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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.
Near Lancaster in Lancashire, at Cockram, the Church-wardens and Parishioners made bargain with one for the framing of their Rood, who made them one, and set it up in their Church, but they misliked his workmanship; and refused to pay him: the matter was brought before the Mayor of Doncaster▪ th•y showed the Mayor, that the Rood they had before was a well-favoured man, and he promised to make us such another, but this is the worst favoured thing that ever was seen, gaping and grinning that none of our Children dare look on him and come near him: the Mayor concluded the poor man must be paid, for if it will not serve for a God, put a pair of Horns on his head, and it will make an excellent Devil: This the Parish took well a worth, and the poor man had his Money.
Néere Lancaster in Lankishire, at Cockram, the Church-wardens and Parishoners made bargaine with one for the framing of their Roode, who made them one, and set it vp in their Church, but they misliked his workemanship; and refused to pay him: the matter was brought before the Mayor of Doucaster▪ th•y shewed the Mayor, that the Rood they had before was a welfauoured man, and he promised to make vs such another, but this is the worst fauored thing that euer was séene, gaping and grinning that none of our Children dare looke on him and come néere him: the Mayor concluded the poore man must bee paid, for if it will not serue for a God, put a paire of Hornes on his head, and it will make an excellent Deuill: This the Parish tooke well a worth, and the poore man had his Money.
On New-years day at night, was a great stir betwixt the Spaniards and English men, the occasion was about two Whores, which were in the Cloister of Westminster with a sort of Spaniards, whilst some played the knave with them, others kept the entry of the Cloister with Dags in harness, they discharged their Dags at the Deans men that came into the Cloister, and hurt some of them, at length almost the whole town was up, by reason of a Spanish Fryer which got into the Church and rung Alarm, so that many were afraid.