Literal conformity with the original text is of course not possible or desirable in a paraphrase.

What Froude did not sufficiently consider was the difference between the translation and the translator himself, who cannot paraphrase properly unless he renders literally in his own mind.

Froude gave abundant proof of his good faith by quoting in notes some of the very passages which are incorrectly rendered above.

A great deal has been made by a Catholic critic of the fact that the book which checked Ignatius Loyola's "devotional emotions" was not Erasmus's Greek Testament, but his Enchiridion Militis Christiani, Christian Soldier's Manual.

This mistake was unduly favourable to the saint.