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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 people of Rome, wearied with the villainy of Maxentius, ••quired ayd• Constantine, he gathered an Army in France and Britain, and being in […], looking up to Heaven about the going down of the Sun, he saw a brightness like across, with ⟨p. 16⟩Stars of equal bigness, with this inscription, In hoc vince. Eusebius Pamphilus reporteth he heard Constantine often affirm it; In the […], Christ appeared unto him with the sign of the same Cross, b••ding •im make the figure thereof and carry it before him in his wars, and he should hau• victory; whereupon he […] towards Max•ntius, who not being able to sustain Constantine's •orce, and […] •o the C•tie, was overthrown of his horse in the flood, and ••owned, and so ended th• last Persecution, he gave liberty, by Proclamation, to Christians •o profess their Religion: Diocletian hea•ing hereof, dyed for sorrow some say he poisoned […].
The people of Rome, wearied with the vil•any of Maxentius, ••quired ayd• Constantine, he gathered an Armie in Fraunce and Brita•ne, and being in 〈…〉, looking vp to Heauen about the going downe of the Sunne, he sawe a brightnesse like acrosse, with ⟨p. 16⟩Starres of equall bignesse, with this inscription, In hoc vince. Eusebius Pamphilus reporteth he heard Consta•tine often affirme it; In the , Christ appeared vnto him with the signe of the same Crosse, bding im make the figure thereof and carry it before him in his warres, and he should hau vctory; whereupon he towards Maxntius, who not being able to sustaine Constantines orce, and o the Ctie, was ouerthrowne of his horse in the floud, and owned, and so ended th last Persecution, he gaue liertie, by Proclmation, to Christians o prolesse their Religion: Diclesian heaing herof, dyed for sorrw some say he poysoned .