...more conclusive still — in which they aver : " we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of...out of many good ones (!!), one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against: that hath been our endeavour, our mark." How very much these labours...

...runs as follows: — "Truly, good Christian Reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one ; (for then the imputation of Sixtus had been true in some sort, that our people had been fed with...

...as follows: — "Truly, good Christian Reader, we •never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one; (for then the imputation •of Sixtut had been true in gome sort, that our people had been fed with...

...black letter. In the Preface the translators say : "We never thought from the beginning, that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of...better, or out of many good ones one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against, that hath been our endeavour, that our mark." This is doubtless...

...authors. The way had Taeen well prepared for them by a succession of older translations and revisions so excellent, that our Translators modestly say, in...their work, though much assisted* by the labors of the devout men and martyrs who had wrought in the same line before them, is essentially original. It was...

...from the beginning, that we should need to make a new Translation, nor yet to make a bad one a good, but to make a good one better; or out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark."—Fitface to our pretenl...

...from the beginning, that we should need to make a new Translation, nor yet to make a bad one a good, but, to make a good one better ; or out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against ; that hath been onr endeavour, that our mark.' — Preface to our...

...from the beginning, that we should need to make a new Translation, nor yet to make a bad one a good, but to make a good one better ; or out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against ; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark." — Fitface to our...

...black letter. In the Preface the translators say: "We never thought from the beginning, that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of...better, or out of many good ones one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against, that hath been our endeavour, that our mark." This is doubtless...

...sort, that our people had been fed with gall of drngons instead of wine, and whey instead of milk ; but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principal good one not justly to be excepted against ; that hath been our endeavor, that our mark." And well they did...