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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.
As King Richard returned from the Holy Land, driven by di••resse of weather about the parts of Austria,1 he was taken in Synaca by Hubald, Duke of the same country, and sold to the Emperor for 60000. mark: the Emperor writ of the matter to the King of France, that he might rejoice with […]: at len•th King Richard was ransomed for 140000. Crowns, and as he was coming into England, besieging a Castle in Pictavia, took his deadly wound, and being sick, amongst others, Fulco Archbishop of Roan came to him, who said to the King:2 O mighty King thou hast three Daughters very vicious, provide good Husbands for them, least thou incur great damage, and th• utter ruin: the King called him lying, and mocking hypocrite; saying all the world knoweth I have no daughters; he answered yes if it p•ease your Grace, I mean greedy covetousness, mischievous pride, filthy luxury: again I say, O King, beware of them and get them marriages: Whereupon the King calling his Lords and Barons, •••laring the matter to them, and said; wherefore here before you all, I give my Daughter swelling pride unto the proud Templars to Wife; and my Daughter greedy Avarice unto the covetous and Cistercian Monks; and last of all t•y filthy Daughter Luxury, to the riotous Prelates of the Church, whom I think v•ry meet for them.
As King Richard returned from the Holy Land, driuen by di••resse of weather about the parts of Austria,1 he was taken in Synaca by Hubald, Duke of the same countrey, and sold to the Emperour for 60000. marke: the Emperour writ of the matter to the King of France, that hee might reioyce with 〈…〉: at len•th King Richard was ransomed for 140000. Crownes, and as he was comming into England, besieging a Castle in Pictauia, tooke his deadly wound, and being sick, amongst others, Fulco Archbishop of Roane came to him, who said to the King: