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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.
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.
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. ⟨p. 59⟩This was one, that none of the Prelacy or Nobility without the Kings license, or his Justices, should depart the Realm. So Becket twice attempted the sea to fly to Rome, but the weather served not, which being known and noised abroad, the Kings Officers came to seize upon his goods to the Kings behalf, but finding Becket at home and returned, they did not proceed on their purpose, Becket seeing this, went to the Court, the King taunted him gestingly, as though one realm could not hold them both, but showed him no great favour. The Arch-bishop of York did labour to renew peace and love betwixt the King and him, but the King would not be reconciled, except the other would subscribe unto his laws, which Becket would not grant to, but by virtue of his Apostolic authority, gave censure upon these Laws of the King, condemning some, and approving some as catholic. The Pope sent the Arch-bishop of Rotomage to the King, to ma•e peace betwixt the King and Canterbury: the King was content, so the Pope would ratify his Ordinances, which could not be obtained at the Popes hands. The King sent to the Pope to obtain of him, that the same authority of the Apostolic Legacy might be conferred unto another after his appointment, which was the Arch-bishop of York, but the Pope denied;
Alanus recordeth that the Archbishop in his voyage to Winchester greatly repented that he had done, so that he kept himself from al company, lamenting with teares and fasting, and afflicting himselfe, did suspend himselfe from all diuine seruice, 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 trespas, but with words of great consolation, incouraged him to be stout in the quarrell he tooke 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 condiscended too before, took no little displesure against him, threatned him of banishment & death, called him to reckoning, and burdned him with paiments: the Archb thought to make an escape out of y realme, attempting to take the Sea, with two or thrée priuily. Amongst other the kings ordinances.