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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.
Thou the Pope sent over two Legates, which resorted to the King at Northampton, where he held his Parliament, and saluted him, they said, they came from the Pope, to reform the peace of holy Church, and we admonish you, in the Popes behalf, that you make full restitution of the goods that you have ravished of holy Church, and of the land, and that you receive Stephen Archbishop, into his dignity, and the Prior of Canterbury, and his Monks, and yield again to the Archbishop, all his Lands and rents; and Sir, yet moreover, that you shall make such restitution to them, as the Church shall think good.
Thou the Pope sent ouer two Legats, which resorted to the King at Northampton, where he held his Parliament, and saluted him, they said, they came from the Pope, to reforme the peace of holy Church, and we admonish you, in the Popes behalfe, that you make full restitution of the goods that you haue rauished of holy Church, and of the land, and that you receiue Stephen Archbishop, into his dignity, and the Prior of Canterbury, and his Monkes, and yeeld againe to the Archbishop, all his Lands and rents; and Sir, yet moreouer, that you shall make such restitution to them, as the Church shall thinke good.
The King answered, he would gladly grant their request touching the Prior and Monks of Canterbury, but touching the Archbishop, let him give up the Archbishopric, and I will give him some other Bishopric; upon this condition I will admit him, otherwise not.
The King answered, he would gladly grant their request touching the Prior and Monkes of Canterbury, but touching the Archbishop, let him giue vp the Archbishopricke, and I will giue him some other Bishopricke; vpon this condition I will admit him, otherwise not.
Then one of them said, holy Church was never wont to disgrade Archbishop, without reasonable cause, but to correct Princes, that were disobedient to her. What now, (quoth the King) threaten you me? They said, You have told us what is in your heart, now we will tell you what is in the Popes will. He hath wholly interdicted and accursed you, for your wrongs to holy Church, and the Clergy, and we do accurse all those that shall common with you hereafter, and we assoil all Earls, Barons, Knights, and others from their homage, fealty, and service they should do to you; and to confirm this, we give power to the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich; and the same power over Scotland, we give unto the Bishops of Rochester and Salisbury; and in Wales, we give the same power to the Bishops of Saint David, Landaffe, and Saint Assaph. And we send throughout all Christendom, to all Bishops, to accurse all that help and comfort you in any need. And we aoyle all your adversaries, and command them to warr with you, and with all that are enemies to the Church: Then the king answered; What may you do more? They said, we say to you in verbo Dei, that no heir of yours, after this day, may be crowned. Then the King sware, if he had known their news, he would have kept them out this twelvemonth.