...convenient : First, " That ye shall provide before the ensuing feast of the Nativity, (December 25,) one book of the whole Bible, of the largest volume...convenient place within the said church, that ye have care of, where your parishioners may most conveniently resort to the same and read it ; the charges...

...Smithfield in the reign of Mary. A royal " Injunction" was issued in 1538, ordering the clergy to provide "one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume,...and the same set up in some convenient place within your church, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it Item, that...

...parsons, vicars, and curates were required to provide, within three moneths next after this visitation, one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English," and "within one twelve-monethe next after the said visitation the paraphrasis of Erasmus also in English,...

...parsons, vicars, and curates were required to provide, within three moneths next after this visitation, one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English," and "within one twelve-monethe next after the said visitation the paraphrasis of Erasmus also in English,...

...That ye shall provide, on this side of the feast of N. (Natalis, Nativity of our Lord, 25 December,) next coming, one book of the whole Bible, of the largest volume in English, and the same set up hi some convenient place within the said church, that ye have care of, where your parishioners may...

...injunctions: — " To provide within three months after this visitation at the charges of the parish, one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English, and within twelve months the paraphrases of Erasmus, also in English; and the same to be set up in some...

...probably by Holbein, showed that it was published with the royal permission. Henry VIII. directed that "one book of the whole Bible, of the largest volume in English," should be placed in each parish church. It is the Great Bible with which we are familiar, at least...

...English. He is charged to see that the Sacraments be duly administered, and that within three months ' one book of the whole Bible, of the largest volume in English,' be procured,2 and within twelve months the ' Paraphrases of Erasmus, also in English, upon the Gospels,'...

...issued to the clergy by Cromwell, as Vicar-General, in 1536, ordering that there should be provided "one book of the whole Bible, of the largest volume, in English, and the same set up in some * Sterens'a 'Catalogue of the Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition of 1ST!,' p. 38. convenient place within...

...printed an injunction was issued, requiring the clergy to provide by a certain date, in each parish, ' one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English,' the cost, equal to about £6 of modern money, to be divided between the parson and the parishioners....