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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.
And further one Petrus Rubeus, was sent from the Pope, to go from Bishop, to Bishop, Abbot and Abbot, telling them such a Bishop, such an Abbot hath given thus much unto the Popes Holiness, trusting you also will not be behind, in a matter that so much concerns the good of the Church, by which cunning subtlety he gathered together into the treasury of the Church such a Mass of money as is almost incredible to believe.
And further one Petrus Rubeus, was sent from the Pope, to goe from Bishop, to Bishop, Abbot and Abbot, telling them such a Bishop, such an Abbot hath giuen thus much vnto the Popes Holines, trusting you also will not be behinde, in a matter that so much concernes the good of the Church, by which cunning subtiltie he gathered together into the treasurie of the Church such a Masse of money as is almost incredible to beleeue.
At length the Bishops, Abbots, and Arch-deacons came to the King, whose Father they had so obstinately resisted and repugned; lamentably complaining of their extreme miseries, of the unmeasurable exactions of the Pope, so all the Prelates were called together, and upon talking together made many exceptions against the same: the Legate and his follow hearing these allegations, seeing their own utter confusion, were the less importunate.
At length the Bishoppes, Abbots, and Arch-deacons came to the King, whose Father they had so obstinately resisted and repugned; lamentably complaining of their extreame miseries, of the vnmeasurable exactions of the Pope, so all the Prelates were called together, and vppon talking together made many exceptions aga•nst the same: the Legate and his followe hearing these allegations, seeing their owne vtter confus•on, were the lesse importunate.