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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
Book 4 › ¶The Sentence of the Councell of Brixia against Hildebrand.
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.
About this time Anselmus Bishop of Canterbury, which brought in the Conception of our •ady to be hallowed; accused King Henry the first of England, to Pascal•s for making certain Bishops by his own election; the Kings Proctor, in his behalf, signified to the people, that the King, for the value of his Kingdom, would not forgo his right, in setting in Bishop▪ and Prelates. The Pope answered. Before •od, I for the price of my head, will not permit it unto him. The Archbishop returning home, being the Popes Legate, was turned out of his Bishopric, and goods.
About this time Anselmus Bishop of Canterbury, which brought in the Conception of our •ady to bee hal•wed; accused King Henry the first of England, to Pascal•s for making certaine Bishops by his owne election; the Kings Proctor, in his behalfe, signif••d to the people, that the King, for the value of his Kingdome, would not forgoe his right, in setting in Bishop▪ and Pr•lates. The Pope answered. Before •od, I for the price of my head, will not permit it vnto him. The Archbishop returning home, being the Popes Legate, was turned out of his Bishopricke, and goods.
Henry the 5. Emperor, after his fathers death, reigned twenty years, being at Rome,1 could not be crowned, except he would relinquish his claim of making Popes, or any other Bishops: there was such a stir made by the Pope, that if the Emperor had not defended himself with his own hands, he had been slain. But the Emperor having the victory, took Pope Pascalis, led him out of the city, made him agree to crown him, and to allow him his prerogative of election of Popes, and other Bishops; and being crowned, returned with the Pope to Rome. But as soon as the Emperor returned to Germany, the Pope called a Synod, evoking his agreement, and excommunicated the Emperor, as he had done his Father. The Emperor […] a it, marched to Rome, and put the Pope to flight, and placed another in his […]. The German Bishops, with all they might, stirred the Saxons against ther Caesar, it grwe at length to a pitched Field. The Emperor, seeing no end of his conflicts,