Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of EnglandTyler, James Endell
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Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England
Tyler, James Endell
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422
[Footnote 282: It is impossible not to observe upon
the great inaccuracy of Fox's translation of the
Archbishop's words, for he professes it to be a
translation, and the unfair turn and tone given to
his sentiments, together with the unjustifiable
addition which he has made to his definitive
sentence.
FOX'S TRANSLATION.
"We sententially and definitively,
by this present writing,
judge, declare, and condemn
him for a most pernicious
and detestable heretic,
convicted upon the same, and
refusing utterly to obey the
church: again committing him
here from henceforth to the
secular jurisdiction, power, and
judgment, to _do him thereupon
to_ DEATH."
ARUNDEL'S WORDS.
"Him, convicted of and
upon such a detestable offence,
and unwilling to return penitently
to the unity of the
church, we sententially and
definitively have judged, declared,
and condemned for a
heretic, and to be in error in
those things which the holy
church of Rome and the universal
church teaches, hath determined,
and preacheth, and
especially in the Articles above
written; leaving the same as
a heretic henceforth to the
secular power."
"To do him unto death," may be the horrible
implication; but it is not, as Fox unwarrantably
represents it to be, part of the sentence.
Another instance occurs in the translation of the
passage in which the Archbishop gives his reasons
for making this public and authoritative statement
of the transaction.
FOX.
"That, _upon the fear of this
declaration_, also the people
may fall from _their evil_ opinions
conceived _now of late_ by
_seditious preachers_."
ARUNDEL.
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