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Wolf.

Argentine,  sayenge  that  he  entended  to  be  Christes  disciple
an  other  whyle  and  to  kepe  (as  nye  as  God  wolde  gyue  him
grace)  the  profession  of  his  baptem,  and  to  gett  his  lyuinge
with  his  band  es,  and  to  lyue  no  longer  ydely  and  of  the
swete  and  laboure  of  those  captyues  whiche  they  had  taught,
not  to  byleue  in  Chryst:  but  in  cuttshowes  and  russet  cöetes.
Which  Jerom  with  all  diligence  I  warned  of  Royes  boldnesse
and  exhorted  hym  to  bewarre  of  hym  and  to  walke  quyetly
and  with  all  pacience  and  longe  sofferinge  acordinge  as  we
have  Chryste  and  his  apostles  for  an  ensample,  which  thinge
he  also  promysed  me.  Neuerthelesse  when  he  was  comen  to
Argentine  William  Roye  (whos  tonge  is  able  not  only  to  make
foles  sterke  madde,  but  also  to  disceyue  the  wisest  that  is  at
the  fyrst  syght  and  acquayntaunce)  gate  him  to  hym  and  set
him  a  werke  to  make  rymes,  whyle  he  hym  seife  translated  a
dialoge  out  of  laten  in  to  Englysh,  in  whose  prologe  he  promyseth
  moare  a  greate  deal  than  I  fere  me  he  will  euer  paye  ..
Beachtung  verdient  auch  noch  folgende  Stelle  dieser
Schrift  Tyndale’s,  die  wir  nach  Walter’s  Ausgabe  der  Werke
Tyndale’s  für  die  Parker  Society  (I.  41  f.)  mittheilen  müssen:
,It  becomes  not  then  the  Lord’s  servant,  to  me  railing  rhymes,
but  God’s  word  ....  The  word  of  God  is  that  day  whereof
Paul  speaketh,  [I.  Cor.  111.]  which  shall'  declare  all  things,
and  that  fire  which  shall  try  every  man’s  work,  and  consuine
false  doctrine:  with  that  sword  ouglit  inen  sharply  to  fight  and
not  to  rail  with  foolish  rhymes.  Let  it  not  offend  thee,  that
some  walk  inordinately;  let  not  the  wickedness  of  Judas  cause
the  to  despise  the  doctrine  of  his  fellows.  No  man  ought  to
think  that  Stephen  was  a  false  preacher,  because  that  Nicholas,
which  toas  chosen  fellow  with  him  to  minister  unto  tlie  widoios,
feil  after  into  great  heresies,  as  histories  make  mention.  Good
and  evil  go  always  together,  one  cannot  be  known  without  the
other/
Die  hier  angeführten  Stellen  aus  dieser  Schrift  Tyndale’s
sind  für  unsere  Kenntniss  von  Roye  und  seinem  jetzt  wiederaufgefundenen ­
  Werke  in  mehr  als  einer  Beziehung  wichtig,
namentlich  sind  die  Worte  Tyndale’s:  ,he  hym  seife  translated
a  dialoge  out  of  laten  into  Englysh,  in  •whose  prologe  he  promyseth
  m.oa.re  a  greate  deal 1  etc.  für  die  Identität  des  Lyttle