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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 HISTORY OF THOMAS BECKET Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
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whereupon the King received him with a more cheerful countenance, saying, he would have his Ordinances confirmed in open sight of his Bishops, and all his Nobles; after this the King being at Clarem Down, called all his Peers and Prelates before him, requiring to have that performed which he had promised in consenting to the observing his Grandfathers ordinances and proceedings; the Archbishop drew back, and would not that he would before, yet with great tears, entreaties, and persuasions of Bishops and of two Templars, that desired him on their knees, with tears, and with threatenings of Imprisonment, and other dangers he did agree only, with a clause of exception, bona fide, and he and all the Bishops set too their hands and seals.
wherevpon the King receiued him with a more ch•erefull countenance, saying, hee would haue his Ordinances confirmed in open sight of his Bishops, and all his Nobles; after this the King beeing at Clarem Doune, called all his Peeres and Prelates before him, requiring to haue that performed which hee had promised in consenting to the obseruing his Grandfathers ordinances and proceedings; the Archbishop drew back, and would not that hee would before, yet with great teares, intreaties, and perswasions of Bishops and of two Templers, that desired him on their knees, with teares, and with threatenings of Imprisonment, and other dangers hee did agree onely, with a clause of exception, bona fide, and he and all the Bishops set too their hands and seales.
Alanus recordeth that the Archbishop in his voyage to Winchester greatly repented that he had done, so that he kept himself from all company, lamenting with tears and fasting, and afflicting himself, did suspend himself from all divine service, and would not be comforted before he had sent to the Pope, and were assoiled of him, the Pope in his Letters not only assoiled him from his trespass, but with words of great consolation, encouraged him to be stout in the quarrel he took in hand. Upon this, Becket took no small heart & consolation: The King hearing of him, & how he denied to set his seal to those sanctions, which he condescended too before, took no little displeasure against him, threatened him of banishment & death, called him to reckoning, and burdened him with payments: the Archb thought to make an escape out of y realm, attempting to take the Sea, with two or three privily. Amongst other the kings ordinances.