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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.
HUN had a Child died in his house,1 the Curate claiming the bearing-sheet for a Mortuary, Hun answered; The Infant had no property therein, whereupon he was cited to the Spiritual Court; he sued the Curate in a Premunire, and then the Priests of malice accused him of heresy, and brought him to Lollards Tower, where he was found dead, hanging by the neck in a girdle of silk. The Bishop of London called Richard Fitziames and Doctor Horsey, his Chancellor said •e hanged himself; and the Temporalty said he was murdered: The Coroner summoned a Jury, and viewed the body, and many times they were with the Kings Council, and heard their opinions, but in the mean season the Bishop burnt the dead carcass in Smithfield, to the abomination of the people: but after the matter had bee•e heard by the Kings Judges, and after by the Kings Council, the King being present; at las• Doctor Horsey the Chancellor, and one Charles the Bell-ringer of Pauls, an• Joseph the Bishops Summoner, were indicted of murder, and the said Charles being in the Tower of London, of his own free will said; that Master Chancellor devised and wrote with his own hand all the heresies that were laid to Huns charge, and that when Richard Hun was slain, John Bell-ringer bare up a Wax Candle, and I went next to him and Master Chancellor came up last, and Hun was lying in his bed: and Master Chancellor said, Lay hands on the Thief, and so all we murdered him, and I put the girdle about his neck, and John Bell-ringer and I did heave him up, and master Chancellor pulled the girdle over the staple, and so Hun was hanged.
HVN had a Child died in his house,1 the Curate claiming the bearing-shéet for a Mortuar•, Hun answered; The Infant had no property therein, whereupon he was cited to the Spirituall Court; he sued the Curate in a Premunire, and then the Priests of mallice accused him of heresie, and brought him to Lolards Tower, where he was found dead, hanging by the necke in a girdle of silke. The Bishop of London called Richard Fitziames and Doctor Horsey, his Chancelor said •e hanged himselfe; and the Temporalty said he was murdered: The Coronor summoned a Iury, and viewed the body, and many times they were with the Kings Councell, and heard their opinions, but in the mean season the Bishop burnt the dead carkase in Smithfield, to the abhomination of the people: but after the matter had beee heard by the Kings Iudges, and after by the Kings Councell, the King being present; at las Doctor Horsey the Chancelor, and one Charles the Bel-ringer of Pauls, an Ioseph the Bishops Somner, were indicted of murder, and the said Charles being in the Tower of London, of his owne frée will said; that Maister Chancelor deuised and wrote with his own hand all the heresies that were laid to Huns charge, and that when Richard Hunne was slaine, Iohn Bell-ringer bare vp a Waxe Candle, and I went next to him and Maister Chancelor came vp last, and Hunne was lying in his bed: and Maister Chancelor said, Lay hands on the Theefe, and so all we murdered him, and I put the girdle about his necke, and Iohn Bell-ringer and I did heaue him vp, and maister Chancelor pulled the girdle ouer the staple, and so Hun was hanged.