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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
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Some write that the Cardinal did bear the Emperor such malice, because when the Pope was imprisoned, as before, the Cardinal wrote unto the Emperor to make him Pope; and he sent him an answer that pleased him not: whereupon he writ menacing Letters unto him, that if he would not make him Pope, he would make such a ruffling betwixt Christian, Princes as was not this hundred years before, to make the Emperor repent, yea, though it cost the whole Realm of England: the Emperor returned him answer, bidding him look well unto it, lest through his doings it should cost him the Realm of England indeed.
Some write that the Cardinall did beare the Emperour such malice, because when the Pope was imprisoned, as before, the Cardinall wrote vnto the Emperour to make him Pope; and he sent him an answere that pleased him not: whereupon he writ menacing Letters vnto him, that if he would not make him Pope, hee would make such a rufling betwixt Christian, Princes as was not this hundred yéers before, to make the Emperour repent, yea, though it cost the whole Realme of England: the Emperour returned him answere, bidding him looke well vnto it, lest through his doings it should cost him the Realme of England indeede.
Thus King Henry came to the Title of Defender of the Faith. When Luther ⟨p. 170⟩had uttered the abomination of the Pope and his Clergy, and divers books were come into England. Our Cardinal to find a remedy for it, sent to Rome for this title of Defender of the Faith. After, the Vicar of Croydon preached, that the K. would not lose it for all London and twenty miles about it. When this glorious title was come from Rom•, the Cardinal brought it to the King at Greenwich: and although the King had read it, yet in the morning were all the Lords and Gentlemen sent for that could be, to come and receive it with honour. In the morning the Cardinal went thorough the backside to the Friar observants, and some went round about, and met him from Rome: part met him half way, and some at Court gate; and the King met him in the Hall, and brought him into a great chamber, where was a seat prepared on high for the King and Cardinal. Whilst the Bull was read with all pomp, wise men laughed: then the King went into his Chapel to hear mass, the Cardinal being invested to sing mass: the Earle of Essex brought the basin of water, the Duke of Suffolk gave the assay, the Duke of Norfolk held the Towel, and so he prceeded to Mass. When Mass was done, the Bull was again published, the Trumpets blew, the Shawmes and Sackbuts played in honour of the Kings new stile; and in the midst of dinner the Heralds proclaimed his new stile: this was ended with great solemnity.