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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.
All these conditions the King and his Son agreed unto, debasing himself with humility and submission before them whereof the Cardinals took no little glory, using this vers• of the Psalme: Qui respicit terram, & facit eam tremere: qui tangit montes & fumigant.
All these conditions the King and his Son agreed vnto, debasing himselfe with humilitie and submission before them whereof the Cardinals tooke no little glory, vsing this vers• of the Psalme: Qui respicit terram, & facit eam tremere: qui tangit montes & fumigant.
The returning from Normandy, by reason the Scots had made a road into England, by the way, as soon as he came to the fight of Beckets Church he lighted & went barefoot to his tomb, whose steps were found bloody by the roughness of the stones, and received a whip, with a rod, of every Monk of the Cloister, whereby thou mayest see the lamentable superstition and ignorance of those days, and the slavery that Kings and Princes were brought too under the Popes Clergy,1 the same year almost the whole City of Canterbury was consumed with fire, and the said Minster church clean burnt.
The returning from Normandie, by reason the Scots had made a road into England, by the way, as soon as he came to the fight of Beckets Church he lighted & went barefoote to his toombe, whose steps were found bloudy by the roughn•sse of the stones, and receiued a whip, with a rod, of euery Monke of the Cloister, whereby thou maist see the lamentable superstition and ignorance of those dayes, and the slauery that Kings and Princes were brought too vnder the Popes Clergy,1 the same yeere almost the whole Citie of Canturbury was consumed with fire, and the said Minster church cleane burnt.