A07225:1672
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.
There was a solemn marriage celebrated between two Princes, the son of the King of […], and the daughter of the King of Spain, to which marriage there was great resort of nobles, and there lacked no Bishops with Mitres, nor Cardinals with Hats, to set out this royal wedding. William Gardner was there when they went forward to the celebrating of the Mass, for that alone did serve for all purposes: the Cardinal did execute it with much singing and Organ-playing: the people stood with great devotion and silence, praying, looking, kneeling, and knocking, their minds fully bent upon the external sacrament, which did grievously prick and mo•e this young man, to see so many noble personages and others so seduced with this Idolatry, that if the press of people had not hindered him ⟨p. 229⟩he would that day have done some notable thing in the Kings presence: he came home and made up all his accounts of that was due to him, and that which was owing to others, that no man could ask any thing of him, he fell to prayer and meditation of the Scriptures: The Sunday came again to be celebrated with like pomp and solemnity: The said William was early present, and stood as near the Altar as he could: When the King with all his Nobles were come the Mass began, which was solemnized by a Cardinal, when he began to •osse the Host too and fro round about the Chalice, making certain circles, The said William Gardiner not able to suffer any longer, he ran to the Cardinal in the presence of the King, Nobles, and Citizens, with the one hand he snatched away the Cake and tr•de it under his feet, and with the other hand overthrew the Chalice: Whereupon rose great tumult, and one wounded him with a Dagger in the solder: The King commanded to save him, whereby they abstained from murdering him.
There was a solemne marriage celebrated betwéen two Princes, the sonne of the King of 〈…〉, and the daughter of the King of Spain, to which marriage there was great resort of nobles, and there lacked no Bishops with Miters, nor Cardinals with Hats, to set out this royall wedding. William Gardner was there when they went forward to the celebrating of the Masse, for that alone did serue for all purposes: the Cardinall did execute it with much singing and Organ-playing: the people stood with great deution and silence, praying, looking, knéeling, and knocking, their minds fully bent vpon the external sacrament, which did grieuously prick and moe this young man, to sée so many noble personages and others so seduced with this Idolatri, that if the prease of people had not hindered him