The Franciscan Friar: A Satire; And the Marriage Due of Francis of Valois and Mary, Sovereigns of France and Scotland: Translated Into Engli: A ... Latin of George Buchanan (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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When r'nen peruse the page of history, and look back bn those dark ages of the world, when it was immersed in superstition, they are filled with astonishment, and can' scarcely believe, that monks and friars, immersed in mo: n'asteries, from whence they sent forth th'eir wandering missionaries, should have had the address to hold most powerful nations under their imperious co'ntroul, and that the powers of reason had not more early delivered man' kind from their arbitrary sway: but when it is considered, that the sacred writings were withheld from general peru sal, that priests alone were educated, and the art of print ing had not been discovered, our astonishment ceases, and we feel conviction that the magnificent churchman in his stately palace, would with zeal exert every nerve that he might still live in luxurious splendor, and remain se cure and undisturbed in his elevated situation.

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