wMch the rest revised ; and the annotations were
made by Bristow and Allen. Their preface says:
" Since Luther and his followers have pretended- that
the Catholic Roman faith is contrary to God's vmtten
word, and that the Scriptures were not suffered in
vulgar languages, lest the people should see the
truth ; and withal these new masters oorruptly turn-
ing the Bible into diverse tongues, as might best
serve their own opinions — against this false suggestion
and practice Catholic pastors have, for one especial
reiaaedy, set forth true and sincere translations in
most languages of the Latin Church." They also say :
"We translate the old vulgar Latin text, not the
common Grreek text, for these reasons :

"1. It is so ancient that it was used in the Church
above thirteen hundred years ago.
"2. It is that, by aU probability, which St. Jerome
afterwards corrected, according to' the Greek, by the
appointment of Pope Damasus.
"3. It is the same which St. Augustine so com-
mended.
"4. It has been used, for the most part, ever since
in the Church' s service.
" 5. The Holy Council of Trent, for these and many
other important considerations, hath declared and
defined this only of all other Latin translations to
be authentic.
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"6. It is the gravest, sincerest, of greatest majesty
and least partiality, as being without all respect of
controversies and contentions, specially those of our
time.
"7. It is so exact and precise, according to the
Greek, both the phrase and the word, that delicate
heretics therefore reprehend it of rudeness.
"8. The adversaries themselves, namely Beza, pre-
fer it before all the rest.
