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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
Book 1 › Persecution 7: ¶The seventh Persecution.Book 1 › Persecution 7: ¶The seauenth Persecution.
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.
Theodora a virgin, was commanded to the Stews, a young man, a Christian, caused her to change garments with him, and convey herself away, and offering himself to their violence, being found a man, he confessed himself a Christian, and was condemned to suffer, Theodora offered herself to the Judge, and desired that the other might be discharged, he commanded them both to be beheaded, and cast into the fire.
Theodora a virgine, was commanded to the Stewes, a young man, a Christian, caused her to change garments with him, and conuey herselfe away, and offering himselfe to their violence, being found a man, he confessed himselfe a Christian, and was condemned to suffer, Theodora offered herselfe to the Iudge, and desired that the other might be discharged, he commanded them both to be beheaded, and cast into the fire.
Agathon was condemned to lose his head for rebuking them that derived the dead bodies of Christians.
One Paulus, and one Andreas, were scourged, drawn through the city, and after trodden to death under the feet of people; also Justinus a Priest of Rome, and Nicostratus a Deacon, and Portius a Priest of Rome, which is reported to have converted the Emperor Phillip, were all Martyred.
One Paulus, and one Andreas, were scourged, drawne through the citie, and aftrer troden to death vnder the féete of people; also Iustinus a Priest of Rome, and Nicostratus a Deacon, and Portius a Priest of Rome, which is reported to haue conuerted the Emperour Phillip, were all Martyred.