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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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A Story of certain Friars in France in the City of Orleans in the year 1534.
A Storie of certain Friers in France in the Citie of Orleance in the yeare 1534.
The Mayors wife of the City provided in her Will that she should be buried without any pomp or solemnity: for the Bell did use to warn every one to pray for the dead corps; and when it is carried forth all or the most part of the begging Friars go before it with Torches and Tapers, and the more pomp is used, the greater is the concourse of people; but this woman would none of this gears, the which burial of hers, her husband performed according as she required in her Will.
THe Mayors wife of the Citie prouided in her Will that she should be buried without any pompe or solemnitie: for the Bell did vse to warne euery one to pray for the dead corps; and when it is carried forth all or the most part of the begging Friers goe before it with Torches and Tapers, and the more pompe is vsed, the greater is the concourse of people; but this woman would none of this gears, the which buriall of hers, her husband performed according as she required in her Will.
Then one Colman and Steven Arras Doctors of Divinity: and the first a Conjurer, set a young man, which was a novice, over the Vault of the Church, and when they came according to their use to Matins at mid-night, he made a wonderful noise and shrieking: then this Colman went to crossing and conjuring, but the other above would not speak; and being charged to make a sign whether he were a dumb spirit or no, he rattled and made a great noise again.