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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.
After the Cardinals were gone, the French King seeing the King of England disquieted, and solicitous of peace, pretending to set agreement betwixt them, the King and the Arch-bishop, both were content to stand to his arbiterment. The Archbishop prostrating himself at the feet of the King of England, said he would commit the whole matter to his own arbiterment, Saluo honore Dei, the King was highly there-with displeased, rebuking him of pride and stubbornness, and charged him with sundry and great benefits bestowed on him, and he a person unkind and forgetful.
After the Cardinals were gone, the French King séeing the King of England disquieted, and s••icitous of peace, pretending to set agréement betwixt them, the King and the Arch-bishop, both were content to stand to his arbiterment. The Archbishop prostrating himselfe at the féete of the King of England, said he would commit the whole matter to his owne arbiterment, Saluo honore Dei, the King was highly there-with displeased, rebuking him of pride and stubbornenesse, and charged him with sundry and great benefits bestowed on him, and hee a person vnkind and forgetfull.
And speaking to the French King there present said, whatsoever displeaseth this man he saith it is contrary to the honour of God, and by this means will vindicate to himself that which is his own and mine too, there have bin Kings of England of greater and less puissance then I am, & there have have been Archb. of Canterbury both great & holy men, what the best of them have done to my predecessors before me, let him do the same to me and I am content: the standers by with one voice cried, the king hath debased himself enough to the Bishop, the French King said what my Lord will you be better then those holy men, will you be greater then Peter, you have peace and quietness put in your hands if you will take it: he answered, my predecessors every one in his time did pluck up, and correct something in his time, though not all things, for then there would be no cause of this fire of temptation to try us: though some have been slack, we are not to follow their examples, we rebuke Peter for denying Christ, but we commend him for resisting Nero, he could not in his conscience consent unto him; he did not dissemble, whereby he lost his life: by such oppressions the Church hath always grown, our forefathers suffered, because they would not dissemble the honour of Christ, shall I to have the favour of one man, suffer the honour of Christ to be supperest: the Noble men standing by, noted him of arrogancy, and wilfulness: and one openly protested, that seeing he refused the request of both kingdoms, he was worthy of the help of neither: as England had rejected him, so France should not entertain him.