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Martin Marprelate Quotes

England

Martin Marprelate was the pseudonym used by the author or authors of the Marprelate tracts, a series of satirical attacks on the Anglican episcopacy which were published illegally during the years 1588 and 1589. The tracts have at various times been attributed to John Penry, Edward de Vere, Job Throckmorton, Henry Barrowe, Sir Roger Williams and other figures.

England
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The Lord being the author both of mirth and gravity, is it not lawful in itself for the truth to use either of these ways, when the circumstances do make it lawful?

The Martin Marprelate Tracts (2008)

Our lord bishops…that swinish rabble, are petty antichrists, petty popes, proud prelates, intolerable withstanders of reformation, enemies of the gospel, and most covetous wretched priests.

The Martin Marprelate Tracts (2008)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Marprelate (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.