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No . I . On * the Monstrous Regiment of Women !* In the reign of Mary , queen of England , John Knox , the celebrated Scotch Reformer ,
published a book against female sovereignty , under the title of The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment ( i . e . government ) of Women . " It is not wonderful that such a book * at
such a time gave considerable offence . In the beginning of Elizabeth ' s reign , it was answered by Aylmer , afterwards bishop of Lon . don , then one of the English refugees on the Continent , who had
been Archdeacon of Stovve , and tutor to Lady Jane Grey . Aylmer ' s book was entitled , ** An Harborow for faithful subjects , being an Answer , &c . " In a note is the following anecdote of the profound ignorance of a Rev . Vicar of those days .
In his answer to Knox ' s argument from Isaiah iii- 12 , he concludes thus : " Therefore the ar-
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gUmente arisefh from wrong un « derstandinge * . As the vicar of Trumpenton understode Eli , Eli , lama-zabatani , when he read the Passion on Palme Sunday . When
he came to that place , he stopped , and calling the churchwardens , saide , c Neighbours ! this gear must be amended . Heare is Eli twice in the book : I assure you , if my L . ( the bishop ) of Elie come this waye , and see it , he will have
the book . Therefore , by mine advice , we shall scrape it out , &nd put in our own towne ' s name , Trumpington , Trumpington , lamah . zabactani . * They consented , and he did so , because he understode no grewe / ' Harborovve , G . 3 * G- 4 .
There are some things in the Harborow which might have been unpalatable to the Queen , irf th « author ha , d not taken care to sweeten them with that personal flattery , which was as agreeable tp Elizabeth as to others of her sex and raok , and which he adminis * . tered in sufficient quantities before concluding his work . The ladies will be ready to excuse a slight slip of the pen in the good archdeacon , in consideration of the
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY OP Theology and General Literature .
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EXTRACTS FROM MARIE ' S LIFE * OF KNOX .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/1/
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