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genösse  William  Tyndale,  der  sich  seiner  bei  der  Herstellung
und  Drucklegung  der  ersten  Ausgabe  seiner  englischen  Uebersetzung
  des  Neuen  Testamentes  bedient  hatte,  ungünstig.  In
der  Address  to  the  Reader,  welche  ,The  Parable  of  the  Wycked
Mammon'  etc.  (gedruckt  1528  in  Marburg  in  Hessen)  vorangeht, ­
  spricht  sich  Tyndale  folgendermassen  über  Roy  und
seinen  Antheil  an  der  englischen  Uebersetzung  aus:  ,Whyle  I
abode  a  faythful  companyon  1  which  now  hath  taken  an  other
vyage  vpon  him,  to  preach  christ  where  (I  suppose)  he  was
never  yet  preached  (God  which  put  in  his  herte  thyther  to  goo
sende  his  sprite  with  him,  comforte  him  and  bringe  his  purpose
  to  good  effecte)  one  William  Roye  a  man  somewhat
craftye  when  he  cometh  vnto  new  acquayntaunce  and  before
he  be  thorow  knowen  and  namely  when  all  is  spent,  came
vnto  me  and  offered  his  helpe.  As  longe  as  he  had  no  money,
somwhat  I  could  ruele  him:  but  as  sone  as  he  had  goten  him
money,  he  became  lyke  hym  seife  agayne.  Neuerthelesse  I
suffered  all  thinges  tyll  yat  was  ended  whych  I  coulde  not
doo  alone  wythout  one  both  to  wryte  and  to  helpe  me  to  compare
  ye  textes  together.  When  that  was  ended  I  toke  my  leue
and  bode  him  farewel  for  oure  two  lyues,  and  as  men  saye  a
daye  longer.  After  we  were  departed  he  went,  and  gate  him
new  frendes  which  thinge  to  doo  he  passeth  all  that  ever  I
yet  knewe.  And  there  when  he  had  stored  hym  of  money  he
gote  him  to  Argentine  where  he  professeth  wonderfull  faculties
and  maketh  bost  of  no  small  thinges.  A  yere  after  that  and
now.  xii.  monethes  before  the  pryntinge  of  this  worke 2  came
one  Jerom 3  a  brother  of  Grenewhich  also,  thorow  wormes  to
1  Arber,  der  sowohl  in  den  Facs.  Texts,  The  first  printed  ete.  als  in  Rede
me  etc.  diese  Stelle  Tyndale’s  mittheilt,  kann  sich  nicht  mit  Sicherheit
darüber  aussprechen,  wen  Tyndale  unter  diesem  erwarteten  faythful
companyon  gemeint  habe,  hält  es  jedoch  für  nicht  unwahrscheinlich,
dass  es  Thomas  Hutton  gewesen  sein  dürfte,  der  am  24.  Februar  t529
den  Märtyrertod  starb.  Wir  sind  bei  AViedergabe  dieser  Stelle  Arber  gefolgt,' ­
  da  die  Ausgabe  der  Parker  Society,  die  wir  oben  angeführt  haben,
durch  die  Modernisirung  der  Orthographie  leider  sehr  an  Brauchbarkeit
verloren  hat.
2  Der  Druck  der  Parable  of  the  Wycked  Mammon  wurde  am  8.  Mai  1528
vollendet.
3  Barlow,  s.  oben  S.  393.
Sitzungsber.  d.  phil.-liist.  CI.  LXXYI.  Bd.  III.  Hft.  27