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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.
The Popish Priests grudging and mourning to see their old Popish Church of Rome to decay, ceased not by all subtle and sinister means; first under Gods name and the Kings, and under colour of religion, to persuade the people to rebellion. This first burst out in Cornwall and Devonshire, of whom the chief Gentlemen Captains were Humphrey Arundell Esquire, James Rosogan, John Rosogan, John Walkock, John Payne, Thomas Underhill, John Soleman, and William Segar. There were eight Priests governors of the Camps and principal stirrers, beside• • multitude of other Popish Priests, there was ten thousand stout traitors in this rebellion.
The Popish Priests grudging and mourning to see their old Pop•sh Church of Rome to decay, ceased not by all subtile and sinister meanes; first vnder Gods name and the Kings, and vnder colour of religion, to perswade the people to rebellion. This first burst out in Cornwell and Deuonshire, of whom the chiefe Gentlemen Captaines were Humfrey Arundell Esquire, Iames Rosogan, Iohn Rosogan, Iohn Walkock, Iohn Payne, Thomas Vnderhill, Iohn Soleman, and William Segar. There were e•ght Priests gouernours of the Campes and principall stirrers, beside• • multitude of other Popish Priests, there was ten thousand stout traytors in this rebellion.
Commotions likewise began to broil in Oxford-shire, York-shire, and especially in Norfolk and Suffolk, these aforesaid hearing thereof, took courage, hoping they should well •ave fortified the same quarrel: their intent was to invade the City of Exeter, and twice they burned the gates thereof, but gained ⟨p. 223⟩thing but shot, being put from Exeter, they fell on spoiling and robbing, where or howsoever they might catch, then laying their heads together, they consulted of certain Articles to be sent up to the King as followeth.