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A True description or rather a parallel betweene Cardinall Wolsey, Arch-Bishop of York, and VVilliam Laud, Arch-Bishop of Canterbvry.
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1641
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Wing T2679; ESTC R23148
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a_o true_a description_n or_o rather_o a_o parallel_n between_o cardinal_n wolsie_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o william_n laud_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1641._o a_o true_a description_n or_o rather_o a_o parallel_n between_o cardinal_n wolsie_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o william_n laud_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v two_o primate_fw-la or_o archbishop_n throughout_o england_n and_o wales_n canterbury_n and_o york_n both_o metropolitan_n york_n of_o england_n canterbury_n of_o all_o england_n for_o so_o their_o title_n run_v to_o the_o primate_n of_o canterbury_n be_v subordinate_a thirteen_o bishop_n in_o england_n and_o four_o in_o wales_n but_o the_o primate_n of_o york_n have_v at_o this_o time_n but_o two_o suffragan_n in_o england_n namely_o the_o bishop_n of_o carliele_n and_o durhan_n though_o he_o have_v in_o king_n lucius_n day_n who_o be_v the_o first_o christian_a king_n of_o this_o our_o nation_n all_o the_o prelacy_n of_o scotland_n within_o his_o jurisdiction_n canterbury_n command_v all_o from_o this_o side_n the_o river_n trent_n to_o the_o further_a limit_n of_o wales_n and_o york_n command_v all_o from_o beyond_o the_o trent_n to_o the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o scotland_n and_o hitherto_o their_o prime_a archiepiscopal_a prerogative_n may_v not_o unproper_o be_v parallel_v in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o first_o be_v potent_a two_o famous_a prelate_n anselm_n of_o canterbury_n who_o dare_v contest_v against_o the_o king_n and_o girald_n of_o york_n who_o deny_v to_o give_v place_n or_o any_o precedence_n at_o all_o to_o anselm_n thomas_n becket_n who_o be_v first_o chancellor_n and_o after_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o bear_v himself_o so_o insolâ—ntly_o against_o the_o king_n his_o sovereign_n that_o it_o cost_v he_o his_o life_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o church_n as_o he_o be_v go_v to_o the_o altar_n but_o above_o all_o the_o 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to_o abide_v a_o most_o severe_a sentence_n stephen_n lancthon_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n john_n will_v not_o absolve_v the_o land_n be_v for_o six_o year_n together_o indict_v by_o the_o pope_n till_o the_o king_n have_v pay_v unto_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n eighteen_o thousand_o mark_n in_o gold_n and_o thus_o i_o can_v continue_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o prelacy_n and_o their_o great_a tyranny_n through_o all_o the_o king_n reign_n but_o i_o now_o fall_v upon_o the_o promise_a parallel_n betwixt_o thomas_n wolsie_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o cardinal_n and_o william_n laud_n doctor_n in_o divinity_n and_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n they_o be_v both_o the_o son_n of_o mean_a and_o mechanic_a man_n wolsie_n of_o a_o butcher_n laud_n of_o a_o clothworker_n the_o one_o bear_v in_o ipswitch_n threescore_o mile_n the_o other_o in_o read_v thirty_o mile_n distant_a from_o the_o city_n of_o london_n both_o of_o they_o very_o 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