A07225:1686
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.
Then the King sent a Letter unto the Mayor and Citizens, commanding them to aid him with a thousand men out of their City, well armed, and to send them with all speed unto the Castle of Windsor.
Then the King sent a Letter vnto the Mayor and Citizens, commanding them to ayde him with a thousand men out of their Citie, well armed, and to send them with all speed vnto the Castle of Windsor.
These contrary commandments coming both at one instant unto the Mayor & Citizens of London: it seemed very doubtful to them which way to take: at the last stepped up a Citizen George Studlaw, and said. I remember in the time of Henry the third; the Barons as the Lords do now, demanded aid of the Mayor and Citizens of London, and the City aided them against the King, and it came to an open battle, and the Lords prevailed against the King, and took the King and his son prisoners, and upon certain conditions, the King & his Son were restored again, and the King openly granted his pardon to the Lords and Citizens, & it was ratified by Act of Parliament, but it was never forgotten during the Kings life: the Liberties of the City were taken away, and strangers appointed to be our governors, and the Citizens given away body and goods, and from one persecution unto another were most miserably afflicted, such it is to enter into the wrath of a Prince: for Solomon saith, the wrath of a Prince is death: Therefore I would counsel the Lords with us, to make suit to the King, that he would please to hear the complaints that may be justly proved against the L. Protector, and I doubt not but this matter will be pacified, and that the King, nor yet the Lords have cause to seek for further aid, neither we to offend any of them both.
These contrary commandements comming both at one instant vnto the Mayor & Citizens of London: it séemed very doubtfull to them which way to take: at the last stepped vp a Citizen George Studlaw, and said. I remember in the time of Henry the third; the Barons as the Lords doe now, demanded ayde of the Mayor and Citizens of London, and the Citie ayded them against the King, and it came to an open battell, and the Lords preuailed against the King, and took the King and his son prisoners, and vpon certaine conditions, the King & his Son were restored againe, and the King openly granted his pardon to the Lords and Citizens, & it was ratified by Act of Parliament, but it was neuer forgotten during the Kings life: the Liberties of the Citie were taken away, and strangers appointed to be our gouernors, and the Citizens giuen away body and goods, and from one persecution vnto another were most miserably afflicted, such it is to enter into the wrath of a Prince: for Salomon saith, the wrath of a Prince is death: Therefore I would councell the Lords with vs, to make sute to the King, that he would please to heare the complaints that may be iustly proued against the L. Protector, and I doubt not but this matter will be pacified, and that the King, nor yet the Lords haue cause to seeke for further ayde, neither we to offend any of them both.