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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
Book 6 › A Story of certain Monks of Suevia.Book 6 › A Storie of certaine Monks of Sueuia.
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.
A Story of certain Monks of Suevia.
A Storie of certaine Monks of Sueuia.
Gvnrame, a noble Baron, in the year 1130. builded an Abbey in Suevia, called Salmesuille, of Cistercian Monks. Amongst many Benefactors to the said House, the Earls of Montfort had bestowed upon that Monastery many new Liberties and Privileges, upon condition, that they should receive with free hospitality any stranger, Horse-man or Foot-man, for one night: but this hospitality did not long continue, through a subtle devise of one of the Monks, who would counterfeit the Devil, rattling and raging in chains at the lodgings where the strangers should lie: and so continued this a long space. At length, an Earle of the house of Montfort was lodged at the Monastery: when the Earle was at his rest, in the night the Monk, after his wonted manner, began to play the Devil, roaring, thundering, spitting of fire, and making a noise: the Earle hearing thereof, took a good heart, and taking his sword, slew the Monk. And thus the Devil of the Abbey was conjured, which stopped the guests from coming to the House. Who lift to see more and worse pranks of Friars and Monks, played in their Houses & Cloisters, let them resort to the Epistle of Erasmus, and he shall find enough to infect the air.
GVnrame, a noble Baron, in the yeare 1130. builded an Abbey in Sueuia, called Salmesuille, of Cistercian Monks. Amongst many Benefactors to the said House, the Earles of Montfort had bestowed vpon that Monasterie many new Liberties and Priuiledges, vpon condition, that they should receiue with frée hospitalitie any stranger, Horse-man or Foot-man, for one night: but this hospitalitie did not long continue, through a subtile deuise of one of the Monks, who would counterfeit the Diuell, ratling and raging in chaynes at the lodgings where the strangers should lie: and so continued this a long space. At length, an Earle of the house of Montfort was lodged at the Monasterie: when the Earle was at his rest, in the night the Monke, after his wonted manner, began to play the Diuell, roring, thundering, spitting of fire, and making a noyse: the Earle hearing thereof, tooke a good heart, and taking his sword, slew the Monk. And thus the Diuell of the Abbey was coniured, which stopped the guests from comming to the House. Who lift to see more and worse pranks of Friers and Monks, played in their Houses & Cloysters, let them resort to the Epistle of Erasmus, and he shall find ynough to infect the aire.