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Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James...

Catalogue reference: MS 2001

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MS 2001

Title

Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James Canceller's raylinge boke upon hys owne heade, called the pathe of obedyence: to teache hym hereafter how he shall sedicyously gyve fourth a pernicyouse disobedyence agaynst the crowne of thys realme, in stede of true obedyence'

Date

16th Century

Description

The Path of obedience by the Roman Catholic controversialist James Canceller was first published in about 1553.

Dedicatory epistle to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, dated from Canterbury, 6 July 1561 (ff. ii-iiiv), and epistle to the reader (ff. 1-2).

The manuscript was entered at the Stationers' Company by John Day, the printer (E. Arber, Trans. of the register of the Company of Stationers, i, 155), and ff. 1-2 are marked up for printing, but the work appears to have been laid aside.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Language

English

Physical description

iv + 44 ff.

Physical condition

Vellum wrapper consisting of part of a leaf from a 13th cent. MS. 17 x 23 cm.

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Holograph manuscript by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, entitled 'A retourne of James Canceller's raylinge boke upon hys owne heade, called the pathe of obedyence: to teache hym hereafter how he shall sedicyously gyve fourth a pernicyouse disobedyence agaynst the crowne of thys realme, in stede of true obedyence'