We, &c., testify." What they testify is that, since Morus had come to Amsterdam, "not only had he done nothing which could afford ground for such calumnies, or was unworthy of a Christian and Theologian," but he had also discharged the duties of his Professorship with extraordinary learning, eloquence and acceptance.

So far, therefore, were the Magistrates from censuring M.Morus that, on the contrary, they were ready still, on any occasion, to afford him all the protection and show him all the good will in their power.
The certificate is sealed with the City seal, and signed by "N.
Nicolai," the City clerk.
_From the Amsterdam Church (about same date)_:--Three Pastors of this Church--Gothofrid Hotton, Henry Blanche-Tete, and Nicolas de la Bassecour--certify, "in the name of the whole convocation of the Gallo-Belgie Church of Amsterdam," that Morus discharges his Professorship with high credit; also "that, as regards his life and conversation, they are so far from knowing or acknowledging him to be guilty of those things of which he is accused by one Milton, an Englishman, in his lately published book, that, on the contrary, they have frequently requested sermons from him, and he has delivered such in the church, excellent in quality and perfectly orthodox,--which could not have occurred if anything of the alleged kind had been known to his brethren (_quod heud factum fuisset si hujusmodi quioquam nobis innotuisset_)." _From the Curators of the Amsterdam School, July 29, 1654_:--To the same effect, with the story of the circumstances of the appointment of Morus to the Professorship.

They had been very anxious to get him, and he had justified their choice.

"We think the calumnies with which he is undeservedly loaded arise from nothing else than the ill-will which is the inseparable accompaniment of especially distinguished virtue." Signed, for the Curators, by "C.

de Graef" and "Simon van Hoorne." After asking Milton how he can face these flat contradictions of his charges, not from mere individuals, but from important public bodies, and saying that "one favourable nod from any one of the persons concerned would be worth more than the vociferations of a thousand Miltons to all eternity," Morus corrects Milton's mistake as to the nature of his Professorship.