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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
John Finch of Colchester, was taken in Ipswich, and brought before the Bishop, and being convicted of the aforesaid Articles, was enjoined penance three whippings three several Sundays in solemn Procession about the Cathedral Church of Norwich, and three whippings about the Market place, three principal market days; his head, neck, and •eete bare, his body covered only with a short shirt, with a taper of wax of a pound weight in his hands, which the next Sunday after his penance, he• should offer unto the Trinity, and every Ash Wednesday, and Monday, and Thursday three year after, he should appear before the Ordinary, in the Cathedral Church, to do open penance amongst other penitontiar•es.
Iohn Finch of Colchester, was taken in Ipswich, and brought before the Bishop, and being conuicted of the aforesaid Articles, was inioyned penance three whippings three seuerall Sundaies in solemne Procession about the Cathedrall Church of Norwich, and thrée whippings about the Market place, thrée principall market daies; his head, necke, and •eete bare, his bodie couered onely with a short shirt, with a taper of waxe of a pound waight in his hands, which the next Sunday after his penance, he• should offer vnto the Triuitie, and euery Ashwednesday, and Munday, and Thursday three yeare after, hée should appeare before the Ordinary, in the Cathedral Church, to doe open penance amongst other penitontiar•es.
About the same time, shortly after the Coronation of King Henry the sixth, one Richard Hoveden a wool winder, and Citizen of London, was crowned with Martyrdom, whenby no persuasions he could be drawn from the opinions of Wycliffe, as Fabian writeth, he burned hard by the Tower of London.
About the same time, shortly after the Coronation of King Henry the sixt, one Richard Houeden a wool winder, and Citizen of London, was crowned with Martyrdome, whenby no perswasions he could be drawne from the opinions of Wickliffe, as Fabian writeth, he burned hard by the Tower of London.