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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.
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After him, succeeded Innocentius the fourth, who following the steps of his predecessors, called a general Council at Lyons, as is before mentioned, where standing up, he cited the Emperor: his Legate required lawful time for him to come, which he would not grant, but in his fury denounced him accursed, and deprived him of his Imperial Dignity, charging him with perjury and sacrilege, writing Libels of defamation to all Kings.
After him, succéeded Innocentius the fourth, who following the steps of his predecessors, called a generall Councell at Lyons, as is before mentioned, where standing vp, he cited the Emperour: his Legate required lawfull time for him to come, which hee would not graunt, but in his fury denounced him accursed, and depriued him of his Imperiall Dignity, charging him with periury and sacriledge, writing Libels of defamation to all Kings.
The Emperor made purgation of these •landers, charging the Pope, not with feigned, but true and most heinous crimes, of slander, falsehood, perdition, perjury, rebellion, hypocrisy, and proveth him by his Letters, to be very Antichrist. He wrote to the French King, that he much marvelled that the prudence and wisdom of the French-men, did not more quick then others see the Popes subtlety and covetousness,1 purposing to subdue all Realms as he hath done England, and doth presumptuously achieve to subdue the Majesty of the Imperial Crown. This Emperor departed to Apulia, and there dyed, being poisoned, as some think, by means of the Pope.
The Emperour made purgation of these •landers, charging the Pope, not with fained, but true and most hainous crimes, of slander, falshood, perdition, periury, rebellion, hypocrisie, and prooueth him by his Letters, to be very Antichrist. Hee wrote to the French King, that hee much marueiled that the prudence and wisedome of the French-men, did not more quicke then others sée the Popes subtilty and couetousnesse,