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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.
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.
On New-yeares day at night, was a great stirre betwixt the Spaniards and English men, the occasion was about two Whores, which were in the Cloyster of Westminster with a sort of Spaniards, whilst some played the knaue with them, others kept the entry of the Cloyster with Dags in harnesse, they discharged their Dags at the Deanes men that came into the Cloyster, and hurt some of them, at length almost the whole towne was vp, by reason of a Spanish Fryer which got into the Church and rung Alarum, so that many were afraid.
At was publicly noised, that Quee•e Mary was with child, there were divers prayers made in every Church, and processions for her deliverance with a man child, and that it should be beautiful, comely, and wise: And there was an Act of Parliament made, that if the Queen should die in the infancy of the child, that the King should have the government of it and the Realm, until it came of full age: ••uers were punished, for saying the Queen was not with child. About Whitsuntide ⟨p. 249⟩the time was thought to be nigh, and mid-wives, rockers, and nurses, with tradle, and all were prepared in readiness, and a rumour was blown in London of the prosperous deliverance of the Queen, so that the bells were rung, bond-fires and processions made, not only in the City, but in most parts of the Realm▪ and in Antwerp guns were shot off in English ships, and the Mariners were rewarded with an hundred Pistols by the Queen of Hungary. The Parson of S. Ann's within Aidersgate, and divers other Preachers took upon them to describe how fair and beautiful the child was: at length the people were certified the contrary, that the Queen was not delivered, nor in hope to have any child.