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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 4
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16. I am weary of Examples, and indeed there is nothing more troublesome than to enumerate the great Actions of the Popes of Rome of this nature. I pray of whose Party were they, who poisoned the Emperor Henry the 7th. in the Eucharist? and they who did the same to Pope Victor in the holy Chalice? Who exercised the same Art upon our King John of England, in a common Table Cup? whoever they were, and of what Party soever, this is certain, they were neither Lutherans nor Zwinglians. Who is it, that at this day permits the greatest Kings and Monarchs to kiss his Feet? Who is it that commands the Emperor to hold his Bridle, and the King of France his Stirrup? Who was it that cast Francis Dandalus, 1Duke of Venice, and King of Crete and Cyprus under his Table, to gnaw the Bones with the Dogs? who crowned Henry the 6th.2 the Emperor at Rome, not with his Hands, but with his Feet; and then with his Foot kicked his Crown off again; adding, that he had power to create Emperors and to depose them? Who armed Henry the Son against Henry the 4th. his Father;3 and caused the Son to take his Father Prisoner, and having shaven and treated him ignominiously, ⟨p. 62⟩to cast him into a Monastery, where he pined away with Hunger and Sorrow? who was it that trod insolently upon the Neck of the Emperor Frederick; and as if this had not been a sufficient Affront, subjoined out of the Psalms of David, 4Thou shalt walk upon the Asp, and the Basilisk, and shalt tread the Lion and the Dragon under thy Feet. Where is there such another Example of despised and injured Majesty, in all History, except in Tamerlane the Scythian, a fierce and a barbarous Prince, and in Saphores, King of Persia? All these were Popes, all of them Successors of St. Peter; all most Holy Men, whose Words were every one of them to be Gospel to us.
16. I am weary of Examples, and indeed there is nothing more troublesome than to enumerate the great Actions of the Popes of Rome of this nature. I pray of whose Party were they, who poisoned the Emperor Henry the 7th. in the Eucharist? and they who did the same to Pope Victor in the holy Chalice? Who exercised the same Art upon our King John of England, in a common Table Cup? whoever they were, and of what Party soever, this is certain, they were neither Lutherans nor Zuinglians. Who is it, that at this day permits the greatest Kings and Monarchs to kiss his Feet? Who is it that commands the Emperor to hold his Bridle, and the King of France his Stirrup? Who was it that cast Francis Dandalus,