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The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in the former part of homilies. Set out by the authority of the Queens Majesty: and to be read in every parish church agreeably.The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.
Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richard Jugge, and John Cawood, printers to the Queens Majesty, 1571Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Queenes Maiestie, 1571
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Thou shalt go upon the Lion and 1the Adder, the young Lion & the Dragon thou shalt tread under thy foot? Shall we say that he had Gods holy spirit within him? & not rather ⟨p. 432⟩the spirit of the devil? Such a tyrant was pope Alexander the third. What shall we say of him that armed and animated the son against the father, causing him to be taken, & to be cruelly famished to death, contrary to the law both God, and also of nature? Shall we say that he had Gods holy spirit within him? and not rather the spirit of the devil? Such a tyrant was pope Paschal the second. What shall we say of him that came into his popedom like a fox, that reigned like a Lion, and dyed like a dog? Shall we say that he had Gods holy spirit within him? and not rather the spirit of the devil? Such a tyrant was pope Boniface the eight. What shall we say of him that made Henry the Emperor, with his wife and his young child, to stand at the gates of the City in the rough winter, bare footed and bare legged, only clothed in linsey woolsey, eating nothing from morning to night, and that for the space of three days? Shall we say that he had Gods holy spirit within him? and not rather the spirit of the devil? Such a tyrant was pope Hildebrand, most worthy to be called a firebrand, if we shall term him as he hath best deserved. Many other examples might here be alleged. As of pope Joan the harlot, that was delivered of a child in the high street, going solemnly in procession. Of pope Julius the second, that wilfully cast Saint Peters keys into the river Tiberis. Of pope Urban the sixth, that caused five Cardinals to be put in sacks and cruelly drowned. Of pope Sergius the third, that persecuted the dead body of ⟨p. 433⟩Formosius his predecessor, when it had ben buried eight years. Of Pope John the. xiiii. of that name, who having his enemy delivered into his hands, caused him first to be stripped stark naked, his beard to be shaven, and to be hanged up a whole day by the here, then to be set upon an Ass with his face backward towards the tail, to be carried round about the City in despite, to be miserably beaten with rods, last of all, to be thrust out of his country, and to be banished for ever.
Thou shalt go vpon the Lion and 1