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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.
In Mesopotamia the Christians were hanged by the feet, and choked with smoke: in Cappadocia their legs were broken, in Cilicia Taragus, Probus, and Andronious Martyred: the Persecution was so outrageous, that they refrained not from the slaughter of the Emperors children, & the chiefest Princes of his Court, amongst whom was one Peter of the Household whom the King did love as his own child, after cruel torments, he was whipped to the bones, powdered with salt and vinegar, and •ofled with a fire. Dorotheus and Gorgonius seeing it, reproved the Emperor, and confessed they were Christians; wherefore, though they were in great authority, they were almost tormented as he, and strangled.
In Mesopotamia the Christians were hanged by the feete, and choked with smoke: in Cappadocia their legs were broken, in Cilicia Taragus, Probus, and Andronious Martyred: the Persecution was so outragious, that they refrained not from the slaughter of the Emperours children, & the chiefest Princes of his Court, amongst whom was one Peter of the Houshold whom the King did loue as his owne childe, after cruell torments, he was whipped to the bones, powdered with salt and vineger, and •ofled with a fire. Dorotheus and Gorgonius séeing it, reproued the Emperour, and confessed they were Christians; wherefore, though they were in great authoritie, they were almost tormented as he, and strangled.
Anthonius Bishop of Nicomedia, and Lucianus, and a great company of martyrs were beheaded. Diocletian beheaded his own wife Serena.
Anthonius Bishop of Nicomedia, and Lucianus, and a great company of •artyrs were beheaded. Dioclesian beheaded his owne wife Serena.