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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.
Thus have you the glorious Letter of the proud Pope, I beseech you mark it well.
Thus haue you the glorious Letter of the proud Pope, I beséech you marke it well.
Not long after proceeded a commandment to certain Bishops, requiring them by the authority Apostolical, that if the King would not receive the Prior of Canterbury, and his Monks, then they should interdict him through his Realm. Whereupon the four Bishops, of London. El•, Winchester, and Hereford, showed the King thereof, but the King refused the same, and would not grant their request, whereupon they pronounced the said Interdiction throughout England and Wales, and the Church doors were shut up, with keys, and other fastnings.
Not long after proceeded a commaundement to certaine Bishops, requiring them by the authoritie Apostolicall, that if the King would not receiue the Prior of Canterbury, and his Monkes, then they should interdict him through his Realme. Whereupon the foure Bishops, of London. El•, Winchester, and Herford, shewed the King thereof, but the King refused the same, and would not grant their request, wherupon they pronounced the said In•erdiction throughout England and Wales, and the Church doores were shut vp, with keyes, and other fastnings.
Then the King took all the possessions of the four Bishops into his hands, and appointed certain to keep the Livings of the Clergy throughout the Realm. The Bishops cursed all that kept, or meddled with Church-goods, against the wills of the owners. Then they went to the Bishop of Canterbury, and showed him all the matter, he promised, he would shortly come to Canterbury himself, or send some which should do as much as himself. […] came to the King, that the Bishops had been beyond-Sea, with the Archbishop and were returned. He sent to them Bishops, Earls, and Abbots, to show that the King would receive the Archbishop Steven, and the Prior, and all the Monks of Canterbury, promising on his behalf, that he should never take any thing of the Church-goods, but would make amends for them taken, and the Church should have all her Franchises, as amply as in King Edwards time the Confessor.