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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 grew great dissension about choosing the Archbishop of Canterbury,1 the younger sort of the Monks there, at midnight, and before the old Arch-bishop was buried, and without the Kings assent, elected one Renald, sending h•m to the Pope, charging him upon his oath to be secret, but he revealed the matter, whereby the rest of the Monks sent privily to Rome, and sent to the King for h•s assent to choose an Archbishop: the King granted their petition, desiring them to show •avour to John Grey, Bishop of Norwich, which they did, and elected him, and the King sent to Rome at his own charge, to have this election ratified: •he Suffragans of Canterbury sent likewise to Rome, to have both those elections frustrated, because their assents were not to them.
This yeare grew great dissention about chusing the Archbishop of Canterbury,1 the younger sort of the Monkes there, at midnight, and before the old Arch-bishop was buried, and without the Kings assent, elected one Renald, sending h•m to the Pope, charging him vpon his oath to be secret, but he reuealed the matter, whereby the rest of the Monkes sent priuily to Rome, and sent to the King for hs assnt to chuse an Archbishop: the King granted their petition, desiring them to shew auour to Iohn Gray, Bishop of Norwich, which they did, and elected him, and the King sent to Rome at his owne charge, to haue this election ratified: he Suffragans of Canterbury sent likewise to Rome, to haue both those elections frustrated, because their assents were not to them.