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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.
In this year the Turk wrote to the master of the Rhodes, to deliver up the Isle as followeth.
In this yeare the Turk wrote to the maister of the Rhodes, to deliuer vp the Isle as followeth.
Solimanus Tsaccus, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, most mighty Emperor of Constantinople and Trapezuntis, &c. Unto the Reverend Father Philip Vilerius Liladamus, great Master of the Rhodes, to his Knights and the Commonalty there: The pity of my afflicted people, and your extreme injuries, move me. I command your speedy surrender of your Isle of Rhodes, you may obtain Our Grace to depart with your riches: or if you will remain in our Dominion, your liberty shall not be diminished, either in Religion, or paying of tribute: if you be wise, prefer peace before cruel war: if you be overcome, look for extreme cruelty, from which neither your force, foreign aid, nor your walls shall defend you. I swear, by God, the Maker of Heaven and Garth, by the four Historiographers of the Evangelical Histories, by the 8000. Prophets that came from Heaven, and by our mighty God Mahomet, above all others to be worshipped, and the Spirits of my Father and Grand-Father, and by this my Sacred, Royal, and Imperial Head, from our Palace at Constantinople. The very same year the Island of Rhodes was lost, and yeele•d to the Turk, to the great hindrance of all Christendom.
Solimanus Tsaccus, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, most mighty Emperor of Constantinople and Trapezuntis, &c. Unto the Reuerend Father Philip Vilerius Liladamus, great Maister of the Rhodes, to his Knights and the Communalty there: The pitty of my afflicted people, and your extreame iniuries, moue me. I command your speedy surrender of your Ile of Rhodes, you may obtaine Our Grace to depart with your riches: or if you will remaine in our Dominion, your liberty shall not be diminished, either in Religion, or paying of tribute: if you be wise, preferre peace before cruell war: if you be ouercome, looke for extreame cruelty, from which neither your force, forraigne ayde, nor your wals shall defend you. I sweare, by God, the Maker of Heauen and Garth, by the foure Histoographers of the Euangelicall Histories, by the 8000. Prophets that came from Heauen, and by our mighty God Mahomet, aboue all others to be worshipped, and the Spirits of my Father and Grand-Father, and by this my Sacred, Royall, and Imperiall Head, from our Palace at Constantinople. The very same yeare the Island of Rhodes was lost, and yéeled to the Turke, to the great hindrance of all Christendome.