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Show Firtt Eilgtish Bible lohn Wyeliffe, first mnu to translate the Bible Into English, Vus sixty years old wiicn he finished his task. The w-bik belongs to th'e final period of his life, lint timt; during which he was greatly persecuted by both the church and state. The WycUfTe version was addressed to the entire English people, high and low, rich and po'or. This Is prued by the character char-acter 'of 'the copies that have survived. .Vboit 'thirty of these remain and srde 'are large folio volumes, handsomely hand-somely written and Illustrated In the best style of the 'period. Others ore plain copies of ordinary size for private pri-vate persons or monastic libraries. Detroit News. |