(though he later added the proviso that it should not be read by women, apprentices and other such unreliable persons); this was known as the Great Bible. In the course of the century other versions were circulated by various groups. Most important was the Geneva Bible (1560), sponsored by the English Puritans in Geneva, which rapidly became the most popular version. More for a niche-market was the Rheims-Douai version, translated by Gregory Martin for the exiled English Catholics (1582/1609), kept