. Historical portraits ... in 00 u o U ^^ r: Ui ^ ■■J r^ < u z •5 — 0 m c0 < in in 3 <u O i;? X 0 a, oo p. o u^ JOHN COLET 107 the Bishop of London, who instituted a prosecution for heresyagainst him ; it was even alleged that Colet had been so daringas to translate the Lords Prayer into English! ArchbishopWarham at once quashed the prosecution. In 1513 Colet preachedbefore the Court and King, on the iniquity of war, and in particularof the French war in which Henry VIII was then engaged; but,when his enemies sought to rouse the Kings wrath against him,Henry rewarded him by making him
. Historical portraits ... in 00 u o U ^^ r: Ui ^ ■■J r^ < u z •5 — 0 m c0 < in in 3 <u O i;? X 0 a, oo p. o u^ JOHN COLET 107 the Bishop of London, who instituted a prosecution for heresyagainst him ; it was even alleged that Colet had been so daringas to translate the Lords Prayer into English! ArchbishopWarham at once quashed the prosecution. In 1513 Colet preachedbefore the Court and King, on the iniquity of war, and in particularof the French war in which Henry VIII was then engaged; but,when his enemies sought to rouse the Kings wrath against him,Henry rewarded him by making him a royal chaplain. In 1514Erasmus, who was again in England, accompanied Colet on apilgrimage to Beckets shrine at Canterbury, where the Deanopenly ridiculed the supposed virtue of the horrible relics of that martyr which he was expected to venerate. Colet died in peace1519, but it has always been an interesting question whether, hadhe lived fifteen years later, he would have been found on the sideof his friend More, or with the more thoroughgoing reformerssuch as Latimer. Perhaps of all t
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