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Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 17
[lizabeth, requiring recruits for her cultivated andbrilliant court, patronised the University, and at thesame time served herself by bestowing prefermentsboth in Church and State upon promising youngscholars of Oxford. Such an one was Sir ThomasBodley. By birth a member of an ancient Devonfamily… … INTRODUCTION. Xlll Hebrew, and Greek under Calvin, Beza, and others, reformers oflearning and religion. Upon the accession of Elizabeth in 1558Bodley returned to England and entered at Magdalen College, indue course taking his degree; then he travelled on the continent andagain returned to England…
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