[337] Scarabæus ille qui maximo suo malo aquilam quæsivit. (Erasm. Ep. p. 555.) That beetle who sought to do the worst he could to the eagle.

[338] Consultissima tua Majestas. Vestra sublimis et longe reverendissima, Majestas, etc. Fiddes, Bodleian Papers, p. 178.

[339] Cotton MSS. Brit. Mus. Calig. D. 7, p. 88.

[340] He took me hard by the wrist with one hand, and laid the other upon his breast. Ibid. D. 8, p. 93.

[341] He will assure you full fourteen cardinals for him. Ibid. D. F. p. 98.

[342] Bi the messe! State Papers, i. 9.

[343] Lady Walsh, a stout and wise woman. Foxe, Acts, v. p. 115.

[344] Who were together with Master Tyndale sitting at the same table. Foxe, Acts, v. p. 115.

[345] Talk of learned men, as of Luther and Erasmus, etc. Ibid.

[346] When they at any time did vary from Tyndale in opinions and judgment, he would show them in the book. Ibid.