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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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and they said, thinkest thou we the kings subjects will suffer this, thou hast spoken enough against thine own head: the Archbishop said, since my coming over, •e hath suffered many injuries and rebukes concerning my self my men, cattle, wines, and other goods: yet the King writ to his son I should live in safety and peace, and now you come hither to threaten me; they answered, if you have any injury, the law is open, and •e said he sought for remedy at the Kings hands as long as he could be suffered to speak with him, but now I am stopped and can find no redress, nor can have the benefit of law or reason, such law as an Arch-bishop may have I will Realm: then they denounced he had spoken words to the jeopardy of his head, so they depart, charging the Monks in the Kings name to keep him forthcoming: the Arch-bishop would not fly for the king nor any man: the names of the four Soldiers were, first, Renold Berison: Secondly, Hugh Mortevill: Thirdly, William Thracy: Fourthly, Richard Britto: who going to harness themselves, returned the same day, but the Hall door being shut, they went to a back door, and broke up a window: the Monks had gotten the Arch-bishop into the Church, and caused his cross to be borne before him, and proceeded into the Quire, the Harvest men following came to the Church door, the Monks would have shut the door, but as the Story saith the Bishop would not suffer them: so they came into the church, and the Bishop meeting them on the stairs was slain, every man striking him with his sw•rd in the head, who fled into the north, and at length were pardoned of the Pope by the Kings means, and went to Jerusalem.
and they said, thinkest thou we the kings subiects wil suffer this, thou hast spoken enough against thine own head: the Achbishop said, since my comming ouer, •e hath suffered many iniuries and rebukes conc•rning my selfe my men, cattell, wines, and other goods: yet the King writ to his sonne I should liue in safety and peace, and now you come hether to threaten me; they answered, if you haue any •niury, the law is open, and •e said he sought for remedy at the Kings hands as long as hee could be suffered to speake with him, but now I am stopped and can find no redresse, nor can haue the benefit of law or reason, such law as an Arch-bishop may haue I will Realme: then they denounced he had spoken words to the ieopardie of his head, so they depart, charging the Monkes in the Kings name to keep him forthcomming: the Arch-bishop would not fly for the king nor any man: the names of the foure Souldiers were, first, Renold Berison: Secondly, Hugh Morteuill: Thirdly, William Thracy: Fourthly, Richard Britto: who going to harnesse themselues, returned the same day, but the Hall doore being shut, they went to a back doore, and broke vp a window: the Monkes had gotten the Arch-bishop into the Church, and caused his crosse to be borne before him, and procéeded into the Quiere, the Haruest men following came to the Church doore, the Monkes would haue shut the doore, but as the Story saith the Bishop would not suffer them: so they came into the church, and the Bishop méeting them on the stayres was slaine, euery man striking him with his swrd in the head, who fied into the north, and at length were pardoned of the Pope by the Kings meanes, and went to Ierusalem.