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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.
In the reign of Henry the third, who succeeded King John, and reigned 57. years, Cardinal Otho was sent to the King with Letters to him and other ⟨p. 81⟩places for exactions of Money: the Letters were to require for the Pope two Prebends in every Cathedral Church, a portion of every Abbot, and of every Convent, as much as belonged to one Monk: their good being equally divided, because the Church of Rome of greatly slandered, that none could proceed there in any cause without great gifts and expenses, whereof the poverty of the Church is the cause; therefore it is sit, that you as natural Children should help and succour your Mother, for if we should not receive of you and other good men, we should lack, which were a great dishonour to our dignity. The King answered, He could do nothing, because it concerned the Commons, and he assembled a Council, he was answered, they could conclude nothing, because the Arch-Bishop, the King, and other whom it concer•ed were not there.
In the raigne of Henry the third, who succeeded King Iohn, and raigned 57. yeares, Cardinall Otho was sent to the King with Letters to him and other ⟨p. 81⟩places for exactions of Money: the Letters were to require for the Pope two Prebends in euery Cathedrall Church, a portion of euery Abbot, and of euery Couent, as much as belonged to one Monke: their good being equally deuided, because the Church of Rome of greatly slandered, that none could proceede there in any cause without great guifts and expences, whereof the pouertie of the Church is the cause; therefore it is sit, that you as naturall Children should helpe and succour your Mother, for if wee should not receiue of you and other good men, we should lacke, which were a great dishonour to our dignity. The King answered, Hee could doe nothing, because it concerned the Commons, and he ass•mbled a Councell, hee was answered, they could conclude nothing, because the Arch-Byshoppe, the King, and other whom it concer•ed were not there.