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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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The King to try out the matter sent first to the Pope, then to most part of al• Universities, first the Pope sent his two Legates, Wolsey and Campeius to hear• and decide the Case, they cited the King and Queen personally to appear, or else by Proctors; at the day, the Legates with their crosses, axes and pillars were set, the King was ready to hear the determination, requiring to have an end, notwithstanding from month to month, they detracted the matter until August, the King not taking it well to be so used, sent the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk unto the Legates, requiring them to hasten an end and to defer no longer, it is the manner of Rome, about the beginning of August, during the Dog days, to have a solemn vacation, in which neither Schools be used, nor any Term kept.
The King to try out the matter sent first to the Pope, then to most part of al• Uniuers•ties, first the Pope sent his two Legats, Wolsey and Campeius to hear• and decide the Case, they cited the King and Quéene personally to appeare, or else by Proctors; at the day, the Legats with their crosses, axes and pillers were set, the King was ready to heare the determination, requiring to haue an end, notwithstanding from month to month, they detracted the matter vntill August, the King not taking it well to bee so vsed, sent the Dukes of Northfolke and Suffolke vnto the Legats, requiring them to hasten an end and to deferre no longer, it is the manner of Rome, about the beginning of August, during the Dogge dayes, to haue a solemne vacation, in which neither Schooles bee vsed, nor any Terme kept.
Cardinal Campeius pretending the order of Rome, whereof he was a member, answered, he neither could nor would go against the ordinance thereof, and before October he would proceed no further in the cause: t•e Dukes seeing their pretended excuses, and that by no ways they would be entreated, burst out in open defiance, the Duke of Suffolk clapping his hands on the table, sware by the Mass there never came Legate or Cardinal from Rome to do good in England, so in anger they departed from the Cardinal: the King for quietness was content to tarry until October, but before October came, Campeius was called home by letters frm the Pope, so the matter was left undiscussed, the King seeing himself thus deluded, sent again to Pope Clement, desiring to hue an answer of the cause, the Pop would take a pause, and after send him word.