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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 6 › The Martyrdom of John Frith.Book 6 › The Martirdome of Iohn Frith.
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.
The Martyrdom of John Frith.
The Martirdome of Iohn Frith.
When Cardinal Wolsey prepared to build a College in Oxford, which now is called Christs Church,1 whence he was sent for to the King, being accused of certain crimes: in the way by immoderate purgations he killed himself, and so left a most glorious piece of work; part but begun, part half ended, and but a small part fully finished. He appointed to that College all such as were found to excel in any kind of learning: amongst whom this John Frith was one, and William Tyndale, and Tavernar of Boston, and John Clark, and many others. These were accused of heresy by the Cardinal, and imprisoned in a deep Cave in t•e same College, where they were all infected through the stink of Fish: and John Clarke, wi•h other good men, whose names are not known, died; but Frith escaped, and departed out of England for four years, and returning home, Sir Thomas Moore promised great rewards to them that could take him, and laid all the havens for him. At length he was taken at Reading for a Vagabond, and being put in the stocks, he sent for the Schoolmaster, and began in the Latin tongue to bewail his captivity, the School-master being overcome with his eloquen•e, took pity on him, and love• his excellent wit: then they fell to the Greek tongue, wherewith he so inflamed the love of the School-master, that he went to the Magistrates and got him to be set at liberty without punishment: but after he was traitorously taken and sent to the Tower, where he had many conflicts with the Bishops, but especially in writing with Sir Thomas Moore, who wrote against certain writings of Frithes, against the Sacrament of the Altar, which came to Sir Thomas Moors hands, and Frith having gotten a Copy of it, wrote against it. Cranmer, Archbishop, in his Apology against the Bishop of Winchester, seemeth to have collecte Frith's reasons abundantly.