A07225:408
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
He preached, in a great assembly, that the Emperor should die before Saint Peters day next, and should be so dejected, that he should not be able to gather together above six knights, and that if this prophecy were not fulfilled, they should pluck him from the Altar, and he would be no more Pope. And when he had gone about diverse ways to murder the Emperor, and yet God preserved him beyond the appointed time, them subtly he turned his tale, and said, he meant of the soul of the King.
He preached, in a great assembly, that the Emperour should die before Saint Peters day next, and should be so deiected, that he should not be able to gather together aboue sixe knights, and that if this prophesie were not fulfilled, they should plucke him from the Altar, and he would be no more Pope. And when he had gone about diuerse waies to murder the Emperour, and yet God preserued him beyond the appointed time, them subtily he turned his tale, and said, he ment of the soule of the King.
About the time Hildebrand was made Pope, there was great wars betwixt Otho Duke of Saxony and the Emperor, which was a fit occasion for the Pope to work his seats. First, he excommunicated all that received Spiritual livings of Laymen, and all the givers thereof, which he called simony, whereupon he sent Legates to the emperor, to appear before him at the Council of Lateran. The Emperor appeared not: whereupon he threatened him excommunication, and to deprive him of his Crown, If he would not renounce the heresy of Simony, which was, giving of Spiritual Livings. Wherefore Centius, a Romaine Captain, caught the Pope, and shut him up into a Tower; the next day the citizens plucked down the Tower, and delivered the Pope, and cut off the noses of the men of Centius, but he escaped to the Emperor. The emperor, being moved with this arrogance, called a Council at Worms, where all the Bishops of Germany deposed Hildebrand. The Pope, in his Council of Lateran, excommunicated and deprived as many as took the Emperors part, and excommunicated the emperor, deprived him of his empire, and all his subjects of their Oath of allegiance. As soon as he rose out of his papal seat, to excommunicate the Emperor, the seat being but new, and of strong timber, suddenly shivered and rent us pieces. The princes of Almany all concluded to forsake Henry, and choose another emperor, except he would submit himself, and obtain the Popes pardon. The Emperor, with his wife and young son, all having forsaken him, laying apart his regal ornaments, in sharp winter, came bare food to the gate of Canossus, where fasting from morning to night, humbly he desired to be absolved, and to come in and speak with the Pope, Thus he continued and could not be let in, in three days: the fourth day, being brought to the Pope, he surrendered his Crown and princely ornaments unto him, desiring he might be forgiven, and he would never do against him again. He told him, he would not absolve him, but upon condition he should do such penance as he should enjoin him, and appear at the Council when he should send for him, and answer there all objections laid against him and stand to his pleasure whether he should have his Kingdom restored, or loose it; and should do nothing as a King, until the cause were tried: