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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
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Then the King was certified that there were many diversities of opinions in Calais, tending to the danger thereof: Whereupon Doctor Champion and M. Garnet, who after was burned, were sent over to preach to them, where he preached the same true Doctrine which Adam Damlip had done. After them, one William Smith, Curate of our Ladies Parish in Calais, preaching earnestly inuaying against Papistry and wilful ignorance, exhorting them to embrace the word, and not to contemn it, least Gods wrath fall upon them, which followeth the contempt of his holy word.
Then the King was certified that there were many diuersities of opinions in Calice, tending to the danger thereof: Whereupon Doctor Champion and M. Garnet, who after was burned, were sent ouer to preach to them, where he preached the same true Doctrine which Adam Damlip had done. After them, one William Smith, Curate of our Ladies Parish in Callice, preaching earnestly inuaying against Papistry and wilfull ignorance, exhorting them to imbrace the word, and not to contemne it, least Gods wrath fall vpon them, which followeth the contempt of his holy word.
At length the said Lord Lisle, which was Bastard to King Edward the fourth, which maintained Damlip as before, by the enticing of his wicked wife, the Lady Honora, she being thereunto provoked by Sir Thomas Palmer, and John Rockwood▪ Esquire: these, with seven others, wrote very heinous Letters unto the King and Council, against divers of the Town of Calais. Whereupon, divers of them were often punished in Calais, and many of them sent for over into England, and were sorely imprisoned and punished, and had not escaped the fire, but by the Kings pardon.
At length the said Lord Lisle, which was Bastard to King Edward the fourth, which maintained Damlip as before, by the intising of his wicked wife, the Lady Honora, she being thereunto prouoked by Sir Thomas Palmer, and Iohn Rockwood▪ Esquire: these, with seauen others, wrote very haynous Letters vnto the King and Councell, against diuers of the Towne of Calice. Whereupon, diuers of them were often punished in Callice, and many of them sent for ouer into England, and were orely imprisoned and punished, and had not escaped the fire, but by the Kings pardon.