_Add._ To the right worshipfull Mr. Henry Borough be this yeuen.
B.M. Galba B. x, 338; Cal. v. 248. ‹May, 1531.›
An account of the reception of William Tyndale’s book, _The Answer_, by Henry VIII., and of his anger at the opinions it advanced. Cromwell urges Vaughan to cease advocating Tyndale’s cause, and to request Frith to abandon him[775].
Stephen Vaughan I co_m_mende me vnto you And haue receyued your l_ette_res dated at Andwerpe the xviii^{ th} day of Aprell w_i_t_h_ also that parte of Tyndall_es_ boke _Sewed and_ inclosed in lether which ye w_i_t_h_ yo_ur_ l_ette_res directed to the king_es_ highnes After the recept whereof I dyd repayre vnto the courte and there presented the same vnto his royall maiestee who _after the recept thereof_ made me answer for that tyme that his highnes at oportun leyso_ur_ wolde vysite ouersee and rede the content_es_ aswell of you[r] l_ette_res as also the saide boke And at my next repayre thither it pleased his highnes to call for me declaring vnto me aswell the content_es_ of yo_ur_ l_ette_res as also moche of the matier conteyned in the saide boke of Tyndall_es_. And albeit that I might well perceyue that his maiestee was right well pleased and right acceptablie considered your diligence and payn[es] taken in the wryting and sending of the saide boke as also in the p_er_swading and exhorting of Tyndall to repayre int[o] this realme _in the accomplisshement of his high pleasure and comaundement yet I might coniecture by the ferther declaracyon of his high pleasure Which sayed vnto me that by your wryting it manyfestlie appered how moche_ { yet his highnes nothyng lyked the sayd boke being fyllyd w_i_t_h_ Scedycyous Slaunderous lyes and Fantastycall oppynyon‹s› Shewing therin nether lernyng nor trewthe and ferther Co_m_munyng w_i_t_h_ his grace I mygh‹t› well coniect that he though‹t› that ye bare moche} affection _and zele ye bere_ toward_es_ the saide Tyndall whom in his maners _modestie and Symplycytee_ { & knowlage in woordlye thing_es_} ye vndoubtedlie { in yo_ur_ l_ette_res} do moche _more_ allowe and co_m_mende _then his_ { whos} work_es being so replete w_i_t_h _lyes and most_ { _then the warke of hit Self is able to deserue_} { being replete w_i_t_h_ so} abhomynable Sclaunders { & lyes} Imagened and { onlye} fayned to infecte _and intoxicate_ { _as it semythe_} the peopull _may to indyfferent Judgement declarethe him, for the which your fauours Supposed to be born to the saide Tyndall (who assuredlie sheweth himself in myn opynyon rather to be replete w_i_t_h _venymous envye rancour and malice then w_i_t_h _any good lerning vertue knowlage or discression) hathe put the kinges highnes in suspectyon of you considering_ { dothe declare hym bothe to lake grace vertue lernyng discrecyon and all other good qualytes [n]othing [e]ll_es_ p_re_tending in all his work_es_ but [to] seduce [and d]yssayve} that _ye should_ { ye} in such wise { by yo_ur_ l_ette_res} _lene vnto and fau_our _the evill doctryne of so peruerse and malycyous a person and so moche prayse him_ { prayse Setforth and avaunse hym} { _bothe to lake lernyng_} { to be envyous and to lake lernyng gra[ce]} { _vertue and all good discrecyon_} _who nothing_ { _whiche nothing ell_es} { pretendyth[776]} _goeth about or pretendeth_ but[776] _onelie to Seduce deceyue and disquiet the people and comenwelth of this realme Whose_ { _Repayre thether ys to be estuyd_} _cummyng into Englonde the king_es _highnes can right well forbere and_ { and sowe sedycyon among the peopull of this realme. The king_es_ highnes therfor} hathe co_m_maunded me _exp_re_ssely to wryte vnto you_ { to adu_er_tyse you that is plesure ys} that ye should desiste and leve any ferther to persuade or attempte _him thereunto_ { the sayd tyndalle to Com into this realme} alledging that _his maieste so euydentlie_ { he} p_er_ceyuing the malycyous perverse vncharytable { and Indurate} mynde _and disposicyon of the saide Tyndall is rather veray glad that he is out of his Realme then_,[777] { _Joyous to haue his realme destytute_} ... { of the sayd Tyndalle ys in man_er_ w_i_t_h_owt hope of reconsylyacyon in hym and ys veray Joyous to haue his Realme destytute of Such a person for hys highnes right prudentlye consyderyth} if he were present by all lykelohod he wold shortelie (which god defende) do as moche as in him were to infecte and corrup[t] the hole realme { _which now ys so Indurate_} to the grete inquietacyon and hurte of the co_m_menwelth of the same.