[ 9 l the Bifhops that had Sworn to be true to the Em~ prefs his Daughter, broke their Oath, and after [wore io K. Stephen againfr her" and brake that Oath, and fware to her again, and brake that Oath, and again turned to Stephen, and his own Brother the Bi(hop of lf'inchejfer led the way : And no wond~r when they were great enough to Build fuddenly the many great Caltles, ( Sherburne, Salisbury, Devifes, M-almesbury, &c. which he fur– prizeci. ) And when Hen. 2. fucceeded Stephen afrer long bloody VVars, with the greatefc ad– vantage of a Powerful Government, yet was he not able to mafcer his own Bia1ops ftrengthened by the Pope. VVho feared not openly to tell him as ThomM of Canterbury did, [ Certum ejfe Re- . ges poteftatem fuam ab ~Ecclefia accipere, & non ipfam ab il!is fed a Chriflo, &c. Hoveden, · Hen. z.. , p. 285 .] . . § VI. But the General and his Army, the Uni-· verfal Church-Monarch and his Church-Parlia– ment could not well agree. Many hundred years the Roman Church-Monarch having the Prefer– ments in his power, got Councillors to his mind, who were as ready to be militant againfl: Prince~, and Peace, as he to command it : Till at laff: the · Monarch by a packt' bribed /Clergy having got poifeffion ofa Power like to abiolute, difgraced it with a fucceffion of fuch Monfiers ofwickednets, as the moft flattering of their Hifl:orians declare to be unworthy to be named in the Catalogue. And they had fo often two Popes at once, filling the World \-\ith blood, while by the Sword they tryed their Caufe, and at laft three Popes (and faith Wernerus in Fafc. Temp. once fix at once that were then, anq had been Popes) fome Kingdoms being for •
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