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REPLY1850

Discursus Modestus

By J. B.

Crakanthorp, in his *Defens. Eccl. Angl.*, cap. vi. p. 27. (A.C.L. edition), refers to *Discur. Compen. de Jesuit. Angl.*, p. 15., and quotes from it the words, "Omnia pro tempore, nihil pro veritate." Is this *Discur. Compen.* the *Discurs. Modest.*? and are these words to be found in Watson's *Quodlibets*? This would fix the identity of the two books. It is curious that the only two references made by Bishop Andrews to the *Discurs. Modest.* (*Respons. ad Apol.*, pp. 7. and 117.) are to page 13., and both the statements are found in page 81. of Watson. Crakanthorp, however (p. 532.), quotes…

Topics: Jesuit History, Literature, Historical Texts

Locations: Lambeth