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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.
This Hadrianus walking with his Cardinals to a place called Avignon, was choked with a Fly▪ getting into his thr•at, when he had reigned 4. years and odd months, He would say in his latter time, there is no more miserable life then to be a Pope, and come to it by blood, which is not to succeed Peter, but Romulus, who to reign alone, slew his brother. Though he was bad, his successor was worse, Pope Alexander the 3. The Emperor, with nine Cardinals, set up another Pope, Victor the 4. betwixt whom there was great and long discord.
This Hadrianus walking with his Cardinals to a place called Auignon, was choked with a Fly▪ getting into his thr•at, when he had raigned 4. yeares and odde monethes, He would say in his latter time, there is no more miserable life then to be a Pope, and come to it by bloud, which is not to succéed Peter, but Romulus, who to raigne alone, slewe his brother. Though he was bad, his successor was worse, Pope Alexander the 3. The Emperour, with nine Cardinals, set vp another Pope, Victor the 4. betwixt whom there was great and long discord.
The Emperor being required therefor, sent for them both to hear their cause, and Judge the matter. Victor came, but Alexander disdainfully refused to appear. Whereupon the Emperor, with full consent of his Bishops and Clergy about him, ratified the […] election of Victor, and so brought him into the City to be received and placed. Alexander flying into france, accursed them bath, as maan to be cast out of all Christian […] sending Letters there of into all Christendom; and with money and flattery, not the greatest part of the City to savour him, and to set up such Consuls for his purpose: […] returned from France to Rome, and was received with much savour, through the help of Phillip the french king. The Emperor hearing thereof, came with great power to Italy, where he destroyed great cities, and came to Rome, required the Citizens that the cause betwixt the […] Popes might be decided, and he that had the best right▪ to be taken for Pope, and then he would restore to them that which he had taken. Alexander, doubting his part, and the wills of the Citizens, having ships prepared, fetched a course about to Uenis. The Emperor required the Venetians to send him, but they would not: wherefore Fredericus sent thither his Sonn Otho, with men and ships well appointed, charging him to attempt nothing before his coming: notwithstanding he joined with the Venetians in battle, and was overcome, taken, and brought into the City. The farther to redeem his Son, was compelled to submit himself to the hope and entreat peace.