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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 his death the king fearing the popes curse, which the French king helped forwards ⟨p. 67⟩what he could, the King sent his excuse unto the pope which he would not hear. And after second messengers which some of the Cardinals received, showing them that the pope used to curse & assoil on good-Friday, which was near at hand, and it was noised that the King, Bishops & realm, should be interdicted: and hereupon the kings messengers were put into prison, some of the Cardinals showed the pope that the Kings messengers had power to swear that the King should obey his penance which was taken both for the King & the Archb. of York, so that in the said day, the pope only cursed the deed, doers, consenters, aiders & harbourers of them: the deed-doer• had in penance to go in linen clothes barefoot, in fasting & prayer, to Jerusalem, who by this hard penance are said to die in few years after.
After his death the king fearing the popes curse, which the French king helped forwards ⟨p. 67⟩what he could, the King sent his excuse vnto the pope which he would not heare. And after second messengers which some of the Cardinals receiued, shewing them that the pope vsed to curse & assoile on good-Friday, which was néer at hand, and it was noised that the King, Bishops & realme, should be interdicted: and herevpon the kings messengers were put into prison, some of the Cardinals shewed the pope that the Kings messengers had power to sweare that the King should obey his penance which was taken both for the King & the Archb. of Yorke, so that in the said day, the pope only cursed the déed, doers, consenters, ayders & harbourers of them: the deed-doer• had in penance to goe in linnen clothes barefoote, in fasting & prayer, to Ierusalem, who by this hard penance are said to die in few yéeres after.
Two Cardinals were sent to inquire who were consenters to his death, the king, being not certain wherefore their coming was, with a great power entered into Ireland, giving charge that no bringer of any brief should come into the realm, or pass out without special license, and an assurance to bring nothing prejudicial to the Realm: the King in short time subdued the whole land of Ireland, which was governed by five Kings, of whom four submitted themselves; only the fifth, the king Tonacta, denied to be subdued, keeping himself in woods and Marshes.