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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 a Cardinal was sent into England,1 (as few years there was not one sent to get m•ny, he was to make peace betwixt the Archbishops of York & Canterbury, who kept a Council at Westminster, to which all the chief of the Clergy resorted with great confluence; York thinking to prevent Canterbury, came first and placed himself on the right hand of the Cardinal: Canterbury seeing the first place taken, refused to take the second: York alleged the old Decree of Gregory by whom this order was taken betwixt these two Metropolitans, that he that should be first in election, should have the preeminence in dignity, and go before the other. From words they went to blows, Canterbury having more servants was to strong for York, plucked him from the right hand of the Cardinal, treading on him with their feet that it was well he escaped alive: his Robes were all rent from his back, this Noble Roman Cardinal which should have ended the strife committed himself to flight: the next day York showed his Rochet to the Cardinal to testify his wrong, and appealed, and cited the Archbishop of Canterbury, and certain of his men to the Pope.
This yéere a Cardinal was sent into England,1 (as few yéeres there was not one sent to get m•ny, he was to make peace betwixt the Archbishops of York & Canterbury, who kept a Councel at Westminster, to which all the chiefe of the Clergy resorted with great confluence; Yorke thinking to preuent Canterbury, came first and placed himselfe on the right hand of the Cardinall: Canterbury seeing the first place taken, refused to take the second: Yorke alledged the old Decree of Gregory by whom this order was taken betwixt these two Metropolitans, that he that should be first in election, should haue the preheminence in dignity, and goe before the other. From words they went to blowes, Canterbury hauing more seruants was to strong for Yorke, plucked him from the right hand of the Cardinall, treading on him with their feet that it was well hee escaped aliue: his Robes were all rent from his back, this Noble Romane Cardinall which should haue ended the strife committed himselfe to flight: the next day Yorke shewed his Rochet to the Cardinall to testifie his wrong, and appealed, and cited the Archbishop of Canterbury, and certaine of his men to the Pope.