiam vestra prudentia sublevabit1 
formidinem res eripuit4    ,,decima     
,,ratio    ,,omne ,,genvs ,,testivm     
,haec erit vobis directa via1 ita ut    
stulti non errent per  eam4#aac ,quis   
enim1 quamvis hebes in plebecula1       
dummodo salutis  cupidus parumper       
attenderit1 semitam ,ecclesiae tam      
egregie  complanatam1 non videat1 non   
teneat2 vepres1 et cautes1 et avia      
detestatus8 ,erunt haec etiam rudibus   
explorata1 sicut ,isaias  vaticinatus   
est2 vobis igitur1 si voletis1          
exploratissima4                         
,,coelites4--,theatrum universitatis    
rerum ponamus ob oculos2  quidquid est  
uspiam peragremus2 omnia nobis argumenta
  suppeditant4 ,eamus in coelum3        
,rosas#aad et lilia  contemplemur1      
purpuratos nempe martyrio1 candidatos   

innocentia4  ,romanos1 inquam1          
,pontifices#aae tres et triginta        
continenter  occisos2 ,pastores terris  
omnibus1 qui suum pro ,christi nomine   
sanguinem oppignerarunt2 greges         
fidelium1 qui ,pastorum vestigiis       
institere2 ,divos omnes coelites1 qui   
turbae hominum puritate et  sanctimonia 
praeluxere4 ,nostros hic vixisse1       
nostros hinc  emigrasse reperias4       
,noster fuit1 ut paucula delibemus1 ille
  martyrii sitientissimus ,ignatius#aaf 
qui in rebus ,ecclesiae  neminem1 ne    
regen#aag quidem1 aequavit ,episcopo3   
qui  traditiones#aah quasdam            
,apostolicas1 quarum testis ipse fuerat1
  ne dilaberentur1 scripto mandavit4    
,noster anachoreta  ,telesphorus1#aai   
qui ieiunium quadragesimale1 sancitum ab
  ,apostolis1 observari severius iussit4
 ,noster ,irenaeus1#abj  qui a          
successione ,cathedraque ,romana fidem  
,apostolicam  declaravit4 ,noster etiam 
,victor ,pontifex1 qui#aba ,asiam       
edicto coercuit universam3 quod quum    

aliquibus1 atque etiam  huic ,irenaeo1  
viro sacratissimo1 videretur asperius1  
nemo tamen  attenuavit1 ut exoticam     
potestatem4 ,noster ,polycarpus1#abb qui
  super quaestione ,paschatis ,romam    
adiit1 cuius ambustas reliquias  ,smyrna
 collegit1 anniversario die rituque     
legitimo suum  ,episcopum venerata4     
,nostri ,cornelius et ,cyprianus1#abc   
aureum  par ,martyrum1 ambo magni       
praesules2 sed maior ille1 qui ,romanus 
,africanum errorem resciderat2 hic      
nobilitatus observantia1 qua  maiorem   
est prosequutus1 amicissimum sui4       
,noster ,sixtus1#abd  cui ad aram       
solemnibus sacris operanti ministrarunt 
e clero  septemviri4 ,noster            
,laurentius1 huius ,archidiaconus1#abe  
quem  adversarii de suis fastis         
eiiciunt1 quem ante mille ducentos      
annos vir consularis ,prudentius#abf sic
 ornavit3       ,quae sit potestas      
credita     ,et muneris quantum datum1  
,probant ,quiritum gaudia1     ,quibus  
rogatus annuis4     ,hos inter1 o       

,christi decus1     ,audi et poetam     
rusticum1     ,cordis fatentem crimina1 
,et facta prodentem sua4     ,audi      
benignus supplicem     ,christi reum1   
,prudentium4    ,nostrae virgines       
illae#abg perbeatae1 ,caecilia1 ,agatha1
  ,anastasia1 ,barbara1 ,agnes1 ,lucia1 
,dorothea1 ,catharina2 quae  decretam   
pudicitiam adversus et hominum et       
daemonum tyrannidem  firmaverunt4       
,nostra ,helena1 quam dominicae ,crucis 
inventio  celebravit4 ,nostra ,monica1  
quae moriens#abi orari et  sacrificari  
pro se mortua ad altare ,christi1       
religiosissime  flagitavit4 ,nostra     
,paula1#abi quae ex urbano palatio et   
opimis  praediis in speluncam           
,bethleemiticam tantis itineribus       
peregrina  cucurrit1 ut ad ,christi     
vagientis cunabula delitesceret4 ,nostri
  ,paulus1 ,hilarion1 ,antonius1        
seniculi solitarii4 ,noster             
,satyrus1#acj ,ambrosii germanus frater1
 qui tremendam illam  hostiam circum se 
gestans in orario1 naufragus insiliit in

  ,oceanum1 et fide plenissimus         
enatavit4 ,nostri ,nicolaus et          
,martinus1 episcopi1 exerciti vigiliis1 
paludati ciliciis1  ieiunio pasti1      
,noster ,benedictus1 tot monachorum     
pater4  ,chiliadas istas decennio non   
exsequerer4    ,sed nec illos repeto1   
quos in ,ecclesiae ,doctoribus ante     
posueram4  ,memor sum brevitatis meae1  
,petat ista1 qui volet1 non solum ex    
abundanti veterum historia1 sed multo   
etiam magis ex gravissimis  auctoribus1 
qui paene singuli ,divos singulos       
memoriae#aca  reliquerunt4 ,renuntiet   
mihi1 de christianis illis antiquissimis
  et beatissimis quid autumet8 ,vtrius  
doctrinae fuerint1  catholicae1 an      
lutheranae8 ,testor ,dei solium et illud
 tribunal1  ad quod stabo rationem      
rationum harum et dicti et facti        
redditurus1 aut nullum coelum esse1 aut 
nostrorum esse2 illud  exsecramur1 hoc  
ergo defigimus4    ,,damnati4-,nunc e   
contrario1 si libet1 inspiciamus in     
,tartara4  ,cremantur incendio          

sempiterno4 ,qui8 ,iudaei4 ,quam        
,ecclesiam  adversati8 ,nostram4--,qui8 
,ethnici4 ,quam ,ecclesiam crudelissime 
persequuti8 ,nostram4--,qui8 ,turcae4   
,quae templa demoliti8  ,nostra4--,qui8 
,haeretici4 ,cuius ,ecclesiae           
perduelles8  ,nostrae4--,quae enim      
,ecclesia praeter nostram omnibus       
inferorum  portis#acb se opposuit8      
,,ivdaei4--,quum1 pulsis ,hebraeis1     
,christiani#acc succrescerent           
,hierosolymis1 ,deum immortalem6 qui    
concursus hominum ad loca  sacra        
fuit1#acd quae urbis religio1 quae      
sepulcri1 quae  praesepii1 quae crucis1 
quae monumentorum omnium1 quibus velut  
exuviis mariti1 ,ecclesia sponsa        
delectatur8 ,hinc manavit in nos        
,iudaeorum odium ferum et implacabile4  
,queruntur etiam nunc1  maiores nostros 
maioribus suis exitio fuisse4 ,a ,simone
 ,mago et  lutheranis nullum ictum      
acceperunt4    ,,ethnici4--,in ,ethnicis
 violentissimi fuere1 qui toto ,imperio1
  trecentis annis1 per intervalla       

temporum1 aerumnosissima  ,christianis  
supplicia machinati sunt4 ,quibus8      
,patribus et filiis  nostrae fidei4     
,cognoscite vocem tyranni1 qui ,divum   
,laurentium  torruit in craticula3#ace  
,hunc esse vestris ,orgiis     ,moremque
 et artem1 proditum est2     ,hanc      
disciplinam foederis1     ,libent ut    
auro antistites4     ,argenteis scyphis 
ferunt     ,fumare sacrum sanguinem1    
,auroque nocturnis sacris     ,adstare  
fixos cereos4     ,tunc cura summa est  
fratribus1     7,vt sermo testatur      
loquax71     ,offerre1 fundis venditis1 
,sestertiorum millia4     ,addicta      
avorum praedia     ,foedis sub          
auctionibus     ,successor exhaeres     
gemit1     ,sanctis egens parentibus4   
,haec occulantur abditis                
,ecclesiarum in angulis2     ,et summa  
pietas creditur     ,nudare dulces      
liberos4     ,deprome thesauros1 malis  
,suadendo quos praestigiis              
,exaggeratos obtines1     ,nigrantes    
quos claudis specu4     ,hoc poscit usus

 publicus2     ,hoc fiscus1 hoc         
aerarium1     ,vt dedita stipendiis     
,ducem iuvet petunia4     ,sic dogma    
vestrum est1 audio2     ,suum quibusque 
reddito4     ,en ,caesar agnoscit suum  
,numisma1 nummis inditum4     ,quod     
,caesaris scis1 ,caesari     ,da3 nempe 
iustum postulo1     ,ni fallor2 haud    
ullam tuus     ,signat ,deus pecuniam4  
,nec quum veniret1 aureos     ,secum    
,philippos detulit2     ,praecepta      
sed verbis dedit     ,inanis a marsupio4
     ,implete dictorum fidem1     ,quae 
vos per orbem venditis1     ,nummos     
libenter reddite2     ,estote verbis    
divites4    ,quis videtur8 ,in quos     
furit8 ,cuius ,ecclesiae sacra1 lychnos1
  ritus1 ornamenta convellit8 ,cui      
patellas aureas1 et argenteos  calices1 
et sumptuosa donaria1 et opulentam gazam
 invidet8  ,profecto lutherizat4 ,quod  
enim aliud velum suo latrocinio  nostri 
,nemrodes#acf obtenderunt1 quum         
depecularentur  ecclesias1 et ,christi  
patrimonium dissiparent8 ,contra vero   

magnus ille ,constantinus               
,christomastigon terror1 quam ,eeclesiam
  tranquillavit8 ,illam1 cui ,pontifex  
,sylvester praefuit1#acg  quem in       
,soracte latitantem accersiit1 ut eius  
opera nostro  baptismate                
tingeretur4--,quibus auspiciis victor8  
,signo  crucis4#ach--,qua matre         
gloriosus8 ,helena4--,quibus se patribus
  adiunxit8 ,nicaenis4--,cuiusmodi8 ,vt 
,sylvestro1 ut ,marco1 ut  ,iulio1 ut   
,athanasio1 ut ,nicolao4--,cuius se     
precibus#aci  commendavit8              
,antonii4--,quam sellam postulavit#adj  
in ,synodo8  ,vltimam4--,o quanto       
regalior hac sede1 quam qui regis       
titulum1  non debitum1 ambierunt6       
,singula narrare longum est4 ,sed ex his
  duobus altero nobis infestissimo1     
altero nobis amicissimo1  licebit       
singula coniicere1 quae sunt horum      
simillima4 ,etenim1  ut nostrorum illa  
fuit ,epistasis turbulenta1 sic         
nostrorum haec  evasit divina           
,catastrophe4    ,,tvrcae4-,turcica     

videamus4 ,mahometes et ,sergius        
monachus apostata  in profundo barathro 
iacent ululantes1 et suis et posterorum 
sceleribus onusti4 ,haec portentosa et  
efferata bellua1  ,sarraceni1 ,turcae1  
nisi a nostris ordinibus militiae       
sacrae1#ada nisi a nostris principibus  
et populis accisa  fuisset ac repressa1 
per ,lutherum quidem1 7cui gratias hoc  
nomine ,solymanus ,turcus litteris      
egisse dicitur71 et per  lutheranos     
regulos 7quibus ,turcorum progressio    
laetabilis  existimatur72 haec1 inquam1 
,erinnys furiosa et exitiosa            
mortalibus1 totam iam depopularetur et  
vastaret ,europam2 neque  indiligentius 
altaria et signa crucis1 quam ipse      
,calvinus  everteret4 ,ergo nostri      
hostes illi sunt proprii1 utpote        
nostrorum industria a christianorum     
iugulis repulsi4                        
,,haeretici4--,despectemus in           
haereticos1 faeces1 et folles1 et       
alimenta gehennae4 ,primus occurrit     
,simon ,magus4 ,quid ille8  ,eripiebat  

homini liberam#adb voluntatem2 solam    
fidem#adc  percrepabat4 ,mox            
,novatianus3 ,quis8 ,antipapa           
,cornelio1#add  ,pontifici ,romano1     
hostis sacramentorum poenitentiae et    
chrismatis4#ade ,deinde ,manes ,persa3  
hic docebat baptismum  salutem#adf non  
conferre4 ,post ,aerius ,arianus preces 
damnabat  pro mortuis1#adg confundebat  
episcopis sacerdotes4 ,hinc ,aerius     
solam#adh et ipse fidem personabat1     
cognominatus atheos#adi  non minus quam 
,lucianus4 ,sequitur ,vigilantius1#aej  
qui ,divos  orari non ferebat3 ac       
,iovinianus1 qui virginitatem et nuptias
  aequiparabat4 ,denique colluvies      
universa ,macedonius1 ,pelagius1        
,nestorius1 ,entyches1 ,monothelitae1   
,iconomachi1 caeteri1 quibus  ,lutherum 
et ,calvinum posteritas aggregabit4     
,quid isti8 ,omnes mali  corvi1 eodem   
ovo geniti1 ab ,ecclesiae nostrae       
,praesulibus  desciverunt1 ab illis     
evicti et exinaniti sunt4    ,deseramus 
avernum1 reddamur terris4 ,quocumque me 

oculis et  cogitatione convertero1 sive 
,patriarchas intueor et sedes           
,apostolicas1 sive ,antistites          
caeterarum gentium1 sive laudatos       
principes1 reges1 caesares1 sive        
christianorum cuiusque nationis  initia1
 sive ullum iudicium vetustatis1 aut    
lumen rationis1 aut  honestatis decus2  
nostrae fidei serviunt et suffragantur  
omnia4    ,,sedes ,,apostolica4--,testis
 ,romana successio1 ,in qua semper      
,ecclesia1 7ut cum ,augustino ep4 #afb  
loquar71 ,apostolicae  ,cathedrae viguit
 principatus4 ,testes illae reliquae    
sedes  apostolicae1 in quas hoc nomen   
insignite convenit1 quod ab ipsis       
,apostolis horumve auditoribus          
exaedificatae#aea fuerint4              
,,disivncttissimae ,,terrae4--,testes   
ubivis gentium pastores1 loco  dissiti1 
religione nostra concordes1 ,ignatius et
 ,chrysostomus1  ,antiochiae2 ,petrus1  
,alexander1 ,athanasius1 ,theophilus1   
,alexandriae2 ,macharius et ,cyrillus1  
,hierosolymis2 ,proclus1                

,constantinopoli2 ,gregorius et         
,basilius1 in ,cappadocia2              
,thaumaturgus1 in ,ponto2 ,smyrnae1     
,polycarpus2 ,iustinus1 ,athenis2       
,dionysius1 ,corinthi2 ,gregorius1      
,nissae2 ,methodius1 ,tyri2 ,ephremus1  
in ,cyria2 ,cyprianus1 ,optatus1        
,augustinus1 in ,africa2 ,epiphanius1   
in ,cypro2 ,andreas1 ,cretae2           
,ambrosius1 ,paulinus1 ,gaudentius1     
,prosper1 ,faustus1 ,vigilius in        
,italia2 ,irenaeus1 ,martinus1          
,hilarilius1 ,eucherius1 ,gregorius1    
,salvianus1 in ,gallia2  ,vincentius1   
,orosius1 ,ildefonsus1 ,leander1        
,isidorus1 in ,hispania2  in ,britannia1
 ,fugatius1 ,damianus1 ,iustus1         
,mellitus1 ,beda4 ,denique1  ne         
ambitiosus videar in nominibus1         
quaecumque vel opera1 vel  fragmenta    
supersunt eorum1 qui disiunctissimis    
terris ,evangelium  severunt1 omnia     
nobis unam fidem exhibent1 quam hodie   
catholici  profitemur4 ,christe1 quid   
causae tibi afferam1 quo minus me de    

tuis extermines1 si tot luminibus       
,ecclesiae tenebricosos homulos1        
paucos1 indoctos1 dissectos1 improbos1  
antetulero8    ,,principes4--,testes    
item principes1 reges1 caesares1        
horumque  respublicae1 quorum et ipsorum
 pietas1 et ditionum populi1 et  pacis  
bellique disciplina1 se penitus in hac  
nostra doctrina  catholica fundaverunt4 
,hic ergo quos ab oriente ,theodosios1  
quos  ab occidente ,carolos1 quos       
,eduardos ex ,anglia1 ,ludovicos e      
,gallia1 ,hermenegildos ex ,hispania1   
,henricos a ,saxonia1 ,wenceslaos  e    
,bohemia1 ,leopoldos ex ,austria1       
,stephanos ex ,hungaria1  ,iosaphatos ex
 ,india1 quos orbe toto dynastas atque  
toparchas  possim arcessere2 qui        
exemplo1 qui armis qui legibus1 qui     
sollicitudine1 qui sumptu1 nostram      
,ecclesiam nutrierunt8 ,sic enim        
praecinuit ,isaias 7xlix4 #bc73 ,erunt  
reges nutricii tui1 et  reginae iutrices
 tuae4 ,audi1 ,elisabetha1 ,regina      
potentissima1  tibi canit1 te tuas      

partes edocet4 ,narro tibi3 ,calvinum et
 hos  principes unum coelum capere non  
potest4 ,his ergo te principibus        
adiunge1 dignam maioribus1 dignam       
ingenio1 dignam litteris1  dignam       
laudibus1 dignam fortuna tua4 ,solum hoc
 de te molior ego  et moliar1 quidquid  
me fiet1 cui1 tamquam hosti capitis tui1
  toties iam isti patibulum ominantur4  
,salve bona crux4 ,veniet1  ,elisabetha1
 dies ille1 ille dies1 qui tibi liquido 
commonstrabit1  utri te dilexerint1     
,societas ,iesu1 an ,lutheri progeies   
,pergo4    ,,nationes ,,ad ,,christam   
,,tradvctae4--,testes iam omne sorae    
plagaeque  mundi1 quibus evangelica tuba
 post ,christum natum insonuit4         
,parumne hoc fuit1 idolis ora claudere1 
,dei regnum gentibus  importare8        
,christum ,lutherus1 catholici ,christum
 loquimur4 ,num  divisus est            
,christus8#aeb ,minime4 ,aut nos1 aut   
ille1 falsum  ,christum loquimur4 ,quid 
ergo8 ,dicam4 ,christus ille sit1 et    
illorum sit1 quo ,dagon#aec invecto     

cervices fregerit4 ,noster  ,christus   
opera nostrorum uti voluit1 quum ,ioves1
 ,mercurios1  ,dianas1 ,phaebadas1 et   
illam noctem saeculorum atram1          
,erebumque  tristem1 e tot populorum    
cordibus relegaret4 ,non est otium      
longinqua perquirere2 finitima tantum   
atque domestica speculemur4  ,hiberni ex
 ,patritio1 ,scoti ex ,palladio1 ,angli 
ex ,augustino1 ,romae  sacratis1 ,roma  
missis1 ,romam venerantibus1 fidem aut  
nullam aut  certe nostram1 id est1      
catholicam insuxerunt4 ,res aperta4     
,curro4    ,,cvmvlvs ,,testivm4--,testes
 academiae1 testes legum tabulae1 testes
  vernaculi mores hominum1 testes       
selectio caesarum et inauguratio1       
testes regum ritus et inunctio1 testes  
equitum ordines1 ipsaeque  chlamydes1   
testes fenestrae1 testes nummi1 testes  
urbanae portae  domusque civicae1 testes
 avorum fructus et vita1 testes res     
omnes  et reculae1 nullam in orbe       
religionem1 nisi nostram1 imis umquam   
radicibus insedisse4    ,quae mihi quum 

suppeterent1 et certe sic efficerent    
meditantem1  ut his omnibus nuntium     
remittere christianis1 et consociari cum
  perditissimis quibusque1 videretur    
insolentis insaniae2 non  diffiteor1    
animatus sum et incensus ad conflictum1 
in quo nisi  ,divi de coelo deturbentur1
 et superbus ,lucifer coelum recuperet1 
cadere numquam potero4 ,quo mihi sit    
aequior ,charcus1 qui me tam  immaniter 
concerpit1 si hanc animulam peccatricem1
 quam tanti  ,christus emit1 viae tutae1
 viae certae1 viae regiae malui         
credere1 quam ,calvinis scopulis        
dumetisve suspendere4    ,,conclvsio    
,habetis a me1 florentes ,academici1 hoc
 munusculum1 contextum  operis in       
itinere subcisivis4 ,animus fuit et     
purgare me vobis de  arrogantia1 et     
satisfacere de fiducia1 et interim dum  
ab  adversariis una mecum in scholas    
invitemini1 quaedam apponere            
degustanda4 ,si aequam1 si tutum1 si    
honestum ducitis1 haberi  ,lutherum1 aut
 ,calvinum1 canonem ,scripturae1 mentem 

sancti  ,spiritus1 normam ,ecclesiae1   
,conciliorum ,patrumque paedagogum1     
omnium denique testium et saeculorum    
,deum1 nihil est quod  sperem1 vobis    
lectoribus vel auditoribus4 ,sin estis  
ii1 quos  apud animum formavi meum1     
philosophi occulati1 amatores veri1     
simplicitatis1 modestiae2 hostes        
temeritatis1 nugarum1  sophismatum2     
facile diem in aprico videbitis1 qui    
dieculam  angusta rima dispicitis4      
,dicam libere1 quod meus in vos amor1 et
  vestrum periculum et rei magnitudo    
postulat4 ,non hoc nescit  diabolus1 vos
 istam lucem1 si quando coeperitis      
oculos attolere1  conspecturos4 ,cuius  
enim stuporis fuerit1 antiquitati       
christianae ,hammeros et ,charcos       
anteponere8 ,sed sunt quaedam           
illecebrae lutheranae1 quibus suum ille 
regnum amplificat1  quibus ille         
tendiculis hamatus multos iani vestri   
ordinis  inescavit4 ,quaenam8 ,aurum1   
gloria1 deliciae1 veneres4  ,contemnite4
 ,quid enim aliud ista sunt1 nisi       

terrarum ilia1  canorus aer1 propina    
vermium1 bella sterquilinia8 ,spernite4 
,christus dives est1 qui vos alet2 ,rex 
est1 qui ornabit2 lautus  est1 qui      
satiabit1 speciosus est1 qui felicitatum
 omnium cumulos  largietur4 ,huic vos   
adscribite militanti1 ut cum eo         
triumphos1  vere doctissimi vereque     
clarissimi1 reportetis4 ,valete4        
,cosmopoli #aeha4    ,footnote #a3 ,a   
,beato ,edmundo anglice scripta1 ab alio
  latine reddita4    ,footnote #b3 ,est 
hic locus supplicii anglice ,tyburn4    
,footnote #c3 ,aug4 l4 #bh contra       
,faust4 c4 #b et de utilit4 cred4 c4 #c4
    ,footnote #d3 ,iren4 l4 #a1 c4 #bf4 
,footnote #e3 ,lut4 in novo test4       
german42 ,praef4 in ep4 ,iac42  vide    
etiam l4 de capt4 ,babyl4 cap4 de extr4 
unct4 et cent1  ,magd4 #b p4 #eh4       
,foonote #f3 ,ii sunt ,baruch1 ,tobias1 
,iudith1 ,sapientia1  ,ecclesiast41 duo 
,machab4    ,footnote #g3 ,ep4 ad       
,hebr41 ,ep4 ,iudae1 ,ep4 #b ,petri1    
,epist4 #b et #c ,ioan4    ,footnote #h3

 ,de doctr4 christ4 l4 #b c4 #c4        
,footnote #i3 ,conc4 ,trid4 sess4 #d2   
vid4 ,melch4 ,can4 l4 #b de loc1 theol4 
,footnote #aj3 ,de praedest1 sanct4 c4  
#ad4    ,footnote #aa3 ,instit4 ,i4 lib4
 ,i1 c4 #g1 num4 #d et #e4    ,footnote 
#ab3 ,xistus ,sen4 l4 #h1 haer4 #aj4    
,footnote #ac3 ,praef4 in ,cant4 ,vide  
,bezam in sua praef4 ante comm4  ,calv4 
in ,iosue4    ,footnote #d3 ,epist4 ad  
,paulinum4    ,footnote #ae3 ,lut4      
praef4 in ,apoc4--,kemn4 in exam4 ,conc4
  ,trid4 sess4 #d4    ,footnote #af3    
,praef4 in nov4 ,test4    ,footnote #ag3
 ,lut4 serm4 de ,pharis4 et ,publ4      
,footnote #ah3 ,matth4 xxvi4 #bf2 ,marc4
 xiv4 #bb2 ,luc4 xxii4 #ai4    ,footnote
 #ai3 ,in epist4 ad ,argent4            
,footnote #bj3 ,matth4 viii4 #bi2 ,marc4
 i4 #bd4    ,footnote #ba3 ,luc4 xxii4  
#ai2 ,matth4 xxvi4 #bh2 ,marc4 xiv4 #bd4
    ,footnote #bb3 ,ioan4 vi42 ,matth4  
xvi42 ,marc4 xiv42 ,luc4 xxii424 #a     
,cor4 x4 et xi4    ,footnote #bc3 ,calv4
 ,instit4 l4 iv41 c4 #a n4 #b et #c4    

,footnote #bd3 ,act4 xv4 #bh4           
,footnote #be3 ,greg4 ,i4 #a1 ep4 #bd4  
,footnote #bf3 ,ang4 ,i ,elizab4        
,footnote #bg3 ,nic4 can4 vi42 ,chalc4  
act4 iv42 ,const4 c4 #e4    ,footnote   
#bh3 ,ephes4 conc4 in epist4 ad ,nestor2
 ,nic4 c4 xiv4    ,footnote #bi3 ,chalc4
 act4 xi4    ,footnote #cj3 ,nic4 conc4 
apud ,soc4 ,i4 i4 c4 #h4    ,footnote   
#ca3 ,vide ,chalc4 can4 iv41 vii41 xvi41
 xxiv4    ,footnote #cb3 ,matth4 xviii4 
#bj2 ,ioan4 xiv4 #bf4    ,footnote #cc3 
,lib4 de capt4 ,bab4    ,footnote #cd3  
,exam4 ,conc4 ,trid    ,footnote #ce3   
,vide ,conc4 ,trid4 sess4 #aa1 #ae et   
#ah4    ,footnote #cf3 ,act4 xiii4 #a2  
#a ,cor4 xii4 #bh2 ,ephes4 iv4 #aa2 #a  
,cor4  xiv41 #a et seq4    ,footnote    
#cg3 ,matth4 xiii4 #eb4    ,footnote    
#ch3 ,s4 ,dion4 ,areop4 de quo vide4 #f 
,syn4 act4 #d1 ,adon41  ,tren4 in       
martyr4 ,turon41 ,syng41 ,suid41 ,metap4
    ,footnote #ci3 ,comm4 in #a1 #ac1   
#ag ,deut4 ,item in capt4 ,babyl4       
,footnote #dj3 ,dial4 #e et #aa4        

,footnote #da3 ,cent4 #b1 c4 #aj4       
,footnote #db3 ,inst4 l4 ,i1 c4 #ac1 n4 
#bi4    ,footnote #dc3 ,cent4 #b1 c4 #e4
    ,footnote #dd3 ,cent4 #a1 l4 #b1 c4 
#aj et seq4    ,footnote #de3 ,tert4 l4 
de praescr4 contr4 haer4    ,footnote   
#df3 ,orat4 de cos4 secul4    ,footnote 
#dg3 ,causs4 dial4 #h et #aa4           
,footnote #dh3 ,cent4 #c1 c4 #d4        
,footnote #di3 ,ibid4    ,footnote #ej3 
,ezech4 xiii4 #ah4    ,footnote #ea3    
,praef4 in ,cent4 #e4    ,footnote #eb3 
,dial4 #f1 #g1 #h4    ,footnote #ec3    
,beza in act4 c4 #bc1 v4 #c    ,footnote
 #ed3 ,test4 ,stanch4 l4 de ,trinit4    
,footnote #ee3 ,contr4 ,henr4 reg4      
,angl4    ,footnote #ef3 ,lib4 #bb de   
,civit4 ,dei c4 #h et serm4 de  divers4 
#cd et seq4    ,footnote #eg3 ,contr4   
ep4 ,man4 quam vocant funda c4 #d4      
,footnote #eh3 ,lib4 #a contr4 ,parmen4 
,footnote #ei3 ,aug4 l4 #a4 contr4      
,parmen42 ,de unit4 c #af2 et ,de       
doctr4 christ4 c4 #dj4    ,footnote #fj3
 ,lib4 #b ad ,monim4    ,footnote #fa3  

,vide ,s4 ,hieron4 de ,script4 ,eccles4 
,footnote #fb3 ,vide ,epist4 ,syn4      
,alexandr4 ad ,felic4 #b4    ,footnote  
#fc3 ,epist4 ad ,ital4 ,item serm4 #ia4 
,footnote #fd3 ,aug4 l4 #bb de ,civ4    
,dei2 ,greg4 ,tur4 l4 de glor1  ,mart4  
e4 #df et ,metaph4    ,footnote #fe3    
,instit4 l4 #a1 c4 #aa1 n4 #e4          
,footnote #ff3 ,lib4 de vita ,ivelli4   
,footnote #fg3 ,ioan4 v4 #ci4           
,footnote #fh3 ,rom4 #a1 #h1 #i2 xv4    
#bi2 xvi1 #af1 #ai4    ,footnote #fi3   
,act4 xxviii4 #cj4    ,footnote #gj3 #a 
,pet4 v4 #ac4    ,footnote #ga3 ,hieron4
 in cap4 script4 ,eccles42 ,euseb4 #b   
hist4c1 #ad4    ,footnote #gb3 ,phillip4
 iv4 #c4    ,footnote #gc3 ,iren4 l4 #c1
 c4 #c4    ,footnote #gd3 ,inst4 l4 #d1 
c4 #b1 n4 #c et in epist4 ad ,sadol4    
,footnote #ge3 ,calv4 ,inst4 l4 #a1 c4  
#ah2 l4 #b1 c4 #d2 l4 #c1 cc4 #bc  et   
#bd2 ,petr4 ,mart4 in #a1 ,sam4 #b4     
,footnote #gf3 ,melanct4 in cap4 ,rom4  
#h4    ,footnote #gg3 ,sic docet ,luth4 
in asser4 #cf et in resol4 asser4 #cf   

et in libr4 de servo arbitrio4          
,footnote #gh3 ,praef4 in ,phillip4 in  
ep4 ad ,rom4    ,footnote #gi3 ,in      
,apol4 ,eccl4 ,anglic4    ,footnote #hj3
 ,vide enchir4 prec4 an4 #aeda4         
,footnote #ha3 ,calv4 ,inst4 l4 #a1 c4  
#ac1 n4 #bc1 #bd4    ,footnote #hb3     
,beza in ,hes4    ,footnote #hc3 ,beza  
cont4 ,schmidel4 l4 de unitat4 hypost4  
duas  in ,christ4 nat4    ,footnote #hd3
 ,calv4 in ,ioan4 x1 #cj4    ,footnote  
#he3 ,luth4 contr4 ,latom4    ,footnote 
#hf3 ,bucer4 in ,luc4 #b2 ,calv4 in har4
 ev42 ,luc4 ,los42  ,melanct4 in ev4    
,dom4 #a p4 ,epiph4    ,footnote #hg3   
,marlorat4 in ,matth4 #bf2 ,calv4 in    
harm4 eveng4    ,footnote #hh3 ,brent4  
in ,luc4 part4 #b1 hom4 #fe et in ,ioan4
 hom4  #ed2 ,calv4 in harm4 evang4      
,footnote #hi3 ,schmidel4 ,conc4 de     
pass4 et coena ,dom42 ,aepinus  comm4 in
 ,ps4 #af4    ,footnote #ij3 ,calv4     
,inst4 l4 #b1 c4 #af1 n4 #aj1 #aa2      
,brent4 in  catech1 an4 #aeea4          
,footnote #ia3 ,ibid4 n4 #ab4           

,footnote #ib3 ,buc4 in ,matt4 cap4 #bf4
    ,footnote #ic3 ,illyr4 in var4 l4 de
 orig4 pecc42 ,sarcer4 de cons4  vet    
,eccles42 ,aepinus de imb4 et pecc4     
,sanct42 ,kemn4 contra cens4  col42     
,calv4 ,inst4 l4 #d1 c4 #ae1 n4 #aj1    
#aa4    ,footnote #id3 ,illyr4 in var4  
l4 de pecc4 orig4--,vide ,hesbusium  in 
ep4 ad ,illyr4    ,footnote #ie3 ,calv4 
in antidot4 ,conc4 ,trid4--,idem        
docuerat  ,wiclef4 apud4 ,wald4 l4 #b1  
de ,sacr4 c4 #aed4    ,footnote #if3    
,luth4 in resp4 contra ,lovan4          
,footnote #ig3 ,bucer4 in ,ioan4 #a2    
,wald4 in nat4 ,christi2 ,brent4  hom   
#af in ,ioan42 ,cent4 l4 #a1 c4 #d4     
,footnote #ih3 ,hesb4 de iustif4 in resp
 4 asv4 #aae obiect4  ,illyric4 in      
,apol4 confes4 ,antuerp4 c4 #f de       
iustif4    ,footnote #ii3 ,calv4 ,inst4 
l4 #c1 c4 #b1 n4 #bh etc4    ,footnote  
#ajj3 ,calv4 ,inst4 l4 #c1 c4 #b1 n4    
#dj4    ,footnote #aja3 ,lib4 de capt4  
,babyl4    ,footnote #ajb3 ,calv4 ,inst4
 l4 #d1 c4 #ae1 n4 #b et #aj2 ,cent4 l4 

#a1  c4 #ai2 ,luth4 l4 de capt4 ,babyl4 
,footonote #ajc3 ,cent4 #b et #e1 c4 #d4
    ,footnote #ajd3 ,luth4 adv4         
,cochlae1 ,item epist4 ad ,melanct4 t4  
#b2  et in ep4 ad ,wald4    ,footnote   
#aje3 ,luth4 serm4 de matrim4 et lib4 de
 vit4 coniug42 in  asser4 art4 #af2 lib4
 de vot4 monast4    ,footnote #ajf3     
,charc4 in ,cens4 suum4    ,footnote    
#ajg3 ,luth4 serm4 de ,pet42 in asser4  
art4 #cb4    ,footnote #ajh3 ,id4 l4 de 
serv4 arbit4    ,footnote #aji3 ,id4    
serm4 de ,moyse4    ,footnote #aaj3 ,id4
 l4 de capt4 ,bab4 c4 de ,euch4         
,footnote #aaa3 ,apol4 ,eccles4 ,angl4  
,footnote #aab3 ,in #a1 p4 q4 #ac1 a4 #b
 ad #b4    ,footnote #aac3 ,isai4 xxxv4 
#h4    ,footnote #aad3 ,aug4 serm4 #cg  
de ,sanct4    ,footnote #aae3 ,dam4 in  
vit4 ,pont4 ,rom4    ,footnote #aaf3    
,hier4 cat4 ,script4    ,footnote #aag3 
,ign4 epist4 ad ,smyrn4    ,footnote    
#aah3 ,euseb4 l4 #c1 c4 #cj4            
,footnote #aai3 ,dam4 in vita ,telesph4 
to4 #a con4 c4 stat4 d4 #e4    ,footnote

 #abj3 ,lib4 #c1 c4 #c4    ,footnote    
#aba3 ,euseb4 #e hist4 #bd4    ,footnote
 #abb3 ,euseb4 #d hist4 #ac et #ad4     
,footnote #abc3 ,euseb4 #g hist4 #b     
interp4 ,ruff4    ,footnote #abd3 ,prud4
 in hym4 de ,s4 ,laur4    ,footnote     
#abe3 ,vid4 ,aug4 ,ser4 #a de ,s4       
,laur42 ,ambr4 l4 #a offi1 c4  #da2 ,leo
 serm4 in die ,s4 ,laur4    ,footnote   
#abf3 ,prud4 in hym4 de ,s4 ,laur4      
,footnote #abg3 ,metaph42 ,ambr4 et     
alii4    ,footnote #abh3 ,aug4 l4 #f    
confess4 c4 #g ad #ac4    ,footnote     
#abi3 ,hier4 in epit4 ,paul4            
,footnote #acj3 ,ambr4 in orat4 fun4 de 
,satyro4    ,footnote #aca3 ,vide sex   
tomos ,surii de vitis ,sanct4           
,footnote #acb3 ,matth4 xv4 #ah4        
,footnote #acc3 ,euseb4 #d hist4 #e4    
,footnote #acd3 ,hieron1 in epit4 ,paul4
 et passim in epist4    ,footnote #ace3 
,prudent4 in ,pin4 de ,s1 ,laur4        
,footnote #acf3 ,gen4 x4 #i4            
,footnote #acg3 ,dam4 in ,sylv42        
,niceph4 l4 #g1 c4 #cc2 ,zonaras1       

,cedremus4    ,footnote #ach3 ,euseb4 l4
 #b de vit4 ,const4 c4 #g1 #h1 #i2      
,sozom4  l4 #a1 c4 #h1 #i4    ,footnote 
#aci3 ,athan4 in vita ,s4 ,ant4         
,footnote #adj3 ,theod4 l4 #a1 hist4    
cap4    ,footnote #ada3 ,vid4 ,volate1  
lovium ,aemilium l4 #h1 ,blond4 l4 #i de
 #b4    ,footnote #adb3 ,clem4 l4 #a1   
recog4    ,footnote #adc3 ,iren4 l4 #a1 
c4 #b4    ,footnote #add3 ,cypr4 ep4 ad 
,iubatam et l4 #d ep4 #b4    ,footnote  
#ade3 ,theod4 de fab4 haeret4           
,footnote #adf3 ,aug4 haer4 #df1 #ec1   
#ed4    ,footnote #adg3 ,epiph4 haer4   
#ge4    ,footnote #adh3 ,aug4 haer4 #ed4
    ,footnote #adi3 ,socr4 l4 #b1 ,c4   
#bh4    ,footnote #aej3 ,hier4 in       
,iovin4 et ,vigilant42 ,aug4 haer4 #hb4 
,footnote #aea3 ,vid4 ,tert4 de         
praescr42 ,aug4 l4 #b de  doctr4 christ4
 c4 #h4    ,footnote #aeb3 #a ,cor4 i4  
#ac4    ,footnote #aec3 #a ,reg4 v4 #d4 
,,translator',s ,,preface4    ,this is  
no dry controversial divinity1 but a    
sort of illuminated  copy of theses1 the

 call of a knight's trumpet challenging 
his  antagonist to come forth4 ,the ,ten
 ,reasons represent the ten  theses1    
which ,edmund ,campion would fain have  
maintained in the  ,divinity ,school at 
,oxford against all comers1 sharing1 as 
he did  to the full1 the passion which  
his age felt and seems entirely to  have
 lost1 for such intellectual            
tournaments1 as the natural  means to   
bring out the truth and compose         
religious differences4  ,the reader1    
then1 must not be surprised to find in  
this little  work quite as much of      
rhetoric as of logic2 if he is          
unfriendly1  he may say considerably    
more4 ,nor1 if he knows anything of the 
controversial methods of the sixteenth  
century1 will he be  surprised at the   
vehemence of the language4 ,compared    
with his  opponents1 ,luther for        
example1 ,edmund ,campion is mere milk  
and  honey4 ,his book made a great stir3
 it is what a successful book  must be1 
instinct with the spirit of the age in  

which and for  which it was written4    
,the ,protestant answer to the ,ten     
,reasons was not given in the  ,divinity
 ,school at ,oxford4 ,it was the rack in
 the ,tower1 and the  gibbet at ,tyburn2
 and that answer was returned ere the   
year was out4    ,j4,r4    ,pope's      
,hall1 ,oxford    ,may #aiaj            
,,preface4    ,edmund ,campion1 to the  
,learned ,members of the ,universities  
of  ,oxford and ,cambridge1 ,greeting4  
,last year1 ,gentlemen1 when in         
accordance with my calling in life  ,i  
returned under orders to this ,island1  
,i found on the shore of  ,england not a
 little wilder waves than those ,i had  
recently left  behind the in the        
,british ,seas4 ,as thereupon ,i made my
 way into  the interior of ,england1 ,i 
had no more familiar sight than that  of
 unusual executions1 no greater         
certainty than the uncertainty  of      
threatening dangers4 ,i gathered my wits
 together as best ,i  could1 remembering
 the cause which ,i was serving and the 

times in  which ,i lived4 ,and lest ,i  
might perhaps be arrested before ,i had 
got a hearing from any one1 ,i at once  
put my purpose in writing1  stating who 
,i was1 what was my errand1 what war ,i 
thought of  declaring and upon whom4 ,i 
kept the original document on my        
person1 that it might be taken with me1 
if ,i were taken4 ,i  deposited a copy  
with a friend1 and this copy1 without my
  knowledge1 was shown to many4         
,adversaries took very ill the          
publication of the paper4 ,what they    
particularly disliked and  blamed was my
 having offered to hold the field alone 
against all  comers in this matter of   
religion1 though to be sure ,i should   
not  have been alone had ,i disputed    
under a public safe conduct4  ,hanmer   
and ,chartres have replied to my        
demands4 ,what is the  tenour of their  
reply8 ,all off the point4 ,the only    
honest answer  for them to give is one  
they will never give3 ,we embrace the   
conditions1 the ,queen pledges her word1

 come at once4 ,meanwhile  they fill the
 air with their cries3 ,your conspiracy6
 your  seditious proceedings6 your      
arrogance6 traitor6 aye marry1  traitor6
 ,the whole thing is absurd4 ,these men 
are not fools3 why  are they wasting    
their pains and damaging their own      
reputation8  ,nevertheless1 in reply to 
these two gentlemen 7one of whom has    
chosen my paper to run at for his       
amusement1 the other more  maliciously  
has confused the whole issue7 there has 
recently been  presented a very clear   
memorial setting forth all that need be 
said about our ,society and their       
calumnies and the part that we  are     
taking4 ,the only course left open to me
 7since as ,i see1 it  is tortures1 not 
academic disputations1 that the         
high-priests are  making ready7 was to  
make good to you the account of my      
conduct2  to show you the chief heads   
and point my finger to the sources  from
 whence ,i derive this confidence2 to   
exhort you also1 as it  is your concern 

above others1 to give to this business  
that  attention which ,christ1 the      
,church1 the ,common ,weal1 and your own
  salvation demand of you4 ,if it were  
confidence in my own talents1           
erudition1 art1 reading1 memory1 that   
led me to challenge all the  skill that 
could be brought against me1 then were  
,i the vainest  and proudest of mortals1
 not having considered either myself or 
my opponents4 ,but if1 with my cause    
before my eyes1 ,i thought  myself      
competent to show that the sun here     
shines at noon-day1  you ought to allow 
in me that heat which the honour of     
,jesus  ,christ1 my ,king1 and the      
unconquered force of truth have put upon
  me4 ,you know how in ,marcus          
,tullius's speech for ,publius          
,quintius1  when ,roscius promised that 
he should win the case if he could  make
 out by arguments that a journey of #gjj
 miles had not been  accomplished in two
 days1 ,cicero not only had no fear of  
all the  force of the pleading of the   

opposing counsel1 ,hortensius1 but      
could not have been afraid even of      
greater orators than  ,hortensius1 men  
of the stamp of ,cotta and ,antonius and
 ,crassus1  whose reputation for        
speaking he set higher than that of all 
other men3 for truth does sometimes     
stand out in so clear a light  that no  
artifice of word or deed can hide it4   
,now the case on our  side is clearer   
even than that position of ,roscius4 ,i 
have only  to evince this1 that there is
 a ,heaven1 that there is a ,god1 that  
there is a ,faith1 that there is a      
,christ1 and ,i have gained my  cause4  
,standing on such ground should ,i not  
pluck up heart8 ,i may  be killed1      
beaten ,i cannot be4 ,i take my stand on
 those ,doctors1  whom that ,spirit has 
instructed who is neither deceived nor  
overcome4 ,i beg of you1 consent to be  
saved4 ,of those from whom ,i  obtain   
this consent ,i expect without the least
 doubt that all the  rest will follow4  
,only give yourselves up to take        

interest in  this inquiry1 entreat      
,christ1 add efforts of your own1 and   
certainly you will perceive how the case
 lies1 how our  adversaries are in      
despair1 and ourselves so solidly       
founded that  we cannot but desire this 
conflict with serene and high courage4  
,i am brief here1 because ,i address you
 in the rest of my  discourse4          
,farewell4    ,,first ,,reason    ,,holy
 ,,writ    ,of the many signs that tell 
of the adversaries' mistrust of their   
own cause1 none declares it so loudly as
 the shameful outrage  they put upon the
 majesty of the ,holy ,bible4 ,after    
they have  dismissed with scorn the     
utterances and suffrages of the rest of 
the witnesses1 they are nevertheless    
brought to such straits that  they      
cannot hold their own otherwise than by 
laying violent hands  on the divine     
volumes themselves1 thereby showing     
beyond all  question that they are      
brought to their last stand1 and are    
having recourse to the hardest and most 

extreme of expedients to  retrieve their
 desperate and ruined fortunes4 ,what   
induced the  ,manichees to tear out the 
,gospel of ,matthew and the ,acts of the
  ,apostles8 ,despair4 ,for these       
volumes were a torment to men who       
denied ,christ's birth of a ,virgin1 and
 who pretended that the  ,spirit then   
first descended upon ,christians when   
their peculiar  ,paraclete1 a           
good-for-nothing ,persian1 made his     
appearance4 ,what  induced the          
,ebionites to reject all ,st4 ,paul's   
,epistles8 ,despair4  ,for while those  
,letters kept their credit1 the custom  
of  circumcision1 which these men had   
reintroduced1 was set aside as  an      
anachronism4 ,what induced that         
crime-laden apostate ,luther to  call   
the ,epistle of ,james contentious1     
turgid1 arid1 a thing of  straw1 and    
unworthy of the ,apostolic spirit8      
,despair4 ,for by this  writing the     
wretched man's argument of righteousness
 consisting  in faith alone was stabbed 

through and rent assunder4 ,what        
induced ,luther's whelps to expunge     
off-hand from the genuine  canon of     
,scripture1 ,tobias1 ,ecclesiasticus1   
,maccabees1 and1 for  hatred of these1  
several other books involved in the same
 false  charge8 ,despair4 ,for by these 
,oracles they are most manifestly       
confuted whenever they argue about the  
patronage of ,angels1 about  free will1 
about the faithful departed1 about the  
intercession of  ,saints4 ,is it        
possible8 ,so much perversity1 so much  
audacity8  ,after trampling underfoot   
,church1 ,councils1 ,episcopal ,sees1   
,fathers1 ,martyrs1 ,potentates1        
,peoples1 ,laws1 ,universities1         
,histories1 all vestiges of ,antiquity  
and ,sanctity1 and declaring  that they 
would settle their disputes by the      
written word of ,god  alone1 to think   
that they should have emasculated that  
same ,word1  which alone was left1 by   
cutting out of the whole body so many   
excellent and goodly parts6 ,seven whole

 books1 to ignore lesser  diminutions1  
have the ,calvinists cut out of the ,old
 ,testament4  ,the ,lutherans take away 
the ,epistle of ,james besides1 and1 in 
their dislike of that1 five other       
,epistles1 about which there had  been  
controversy of old in certain places and
 times4 ,to the  number of these the    
latest authorities at ,geneva add the   
book of  ,esther and about three        
chapters of ,daniel1 which their        
fellow-disciples1 the ,anabaptists1 had 
some time before condemned  and derided4
 ,how much greater was the modesty of   
,augustine 7,de  doct4 ,christ4 lib4 #b1
 c4 #h471 who1 in making his catalogue  
of  the ,sacred ,books1 did not take for
 his rule the ,hebrew ,alphabet1  like  
the ,jews1 nor private judgment1 like   
the ,sectaries1 but that  ,spirit       
wherewith ,christ animates the whole    
,church4 ,the ,church1  the guardian of 
this treasure1 not its mistress 7as     
heretics  falsely make out71 vindicated 
publicly in former times by very        

ancient ,councils this entire treasure1 
which the ,council of ,trent  has taken 
up and embraced4 ,augustine also in a   
special discussion  on one small portion
 of ,scripture cannot bring himself to  
think  that any man's rash murmuring    
should be permitted to thrust out  of   
the ,canon the book of ,wisdom1 which   
even in his time had  obtained a sure   
place as a well-authenticated and       
,canonical book  in the reckoning of the
 ,church1 the judgment of ages1 the     
testimony of ancients1 and the sense of 
the faithful4 ,what would  he say now if
 he were alive on earth1 and saw men    
like ,luther and  ,calvin manufacturing 
,bibles1 filing down ,old and ,new      
,testament  with a neat pretty little   
file of their own1 setting aside1 not   
the book of wisdom alone1 but with it   
very many others from the  list of      
,canonical ,books8 ,thus whatever does  
not come out from  their shop1 by a mad 
decree1 is liable to be1 spat upon by   
all as  a rude and barbarous            

composition4 ,they who have stooped to  
this  dire and execrable way of saving  
themselves surely are beaten1           
overthrown1 and flung rolling in the    
dust1 for all their fine  praises that  
are in the mouths of their admirers1 for
 all their  traffic in priesthoods1 for 
all their bawling in pulpits1 for all   
their sentencing of ,catholics to       
chains1 rack and gallows4 ,seated  in   
their armchairs as censors1 as though   
any one had elected them  to that       
office1 they seize their pens and mark  
passages as  spurious even in ,god's own
 ,holy ,writ1 putting their pens through
  whatever they cannot stomach4 ,can any
 fairly educated man be  afraid of      
battalions of such enemies8 ,if in the  
midst of your  learned body they had    
recourse to such trickster's arts1      
calling  like wizards upon their        
familiar spirit1 you would shout at     
them1--you would stamp your feet at     
them4 ,for instance ,i would  ask them  
what right they have to rend and        

mutilate the body of  the ,bible4 ,they 
would answer that they do not cut out   
true  ,scriptures1 but prune away       
supposititious accretions4 ,by          
authority of what judge8 ,by the ,holy  
,ghost4 ,this is the answer  prescribed 
by ,calvin 7,instit4 lib4 ,i1 c4 #g71   
for escaping  this judgment of the      
,church whereby spirits of prophesy are 
examined4 ,why then do some of you tear 
out one piece of  ,scripture1 and others
 another1 whereas you all boast of being
 led  by the same ,spirit8 ,the ,spirit 
of the ,calvinists receives six         
,epistles which do not please the       
,lutheran ,spirit1 both all the  while  
in full confidence reposing on the ,holy
 ,ghost4 ,the  ,anabaptists call the    
book of ,job a fable1 intermixed with   
tragedy  and comedy4 ,how do they know8 
,the ,spirit has taught them4 ,whereas  
the ,song of ,solomon is admired by     
,catholics as a paradise of the  soul1 a
 hidden manna1 and rich delight in      
,christ1 ,castalio1 a  lewd rogue1 has  

reckoned it nothing better than a       
love-song about  a mistress1 and an     
amorous conversation with ,court        
flunkeys4  ,whence drew he that         
intimation8 ,from the ,spirit4 ,in the  
,apocalypse of ,john1 every jot and     
tittle of which ,jerane declares  to    
bear some lofty and magnificent meaning1
 ,luther and ,brent and  ,kemnitz1      
critics hard to please1 find something  
wanting1 and are  inclined to throw over
 the whole book4 ,whom have they        
consulted8  ,the ,spirit4 ,luther with  
preposterous heat pits the ,four        
,gospels  one against another 7,praef4  
in ,nov4 ,test471 and far prefers       
,paul's ,epistles to the first three1   
while he declares the ,gospel  of ,st4  
,john above the rest to be beautiful1   
true1 and worthy of  mention in the     
first place1--thereby enrolling even the
 ,apostles1  so far as in him lay1 as   
having a hand in his quarrels4 ,who     
taught him to do that8 ,the ,spirit4    
,nay this imp of a friar has  not       

hesitated in petulant style to assail   
,luke's ,gospel because  therein good   
and virtuous works are frequently       
commended to us4  ,whom did he consult8 
,the ,spirit4 ,theodore ,beza has dared 
to carp  at1 as a corruption and        
perversion of the original1 that        
mystical  word from the twenty-second   
chapter of ,luke1 this is the  chalice1 
the new testament in my blood1 which    
7chalice7 shall  be shed for you ,greek3
 potaerion ekchunomenon1 because this   
language admits of no explanation other 
than that of the wine in  the chalice   
being converted into the true blood of  
,christ4 ,who  pointed that out8 ,the   
,spirit4 ,in short1 in believing all    
things  every man in the faith of his   
own spirit1 they horribly belie and     
blaspheme the name of the ,holy ,ghost4 
,so acting1 do they not give  themselves
 away8 are they not easily refuted8 ,in 
an assembly of  learned men1 such as    
yours1 ,gentlemen of the ,university1   
are they  not caught and throttled      

without trouble8 ,should ,i be afraid on
  behalf of the ,catholic faith to      
dispute with these men1 who have        
handled with the utmost ill faith not   
human but heavenly  utterances8 ,i say  
nothing here of their perverse versions 
of  ,scripture1 though ,i could accuse  
them in this respect of  intolerable    
doings4 ,i will not take the bread out  
of the mouth of  that great linguist1 my
 fellow-,collegian1 ,gregory ,martin1   
who  will do this work with more        
learning and abundance of detail than   
,i could2 nor from others whom ,i       
understand already to have that  task in
 hand4 ,more wicked and more abominable 
is the crime that ,i  am now            
prosecuting1 that there have been found 
upstart ,doctors  who have made a       
drunken onslaught on the handwriting    
that is of  heaven2 who have given      
judgment against it as being in many    
places defiled1 defective1 false1       
surreptitious2 who have  corrected some 
passages1 tampered with others2 torn out

 others2  who have converted every      
bulwark wherewith it was guarded into   
,lutheran spirits1 what ,i may call     
phantom ramparts and parted  walls4 ,all
 this they have done that they might not
 be utterly  dumbfounded by falling upon
 ,scripture texts contrary to their     
errors1 texts which they would have     
found it as hard to get over  as to     
swallow hot ashes or chew stones4 ,this 
then has been my  ,first ,reason1 a     
strong and a just one4 ,by revealing the
 shadowy  and broken powers of the      
adverse faction1 it has certainly given 
new courage to a ,christian man1 not    
unversed in these studies1 to  fight for
 the ,letters ,patent of the ,eternal   
,king against the  remnant of a routed  
foe4    ,,second ,,reason    ,,the      
,,sense ,,of ,,holy ,,writ    ,another  
thing to incite me to the encounter1 and
 to disparage in  my eyes the poor      
forces of the enemy1 is the habit of    
mind which  they continually display in 
their exposition of the ,scriptures1    

full of deceit1 void of wisdom4 ,as     
philosophers1 you would seize  these    
points at once4 ,therefore ,i have      
desired to have you for my  audience4   
,suppose1 for example1 we ask our       
adversaries on what  ground they have   
concocted that novel and sectarian      
opinion which  banishes ,christ from the
 ,mystic ,supper4 ,if they name the     
,gospel1  we meet them promptly4 ,on our
 side are the words1 this is my  body1  
this is my blood4 ,this language seemed 
to ,luther himself  so forcible1 that   
for all his strong desire to turn       
,zwinglian1  thinking by that means to  
make it most awkward for the ,pope1     
nevertheless he was caught and fast     
bound by this most open  context1 and   
gave in to it 7,luther1 epistol4 ad     
,argent471 and  confessed ,christ truly 
present in the ,most ,holy ,sacrament no
 less  unwillingly than the demons of   
old1 overcome by ,his miracles1  cried  
aloud that ,he was ,christ1 the ,son of 
,god4 ,well then1 the  written text     

gives us the advantage3 the dispute now 
turns on the  sense of what is written4 
,let us examine this from the words in  
the context1 my body which is given for 
you1 my blood which hall  be shed for   
many4 ,still the explanation on         
,calvin's side is most  hard1 on ours   
easy and quite plain4    ,what further8 
,compare the ,scriptures1 they say1 one 
with another4  ,by all means4 ,the      
,gospels agree1 ,paul concurs4 ,the     
words1 the  clauses1 the whole sentence 
reverently repeat living bread1  signal 
miracle1 heavenly food1 flesh1 body1    
blood4 ,there is  nothing enigmatical1  
nothing befogged with a mist of words4  
,still  our adversaries hold on and make
 no end of altercation4 ,what are  we to
 do8 ,i presume1 ,antiquity should be   
heard2 and what we1 two  parties suspect
 of one another1 cannot settle1 let it  
be settled  by the decision of venerable
 ancient men of all past ages1 as  being
 nearer ,christ and further removed from
 this contention4  ,they cannot stand   

that1 they protest that they are being  
betrayed1 they appeal to the word of    
,god pure and simple1 they  turn away   
from the comments of men4 ,treacherous  
and fatuous  excuse4 ,we urge the word  
of ,god1 they darken the meaning of it4 
,we appeal to the witness of the ,saints
 as interpreters1 they  withstand them4 
,in short their position is that there  
shall be no  trial1 unless you stand by 
the judgment of the accused party4 ,and 
so they behave in every controversy     
which we start4 ,on infused  grace1 on  
inherent justice1 on the visible        
,church1 on the  necessity of ,baptism1 
on ,sacraments and ,sacrifice1 on the   
merits  of the good1 on hope and fear1  
on the difference of guilt in  sins1 on 
the authority of ,peter1 on the keys1 on
 vows1 on the  evangelical counsels1 on 
other such points1 we ,catholics have   
cited and discussed ,scripture texts not
 a few1 and of much  weight1 everywhere 
in books1 in meetings1 in churches1 in  
the  ,divinity ,school3 they have eluded

 them4 ,we have brought to bear  upon   
them the scholia of the ancients1 ,greek
 and ,latin3 they  have refused them4   
,what then is their refuge8 ,doctor     
,martin  ,luther1 or else ,philip       
7,melancthon71 or anyhow ,zwingle1 or   
beyond  doubt ,calvin and ,besa have    
faithfully laid down the facts4 ,can ,i 
suppose any of you to be so dull of     
sense as not to perceive this  artifice 
when he is told of it8 ,wherefore ,i    
must confess how  earnestly ,i long for 
the ,university ,schools as a place     
where1  with you looking on1 ,i could   
call those carpet-knights out of  their 
delicious retreats into the heat and    
dust of action1 and  break their power1 
not by any strength of my own1--for ,i  
am not  comparable1 not one per cent41  
with the rest of our people2--but  by   
force of strong case and most certain   
truth4    ,,third ,,reason    ,,the     
,,nature ,,of ,,the ,,church    ,at     
hearing the name of the ,church the     
enemy has turned pale4  ,still he has   

devised some explanation which ,i wish  
you to notice1  that you may observe the
 ruinous and poverty-stricken estate of 
falsehood4 ,he was well aware that in   
the ,scriptures1 as well of  ,prophets  
as of ,apostles1 everywhere there is    
made honourable  mention of the ,church3
 that it is called the holy city1 the   
fruitful vine1 the high mountain1 the   
straight way1 the only  dove1 the       
kingdom of heaven1 the spouse and body  
of ,christ1 the  ground of truth1 the   
multitude to whom the ,spirit has been  
promised and into whom ,he breathes all 
truths that make for  salvation2 her on 
whom1 taken as a whole1 the devil's jaws
 are  never to inflict a deadly bite2   
her against whom whoever rebels1        
however much he preach ,christ with his 
mouth1 has no more hold on  ,christ than
 the publican or the heathen4 ,such a   
loud  pronouncement he dared not        
gainsay2 he would not seem rebellious   
against a ,church of which the          
,scriptures make such frequent  mention3

 so he cunningly kept the name1 while by
 his definition  he utterly abolished   
the thing1 ,he has depicted the ,church 
with  such properties as altogether hide
 her away1 and leave her open  to the   
secret gaze of a very few men1 as though
 she were removed  from the senses1 like
 a ,platonic ,idea4 ,they only could    
discern  her1 who by a singular         
inspiration had got the faculty of      
grasping with their intelligence this   
aerial body1 and with keen  eye         
regarding the members of such a company4
    ,what has become of candour and     
straightforwardness8 ,what  ,scripture  
texts or ,scripture meanings or         
authorities of ,fathers  thus portray   
the ,church8 ,there are letters of      
,christ to the  ,asiatic ,churches      
7,apoc4 i4 #c71 letters of ,peter1      
,paul1 ,john1 and  others to various    
,churches2 frequent mention in the ,acts
 of the  ,apostles of the origin and    
spread of ,churches4 ,what of these     
,churches8 ,were they visible to ,god   

alone and holy men1 or to  ,christians  
of every rank and degree8 ,but1         
doubtless1 necessity  is a hard weapon4 
,pardon these subterfuges4 ,throughout  
the whole  course of fifteen centuries  
these men find neither town1 village    
nor household professing their doctrine1
 until an unhappy monk  by an incestuous
 marriage had deflowered a virgin vowed 
to ,god1  or a ,swiss gladiator had     
conspired against his country1 or a     
branded runaway had occupied ,geneva4   
,these people1 if they want  to have a  
,church at all1 are compelled to crack  
up a ,church all  hidden away2 and to   
claim parents whom they themselves have 
never known1 and no mortal has ever set 
eyes on1 ,perhaps they  glory in the    
ancestry of men whom every one knows to 
have been  heretics1 such as ,aerius1   
,jovinianus1 ,vigilantius1 ,helvidius1  
,berengarius1 the ,waldenses1 the       
,lollards1 ,wycliffe1 ,huss1 of  whom   
they have begged sundry poisonous       
fragments of dogmas4  ,wonder not that  

,i have no fear of their empty talk3    
once ,i can  meet them in the noon-day1 
,i shall have no trouble in dispelling  
such vapourings4 ,our conversation with 
them would take this  line4 ,tell me1 do
 you subscribe to the ,church which     
flourished  in bygone ages8 ,certainly4 
,let us traverse1 then1 different       
countries and periods4 ,what ,church8   
,the assembly of the  faithful4 ,what   
faithful8 ,their names are unknown1 but 
it is  certain that there have been many
 of them4 ,certain8 to whom is  it      
certain8 ,to ,god ,who says so6 ,we1 who
 have been taught of  ,god--stuff and   
nonsense1 how am ,i to believe it8 ,if  
you had the  fire of faith in you1 you  
would know it as well as you know you   
are alive4 ,let in as spectators1 could 
you withhold your  laughter8 ,to think  
that all ,christians should be bidden to
 join  the ,church2 to beware of being  
cut down by the spiritual sword2  to    
keep peace in the house of ,god2 to     
trust their soul to the  ,church as to  

the pillar of truth2 to lay all their   
complaints  before the ,church2 to hold 
for heathen all who are cast out of  the
 ,church2 and that nevertheless so many 
men for so many  centuries should not   
know where the ,church is or who belong 
to  it6 ,this much only they prate in   
the darkness1 that wherever the  ,church
 is1 only ,saints and persons destined  
for heaven are  contained in it4 ,hence 
it follows that whoever wishes to       
withdraw himself from the authority of  
his ecclesiastical  superior has only to
 persuade himself that the priest has   
fallen  into sin and is quite cut off   
from the ,church4 ,knowing as ,i did    
that the adversaries were inventing     
these fictions1 contrary to  the        
customary sense of the ,churches in all 
ages1 and that1  having lost the whole  
substance1 they still wished in their   
difficulties to retain the name1 ,i took
 comfort in the thought  of your        
sagacity1 and so promised myself that1  
as soon as ever  you had cognisance of  

such artifices by their own confession1 
you would at once like men of mark and  
intelligence rend asunder  the web of   
foolish sophistry woven for your        
undoing4    ,,fourth ,,reason           
,,councils    ,in the infant ,church a  
grave question about lawful ceremonies1 
which troubled the minds of believers1  
was solved by the  gathering of a       
,council of ,apostles and elders4 ,the  
,children  believed their parents1 the  
sheep their shepherds1 commanding in    
their words1 ,it hath seemed good to the
 ,holy ,ghost and to us  7,acts xv74    
,there followed for the extirpation of  
various heresies  in various several    
ages1 four ,oecumenical ,councils of the
  ancients1 the doctrine whereof was so 
well established that a  thousand years 
ago 7see ,st4 ,gregory the ,great's     
,epistles1 lib4 i4  cap4 #bd7 singular  
honour was paid to it as to an utterance
 of  ,god4 ,i will travel no further    
abroad4 ,even in our home1 in           
,parliament 7ann4 #a ,elisabeth71 the   

same ,councils keep their  former right 
and their dignity inviolate4 ,these ,i  
will cite1 and  ,i will call thee1      
,england1 my sweet country1 to witness4 
,if1 as  thou professest1 thou wilt     
reverence these four ,councils1 thou    
shalt give chief honour to the ,bishop  
of the first ,see1 that is  to ,peter3  
thou shalt recognise on the altar the   
unbloody  sacrifice of the ,body and    
,blood of ,christ3 thou shalt beseech   
the  blessed martyrs and all the saints 
to intercede with ,christ on  thy       
behalf3 thou shalt restrain womanish    
apostates from unnatural  vice and      
public incest3 thou shalt do many things
 that thou art  undoing1 and wish undone
 much that thou art doing4 ,furthermore1
 ,i  promise and undertake to show1 when
 opportunity offers1 that the  ,synods  
of other ages1 and notably the ,synod of
 ,trent1 have been  of the same         
authority and credence as the first4    
,armed therefore  with the strong and   
choice support of all the ,councils1 why

  should ,i not enter into this arena   
with calmness and presence of  mind1    
watchful to keep an eye on my adversary 
and see on what  point he will show     
himself8 ,i will produce testimonies    
most  evident that he cannot wrest      
aside4 ,possibly he will take to        
scolding1 and endeavour to talk against 
time1 but he will not  elude the eyes   
and ears of men who will watch him hard1
 as you  will do1 if you are the men ,i 
take you for4 ,but if there shall be    
any one found so stark mad as to set his
 single self up as a  match for the     
senators of the world1 men whose        
greatness1  holiness1 learning and      
antiquity is beyond all exception1 ,i   
shall  be glad to look upon that face of
 impudence2 and when ,i have  shown it  
to you1 ,i will leave the rest to your  
own thoughts4  ,meanwhile ,i will say   
thus much3 ,the man who refuses         
consideration  and weight to a ,plenary 
,council1 brought to a conclusion in due
  and orderly fashion1 seems to me      

witless1 brainless1 a dullard in        
theology1 and a fool in politics4 ,if   
ever the ,spirit of ,god has  shone upon
 the ,church1 then surely is the time   
for the sending of  divine aid1 when the
 most manifest religiousness1 ripeness  
of  judgment1 science1 wisdom1 dignity  
of all the ,churches on earth  have     
flocked together in one city1 and with  
employment of all  means1 divine and    
human1 for the investigation of truth1  
implore  the promised ,spirit that they 
may make wholesome and prudent  decrees4
 ,let there now leap to the front some  
mannikin master of  an heretical        
faction1 let him arch his eyebrows1 turn
 up his  nose1 rub his forehead1 and    
scurrilously take upon himself to  judge
 his judges1 what sport1 what ridicule  
will he excite6 ,there  was found a     
,luther to say that he preferred to     
,councils the  opinions of two godly and
 learned men 7say his own and ,philip   
,melanchthon's7 when they agreed in the 
name of ,christ4 ,oh what  quackery6    

,there was found a ,kemnitz to try the  
,council of ,trent  by the standard of  
his own rude and giddy humour4 ,what    
gained he  thereby8 ,infamy4 ,while he1 
unless he takes care1 shall be buried   
with ,arius1 the ,synod of ,trent1 the  
older it grows1 shall  flourish the     
more1 day by day1 and year by year4     
,good ,god6 what  variety of nations1   
what a choice assembly of ,bishops of   
the  whole world1 what a splendid       
representation of ,kings and            
,commonwealths1 what a quintessence of  
theologians1 what sanctity1  what tears1
 what fears1 what flowers of            
,universities1 what  tongues1 what      
subtlety1 what labour1 what infinite    
reading1 what  wealth of virtues and of 
studies filled that august sanctuary6 ,i
  have myself heard ,bishops1 eminent   
and prudent men1--and among  them       
,antony1 ,archbishop of ,prague1 by whom
 ,i was made  ,priest1--exulting that   
they had attended such a school for some
  years2 so that1 much as they owed to  

,kaiser ,ferdinand1 they  considered    
that he had shown them no more royal and
 abundant  bounty than this of sending  
them to sit in that ,academy of ,trent  
as ,legates from ,bohemia4 ,the ,kaiser 
understood this1 and on their  return he
 welcomed them with the words1 ,we have 
kept you at a  good school4 ,invited as 
our adversaries have been under a safe  
conduct1 why have they not hastened     
thither1 publicly to refute  those      
against whom they go on quacking like   
frogs from their  holes8 ,they broke    
their promise to ,huss and ,jerome1 is  
their  reply4 ,who broke it8 ,the       
,fathers of the ,council of ,constance4 
,it is false2 they never gave any       
promise4 ,but anyhow1 not even  ,huss   
would have been punished had not the    
perfidious and  pestilent fellow been   
brought back from that flight which the 
,emperor ,sigusmund had forbidden him   
under pain of death2 had he  not        
violated the conditions which he had    
agreed to in writing  with the ,kaiser  

and thereby nullified all the value of  
that  safe-conduct4 ,huss's hasty       
wickedness played him false4 ,for1      
having instigated deeds of savage       
violence in his native ,bohemia1  and   
being bidden thereupon to present       
himself at ,constance1 he  despised the 
prerogative of the ,council1 and sought 
his  safe-conduct of the ,kaiser4       
,caesar signed it2 the ,christian       
world1 greater than ,caesar1 cancelled  
the signature4 ,the  heresiarch refused 
to return to a sound mind1 and so       
perished4 ,as  for ,jerome of ,prague1  
he came to ,constance protected by no   
one2  he was detected and arraigned2 he 
spoke in his own behalf1 was  treated   
very kindly1 went free whither he would2
 he was healed1  abjured his heresy1    
relapsed1 and was burnt4 ,why do they so
 often  drag out one case in a thousand8
 ,let them read their own annals4       
,martin ,luther himself1 that           
abomination of ,god and men1 was put  in
 court at ,augsburg before ,cardinal    

,cajetan3 there did he not  belch out   
all he could1 and then depart in safety1
 fortified with  a letter of            
,maximilian8 ,likewise1 when he was     
summoned to ,worms1  and had against him
 the ,kaiser and most of the ,princes of
 the  ,empire1 was he not safe under the
 protection of the ,kaiser's  word8     
,lastly1 at the ,diet of ,augsburg1 in  
presence of ,charles ,v41  an enemy of  
heretics1 flushed with victory1 master  
of the  situation1 did not the heads of 
the ,lutherans and ,zwinglians1  under  
truce1 present their ,confessions1 so   
frequently re-edited1  and depart in    
peace8 ,not otherwise had the letter    
from ,trent  provided most ample        
safe-guards for the adversary2 he would 
not  take advantage of them4 ,the fact  
is1 he airs his condition in  corners1  
where he expects to figure as a sage by 
coming out with  three words of ,greek3 
he shrinks from the light1 which should 
place him in the number of men of       
letters lilleratorum  transcribers note3

 the ,latin is interpolated into the    
translation here and call him to sit in 
honourable place4 ,let  them obtain for 
,english ,catholics such a written      
promise of  impunity1 if they love the  
salvation of souls4 ,we will not raise  
the instance of ,huss3 relying on the   
,sovereign's word1 we will  fly to      
,court4 ,but1 to return to the point    
whence ,i digressed1 the  ,general      
,councils are mine1 the first1 the last1
 and those  between4 ,with them ,i will 
fight4 ,let the adversary look for a    
javelin hurled with force1 which he will
 never be able to pluck  out4 ,let      
,satan be overthrown in him1 and ,christ
 live4    ,,fifth ,,reason    ,,fathers 
,at ,antioch1 in which city the noble   
surname of ,christians first  became    
common1 there flourished ,doctors1 that 
is1 eminent  theologians1 and ,prophets1
 that is1 very celebrated preachers     
7,acts xiii4 #a74 ,of this sort were the
 scribes and wise men1  learned in the  
kingdom of ,god1 bringing forth new     

things and old  7,matth4 xiii4 #eb2     
xxiii4 #cd71 knowing ,christ and ,moses1
 whom the  ,lord promised to ,his future
 flock4 ,what a wicked thing it is to   
scout these teachers1 given as they are 
by way of a mighty boon6  ,the adversary
 has scouted them4 ,why8 ,because their 
standing means  his fall4 ,having found 
that out for certain beyond doubt1 ,i   
have  asked for a fight unqualified1 not
 that sham-fight in which the  crowds in
 the street engage1 and skirmish with   
one another1 but  the earnest and keen  
struggle in which we join in the arena  
of  yon philosophers1       ,foot to    
foot1 and man close gripping man4    ,if
 ever we shall be allowed to turn to the
 ,fathers1 the battle is  lost and won3 
they are as thoroughly ours as is       
,gregory ,,xiii4  himself1 the loving   
,father of the children of the ,church4 
,to say  nothing of isolated passages1  
which are gathered from the records  of 
the ancients1 apt and clear statements  
in defence of our  faith1 we hold entire

 volumes of these ,fathers1 which       
professedly  illustrate in clear and    
abundant light the ,gospel religion     
which  we defend4 ,take the twofold     
,hierarchy of the martyr ,dionysius1    
what classes1 what sacrifices1 what     
rites does he teach8 ,this  fact struck 
,luther so forcibly that he pronounced  
the works of  this ,father to be such   
stuff as dreams are made of1 and that of
  the most pernicious kind4 ,in         
imitation of his parent1 an obscure     
,frenchman1 ,caussee1 has not hesitated 
to call this ,dionysius1 the  ,apostle  
of an illustrious nation1 an old dotard4
 ,ignatius has  given grievous offence  
to the ,centuriators of ,magdeburg1 as  
also  to ,calvin1 so that these men1 the
 offscouring of mankind1 have  noted in 
his works unsightly blemishes and       
tasteless prosings4  ,in their judgment1
 ,irenaeus has brought out a fanatical  
production3 ,clement1 the author of the 
,stromata1 has produced  ,tares and     
dregs3 the other ,fathers of this age1  

,apostolic men  to be sure1 have left   
blasphemies and monstrosities to        
posterity4 ,in ,tertullian they eagerly 
seize upon what they have  learned from 
us1 in common with us1 to detest2 but   
they should  remember that his book ,on 
,prescriptions1 which has so signally   
smitten the heretics of our times1 was  
never found fault with4  ,how finely1   
how1 clearly1 has ,hippolytus1 ,bishop  
of ,porto pointed  out beforehand the   
power of ,antichrist1 the times of      
,luther6 ,they  call him1 therefore1 a  
most babyish writer1 an owl4 ,cyprian1  
the delight and glory of ,africa1 that  
,french critic ,caussee1 and  the       
,centuriators of ,magdeburg1 have termed
 stupid1 ,god-forsaken  corrupter of    
repentance4 ,what harm has he done8 ,he 
has written  ,on ,virgins1 ,on the      
,lapsed1 ,on the ,unity of the ,church1 
such  treatises as also such letters to 
,cornelius1 the ,roman ,pontiff1  that1 
unless credence be withdrawn from this  
,martyr1 ,peter ,martyr  ,vermilius and 

all his associates must count for worse 
than  adulterers and men guilty of      
sacrilege4 ,and1 not to dwell longer  on
 individuals1 the ,fathers of this age  
are all condemned for  wonderful        
corruption of the doctrine of           
repentance4 ,how so8  ,because the      
austerity of the ,canons in vogue at    
that time is  particularly obnoxious to 
this plausible sect which1 better       
fitted for dining-rooms than for        
churches1 is wont to tickle  voluptuous 
ears and to sew cushions on every arm   
7,ezech4 xiii4  #ah74 ,take the next    
age1 what offence has that committed8   
,chrysostom and those ,fathers1         
forsooth1 have foully obscured the      
justice of faith4 ,gregory ,nazianzen   
whom the ancients called  eminently the 
,theologian1 is in the judgment of      
,caussee a  chatter-box1 who did not    
know what he was saying4 ,ambrose was   
under the spell of an evil demon4       
,jerome is as damnable as the  devil1   
injurious to the ,apostle1 a blasphemer1

 a wicked wretch4  ,to ,gregory         
,massow--,calvin alone is worth more    
than a hundred  ,augustines4 ,a hundred 
is a small number3 ,luther reckons      
nothing  of having against him a        
thousand ,augustines1 a thousand        
,cyprians1  a thousand ,churches4 ,i    
think ,i need not carry the matter      
further4 ,for when men rage against the 
above-mentioned ,fathers1  who can      
wonder at the impertinence of their     
language against  ,optatus1 ,hilary1 the
 two ,cyrils1 ,epiphanius1 ,basil1      
,vincent1  ,fulgentius1 ,leo1 and the   
,roman ,gregory4 ,however1 if we grant  
any  just defence of an unjust cause1 ,i
 do not deny that the ,fathers  wherever
 you light upon them1 afford the party  
of our opponents  matter they needs must
 disagree with1 so long as they are     
consistent with themselves4 ,men who    
have appointed fast-days1 how  must they
 be minded in regard of ,basil1         
,gregory1 ,nazianzen1 ,leo1             
,chrysostom1 who have published telling 

sermons on ,lent and  prescribed days of
 fasting as things already in customary 
use8  ,men who have sold their souls for
 gold1 lust1 drunkenness and  ambitious 
display1 can they be other than most    
hostile to ,basil1  ,chrysostom1        
,jerome1 ,augustine1 whose excellent    
books are in the  hands of all1 treating
 of the institute1 rule1 and virtues of 
monks8 ,men who have carried the human  
will into captivity1 who  have abolished
 ,christian funerals1 who have burnt the
 relics of  ,saints1 can they possibly  
be reconciled to ,augustine1 who has    
composed three books on ,free ,will1 one
 on ,care for the ,dead1  besides sundry
 sermons and a long chapter in a noble  
work on the  ,miracles wrought at the   
,basilicas and ,monuments of the        
,martyrs8  ,men who measure faith by    
their own quips and quirks1 must they   
not be angry with ,augustine1 of whom   
there is extant a remarkable  ,letter   
against a ,manichean1 in which he       
professes himself to  assent to         

,antiquity1 to ,consent1 to ,perpetuity 
of ,succession1 and  to the ,church     
which1 alone among so many heresies1    
claims by  prescriptive right the name  
of ,catholic8    ,optatus1 ,bishop of   
,milevis1 refutes the ,donatist faction 
by  appeal to ,catholic communion3 he   
accuses their wickedness by  appeal to  
the decree of ,melchiades3 he convicts  
their heresy by  reference to the order 
of succession of ,roman ,pontiffs3 he   
lays  open their frenzy in their        
defilement of the ,eucharist and of     
schism3 he abhors their sacrilege in    
their breaking of altars on  which the  
members of ,christ are borne1 and their 
pollution of  chalices which have held  
the blood of ,christ4 ,i greatly desire 
to know what they think of ,optatus1    
whom ,augustine mentions as a  venerable
 ,catholic ,bishop1 the equal of        
,ambrose and of ,cyprian2  and          
,fulgentius as a holy and faithful      
interpreter of ,paul1 like  unto        
,augustine and ,ambrose4 ,they sing in  

their churches the ,creed  of           
,athanasius4 ,do they stand by him8     
,that grave anchor who has  written an  
elaborate book in praise of the         
,egyptian hermit  ,antony1 and who with 
the ,synod of ,alexandria suppliantly   
appealed  to the judgment of the        
,apostolic ,see1 the ,see of ,st4       
,peter4 ,how  often does ,prudentius in 
his ,hymns pray to the martyrs whose    
praises he sings6 how often at their    
ashes and bones does he  venerate the   
,king of ,martyrs6 ,will they approve   
his proceeding8  ,jerome writes against 
,vigilantius in defence of the relics of
 the  ,saints and the honours paid to   
them2 as also against ,jovinian for  the
 rank to be allowed to virginity4 ,will 
they endure him8  ,ambrose honoured his 
patron saints ,gervase and ,protase with
 a  most glorious solemnity by way of   
putting the ,arians to shame4  ,this    
action of his was praised by most godly 
,fathers1 and ,god  honoured it with    
more than one miracle4 ,are they going  

to take a  kindly view off ,ambrose     
here8 ,gregory the ,great1 our ,apostle1
 is  most manifestly with us1 and       
therefore is a hateful personage to  our
 adversaries4 ,calvin1 in his rage1 says
 that he was not  brought up in the     
school of the ,holy ,ghost1 seeing that 
he had  called holy images the books of 
the illiterate4    ,time would fail me  
were ,i to try to count up the          
,epistles1  ,sermons1 ,homilies1        
,orations1 ,opuscula and dissertations  
of the  ,fathers1 in which they have    
laboriously1 earnestly and with much    
learning supported the doctrines of us  
,catholics4 ,as long as  these works are
 for sale at the booksellers' shops1 it 
will be  vain to prohibit the writings  
of our controversialists2 vain to  keep 
watch at the ports and on the sea-coast2
 vain to search  houses1 boxes1 desks1  
and book-chests2 vain to set up so many 
threatening notices at the gates4 ,no   
,harding1 nor ,sanders1 nor  ,allen1 nor
 ,stapleton1 nor ,bristow1 attack these 

new-fangled  fancies with more vigour   
than do the ,fathers whom ,i have       
enumerated4 ,as ,i think over these and 
the like facts1 my courage  has grown   
and my ardour for battle1 in which      
whatever way the  adversary stirs1      
unless he will yield glory to ,god1 he  
will be in  straits4 ,let him admit the 
,fathers1 he is caught3 let him shut    
them out1 he is undone4    ,when we were
 young men1 the following incident      
occurred4 ,john  ,jewell1 a foremost    
champion of the ,calvinists of ,england1
 with  incredible arrogance challenged  
the ,catholics at ,st4 ,paul's1         
,london1 invoking hypocritically and    
calling upon the ,fathers1 who  had     
flourished within the first six hundred 
years of  ,christianity4 ,his wager was 
taken up by the illustrious men who     
were then in exile at ,louvain1 hemmed  
in though they were with  very great    
difficulties by reason of the iniquity  
of their times4  ,i venture to assert   
that that device of ,jewell's1 stupid1  

unconscionable1 shameless as it was1    
qualities which those  writers happily  
brought out1 did so much good to our    
countrymen  that scarcely anything in my
 recollection has turned out to the     
better advantage of the suffering       
,english ,church4 ,at once an  edict is 
hung up on the doors1 forbidding the    
reading or  retaining of any of those   
books1 whereas they had come out1 or    
were wrung out1 ,i may almost say1 by   
the outcry that ,jewell had  raised4    
,the result was that all the persons    
interested in the  matter came to       
understand that the ,fathers were       
,catholics1 that  is to say1 ours4 ,nor 
has ,lawrence ,humphrey passed over in  
silence  this wound inflicted on him and
 his party4 ,after high praise of       
,jewell in other respects1 he fixes on  
him this role of  inconsiderateness1    
that he admitted the reasonings of the  
,fathers1 with whom ,humphrey declares1 
without any beating about  the bush1    
that he has nothing in common nor ever  

will have4    ,we also sounded once in  
familiar discourse ,toby ,matthews1 now 
a  leading preacher1 whom we loved for  
his good accomplishments and  the seeds 
of virtue in him2 we asked him to answer
 honestly  whether one who read the     
,fathers assiduously could belong to    
that  party which he supported4 ,he     
answered that he could not1 if1  besides
 reading1 he also believed them4#a ,this
 saying is most  true2 nor do ,i think  
that either he at the present time1 or  
,matthew ,hutten1 a man of name1 who is 
said to read the ,fathers  with an      
assiduity that few equal1 or other      
adversaries who do the  like1 are       
otherwise minded4    ,thus far ,i have  
been able to descend with security into 
this  field of conflict1 to wage war    
with men1 who1 as though they held  a   
wolf by the ears1 are compelled to brand
 their cause with an  everlasting stigma
 of shame1 whether they refuse the      
,fathers or  whether they call for them4
 ,in the one case they are preparing to 

run away1 in the other they are caught  
by the throat4    ,,sixth ,,reason      
,,the ,,grounds ,,of ,,argument         
,,assumed ,,by ,,the ,,fathers    ,if   
ever any men took to heart and made     
their special care1--as  men of our     
religion have made it and should make it
 their special  care1--to observe the   
rule1 ,search the ,scriptures 7,john v4 
#ci71  the holy ,fathers easily come out
 first and take the palm for the  matter
 of this observance4 ,by their labour   
and at their expense  ,bibles have been 
transcribed and carried among so many   
nations  and tongues by the perils they 
have run and the tortures they  have    
endured the ,sacred ,volumes have been  
snatched from the  flames and           
devastation spread by enemies3 by their 
labours and  vigils they have been      
explained in every detail4 ,night and   
day  they drank in ,holy ,writ1 from all
 pulpits they gave forth ,holy  ,writ1  
with ,holy ,writ they enriched immense  
volumes1 with most  faithful            

commentaries they unfolded the sense of 
,holy ,writ1 with  ,holy ,writ they     
seasoned alike their abstinence and     
their meals1  finally1 occupied about   
,holy ,writ they arrived at decrepit old
  age4 ,and if they also frequently have
 argued from the ,authority  of ,elders1
 from the ,practice of the ,church1 from
 the ,succession  of ,pontiffs1 from    
ecumenical ,councils1 from ,apostolic   
,traditions1  from the ,blood of        
,martyrs1 from the decrees of ,bishops1 
from  ,miracles1 yet most persistently  
of all and most willingly do they  set  
forth in close array the testimonies of 
,holy ,writ3 these they  press home1 on 
these they dwell1 to this armour of the 
strong  7,cant4 iii4 #g71 for the best  
of reasons1 is the first and the  most  
honourable part assigned by these       
valiant leaders in their  work of       
forgiving and keeping in repair the     
,city of ,god against  the assaults of  
the wicked4    ,wherefore ,i do all the 
more wonder at that haughty and famous  

objection of the adversary1 who1 like   
one looking for water in a  running     
stream1 takes exception to the lack of  
,scripture texts  in writings crowded   
with ,scripture texts4 ,he says he will 
agree  with the ,fathers so long as they
 keep close to ,holy ,scripture4  ,does 
he mean what he says8 ,i will see then  
that there come  forth1 armed and begirt
 with ,christ1 with ,prophets and       
,apostles1  and with all array of       
,biblical erudition1 those celebrated   
authors1 those ancient ,fathers1 those  
holy men1 ,dionyius1  ,cyprian1         
,athanasius1 ,basil1 ,nazianzen1        
,ambrose1 ,jerome1  ,chrysostom1        
,augustine1 and the ,latin ,gregory4    
,let that faith  reign in ,england1 ,oh 
that it may reign6 which these ,fathers1
  dear lovers of the ,scriptures1 build 
up out of the ,scriptures4  ,the texts  
that they bring1 we will bring3 the     
texts they confer1  we will confer3 what
 they infer1 we will infer4 ,are you    
agreed8  ,out with it and say so1       

please4 ,not bit of it1 he says1 unless 
they expound rightly4 ,what is this     
rightly8 ,at your  discretion4 ,are you 
not ashamed of the vicious circle8      
,hopeful as ,i am that in flourishing   
,universities there will be  gathered   
together a good number1 who will be no  
dull spectators1  but acute judges of   
these controversies and who will weigh  
for  what they are worth the frivolous  
answers of our adversaries1 ,i  will    
gladly await this meeting-day1 as one   
minded to lead forth  against wooded    
hillocks cf4 ,cicero in ,catilinam ii4  
#aa1  covered with unarmed tramps1 the  
nobility and strength of the  ,church of
 ,christ4    ,,seventh ,,reason         
,,history    ,ancient ,history unveils  
the primitive face of the ,church4 ,to  
this  ,i appeal4 ,certainly1 the more   
ancient historians1 whom our            
adversaries also habitually1 consult1   
are enumerated pretty well  as follows3 
,eusebius1 ,damasus1 ,jerome1 ,rufinus1 
,orosius1  ,socrates1 ,sozomen1         

,theodoret ,cassiodorus1 ,gregory of    
,tours1  ,usuard1 ,regino1 ,marianus1   
,sigebert1 ,zonaras1 ,cedrinus1         
,nicephorus4 ,what have they to tell8   
,the praises of our religion1  its      
progress1 vicissitudes1 enemies4 ,nay1  
and this is a point ,i  would have you  
observe diligently1 they who in deadly  
hatred  dissent from us1--,melancthon1  
,pantaleon1 ,funck1 the ,centuriators   
of ,magdeburg1--on applying themselves  
to write either the  chronology or the  
history of the ,church1 if they did not 
get  together the exploits of our       
heroes1 and heap up the accounts of  the
 frauds and crimes of the enemies of our
 ,church1 would pass by  fifteen hundred
 years with no story to tell4    ,along 
with the above-mentioned consider the   
local historians1 who  have searched    
with laborious curiosity into the       
transactions of  some one particular    
nation4 ,these men1 wishing by all means
 to  enrich and adorn the ,sparta which 
they had gotten for their own1  and to  

that effect not passing over in silence 
even such things  as banquets of unusual
 splendour1 or sleeved tunics1 or hilts 
of  daggers1 or gilt spurs1 and other   
such minutiae having any smack  of      
revelry about them1 surely1 if they had 
heard of any change in  religion1 or any
 falling off from the standard of early 
ages1  would have related it1 many of   
them2 or1 if not many1 at least         
several2 if not several1 some one       
anyhow4 ,not one1 well-disposed  or     
ill-disposed towards us1 has related    
anything of the sort1 or  even dropped  
the slightest hint of the same4    ,for 
example4 ,our adversaries grant         
us1--they cannot do  otherwise1--that   
the ,roman ,church was at one time holy1
  ,catholic1 ,apostolic1 at the time    
when it deserved these  eulogiums from  
,st4 ,paul3 ,your faith is spoken of in 
the whole  world4 ,without ceasing ,i   
make a commemoration of you4 ,i know    
that when ,i come to you1 ,i shall come 
in the abundance of the  blessing of    

,christ4 ,all the ,churches of ,christ  
salute you4 ,your  obedience is         
published in every place 7,rom4 i4 #h1  
#i2 xv4 #bi2  xvi4 #ag1 #ai73 at the    
time when ,paul1 being kept there in    
free  custody1 was spreading the gospel 
7,acts xxviii4 #ca7 3 at the  time when 
,peter once in that city was ruling the 
,church  gathered at ,babylon 7#a ,peter
 v4 #ac73 at the time when that         
,clement1 so singularly praised by the  
,apostle 7,phil4 iv4 #c7 was  governing 
the ,church3 at the time when the pagan 
,caesars1 ,nero1  ,domitian1 ,trajan1   
,antoninus1 were butchering the ,roman  
,pontiffs3  also at the time when1 as   
even ,calvin bears witness1 ,damasus1   
,siricius1 ,anastasius and ,innocent    
guided the ,apostolic bark4 ,for  at    
this epoch he generously allows that    
men1 at ,rome  particularly1 had so far 
not swerved from ,gospel teaching4 ,when
  then did ,rome lose this faith so     
highly celebrated8 when did she  cease  
to be what she was before8 at what time1

 under what  ,pontiff1 by what way1 by  
what compulsion1 by what increments1    
did a foreign religion come to pervade  
city and world8 ,what  outcries1 what   
disturbances1 what lamentations did it  
provoke8  ,were all mankind all over the
 rest of the world lulled to sleep1     
while ,rome1 ,rome ,i say1 was forging  
new ,sacraments1 a new  ,sacrifice1 new 
religious dogma8 ,has there been found  
no  historian1 neither ,greek nor       
,latin1 neither far nor near1 to  fling 
out in his chronicles even an obscure   
hint of so  remarkable a proceeding8    
,therefore this much is clear1 that the 
articles of our belief are  what        
,history1 manifold and various1 ,history
 the messenger of  antiquity1 and life  
of memory1 utters and repeats in        
abundance2  while no narrative penned in
 human times records that the  doctrines
 foisted in by our opponents ever had   
any footing in the  ,church4 ,it is     
clear1 ,i say1 that the historians are  
mine1 and  that the adversary's raids   

upon history are utterly without  point4
 ,no impression can they make unless the
 assertion be first  received1 that all 
,christians of all ages had lapsed into 
gross  infidelity and gone down to the  
abyss of hell1 until such time as       
,luther entered into an unblessed union 
with ,catherine ,bora4    ,,eighth      
,,reason    ,,paradoxes    ,for myself1 
most excellent ,sirs1 when1 choosing out
 of many  heresies1 ,i think over in my 
mind certain portentous errors of       
self-opinionated men1 errors that it    
will be incumbent on me to  refute1 ,i  
should condemn myself of want of spirit 
and discernment  if in this trial of    
strength ,i were to be afraid of any    
man's  ability or powers4 ,let him be   
able1 let him be eloquent1 let him  be a
 practised disputant1 let him be a      
devourer of all books1  still his       
thought must dry up and his utterance   
fail him when he  shall have to maintain
 such impossible positions as these4    
,for we  shall dispute1 if perchance    

they will allow us1 on ,god1 on         
,christ1 on ,man1 on ,sin1 on ,justice1 
on ,sacraments1 on ,morals4 ,i  shall   
see whether they will dare to speak out 
what they think1  and what under the    
constraint of their situation they      
publish in  their miserable writings4 ,i
 will take care that they know these    
maxims of their teachers3--,god is the  
author and cause of evil1  willing it1  
suggesting it1 effecting it1 commanding 
it1 working  it out1 and guiding the    
guilty counsels of the wicked to this   
end4 ,as the call of ,paul1 so the      
adultery of ,david1 and the  wickedness 
of the traitor ,judas1 was ,god's own   
work 7,calvin1  ,institut4 i4 #ah2 ii4  
#d2 iii4 #bc1 #bd74 ,this monstrous     
doctrine1  of which ,philip ,melanchthon
 was for once ashamed1 ,luther however1 
of whom ,philip had learned it1 extols  
as an oracle from heaven  with wonderful
 praises1 and on that score puts his    
foster-child  all but on an equality1   
with the ,apostle ,paul 7,luther1 ,de   

servo  arbitrio74 ,i will also enquire  
what was in ,luther's mind1 whom  the   
,english ,calvinists pronounce to be a  
man given of ,god for  the enlightenment
 of the world1 when he wished to take   
this  versicle out of the ,church's     
prayers1 ,holy ,trinity1 one ,god1  have
 mercy on us4    ,i will proceed to the 
person of ,christ4 ,i will ask what     
these  words1 ,christ the ,son of ,god1 
,god of ,god1 mean to ,calvin1 who      
says1 ,god of ,himself 7,instit4 i4     
#ac72 or to ,beza1 who says1  ,he is not
 begotten of the essence of the ,father 
7,beza in ,josue1  nn4 #bc1 #bd74       
,again4 ,let there be set up two        
hypostate unions in  ,christ1 one of    
,his soul with ,his flesh1 the other of 
,his ,divinity  with ,his ,humanity     
7,beza1 ,contra ,schmidel74 ,the passage
 in ,john  x4 #cj1 ,i and the ,father   
are one1 does not show ,christ to be    
,god1 consubstantial with ,god the      
,father 7,calvin on ,john x471 the  fact
 is1 says ,luther1 my soul hates this   

word1 homousion4 ,go  on4 ,christ was   
not perfect in grace from ,his infancy1 
but grew in  gifts of the soul like     
other men1 and by experience daily      
became  wiser1 so that as a little child
 ,he laboured under ignorance           
7,melanchthon on the gospel for first   
,sunday after ,epiphany74  ,which is as 
much as to say that ,he was defiled with
 the stain and  vice of original sin4   
,but observe still more direful         
utterances4  ,when ,christ1 praying in  
the ,garden1 was streaming with a sweat 
of  water and blood1 ,he shuddered under
 a sense of eternal damnation1  ,he     
uttered an irrational cry1 an           
unspiritual cry1 a sudden cry  prompted 
by the force of ,his distress1 which ,he
 quickly checked  as not sufficiently   
premeditated 7,marlorati in ,matth4     
xxvi42  ,calvin in ,harm4 ,evangel474   
,is there anything further8 ,attend4    
,when ,christ ,crucified exclaimed1 ,my 
,god1 my ,god1 why hast ,thou  forsaken 
me1 ,he was on fire with the flames of  

hell1 ,he uttered  a cry of despair1 ,he
 felt exactly as if nothing were before 
,him  but to perish in everlasting death
 7,calvin in ,harm4 ,evangel474  ,to    
this also let them add something1 if    
they can4 ,christ1 they  say1 descended 
into hell1 that is1 when dead1 ,he      
tasted hell not  otherwise than do the  
damned souls1 except that ,he was       
destined  to be restored to ,himself3   
for since by ,his mere bodily death ,he 
would have profited us nothing1 ,he     
needed in soul also to  struggle with   
everlasting death1 and in this way to   
pay the debt  of our crime and our      
punishment4 ,and lest any one might     
haply  suspect that this theory had     
stolen upon ,calvin unawares1 the  same 
,calvin calls all of you who have       
repelled this doctrine1  full as it is  
of comfort1 ,god-forsaken boobies       
7,institut4 ii4  #af74 ,times1 times1   
what a monster you have reared6 ,that   
delicate  and royal ,blood1 which ran in
 a flood from the lacerated and torn    

,body of the innocent ,lamb1 one little 
drop of which ,blood1 for  the dignity  
of the ,victim1 might have redeemed a   
thousand worlds1  availed the human race
 nothing1 unless the mediator of ,god   
and  men1 the man ,christ ,jesus 7,i    
,tim4 ii4 #e7 had borne also the  second
 death 7,apoc4 xx4 #f71 the death of the
 soul1 the death to  grace1 that        
accompaniment only of sin and damnable  
blasphemy6 ,in  comparison with this    
insanity1 ,bucer1 impudent fellow that  
he is1  will appear modest1 for he 7on  
,matth4 xxvi471 by an explanation  very 
preposterous1 or rather1 an inept and   
stupid tautology1  takes hell in the    
creed to mean the tomb4 ,of the         
,anglican  sectaries1 some are wont to  
adhere to their idol1 ,calvin1 others   
to their great master1 ,bucer2 some also
 murmur in an undertone  against this   
article1 wishing that it may be quietly 
removed  altogether from the ,creed1    
that it may give no more trouble4 ,nay1 
this was actually tried in a meeting at 

,london1 as ,i remember  being told by  
one who was present1 ,richard ,cheyne1 a
 miserable  old man1 who was badly      
mauled by robbers outside1 and1 for all 
that1 never entered his father's        
house4#b    ,and thus far of ,christ4   
,what of ,man8 ,the image of ,god is    
utterly  blotted out in man1 not the    
slightest spark of good is left3 his    
whole nature in all the parts of his    
soul is so thoroughly  overturned that1 
even after he is born again and         
sanctified in  baptism1 there is nothing
 whatever within him but mere corruption
  and contagion4 ,what does this lead up
 to8 ,that they who mean to  seize glory
 by faith alone may wallow in the filth 
of every  turpitude1 may accuse nature1 
despair of virtue1 and discharge        
themselves of the commandments 7,calvin1
 ,instit4 ii4 #c74 ,to  this1           
,illyricus1 the standard-bearer of the  
,magdeburg company1  has added his own  
monstrous teaching about original sin1  
which he  makes out to be the innermost 

substance of souls1 whom1 since  ,adam's
 fall1 the devil himself engenders and  
transforms into  himself4 ,this also is 
a received maxim in this scum of evil   
doctrine1 that all sins are equal1 yet  
with this qualification  7not to revive 
the ,stoics71 if sins are weighed in the
 judgment  of ,god4 ,as if ,god1 the    
most equitable judge1 were to add to our
  burden rather than lighten it2 and1   
for all ,his justice1 were to           
exaggerate and make it what it is not in
 itself4 ,by this  estimation1 as heavy 
an offence would be committed against   
,god1  judging in all severity1 by the  
innkeeper who has killed a  barn-door   
cock1 when he should not have done1 as  
by that infamous  assassin who1 his head
 full of ,beza1 stealthily slew by the  
shot  of a musket the ,french hero1 the 
,duke of ,guise1 a ,prince of  admirable
 virtue1 than which crime our world has 
seen in our age  nothing more deadly1   
nothing more lamentable4    ,but        
perchance they who are so severe in the 

matter of sin  philosophise             
magnificently on divine grace1 as able  
to bring  succour and remedy to this    
evil4 ,fine indeed is the function      
which they assign to grace1 which their 
ranting preachers say is  neither       
infused into our hearts1 nor strong     
enough to resist sin1  but lies wholly  
outside of us1 and consists in the mere 
favour of  ,god1--a favour which does   
not amend the wicked1 nor cleanse1 nor  
illuminate1 nor enrich them1 but1       
leaving still the old stinking  ordure  
of their sin1 dissembles it by ,god's   
connivance1 that it  be not counted     
unsightly and hateful4 ,and with this   
their  invention they are so delighted  
that1 with them1 even ,christ is  not   
otherwise called full of grace and truth
 than inasmuch as  ,god the ,father has 
borne wonderful favour to ,him 7,bucer  
on ,john  i3 ,brent hom4 #ab on ,john74 
,what sort of thing then is             
righteousness8 ,a relation4 ,it is not  
made up of faith1 hope and charity1     

vesting the soul in their  splendour2 it
 is only a hiding away of guilt1 such   
that1 whoever  has seized upon this     
righteousness by faith alone1 he is as  
sure  of salvation as though he were    
already enjoying the unending joy  of   
heaven4 ,well1 let this dream pass3 but 
how can one be sure of  future          
perseverance1 in the absence of which a 
man's exit would  be most miserable1    
though for a time he had observed       
righteousness purely and piously8 ,nay1 
says ,calvin 7,instit4  iii4 #b71 unless
 this your faith foretells you your     
perseverance  assuredly1 without        
possibility of hallucination1 it must be
 cast  aside as vain and feeble4 ,i     
recognise the disciple of ,luther4 ,a   
,christian1 said ,luther 7,de           
captivitate ,babylonis71 cannot lose    
his salvation1 even if he wanted1 except
 by refusing to believe4    ,i hasten to
 pass on to the ,sacraments4 ,none1     
none1 not two1 not  one1 ,o holy        
,christ1 have they left4 ,their bread is

 poison2 and  as for their baptism1     
though it is still true baptism1        
nevertheless in their judgment it is    
nothing1 it is not a wave  of salvation1
 it is not a channel of grace1 it does  
not apply to  us the merits of ,christ1 
it is a mere token of salvation         
7,calvin1 ,instit4 iv4 #ae74 ,thus they 
have made no more of the  baptism of    
,christ1 so far as the nature of the    
thing goes1 than  of the ceremony of    
,john4 ,if you have it1 it is well2 if  
you go  without it1 there is no loss    
suffered2 believe1 you are saved1       
before you are washed4 ,what then of    
infants1 who1 unless they  are aided by 
the virtue of the ,sacrament1 poor      
little things1  gain nothing by any     
faith of their own8 ,rather than allow  
anything to the ,sacrament of baptism1  
say the ,magdeburg  ,centuriators       
7,cent4 v4 #d471 let us grant that there
 is faith in  the infants themselves1   
enough to save them2 and that the said  
babies are aware of certain secret      

stirrings of this faith1  albeit they   
are not yet aware whether they are alive
 or not4 ,a  hard nut to crack6 ,if this
 is so very hard1 listen to ,luther's   
remedy4 ,it is better1 he says 7,advers4
 ,cochl471 to omit the  baptism2 since1 
unless the infant believes1 to no       
purpose is it  washed4 ,this is what    
they say1 doubtful in mind what         
absolutely  to affirm4 ,therefore let   
,balthasar ,pacimontanus step in to sort
  the votes4 ,this father of the        
,anabaptists1 unable to assign to       
infants any stirring of faith1 approved 
,luther's suggestion2  and1 casting     
infant baptism out of the churches1     
resolved to  wash at the sacred font    
none who was not grown up4 ,for the rest
  of the ,sacraments1 though that many  
headed beast utters many  insults1 yet1 
seeing that they are now of daily       
occurrence1 and  our ears have grown    
callous to them1 ,i here pass them over4
    ,there remain the sayings of the    
heretics concerning life and  morals1   

the noxious goblets which ,luther has   
vomited on his  pages1 that out of the  
filthy hovel of his one breast he might 
breathe pestilence upon his readers4    
,listen patiently1 and blush1  and      
pardon me the recital4 ,if the wife will
 not1 or cannot1 let  the handmaid come 
7,serm4 de matrimon472 seeing that      
commerce  with a wife is as necessary to
 every man as food1 drink1 and  sleep4  
,matrimony is much more excellent than  
virginity4 ,christ  and ,paul dissuaded 
men from virginity 7,liber de vot4      
evangel474  ,but perhaps these doctrines
 are peculiar to ,luther4 ,they are not4
  ,they have been lately defended by my 
friend ,chark but miserably  and        
timidly4 ,do you wish to hear any more8 
,certainly4 ,the more  wicked you1 are1 
he says1 the nearer you are to grace    
7,serm4 de4  pisc4 ,petri74 ,all good   
actions are sins1 in ,god's judgment1   
mortal sins2 in ,god's mercy1 venial4   
,no one thinks evil of his  own will4   
,the ,ten ,commandments are nothing to  

,christians4 ,god  cares nought at all  
about our works4 ,they alone rightly    
partake  of the ,lord's ,supper1 who    
bury consciences sad1 afflicted1        
troubled1 confused1 erring4 ,sins are to
 be confessed1 but to  anyone you like2 
and if he absolves you even in joke1    
provided  you believe1 you are absolved4
 ,to read the ,hours of the ,divine     
,office is not the function of priests1 
but of laymen4 ,christians  are free    
from the enactments of men 7,luther1 ,de
 servo arbitrio1  ,de captivilate       
,babylon74    ,i think ,i have stirred  
up this puddle sufficiently4 ,i now     
finish4  ,nor must you think me unfair  
for having turned my argument against   
,lutherans and ,zwinglians              
indiscriminately4 ,for1 remembering     
their  common parentage1 they wish to be
 brothers and friends to one  another2  
and they take it as a grave affront1    
whenever any  distinction is drawn      
between them in any point but one4 ,i am
 not  of consequence enough to claim for

 myself so much as an  undistinguished  
place among the select theologians who  
at this day  have declared war on       
heresies3 but this ,i know1 that1 puny  
as ,i  am1 ,i run no risk while1        
supported by the grace of ,christ1 ,i   
shall  do battle1 with the aid of heaven
 and earth1 against such  fabrications  
as these1 so odious1 so tasteless1 so   
stupid4    ,,ninth ,,reason    ,,sophism
    ,it is a shrewd saying that a       
one-eyed man may be king among the      
blind4 ,with uneducated people a        
mock-proof has force which a  school of 
philosophers dismisses with scorn4 ,many
 are the  offences of the adversary     
under this head2 but his case is made   
out by four fallacies chiefly1 fallacies
 which ,i would rather  unravel in the  
,university than in a popular audience4 
,the first  vice is ,greek3 skiamachia1 
with mighty effort hammering at  breezes
 and shadows4 ,in this way3 against such
 as have sworn to  celibacy and vowed   
chastity1 because1 while marriage is    

good1  virginity is better 7#a ,cor4    
vii471 ,scripture texts are brought  up 
speaking honourably of marriage4 ,whom  
do they hit8 ,against  the merit of a   
,christian man1 a merit dyed in the     
,blood of  ,christ1 otherwise null1     
testimonies are alleged whereby we are  
bidden to put our trust neither in      
nature nor in the law1 but in  the      
,blood of ,christ4 ,whom do they refute8
 ,against those who  worship ,saints1 as
 ,christ's servants1 especially         
acceptable to  ,him1 whole pages are    
quoted1 forbidding the worship of many  
gods8 ,where are these many gods8 ,by   
such arguments1 which ,i find  in       
endless quantity in the writings of     
heretics1 they cannot  hurt us1 they may
 bore you4    ,another vice is ,greek3  
logomachia1 which leaves the sense1 and 
wrangles loquaciously over the word4    
,find me ,mass or ,purgatory  in the    
,scriptures1 they say4 ,what then8      
,trinity1 ,consubstantial1  ,person1 are
 they nowhere in the ,bible1 because    

these words are  not found8 ,allied to  
this fault is the catching at letters1  
when1  to the neglect of usage and the  
mind of the speakers1 war is  waged on  
the letters of the alphabet4 ,for       
instance1 thus they  say3 ,presbyter to 
the ,greeks means nothing else than     
elder2  ,sacrament1 any mystery4 ,on    
this1 as on all other points1 ,st4      
,thomas shrewdly observes3 ,in words1 we
 must look not whence they  are derived1
 but to what meaning they are put4      
,the third vice is ,greek3 homonumia1   
which has a very wide  range4 ,for      
example3 ,what is the meaning of an     
,order of ,priests1  when ,john has     
called us all priests8 7,apoc4 v4 #aj74 
,he has also  added this3 we shall reign
 upon the earth4 ,what then is the use  
of ,kings8 ,again3 the ,prophet 7,isaias
 lviii47 cries up a  spiritual fast1    
that is1 abstinence from inveterate     
crimes4  ,farewell then to any          
discernment of meats and prescription of
  days4 ,indeed8 ,mad therefore were    

,moses1 ,david1 ,elias1 the  ,baptist1  
the ,apostles1 who terminated their     
fasts in two days1  three days1 or in so
 many weeks1 which fasting1 being from  
sin1  ought to have been perpetual4 ,you
 have already seen what manner  of      
argument this is4 ,i hasten on4         
,added to the above is a fourth vice1   
,vicious ,circle1 in this way4  ,give me
 the notes1 ,i say1 of the ,church4 ,the
 word of ,god and  undefiled            
,sacraments4 ,are these with you8 ,who  
can doubt it8 ,i  do1 ,i deny it        
utterly4 ,consult the word of ,god4 ,i  
have  consulted it1 and ,i favour you   
less than before4 ,ah1 but it is  plain4
 ,prove it to me4 ,because we do not    
depart a nail's  breadth from the word  
of ,god4 ,where is your persecution8    
,will  you always go on taking for an   
argument the very point that is  called 
in question8 ,how often have ,i insisted
 on this already8 ,do  wake up3 do you  
want torches applied to you8 ,i say that
 your  exposition of the word of ,god is

 perverse and mistaken3 ,i have  fifteen
 centuries to bear me witness stand by  
an opinion1 not  mine1 nor yours1 but   
that of all these ages4 ,i will stand by
 the  sentence of the word of ,god3 the 
,spirit breatheth where it will  7,john 
iii4 #h74 ,there he is at it again2 what
 circumvolutions1  what wheels he is    
making6 ,this trifler1 this             
arch-contriver of  words and sophisms1  
,i know not to whom he can be           
formidable3  tiresome he possibly will  
be4 ,his tiresomeness will find its     
corrective in your sagacity3 all that   
was formidable about him  facts have    
taken away4    ,,tenth ,,reason    ,,all
 ,,manner ,,of ,,witness    ,this shall 
be to you a straight way1 so that fools 
shall not go  astray in it 7,isaias     
xxxv4 #h74    ,who is there1 however    
small and lost in the crowd of          
illiterates1 that1 with a desire of     
salvation and some little  attention1   
cannot see1 cannot keep to the path of  
the ,church1 so  admirably smoothed out1

 eschewing brambles and rocks and       
pathless wastes6 ,for1 as ,isaias       
prophesies1 this path shall be  plain   
even to the uneducated2 most plain      
therefore1 if you  choose1 to you4 ,let 
us put before our eyes the theatre of   
the  universe3 let us wander everywhere3
 all things supply us with an  argument4
 ,let us go to heaven3 let us           
contemplate roses and  lilies1 ,saints  
empurpled with martyrdom or white with  
innocence3  ,roman ,pontiffs1 ,i say1   
three and thirty in a continuous line   
put  to death3 ,pastors all the world   
over1 who have pledged their  blood for 
the name of ,christ3 ,flocks of         
faithful1 who have  followed in the     
footsteps of their ,pastors3 all the    
,saints of  heaven1 who as shining      
lights in purity and holiness have gone 
before the crowd of mankind4 ,you will  
find that these were ours  when they    
lived on earth1 ours when they passed   
away from this  world4 ,to cull a few   
instances1 ours was that ,ignatius1 who 

in  church matters put no one not even  
the ,emperor1 on a level with  the      
,bishop2 who committed to writing1 that 
they might not be  lost1 certain        
,apostolic traditions of which he       
himself had been  witness4 ,ours was    
that anchoret ,telesphorus1 who ordered 
the  more strict observance of the fast 
of ,lent established by the  ,apostles4 
,ours was ,irenaeus1 who declared the   
,apostolic faith by  the ,roman         
succession and chair 7lib4 iii4 cap4    
#c74 ,ours was ,pope  ,victor1 who by an
 edict brought to order the whole of    
,asia2 and  though this proceeding      
seemed to some minds1 and even to that  
holy man ,irenaeus1 somewhat harsh1 yet 
no one made light of it  as coming from 
a foreign power4 ,ours was ,polycarp1   
who went to  ,rome on the question of   
,easter1 whose burnt relics ,smyrna     
gathered1 and honoured her ,bishop with 
an anniversary feast and  appointed     
ceremony4 ,ours were ,cornelius and     
,cyprian1 a golden  pair of ,martyrs1   

both great ,bishops1 but greater he1 the
 ,roman1  who had rescinded the ,african
 error2 while the latter was  ennobled  
by the obedience which he paid to the   
elder1 his very  dear friend4 ,ours was 
,sixtus1 to whom1 as he offered solemn  
sacrifice at the altar1 seven men of the
 clergy ministered4 ,ours  was his      
,archdeacon ,lawrence1 whom the         
adversaries cast out of  their calendar1
 to whom1 twelve hundred years ago1 the 
,consular  man ,prudentius thus prayed3 
,what is the power entrusted thee1      
,and how great function is given thee1  
,the joyful thanks of ,roman citizens   
prove1     ,to whom thou grantest their 
petitions4     ,among them1 ,o glory of 
,christ1     ,hear also a rustic poet1  
,confessing the crimes of his heart     
,and publishing his doings4     ,hear   
bountifully the supplication     ,of    
,christ's culprit ,prudentius4    ,ours 
are those highly-blest maids1 ,cecily1  
,agatha1 ,anastasia1  ,barbara1 ,agnes1 
,lucy1 ,dorothy1 ,catherine1 who held   

fast against  the violent assault of men
 and devils the virginity they had      
resolved upon4 ,ours was ,helen1        
celebrated for the finding of the       
,lord's ,cross4 ,ours was ,monica1 who  
in death most piously begged  prayers   
and sacrifices to be offered for her at 
the altar of  ,christ4 ,ours was ,paula1
 who1 leaving her ,city palace and her  
rich  estates1 hastened on a long       
journey a pilgrim to the cave at        
,bethlehem1 to hide herself by the      
cradle of the ,infant ,christ4  ,ours   
were ,paul1 ,hilarion1 ,antony1 those   
dear ancient solitaries4  ,ours was     
,satyrus1 own brother to ,ambrose1 who1 
when shipwrecked1  jumped into the      
ocean1 carrying about his neck in a     
napkin the  ,sacred ,host1 and full of  
faith swam to shore 7,ambrose1 ,orat4   
fun4 de ,satyro74    ,ours are the      
,bishops ,martin and ,nicholas1         
exercised in watchings1  clad in the    
military garb of hair cloths1 fed with  
fasts4 ,ours is  ,benedict1 father of so

 many monks4 ,i should not run through  
their  thousands in ten years4 ,but     
neither do ,i set down those whom ,i    
mentioned before among the ,doctors of  
the ,church4 ,i am mindful of  the      
brevity imposed upon me4 ,whoever wills1
 may seek these  further details1 not   
only from the copious histories of the  
ancients1 but even much more from the   
grave authors who have  bequeathed to   
memory almost one man one ,saint4 ,let  
the reader  report to me his judgment   
concerning those ancient blessed        
,christians1 to what doctrine they      
adhered1 the ,catholic or the           
,lutheran4 ,i call to witness the throne
 of ,god1 and that ,tribunal  at which  
,i shall stand to render reason for     
these ,reasons1 of  everything ,i have  
said and done1 that either there is no  
heaven  at all1 or heaven belongs to our
 people4 ,the former position we  abhor1
 we fix therefore upon the latter4      
,now contrariwise1 if you please1 let us
 look into hell4 ,there are  burnt with 

everlasting fire1 who8 ,the ,jews4 ,on  
what ,church have  they turned their    
backs8 ,on ours4 ,who again8 ,the       
heathen4 ,what  ,church have they most  
cruelly persecuted8 ,ours4 ,who again8  
,the  ,turks4 ,what temples have they   
destroyed8 ,ours4 ,who once more8       
,heretics4 ,against what ,church are    
they in rebellion8 ,against  ours4 ,what
 ,church but ours has opposed itself    
against all the  gates of hell8 ,when1  
after the driving away of the ,hebrews1 
,christian inhabitants began to multiply
 at ,jerusalem1 what a  concourse of men
 there was to the ,holy ,places1 what   
veneration  attached to the ,city1 to   
the ,sepulchre1 to the ,manger1 to the  
,cross1 to all the memorials in which   
the ,church delights as a  wife in what 
has been worn by her husband4 ,hence    
arose against us  the hatred of the     
,jews1 cruel and implacable4 ,even now  
they  complain that our ancestors were  
the ruin of their ancestors4  ,from     
,simon ,magus and the ,lutherans they   

have received no wound4  ,among the     
heathen1 they were the most violent who1
 throughout the  ,roman ,empire1 for    
three hundred years1 at intervals of    
time1  contrived most painful           
punishments for ,christians4 ,what      
,christians8 ,the fathers and children  
of our faith4 ,learn the  language of   
the tyrant who roasted ,st4 ,lawrence on
 the gridiron3       ,that this is of   
your rites     ,the custom and practice1
 it has been handed down to memory3     
,this the discipline of the institution1
     ,that priests pour libations from  
golden cups4     ,in silver goblets they
 say     ,that the sacred blood smokes2 
,and that in golden candlestick1 at the 
nightly sacrifices1     ,there stand    
fixed waxen candles4     ,then is it the
 chief care of the brethren1     ,as    
many-tongued report does testify1       
,to offer from the sale of estates1     
,thousands of pence4     ,ancestral     
property made over     ,to dishonest    
auctions1     ,the disinherited         

successor groans1     ,needy child of   
holy parents4     ,these treasures are  
concealed in secret1     ,in corners of 
the churches2     ,and it is believed   
the height of piety     ,to strip your  
sweet children4     ,bring out your     
treasures1     ,which by evil arts of   
persuasion     ,you have heaped up and  
hold1     ,which you shut up in darkling
 cave4     ,public utility demands this1
     ,the privy purse demands it1 the   
treasury demands it1     ,that the      
soldiers may be paid for their services1
     ,and the commander may benefit     
thereby4     ,this is your dogma1 then3 
,give every man his own4     ,now       
,caesar recognises his own     ,image1  
stamped on the coin4     ,what you know 
to be ,caesar's1 to ,caesar     ,give2  
surely what ,i ask is just4     ,if ,i  
am not mistaken1 your ,deity     ,coins 
no money1     ,nor when he came did he  
bring     ,golden ,jacobuses#c with him2
     ,but he gave his precepts in words1
     ,empty in point of pocket4         

,fulfil the promise of the words        
,which you sell the round world over4   
,give up your hard cash willingly1      
,be rich in words4    7,prudentius1     
,hymn on ,st4 ,lawrence74    ,whom does 
this speaker resemble4 ,against whom    
does he rage8 ,what  ,church is it whose
 sacred vessels1 lamps1 and ornaments he
 is  pillaging1 whose ritual he         
overthrows8 ,whose golden patens and    
silver chalices1 sumptuous votive       
offerings and rich treasure1  does he   
envy8 ,why1 the man is a ,lutheran all  
over4 ,with what  other cloak did our   
,nimrods#d cover their brigandage1 when 
they  embezzled the money of their      
,churches and wasted the patrimony of   
,christ8 ,take on the contrary          
,constantine the ,great1 that scourge   
of the persecutors of ,christ1 to what  
,church did he restore  tranquillity8   
,to that ,church over which ,pope       
,silvester presided1  whom he summoned  
from his hiding-place on ,mount ,soracte
 that by  his ministry he might receive 

our baptism4 ,under what auspices  was  
he victorious8 ,under the sign of the   
cross4 ,of what mother  was he the      
glorious son8 ,of ,helen4 ,to what      
,fathers did he attach  himself8 ,to the
 ,fathers of ,nice4 ,what manner of men 
were they8  ,such men as ,silvester1    
,mark1 ,julius1 ,athanasius1 ,nicholas4 
,what  seat did he ask for in the       
,synod8 ,the last4 ,oh how much more    
kingly was he on that seat than the     
,kings who have ambitioned a  title not 
due to them6 ,it would be tedious to go 
into further  details4 ,but from these  
two ,emperors1 ,decius and ,constantine1
  the one our deadly enemy1 the other   
our warm friend1 it may be  left to the 
reader's conjecture to fix on points of 
closest  resemblance to the one and to  
the other in the history of our own     
times4 ,for as it was our cause that    
went through its agony under  ,decius1  
so our cause it was that came out       
triumphant under  ,constantine4#e       
,let us look at the doings of the       

,turks4 ,mahomet and the apostate  monk 
,sergius lie in the deep abyss1 howling1
 laden with their own  crimes and with  
those of their posterity4 ,this         
portentous and  savage monster1 the     
power of the ,saracens and the ,turks1  
had it  not been clipped and checked by 
our ,military ,orders1 our ,princes  and
 ,peoples1--so far as ,luther was       
concerned 7to whom ,solyman the  ,turk  
is said to have written a letter of     
thanks on this account71  and so far as 
the ,lutheran ,princes were concerned   
7by whom the  progress of the ,turks is 
reckoned matter of joy71--this frantic  
and man-destroying ,fury1 ,i say1 by    
this time would be  depopulating and    
devastating all ,europe1 overturning    
altars and  signs of the cross as       
zealously as ,calvin himself4 ,ours     
therefore  they are1 our proper foes1   
seeing that by the industry of our      
champions it was that their fangs were  
unfastened from the  throats of         
,christians4    ,let us look down on    

heretics1 the filth and fans and fuel of
  hell#f the first that meets our gaze  
is ,simon ,magus4 ,what did he  do8 ,he 
endeavoured to snatch away free will    
from man3 he prated  of faith alone     
7,clen4 lib4 i4 recog42 ,iren4 l4 #a1 c4
 #b74 ,after  him1 ,novatian4 ,who was  
he8 ,an ,anti-pope1 rival to the ,roman 
,pontiff ,cornelius1 an enemy of the    
,sacraments1 of ,penance and  ,chrism4  
,then ,manes the ,persian4 ,he taught   
that baptism did not  confer salvation4 
,after him the ,arian ,aerius4 ,he      
condemned  prayers for the dead3 he     
confounded priests with bishops1 and was
  surnamed the atheist no less than     
,lucian4 ,there follows  ,vigilantius1  
who would not have the ,saints prayed   
to2 and  ,jovinian1 who put marriage on 
a level with virginity2 finally1 a      
whole mess of nastiness1 ,macedonius1   
,pelagius1 ,nestorius1  ,eutyches1 the  
,monothelites1 the ,iconoclasts1 to whom
 posterity  will aggregate ,luther and  
,calvin4 ,what of them8 ,all black      

crows1#g born of the same egg1 they     
revolted from the ,prelates  of our     
,church1 and by1 them were rejected and 
made void4    ,let us leave the lower   
regions and return to earth4 ,wherever  
,i  cast my eyes and turn my thoughts1  
whether ,i regard the  ,patriarchates   
and the ,apostolic ,sees1 or the        
,bishops of other  lands1 or meritorious
 ,princes1 ,kings1 and ,emperors1 or the
 origin  of ,christianity in any nation1
 or any evidence of antiquity1 or  light
 of reason1 or beauty of virtue1 all    
things serve and  support our faith4 ,i 
call to witness the ,roman ,succession1 
in  which ,church1 to speak with        
,augustine 7,ep4 #afb3 ,doctr4  ,christ4
 ii4 #h71 the ,primacy of the ,apostolic
 ,chair has ever  flourished4 ,i call to
 witness those other ,apostolic ,sees1  
to  which this name eminently belongs1  
because they were erected by  the       
,apostles themselves1 or by their       
immediate disciples4 ,i call  to witness
 the ,pastors of the nations1 separate  

in place1 but  united in our religion3  
,ignatius and ,chrysostom at ,antioch2  
,peter1 ,alexander1 ,athanasius1        
,theophilus1 at ,alexandria2 ,macarius  
and ,cyril at ,jerusalem2 ,proclus at   
,constantinople2 ,gregory and  ,basil in
 ,cappadocia2 ,thaumaturgus in ,pontus2 
at ,smyrna ,polycarp2  ,justin at       
,athens2 ,dionysius at ,corinth2        
,gregory at ,nyssa2  ,methodius at      
,tyre2 ,ephrem in ,syria2 ,cyprian1     
,optatus1 ,augustine1  in ,africa2      
,epiphanius in ,cyprus2 ,andrew in      
,crete2 ,ambrose1  ,paulinus1           
,gaudentius1 ,prosper1 ,faustus1        
,vigilius1 in ,italy2  ,irenaeus1       
,martin1 ,hilary1 ,eucherius1 ,gregory1 
,salvianus1 in ,gaul2  ,vincentus1      
,orosius1 ,ildephonsus1 ,leander1       
,isidore1 in ,spain2 in  ,britain1      
,fugatius1 ,damian1 ,justus1 ,mellitus1 
,bede4 ,finally1 not  to appear to be   
making a vain display of names1 whatever
 works1  or fragments of works1 are     
still extant of those who sowed the     

,gospel seed in distant lands1 all      
exhibit to us one faith1 that  which we 
,catholics profess to-day4 ,o ,christ1  
what cause can ,i  allege to ,thee why  
,thou shouldst not banish me from ,thine
 own1 if  to so many lights of the      
,church ,i should have preferred        
mannikins1 dwellers in darkness1 few1   
unlearned1 split into  sects1 and of bad
 moral character6    ,i call to witness 
likewise ,princes1 ,kings1 ,emperors1   
and their  ,commonwealths1 whose own    
piety1 and the people of their realms1  
and their established discipline in war 
and peace1 were  altogether founded on  
this our ,catholic doctrine4 ,what      
,theodosiuses here might ,i summon from 
the ,east1 what ,charleses  from the    
,west1 what ,edwards from ,england1 what
 ,louises from  ,france1 what           
,hermenegilds from ,spain1 ,henries from
 ,saxony1  ,wenceslauses from ,bohemia1 
,leopolds from ,austria1 ,stephens from 
,hungary1 ,josaphats from ,india1 ,dukes
 and ,counts from all the  world over1  

who by example1 by arms1 by laws1 by    
loving care1 by  outlay of money1 have  
nourished our ,church6 ,for so ,isaias  
foretold3 ,kings shall be thy           
foster-fathers1 and queens thy  nurses  
7,isaias xlix4 #bc74    ,listen1        
,elizabeth1 most powerful ,queen1 for   
thee this great  prophet utters this    
prophecy1 and therein teaches thee thy  
part4 ,i  tell thee3 one and the same   
heaven cannot hold ,calvin and the      
,princes whom ,i have named4 ,with these
 ,princes then associate  thyself1 and  
so make thee worthy of thy ancestors1   
worthy of thy  genius1 worthy of thy    
excellence in letters1 worthy of thy    
praises1 worthy of thy fortune4 ,to this
 effect alone do ,i labour  about thy   
person1 and will labour1 whatever shall 
become of me1  for whom these           
adversaries so often augur the gallows1 
as though ,i  were an enemy of thy life4
 ,hail1 good ,cross4 ,there will come1  
,elizabeth1 the day1 that day which will
 show thee clearly which  have loved    

thee1 the ,society of ,jesus or the     
offspring of ,luther4    ,i proceed4 ,i 
call to witness all the coasts and      
regions of the  world1 to which the     
,gospel trumpet has sounded since the   
birth of  ,christ4 ,was this a little   
thing1 to close the mouth of idols and  
carry the kingdom of ,god to the        
nations8 ,of ,christ ,luther speaks3  we
 ,catholics speak of ,christ4 ,is       
,christ divided8 7#a ,cor4 i4  #ac74 ,by
 no means4 ,either we speak of a false  
,christ or he does4  ,what then8 ,i will
 say4 ,let ,him be ,christ1 and belong  
to them1 at  whose coming in ,dagon     
broke his neck4 ,our ,christ was pleased
 to  use the services of our men1 when  
,he banished from the hearts of  so many
 peoples--,jupiters1 ,mercuries1        
,dianas1 ,phoebades1 and that  black    
night and sad ,erebus of ages4 ,there is
 no leisure to search  afar off1 let us 
examine only neighbouring and domestic  
history4  ,the ,irish imbibed from      
,patrick1 the ,scots from ,palladius1   

the  ,english from ,augustine1 men      
consecrated at ,rome1 sent from ,rome1  
venerating ,rome1 either no faith at all
 or assuredly our faith1  the ,catholic 
faith4 ,the case is clear4 ,i hurry on4 
,witness ,universities1 witness tables  
of laws1 witness the  domestic habits of
 men1 witness the election and          
inauguration of  ,emperors1 witness the 
coronation rites and anointing of       
,kings1  witness the ,orders of         
,knighthood and their very mantles1     
witness  windows1 witness coins1 witness
 city gates and city houses1  witness   
the labours and life of our ancestors1  
witness all things  great and small1    
that no religion in the world but ours  
ever took  deep root there4    ,these   
considerations being at hand to me1 and 
so affecting me as  ,i thought them over
 that it seemed the part of insolence1  
nay of  insanity1 to renounce all this  
,christian company and consort  with the
 most abandoned of men1 ,i confess1 ,i  
felt animated and  fired to the         

conflict1 a conflict wherein ,i can     
never be worsted  until it comes to the 
,saints being hurled from heaven and the
  proud ,lucifer recovering heaven4     
,therefore let ,chark1 who  reviles me  
so outrageously1 be in better conceit   
with me1 if ,i  have preferred to trust 
this poor sinful soul of mine1 which    
,christ has bought so dearly1 rather to 
a safe way1 a sure way1 a  royal road1  
than to ,calvin's rocks or woodland     
thickets1 there  to hang caught in      
uncertainty4    ,,conclusion    ,you    
have from me1 ,gentlemen of the         
,university1 this little  present1 put  
together by the labour of such leisure  
as ,i could  snatch on the road4 ,my    
purpose was to clear myself in your     
judgment of the charge of arrogance1 and
 to show just cause for  my confidence1 
and meanwhile1 until such time as along 
with me  you are invited by the         
adversaries to the disputations in the  
,schools1 to give you a sort of         
foretaste of what is to come  there4 ,if

 you think it a just1 safe1 and virtuous
 choice for  ,luther or ,calvin to be   
taken for the ,canon of ,scripture1 the 
,mind  of the ,holy ,ghost1 the         
,standard of the ,church1 the ,pedagogue
 of  ,councils and ,fathers1 in short1  
the ,god of all witnesses and  ages1 ,i 
have nothing to hope of your reading or 
hearing me4 ,but  if you are such as ,i 
have pictured you in my mind1           
philosophers1  keen-sighted1 lovers of  
the truth1 of simplicity1 of modesty1   
enemies of temerity1 of trifles and     
sophisms1 you will easily see  daylight 
in the open air1 seeing that you already
 see the peep of  day through a narrow  
chink4 ,i will say freely what my love  
of  you1 and your danger1 and the       
importance of the matter requires4  ,the
 devil is not unaware that you will see 
this light of day1 if  ever you raise   
your eyes to it4 ,for what a piece of   
stupidity it  would be to prefer        
,hanmers and ,charks to ,christian      
antiquity6 ,but  there are certain      

,lutheran enticements whereby the devil 
extends  his kingdom1 delicate snares   
whereby that hooker of men has  caught  
with his baits already many of your rank
 and station4 ,what  are they6 ,gold1   
glory1 pleasures1 lusts4 ,despise them4 
,what are  they but bowels of earth1    
high-sounding air1 a banquet of worms1  
fair dunghills4 ,scorn them4 ,christ is 
rich1 who will maintain  you3 ,he is a  
,king1 who will provide you3 ,he is a   
sumptuous  entertainer1 who will feast  
you2 ,he is beautiful1 who will give  in
 abundance all that can make you happy4 
,enrol yourselves in ,his  service1 that
 with ,him you may gain triumphs1 and   
show yourselves  men truly most learned1
 truly most illustrious4 ,farewell4 ,at 
,cosmopolis1 ,city of all the world1    
#aeha4    ,,the ,,end4    ,footnote #a3 
,cf4 ,newman1 ,lectures on ,anglican    
,difficulties1  ,lect4 xii43 ,i say1    
then1 the writings of the ,fathers1 so  
far  from prejudicing at least one man  
7,j4,h4,n47 against the modern  ,church1

 have been singly and solely the one    
intellectual cause of  his having       
renounced the religion in which he was  
born and  submitted himself to her4     
,footnote #b3 ,richard ,cheyne1         
,anglican bishop of ,gloucester1 to whom
  there is extant a letter from         
,campion1 dated #a ,november1 #aega4    
,footnote #c3 ,the ,latin is ,philippos4
    ,footnote #d3 ,seems to refer to the
 first ,protestant bishops1  mighty     
hunters 7,genesis x4 #i7 after place1   
and1 to secure it1 all  too ready to    
alienate the manors and possessions of  
their see4    ,footnote #e3 ,i have here
 paraphrased1 as any literal translation
  would have been hopelessly obscure to 
most modern readers4  ,campion could but
 hint darkly his comparison of the      
,elizabethan  persecution to the        
,decian4 ,the ,latin runs3 ,etenim1 ut  
nostrorum  illa fuit ,epistasis         
turbulenta1 sic nostrorum haec evasit   
divina  ,catastrophe4 ,epistasis is the 
part of the play where the  plot        

thickens 7,liddell and ,scott74         
,catastrophe is the turn  of the plot   
7,id474    ,footnote #f3 ,faeces et     
folles et alumenta gehennae4            
,footnote #g3 ,mali corvi4