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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.
The fame of his wisdom, manhood, riches, was so renowned through all quarters that messengers came from the Emperor of Rome, and from the Emperor of Constantinople, and from many great Kings, Dukes, and other great men to determine questions of strife, and ask counsel of him: he reigned thirty five years, and having great wars, yet never set tribute or tax upon his subjects, nor first fruits, nor appropriations of benefits upon the Clergy; yet his treasure being ⟨p. 69⟩weighed by King Richard his Son after his death, weighed 900000. pounds, besides Jewels and Household-stuff, of which 11000. pounds came by the death of Robert Arch-bishop of York, for he had procured a Bull of the Pope, that if any Priest dyed without Testament, he should have all his goods.
The fame of his wisedome, manhood, riches, was so renowned through all quarters that messengers came from the Emperor of Rome, and from the Emperour of Constantinople, and from many great Kings, Dukes, and other great men to determine questions of strife, and aske councell of him: he raigned thirty fiue yéeres, and hauing great warres, yet neuer set tribute or taxe vpon his subiects, nor first fruits, nor appropriations of benefits vpon the Clergy; yet his treasure beeing ⟨p. 69⟩weighed by King Richard his Sonne after his death, weighed 900000. pounds, besides Iewels and Houshold-stuffe, of which 11000. pounds came by the death of Robert Arch-bishop of Yorke, for hee had procured a Bull of the Pope, that if any Priest dyed without Testament, he should haue all his goods.
His Son Henry, 1whom he joined with him in his Kingdom, and at his Coronation served him as a Steward, and set the first dish at the Table, renouncing the name of King, the Archbishop of York sitting at the right hand of the young King, he told him, he might greatly rejoice, being no King had such an Officer as he had, the young King disdaining his words, said; My Father is not dishonoured, for I am a King and a Queens Son, and so is not he. He took Arms with the French King against his Father, and persecuted him, but after he had reigned a few years, died in his youth by the just judgement of God.