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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.
The aforesaid Adam Damlip taught School about some two years in the West Country, after he was apprehended and brought unto Stephen Gardiner, who committed him to the Marshalsea, where he continued two years: and for his honest behaviour he was beloved of the whole house, and especially of the keeper, and he did much amongst the common sort of the prisoners in reproving vice: Then being resolved rather to loose his life, then not to suffer his talent to be used to Gods glory by being detained in prison.
The aforesaid Adam Damlip taught Schoole about some two yeares in the West Country, after he was apprehended and brought vnto Stephen Gardiner, who committed him to the Marshalsie, where he continued two yeares: and for his honest behauiour hee was beloued of the whole house, and especially of the kéeper, and he did much amongst the common sort of the prisoners in reprouing vice: Then being resolued rather to loose his life, then not to suffer his talent to be vsed to Gods glory by being detained in prison.
Whereupon he sent an Epistle to Gardiner: And then by the Bishops commandment he was had to Calais, where first he laid unto his charge heresy; but because all such offences before such a day were pardoned by an Act of Parliament: then for the receiving of the aforesaid French Crown of Cardinal Poole, as you heard before he was condemned of Treason in Calais, cruelly put to death, being hanged, drawn and quartered: At his death Sir Ralph Ellerker Knight Marshall there would not suffer him to declare his Faith or cause he died for, but bad the executioner dispatch the Knave: and said, he would not away before he saw the Traitors heart out: but shortly after in a skirmish with the Frenchmen at Bullen he was slain, and his enemies cut off his members, and cut the heart out of his body and so left him a terrible example of the Justice of God, upon all bloody persecutors.
Wherevpon he sent an Epistle to Gardiner: And then by the Bishops commandement hee was had to Callice, where first hee layed vnto his charge heresie; but because all such offences before such a day were pardoned by an Act of Parliament: then for the receiuing of the aforesaid French Crowne of Cardinall Poole, as you heard before he was condemned of Treason in Callice, cruelly put to death, beeing hanged, drawne and quartered: At his death Sir Raph Ellerker Knight Marshall there would not suffer him to declare his Faith or cause he died for, but bad the executioner dispatch the Knaue: and said, he would not away before he saw the Traytors heart out: but shortly after in a skirmish with the Frenchmen at Bullen he was slaine, and his enemies cut off his members, and cut the heart out of his body and so left him a terrible example of the Iustice of God, vpon all bloudy persecutors.