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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.
And when they had called forth Master Latimer, and John Hooper, Preachers, to propound such matter as they had to say against him, he hearing them speak, fell to scorning and taunting them, calling one Goose, and the other Woodcock, and denying their accusation to be true. Whereupon the Arch-Bishop asked him whether he would credit the people there present, and because many of them that were there, were at his Sermon. The Arch-Bishop stood up and read the Article of the Kings authority during his young age, saying unto them; How say you my Masters, did my Lord of London preach this Article, they answered, No, no: Then Bonner deridingly said; Will you believe this fond people.
And when they had called forth Maister Latimer, and Iohn Hooper, Preachers, to propound such matter as they had to say against him, he hearing them speake, fell to scorning and taunting them, calling one Goose, and the other Woodcocke, and denying their accusation to be true. Whereupon the Arch-Byshop asked him whether hee would credit the people there present, and because many of them that were there, were at his Sermon. The Arch-Bishoppe stood vp and read the Article of the Kinges authority during his young age, saying vnto them; How say you my Maisters, did my Lord of London preach this Article, they answered, No, no: Then Bonner deridingly said; Will you beléeue this fond people.
Then was showed forth a •ill of Complaint, exhibited unto the King by the said Master Latimer and John Hooper, which was read; Then Bonner prayed that the Bill of Complaint should be delivered unto him, which when he had perused, he said; it was so general, as he could not directly answer unto it: The Arch-bishop said, the special cause was, because he had transgressed the Kings commandment, in not setting forth in his last Sermon at Pauls Cross, the Kings Highness Royal power in his minority: and for the proof thereof, he called Master LATIMER and JOHN HOOPER, to whom BONNER said; As for this Merchant Latimer, I have winked at his evil doings a great while, but I have •ore to say to him hereafter: But as touching this Merchant Hooper, I have not seen him before, howbeit I have heard much of his naughty preaching; Then he said, Ah my Lord, now I see the cause of my trouble is not for the matter you pretend, but because I did preach in my late Sermon the true