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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.
But it came to pass that the Bill of Articles drawn against the Queen, and subscribed with the Kings own hand, falling from the b•some of one of the Council was found of some godly person, and brought to the Queen; who seeing it, fell into a great agony and Melancholy.
But it came to passe that the Bill of Articles drawne against the Queene, and subscribed with the Kings owne hand, falling from the b•some of one of the Councell was found of some godly person, and brought to the Queene; who seeing it, fell into a great agony and Melancholy.
The King hearing what peril of life she was in, sent his Physician unto her; and the said Doctor Wendy perceiving the matter by her words, brake with her touching the said Articles, devised against her, and gave her warning of that mischief which hanged over her head: beseeching her to be secret, and to conform her self to the Kings mind, and no doubt she should find him gracious: After the King came to her himself, unto whom after she had uttered her grief, how it was for fear his Majesty had forsaken her, he so refreshed her with comfortable words, that she began to recover.
The King hearing what perill of life she was in, sent his Phisition vnto her; and the said Doctor Wendy perceiuing the matter by her words, brake with her touching the said Articles, deuised against her, and gaue her warning of that mischiefe which hanged ouer her head: beséeching her to be secret, and to conforme her selfe to the Kings minde, and no doubt she should finde him gracious: After the King came to her himselfe, vnto whom after she had vttered her griefe, how it was for feare his Maiestie had forsaken her, hee so refreshed her with comfortable words, that she began to recouer.