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Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Church-History OF BISHOPS And their COUNCILS ABRIDGED, &c. › Chapter 12
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.
§ 26. A woman called Mathildis a Countess was then the great Patroness of the Papacy, who furnished military Hildebrand (that did all) with Soldiers to conquer several Great Men that opposed them, and to set up Alexander and defend him.
§ 26. A woman called Mathildis a Countess was then the great Patroness of the Papacy, who furnished military Hildebrand (that did all) with Souldiers to conquer several Great Men that opposed them, and to set up Alexander and defend him.
§ 27. This Pope Alexander is said by Bin. and Baron to judge King Harold, 1of England, an Usurper, to dispose of the Crown to William of Normandy, 2and declare him lawful Successor, and send him a Banner that he might fight for it and possess it. Thus did this Prelate give Crowns and Kingdoms, as the supreme judge (made by himself.)
- 1Bin. p. 1132.
- 2rindx;
He after required Rent (Peter-Pence) from England of William.