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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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