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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.
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.
Not long after this followed a general Council at Lyons, in the Kingdom• of France, called by Pope Innocentius: in the which Council the English Nation did exhibit sundry Articles of all their grievances, and that the Italians did succeed one another in the benefices, whose language they could not understand, and that there was no preaching in their Churches, nor no alms given to the poor, and that there came fresh Letters from the Pope, commanding the Prelates to find at their proper costs and charge for a whole year, some ten armed soldiers, some more, some less, to be ready at the Popes commandment, when, or where be should appoint.
Not long after this followed a generall Councell at Lyons, in the Kingdom• of France, called by Pope Innocentius: in the which Councell the English Nation did exhibite sundry Articles of all their greeuances, and that the Italians did succeed one another in the benefices, whose language they could not vnderstand, and that there was no preaching in their Churches, nor no almes giuen to the poore, and that there came fresh Letters from the Pope, commanding the Prelates to finde at their proper costs and charge for a whole yeare, some ten armed souldiers, some more, some lesse, to be ready at the Popes commandement, when, or where be should appoint.