About Henry Bennet
Henry Bennet was a translator.
Henry Bennet , said to be of Calais, was an English translator of Protestant literature.
Bennet published in 1561, at the press of John Awdely, a volume of translations from the German and Swiss Protestant reformers, A Famous and Godly History. The book is divided into two parts, which were published together.
The first part was dedicated to Thomas Wentworth, with a date of 18 November 1561. It contains Philip Melanchthon's life of Martin Luther; Luther's declaration of his doctrine before the Emperor Charles V at Worms; and the oration of Melanchthon at Wittenberg, given in place of his usual exposition of the Epistle to the Romans, after the news of Luther's death.
The second part has a similar dedication to James Blount, dated 30 November 1561. It consists of:
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