A dialoge or communication of two persons / Deuysyd and set forthe in the late[n] tonge, by the noble and famose clarke. Desiderius Erasmus intituled [the] pylgremage of pure deuotyon. Newly tra[n]slatyd into Englishe.

by Desiderius Erasmus

Me. Cã you wryte hebrewe?

Ogygy. No but all that thay cãnat vnderstond, thay suppose to be Hebrewe. And than (I suppose he was send for) came the posterior pryor.

Me. What name of worshipe is y^t? Haue thay nat an abbate?

Ogy. No

Me. Why so?

Ogy. For thay cannat speake Hebrew.

Me. Haue thay nat a Bishope?

Ogy. No.

Me. What is y^e cause?

Ogy. For oure lady is nat as yet so ryche, that she is able to bye a crosse, & a mytre, whiche be so deare,