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An apology or answer in defence of the Church of England with a brief…An apologie or answere in defence of the Churche of Englande with a briefe…
An apology or answer in defence of the Church of England with a brief and plain declaration of the true religion professed and used in the same.An apologie or answere in defence of the Churche of Englande with a briefe and plaine declaration of the true religion professed and vsed in the same.
Londini: printed by Reginald Wolfe, 1564
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And to feed his ambition & greediness of rule,1 hath he pulled in pieces the Empire of Rome, ⟨image 56⟩and hered and rent whole Christendom […] falsely and trenterouslie also did he release the Romans, the Italians, & him […] to, of the oath whereby they and he […] straightly bound to be true to the Emperor of Grecia, and stirred up the Emperors subjects to forsake him, and taking Carolus Martellus out of France into Italy, made him Emperor: such a thing as never was seen before. He put Ch•perieus the French king,2 being no evil prince, beside his realm, only because he fancied him not, and wrongfully placed Pepin in his room. Again, after he had cast out king Philip, if he could have brought it so to pass, he had determined & appointed the kingdom of France to Albertus king of Romans. He utterly de••oied the state of the most flourishing city & common weal of Florence his own native country,3 & brought it out of a free & peaceable state, to be governed at the pleasure of on man:4 he brought to pass by his procurement ye whole Savoy on the one side was miserably spoiled by The Emperor ⟨image 57⟩Charles the fifth, and on the other side by the French king, so as the unfortunate duke had scant one City left him to hide his head in. We are cloyed with examples in this behalf, and it should be very tedious to reckon up all the notorious deeds of the Bishops of Rome. Of which side were they, I beseech you, which poisoned Henry The Emperor, even in the receiving of the sacrament? which poisoned Victor the Pope, even in the receiving of the Chalice? which poisoned our king John king of England in a drinking cup? whosoever at least they were, and of what sect soever, I am sure they were neither Lutherians, nor Zwinglians. What is he at this day, which alloweth the mightiest Kings and Monarchs of the world to kiss his blessed feet? What is he that commandeth the Emperor to go by him at his horse bridle, and the French king to hold his stirrup? Who hurled under his table Francis Dandalus the duke