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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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The Archbishop sitting with his Cross in his hand as before was not abashed at all that was: the King sent for him presently to render account for thirty thousand marks, and fruits and revenues of the Realm in the time when he was Chancellor; he answered, the King knew how often he had made reckonings of those things, and that Henry his Son and heir, with all the Barons, and the Lord chief Justice of England told him was free and quit to god and holy Church from all receipts, computations on the Kings behalf, and so taking his discharge entered into his office, for other accounts he would make none: when his answer was brought to the King, he required the Barons to do their office, who adjudged him to be apprehended and laid in prison: the King sent the Earl of Cornwall and Devonshire, and the Earle of Leicester to show him his Judgement; to whom he said, hear my Son and good Earle, how much the soul is more precious then the body, so much ought you to obey me rather then your terrene King, no Law doth permit the child to condemn their Father: wherefore to avoid all your judgements before you all I appeal to the Sea Apostolic, and as for you my fellow Bishops, which rather obey man then God, you also I call and claim to the Judgement of the Pope, and I do depart from you as from the enemies of the Catholic Church, and of the authority of the Apostolic Sea: whilst they returned this answer to the King, the Archbishop passed through the throng and took horse, holding the bridle in one hand, and his Cross in the other; the Courtiers followed, saying, tarry Traitor and here thy Judgement; the utmost gate being locked, one of his servants found a bunch of Keys & trying them found the right and opened the gate, he went to the house of the Cannons where he did lie▪ and calling to him the poor where they could be found, after supper he caused a bed to be made him betwixt two Altars; but whilst the King was at supper, he changed his garments, and named himself Derman, and made an escape to the Sea, and taking ship sailed into Flanders, and thence journeyed unto France;
The Archbishop sitting with his Crosse in his hand as before was not abashed at al that was: the King sent for him presently to render account for thirty thousand markes, and fruits and reuenewes of the Realme in the time when he was Chancellor; he answered, the King knew how often hee had made reckonings of those things, and that Henry his Sonne and heyre, with all the Barrons, and the Lord chiefe Iustice of England told him was frée and quit to god and holy Church from all receipts, computations on the Kings behalfe, and so taking his discharge entred into his office, for other accounts he would make none: when his answere was brought to the King, he required the Barons to doe their office, who adiudged him to be apprehended and laid in prison: the King sent the Earl of Cornwall and Deuonshire, and the Earle of Leicester to shew him his Iudgement; to whom he said, heare my Sonne and good Earle, how much the soule is more precious then the body, so much ought you to obey me rather then your terrene King, no Law doth permit the child to condemne their Father: wherefore to auoide all your iudgements before you all I appeale to the Sea Apostolicke, and as for you my fellow Bishops, which rather obey man then God, you also I call and claime to the Iudgement of the Pope, and I doe depart from you as from the enemies of the Catholick Church, and of the authoritie of the Apostolicke Sea: whilst they returned this answere to the King, the Archbishop passed through the throng and tooke horse, holding the bridle in one hand, and his Crosse in the other; the Courtiers followed, saying, tarrie Traytor and héere thy Iudgement; the vtmost gate being locked, one of his seruants found a bunch of Keyes & trying them found the right and opened the gate, he went to the house of the Cannons where hee did lie and calling to him the poore where they could be found, after supper he caused a bed to be made him betwixt two Altars; but whilst the King was at supper, he changed his garments, and named himselfe Derman, and made an escape to the Sea, and taking ship sayled into Flanders, and thence iournied vnto France;