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This audio is brought to you by Canon Press. Monstrous Regiment A

September 30, 2020.

Introduction 2020.

Introduction

When John Knox penned his peppery critique of Bloody Mary,

that infamous first blast of the trumpet against the

monstrous regiment of women,

he wotted his little booklet into an object the size of a baseball. the was thus in motion, the Queen died and was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth the first.

So one of the first congratulatory messages to bounce off her forehead was Knox's recently

published thoughts on the monstrous regiment of women.

This line of thought displeased the Queen, which surprised no one, and it must be frankly

admitted that displeased was the state of mind that Elizabeth was pretty good at.

It was something she knew how to do. Now when they saw what had happened a bunch of people

would gack, including Knox himself, and sought to reassure the new queen that they had not been

referring to her royal highness or personage at all.

There was plenty of embarrassment to go around.

Calvin was peeved at Knox and the Queen was really peeved at him.

The embarrassment was because Queen Elizabeth was a Protestant, unlike Bloody Mary, and the reformers, including Knox, incidentally, had a good handle on how important it was to fry the bigger fish first.

As long as Queen Mary was burning Protestants, they were willing to do that. the bigger fish first.

As long as Queen Mary was burning Protestants, they were willing to bring all kinds of

arguments against her, and for Knox this included the fact that she was a she.

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