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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.
The Arch-bishop writ to a friend of his to write to him with speed what was done touching the Kings Decrees, here set out, which are these: that all Havens be diligently kept, that no interdict or curse be brought in, if the bringer be a religious man, his feet to be cut off; if a Priest to loose his privy members; if a layman to be hanged; if a Leper to be burned; if a Bishop will depart for fear of the Popes Interdict, let him have nothing with him but his Staff, and that a•l Scholars and Students beyond the Seas sha•l repair home or loose their Benefices, and if they remain still to loose the liberty of all returning: if any Priest for the Popes interdict will refuse to sing, to loose his privy members: In sum all such Priests as show themselves Rebels to the King, to be deprived of their Benefices.
The Arch-bishop writ to a friend of his to write to him with speed what was done touching the Kings Decrees, heere set out, which are these: that all Hauens be diligently kept, that no interdict or curse be brought in, if the bringer bee a religious man, his feet to be cut off; if a Priest to loose his pr•uy members; if a layman to bee hanged; if a Leper to be burned; if a Bishop will depart for feare of the Popes Interdict, let him haue nothing with him but his Staffe, and that a•l Schollers and Students beyond the Seas sha•l repaire home or loose their Benefices, and if they remaine still to loose the libertie of all returning: if any Priest for the Popes interdict wil refuse to sing, to loose his priuy members: In summe al such Priests as shew themselues Rebels to the King, to bee depriued of their Benefices.
Further it was proclaimed that all of the kindred of Thomas Becket should be exiled with their goods with them,1 and sent to him, which was no little vexation to him to behold.