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was born Germany. His father was a poor labouring man, not able to bring up his son, but he had a brother in the same country, who was a very rich man, but  never a child, and took a great  to his cousin, and he resolved to  a scholar of him; and in order there unto, put him to the Latin school, when he took his learning extraordinary  afterwards he put him to the university to study divinity; but  could in no wise fancy that employment; wherefore he betook himself