A07225:1602
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.
THE NINTH BOOK, Containing the Acts and things done in the Reign of King EDWARD the sixth.
THE NINTH BOOKE, CONtayning the Acts and things done in the Raigne of King EDVVARD the sixt.
After the death of Henry the eight, succeeded King Edward the sixth, his son, being of the age of nine years. Touching his commendations, I leave you to the Book at large: who, because he was so young and tender, was committed to sixteen Governors, amongst whom, especially the Lord Edward Semer, Duke of Somerset, his uncle, was assigned as Protector of him and the Commonwealth: a man of noble virtues, especially for his favour to Gods […]; through the industry of whom, that monstrous Hydra with six heads, the […] Articles, which devoured so many, were abolished; whereby the proceedings of Gardner began to decay: who storming thereat, wrote to the Lord Protector in the cause thereof.
AFter the death of Henrie the eight, succeeded King Edward the sixt, his sonne, being of the age of nine yeares. Touching his commendations, I leaue you to the Booke at large: who, because he was so young and tender, was committed to sixtéene Gouernours, amongst whome, especially the Lord Edward Semer, Duke of Somerset, his vncle, was assigned as Protector of him and the Commonwealth: a man of noble vertues, especially for his fauour to Gods 〈…〉; thro•gh the industrie of whom, that monstrous Hydra with sixe heads, the 〈…〉 Articles, which deuoured so many, were abolished; whereby the proceedings of Gardner began to decay: who storming thereat, wrote to the Lord Protector in the cause thereof.