John Wycliffe

It shall greatly help thee
to understand scripture
if thou mark not only what is spoken
or written,
but of whom, and to whom,
and with what words,
at what time, where, to what intent,
and with what circumstances,
considering what goeth before
and what followeth.
John Wycliffe
1330-1384
Oxford Professor
who advocated the Bible
as supreme authority
and is credited with the first
complete translation
of the Bible
into middle english