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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.
WILLIAM BUTTON.
VVILLIAM BVTTON.
He being a soldier of Calais, merrily asked a Papist, Whether one that were suddenly taken might not occupy one of the Popes pardons in stead of a broken paper: and another question, Whether the world might better want Dogs then Popish Priests, and answered it, that if there were no Dogs, we could make no more, but if there lacked ignorant Priests, we might soon make too many of them.
HEe being a souldier of Callice, merrily asked a Papist, Whether one that were suddenly taken might not occupie one of the Popes pardons in stead of a broken paper: and another question, Whether the world might better want Dogs then Popish Priests, and answered it, that if there were no Dogs, we could make no more, but if there lacked ignorant Priests, we might soone make too many of them.
There came a black Friar to Calais with the Popes pardons, who for 4. pence would deliver a soul out of Purgatory; this Button asked him, if the Pope could deliver souls out of Purgatory: the Friar said, there is no doubt of that: then he said, Why doth he not of charity deliver all the s•ules thereout? for which cau•e he was accused unto the Commissary, who chafing, called him heretic: then said Button, If the Pope can deliver souls out of Purgatory, and will not of charity do it, then would God the King would make me Pope, for surely I would deliver all out without money. Whereupon the Commissary made him bear a Billet, and procured his wages, which was six pence a day, to be taken from him: then he went unto the King, and declared the whole matter, who after gave him eight pence a day.