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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.
Then, according to the Queens commandment, there begun a disputation in the Convocation house about the Sacrament, which continued six days, wherein Doctor Weston was the chief on the Popes side, who behaved himself outrageously in checking and •aunting: the matter of the disputation was only of the Sacrament, and the reasons no other then shall and have been set forth in this book, wherefore for brevity I omit them. In conclusion, the Queen to take up the matter, sent her commandment to Bonner to dissolve the Convocation, and such as disputed on the contrary part were driven some to fly, some to deny, and some to die, though in most mens judgements that heard the disputation, they had the upper hand.
Then, according to the Quéens commandement, there begun a disputation in the Conuocation house about the Sacrament, which continued six dayes, wherein Doctor Weston was the chiefe on the Popes side, who behaued himselfe outragiously in checking and •aunting: the matter of the disputation was onely of the Sacrament, and the reasons no other then shall and haue beene set forth in this book, wherefore for breuitie I omit them. In conclusion, the Quéen to take vp the matter, sent her commandement to Bonner to dissolue the Conuocation, and such as disputed on the contrary part were driuen some to flie, some to denie, and some to die, though in most mens iudgements that heard the disputation, they had the vpper hand.
In which Parliament also communication was moved of the Queens marriage, which was very evil taken of the people,1 and of many of the Nobility, who for this and for religion, conspiring amongst themselves, made a rebellion, whereof Sir Thomas Wyatt was chief. News coming to London of this stir in Kent, the Queen caused Wyatt and the Duke of Suffolk, who was fled to Warwickshire and Leicester-shire, there to gather a power, and the two Carewes of Devonshire, to be proclaimed Traitors; and Thomas Duke of Norfolk was sent into Kent against Wyatt, but about Rochester Bridge the Duke was forsaken of all his men, and returned to London.