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…

he being thus forsaken, sent for the poor, lame, and halt, to furnish his house, saying by them he might sooner obtain his victory, then by them which had slipped from him; the said day appointed was Sunday, therefore nothing done, the next day he was sick of the Gout, he could not come, it was thought he feigned, the Earle of Devon: and the Earle of Leicester were sent to him, to try the truth of the matter, and to cite him to appear at the Court, the Bishops came to persuade him to submission to the will of the King, of all his goods and Arch-bishopric, if peradventure his indignation might swage by that means▪ else perjury would be laid to his charge for breaking his oath made to observe the Kings Ordinance, he answered it was dolorous that the world was against him, yet it grieveth me most, that Sons of mine own Mother be pricks and thorns against me, but I charge you be not present personally in judgement against me, and that you shall not so do I appeal to the Church of Rome, the refuge of all such as be oppressed, and if any secular men lay hand on me, as it is rumoured they will, I straitly charge you, that you exercise your Ecclesiastical censure upon them, as it becometh for your Father and Arch-bishop, & whatsoever happen, I will never cowardly shrink, nor vilely forsake my flock: then he addressed himself to his Mass of S. Steven with all solemnity, with his Metropolitan pall, which was not used but upon holidays: the Mass beginning with Sederunt principes, & aduersum me loquebantur. The Bishop of London accused him that it was done by art Magic, and in contempt of the king, then the Archbishop went to the Court, and to make him more sure, he privily taketh the Sacrament within: as he was entering into the door of the Kings Chamber, he taketh the Cross with the Cross-staff from the Cross-bearer, and carried it himself: one of the other Bishops would have borne the Cross, saying it was not comely for him, the Bishop of London told him, if the king met him so, he would draw his sword at him; he answered, the Kings sword strikes carnally, but mine spiritually striketh himself down to hell.

he being thus forsaken, sent for the poore, lame, and halt, to furnish his house, saying by them he might sooner obtaine his victory, then by them which had slipt from him; the said day appointed was Sunday, therefore nothing done, the next day he was sicke of the Gout, he could not come, it was thought hee fained, the Earle of Deuon: and the Earle of Leicester were sent to him, to try the truth of the matter, and to cite him to appeare at the Court, the Bishops came to perswade him to submission to the will of the King, of all his goods and Arch-bishoppricke, if peraduenture his indignation might swage by that meanes else periury would be laid to his charge for breaking his oath made to obserue the Kings Ordinance, he answered it was dolorous that the world was against him, yet it gréeueth me most, that Sons of mine owne Mother be pricks and thornes against me, but I charge you bee not present personally in iudgement against me, and that you shall not so doe I appeale to the Church of Rome, the refuge of all such as bée oppressed, and if any seculer men lay hand on me, as it is rumord they will, I straitly charge you, that you exercise your Ecclesiasticall censure vpon them, as it becommeth for your Father and Arch-bishop, & whatsoeuer happen, I will neuer cowardly shrinke, nor vily forsake my flocke: then he addressed himselfe to his Masse of S. Steuen with all solemnity, with his Metropolitan pall, which was not vsed but vpon holydaies: the Masse beginning with Sederunt principes, & aduersum me loquebantur. The Bishop of London accused him that it was done by art Magick, and in contempt of the king, then the Archbishop went to the Court, and to make him more sure, he priuily taketh the Sacrament within: as hee was entring into the doore of the Kings Chamber, he taketh the Crosse with the Crosse-staffe from the Crosse-bearer, and carried it himselfe: one of the other Bishoppes would haue borne the Crosse, saying it was not comly for him, the Bishop of London told him, if the king met him so, he would draw his sword at him; he answered, the Kings sword strikes carnally, but mine spiritually striketh himselfe downe to hell.