Note 408 — Chapter V · RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
George Herbert Ely translation
The Bible was much in request. Editions in the vulgar tongue had long been popular in Germany and Italy. Lefèvre d’Etaples, who produced his translation in 1523, had passed his life in expounding the sacred books. In 1514, Charles de Saint-Gelais dedicated to Francis I., while still only a prince, a translation of the Book of Maccabees.