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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.
Not unlike to this was the receiving of the Cardinals hat, when one had brought it to him to Westminster under his cloak: he clothed the messenger in rich array, and sent him back to Dover, appointed the Bishop of Canterbury to meet him, besides an other company of Lords and Gentlemen: when it came to Westminster, it was set upon a cupboard with Tapers about it: the greatest Duke in the land must curtsy thereto, and to him empty seat. And thus much touching Cardinal Wolsey.
Not vnlike to this was the receiuing of the Cardinals hat, when one had brought it to him to Westminster vnder his cloak: he clothed the messenger in rich aray, and sent him back to Douer, appointed the Bishop of Canterbury to méet him, besides an other company of Lords and Gentlemen: when it came to W•stminster, it was set vpon a cubbord with Tapers about it: the greatest Duke in the land must curtsi• thereto, and to him empty seat. And thus much touching Cardinall Wolsey.
He founded a certain new College in Oxford; for furniture whereof he gathered together all the best learned he could hear of; amongst whom were Clerk, Tyndale, Frith, and Taverner, who after were found to be heretics (as they call them) and were cast into a prison of the College where salt fish lay, through the stink whereof they being infected, the said Clerk, being singular in learning, died.
He founded a certaine new Colledge in Oxford; for furniture whereof he gathered together all the best learned hee could heare of; amongst whom were Clerke, Tindall, Frith, and Tauerner, who after were found to be hereticks (as they call them) and were cast into a prison of the Colledge where salt fish lay, through the stinke whereof they being infected, the said Clerke, being singular in learning, died.