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    III. Coverdale-Poem on the Fall of Babylon

    Space precludes more than passing reference to certain noted Reformers whose interpretations have not been preservedPFF2 403.4

    for us, but who shared the positions of their associates. For in stance, there is Coverdale’s 35MILES COVERDALE (1488-1569), bishop of Exeter, was at Cambridge when Robert Barnes was prior. It was from Barnes that he imbibed his Reformed views, and he accompanied Barnes at his trial. Having a Bachelor of Canon Law degree from Cambridge (1531), Coverdale was ad mitted to the degree of D.D. at Tubingen. In 1563 he obtained the same degree from Cambridge. After he became known as a writer and preacher, he twice fled to the Continent to escape persecution. He translated the Bible in 1535 (his most notable work). His writings were proscribed in 1555. eighty-eight line poem “Let Go the Whore of Babylon,” the first stanza of which reads:PFF2 404.1

    “Let go the whore of Babilon,
    Her kyngdome falleth sore;
    Her mechauntes begyne to make theyr mone,
    The Lorde be praysed therfore.
    Theyr ware is naught, it wyll not be bought,
    Great falsheed is founde therin:
    Let go the whore of Babilon,
    The mother of al synne.” 36Miles Coverdale, “Let Go the Whore of Babylon,” in Works, vol. 2 (Remains of Miles Coverdale), p. 586.
    PFF2 404.2

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