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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.
This year there was great controversy betwixt the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Abbot of S. Austen, he being Elect, whether the Bishop should come to his house to consecrate him, or he to come to the Metropolitan church of Canterbury to be consecrated: The abbot appealed to the audience of the Pope, and went thither with a fat purse, procured letters to the Bishop of Worcester to command the Arch-bishop to consecrate him in his Monastery, because it did properly belong to the Jurisdiction of Rome, & should do so likewise to his successors without exception of obedience, & if the •rchb. refuse to do it, then he should do it: the Archb. understanding it, & loth to yield, used policy, he watched a time when the Abbot was from home, came to the Monastery, with all things appointed for the business, called for the Abbot to be consecrated: the Abbot not being at home, he feigned himself not a little gree•ed: whereupon the Abbot was disappointed, fain to fill his purse a new, & make a new course to Rome to the Pope of whom he received his consecration.
This yeare there was great controuersie betwixt the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Abbot of S. Austen, he being Elect, whether the Bishop should come to his house to consecrate him, or he to come to the Metropolitan church of Canterbury to be consecrated: The •bbot appealed to the audience of the Pope, and went thither with a fat purse, procured letters to the Bishop of Worcester to command the Arch-bishop to consecrat him in his Monastery, because it did properly belong to the Iurisdiction of Rome, & should do so likewise to his successors without exception of obedience, & if the •rchb. refuse to doe it, then he should doe it: the Archb. vnderstanding it, & loth to yéeld, vsed policy, he watched a time when the Abbot was frō home, came to the Monastery, with all things appointed for the busines, called for the Abbat to be consecrated: the Abbot not being at home, he fained himself not a little grée•ed: wherevpon the Abbot was disappointed, faine to fill his purse a new, & make a new course to Rome to the Pope of whom he receiued his consecration.