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Excerpt from A Myrroure for Magistrates: Considered With Special Reference to the Sources of Contributions Special With to the Sources of Inaugural Dissertation Submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
Warton prefaces his discussion of the Mirror for Magistrates with the above statement; not, however, with reference to the entire work; but only to those contri butions, which possess distinction, and exhibit literary qualities of a very high order; the Induction, and Legend of Buckingham; by Thomas Sackville. Warton had in mind the deplorable religious and social condition of England, during the first half of the sixteenth Century; when the steadily growing power of the Protestant body came into conflict with the established Catholic church. Henry VIII had summarily announced himself head of the church in England, and, not content with this, he deposed the spiritual lords, who resented his assumption of papal authority; and confiscated the property of the church. Henry, however, notwithstanding his high handed method of dealing with religious matters, still regarded the church in England as an integral part of the church of Rome. From this View many of his adherents dissented and would gladly have freed themselves from Rome entirely But these, as well as the ultra-catholics were held in check by Henry's strong personality. Edward VI, however, swung directly over to the side of the Protestant extremists and it seemed probable the power of Rome would be broken for ever in England; buthis early death and Mary's assumption of the reins of authority, completely changed the course of events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
