A07225:173
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.
Licinius called Learning▪ the poison of the common wealth, and said it was a […] for a Prince to be learned; he said, the Christians prayed for Constant••• […] and not for him, therefore he persecuted them, first in his own Court, them in the […] he razed many Churches to the ground, he hanged Theodorus on a Cross, thrust nails into his a•me pits then struck off his head, He put to death Basilius Bishop, Nicl•olaus Bishop Grig•r•us of Armenia the great Paul of […] whose •ands were […] off •ith a •earing Iron, in Sebast•a he drowned 40. Soldiers in a horse Pond, the wives of these 40. with Ammones a Deacon, after innumerable torments were sla••e with th• sword.
Licinius called Learning▪ the poyson of the common wealth, and said it was a 〈…〉 for a Prince to be learned; he said, the Christians prayed for Constant••• 〈…〉 and not for him, therefore he persecuted them, first in his owne Court, them in the 〈…〉 he rased many Churches to the ground, he hanged Theodorus on a Crosse, thr•st nayles into his a•me pits then strucke off his head, He put to death Basilius Bishop, Nicl•olaus Bishop Grig•r•us of Armenia the great Paul of 〈…〉 whose •ands were 〈…〉 off ith a earing Iron, in Sebasta he drowned 40. Souldiers in a horse Pond, the wiues of these 40. with Ammones a Deacon, after inumerable torments were slae with th sword.