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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.
Upon the fourth day of November, ••ue Priests did penance at Pauls Cross, which were content to put away their Wives, and take upon them again to minister: every one of them had a taper in his hand, and a rod, wherewith the Preacher did disple them.
Upon the fourth day of Nouember, ••ue Priests did pe••ance at Paules Crosse, which were content to put away their Wiues, and take vpon them againe to minister: euery one of them had a taper in his hand, and a rod, wherewith the Preacher did disple them.
The twenty seven day of November, Cardinal Poole being but a little before come into the Realm, came to the Parliament-House, the King and Queen sitting under the Cloth of Estate, and the Cardinal sitting on the right hand.
The twenty seauen day of Nouember, Cardinall Poole being but a littl• before come into the Realme, came to the Parliament-House, the King and Quéene sitting vnder the Cloath of Estate, and the Cardinall sitting on the right hand.
The Cardinal made a long Oration, showing first how this Realm had ever been forward to receive Religion: first in the time of the Britons, and then in the time of the Saxons, and that the means came from Rome, in the Faith of which Church we have ever since continued; and showed what devotion this Island hath had to Rome, that King Offa and Adulphus thought their obedience to the Sea not sufficient, but in their own persons went to the place where they received so great grace.