Quote#God & Faith
I defie the Pope and all his lawes. If God spare my life, ere many…
Quote byWilliam Tyndale · 1494–1536
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in the Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, touching Matters of the Church (Foxe's Book of Martyrs) by John Foxe; variant: I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the scripture than thou doest..
English (original)
I defie the Pope and all his lawes. If God spare my life, ere many yeares I wyl cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scripture, than he doust.
— William Tyndale
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