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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 King of France with his Clergy and Courtiers slacked no occasion to incite the Pope to excommunicate the King of England, also thinking to have some advantage against the Realm, neither was the King ignorant of this, which made him the readier to agree.
The King of France with his Clergy and Courtiers slacked no occasion to incite the Pope to excommunicate the King of England, also thinking to haue some aduantage against the Realme, neither was the King ignorant of this, which made him the readier to agree.
The pope sent two Legates with full commission, either to drive the K. to be reconciled, or to be excommunicated: the King seeing himself in great straits, which he could not avoid, and by the mediation of the king of France, and other great prelates and Princes of the king, was content to be reconciled with the Archb. whom he received into his Realm, and granted him free return to his Church.
The pope sent two Legats with full commission, either to driue the K. to be reconciled, or to be excommunicated: the King seeing himselfe in great straites, which he could not auoid, and by the mediation of the king of France, and other great prelates and Princes of the king, was content to be reconciled with the Archb. whom he receiued into his Realme, and granted him free returne to his Church.
But he would not grant him his lands until he came into England, and did see how he would agree with his subjects, he was joyfully received of his church, albeit he was not very welcome unto the young king: so that coming to London to the king, he was returned back to Canterbury and bid to keep his house, he excommunicated one Robert de Brock on Christmas day, for cutting off the tail of one of his Horses the day before, he would not absolve the foresaid four Bishops without cauels and exceptions, who went to Normandy to the king,