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Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

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<strong>in</strong>tentions were pacific, and <strong>the</strong>y confirmed<br />

Elizabeth and her m<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>in</strong> those dreams <strong>of</strong><br />

peace, from which <strong>the</strong>y were not to be fully<br />

awakened till <strong>the</strong> guns <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spanish Armada were<br />

heard <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> English Channel.<br />

In aid <strong>of</strong> Philip's earthly armies, <strong>the</strong> Pope, when<br />

all was ready, mustered his spiritual artillery.<br />

Sixtus V fulm<strong>in</strong>ated his bull aga<strong>in</strong>st Elizabeth, <strong>in</strong><br />

which he confirmed <strong>the</strong> previous one <strong>of</strong> Pius V,<br />

absolved her subjects from <strong>the</strong>ir allegiance, and<br />

solemnly conferred her k<strong>in</strong>gdom upon Philip II, "to<br />

have and to hold as tributary and feudatory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Papal Chair." While <strong>the</strong> Pope with <strong>the</strong> one hand<br />

took away <strong>the</strong> crown from Elizabeth, he conferred<br />

with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> red hat upon Fa<strong>the</strong>r Allen. Italian<br />

honors to English Papists are usually<br />

contemporaneous with <strong>in</strong>sults to English<br />

sovereigns, and so was it now: Allen was at <strong>the</strong><br />

same time made Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Canterbury by <strong>the</strong><br />

Pope, and Papal Legate. "This Allen," says <strong>the</strong><br />

Dutch historian, "be<strong>in</strong>g enraged aga<strong>in</strong>st his own<br />

native country, caused <strong>the</strong> Pope's bull to be<br />

translated <strong>in</strong>to English, mean<strong>in</strong>g upon <strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong><br />

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