Tindal's BIBLE. The first printed Bible in our language was that translated by Will. Tindal, assisted by Miles Coverdale: it was printed abroad in 1526; but most of the copies were bought up and burnt by Bishop Tunstal and Sir Thomas More. It contained only the New Testament, and was revised and republished by the same person in 1530. The prologues and prefaces added to it reflect on the bishops and clergy; but this edition was also suppressed, and the copies burnt. In 1532 Tindal and his associates finished the whole Bible except the Apocrypha, and printed it abroad; but afterwards, whilst he was preparing for a second edition, he was taken up and burnt for heresy in Flanders.