FFL Quotes: History of England, David Hume, 1762, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 4a, The Becket controversy, Part 6

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NOTE: The chapters in the text of Hume's History of England are not subdivided into Sections, as my posts will be. The Sections will broadly (not always exactly) correspond with the subdivisions of the LibraVox recording of the book to which I am listening.

Abuses of the civil power against a single individual

I'm convinced this was an important conflict, especially when it come to question of civil vs ecclesiastical power. So I organized the text with Sub-Headings to help me understand the proceedings.  

ENGLISH PUBLIC RESPONSE TO HENRY ATTEMPTS

"The violent and unjust prosecution of Becket had a natural tendency to turn the public favour on his side and to make men overlook 

   his former ingratitude toward the king, and 

   his departure from all oaths and engagements, 

   as well as the enormity of those ecclesiastical privileges, of which he affected to be the champion. [...]" 

David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762 (italics and formatting added)

HENRY V. BECKET MADE INTERNATIONAL NEWS

"[...] There were many other reasons which procured his countenance and protection in foreign countries[:]

   Philip, Earl of Flanders [in France], and Lewis, King of France, jealous of the rising greatness of Henry, were well pleased to give him disturbance in his government; and, forgetting that this was the common cause of princes, they affected to pity extremely the condition of the exiled primate; and the latter even honoured him with a visit at Soissons, in which city he had invited him to fix his residence.

   The pope [still exiled Alexander, also in France at the time], whose interests were more immediately concerned in supporting him [Lewis or Becket?], gave a cold reception to a magnificent embassy which Henry sent to accuse him [Becket]; while Becket himself, who had come to Sens in order to justify his cause before the sovereign pontiff, was received with the greatest marks of distinction. [...]"

David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762 (italics, bold, and formatting added)

HENRY'S REACTION TO POPE, GOES AFTER BECKET AGAIN, HENRY ATTEMPT#5

"[...] The king, in revenge, sequestered the revenues of Canterbury; and, 

by a conduct which might be esteemed arbitrary, had there been at that time any regular check on royal authority, 

he banished all the primate's relations and domestics, to the number of four hundred, whom he obliged to swear, before their departure, that they would instantly join their patron. [...]"

David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762 (italics, bold, and formatting added)

POPE'S (not Becket's) REACTION TO HENRY ATTEMPT#5

" But this policy, by which Henry endeavoured to reduce Becket sooner to necessity, lost its effect: the pope, when they [the relations of Becket] arrived beyond sea, absolved them from their oath, and distributed them among the convents in France and Flanders: 

   a residence was assigned to Becket himself in the convent of Pontigny, where he lived for some years in great magnificence, partly from a pension granted him on the revenues of the abbey, partly from remittances made him by the French monarch. [...]"

David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762 (italics and formatting added)