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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.
They intended to stir in two places at one instant, seven miles from the other, and at the first rush to destroy such Gentlemen and men of substance as favoured the Kings proceedings, and to set the Beacons on fire to bring the people together: and having the ignorant people assembled, then to pour out their poison, beginning with such as they thought were pinched with poverty, and unwilling to labour, therefore the more ready to follow the spoil of rich mens goods, blowing in their ears that Gods service was now quite laid aside, and new inventions, neither good nor godly, put in their stead, feeding them with fair promises, to reduce into the Church again their old ignorance and abominable Idolatry.
They intended to stirre in two places at one instant, seuen miles from the other, and at the first rush to destroy such Gentlemen and men of substance as fauoured the Kings proceedings, and to set the Beacons on fire to bring the people together: and hauing the ignorant people assembled, then to poure out their poyson, beginning with such as they thought were pinched with pouerty, and vnwilling to labour, therefore the more readie to follow the spoyle of rich mens goods, blowing in their eares that Gods seruice was now quite laide aside, and new inuentions, neither good nor godly, put in their stead, feeding them with faire promises, to reduce into the Church againe their olde ignorance and abominable Idolatrie.
Putting this practise in execution, they took one M. White, and one Clopton, and one Savage a Merchant of York, and one Berry, and cruelly murdered them, and took away all that was about them: then they ranged from Town to Town and enlarged their •and, leaving in no town any men above the age of 16. years, until they had gathered about 3000.
Putting this practise in execution, they took one M. White, and one Clopton, and one Sauage a Marchant of Yorke, and one Bery, and cruelly murdred them, and took• away all that was about them: then they ranged from Towne to Town and inlarged their •and, leauing in no towne any men aboue the age of 16. yeares, vntill they had gathered about 3000.