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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.
Agnes, a Romaine virgin, not marriageable, for her constancy in Christ was condemned to be committed to the common Stews, and Younkers appointed to assail her, whom when she refused, she was tied to a corner of a street naked: one beholding the Virgin with unchaste eyes, was stricken with lightning, his eyes dashed out of his head, whom Agnes prayed for and restored: after •he was beheaded, she preferred the sight of her Executioners more, then of her lovers. There are many miracles reported of her.
Agnes, a Romaine virgine, not marriageable, for her constancy in Christ was condemned to be committed to the common Stewes, and Younkers appointed to assayle her, whom when she refused, she was tied to a corner of a stréet naked: one beholding the Uirgine with vnchast eyes, was striken with lightning, his eies dashed out of his head, whom Agnes prayed for and restored: after •he was beheaded, she preferred the sight of her Executioners more, then of her louers. There are many myracles reported of her.
Katherine openly resisted the Emperor Maxentius to his face, and rebuked him of his cruelty, after she had felt the rack, and the four sharp cutting wheels, she was beheaded.
Katherine openly resisted the Emperor Maxentius to his face, and rebuked him of his cruelty, after she had felt the racke, and the fouresharp cutting wheeles, she was beheaded.
Julitta sued to the Emperor for goods wrongfully detained from her, her adversary accused her of Christianity, being commanded to do sacrifice with Incense, she refused it, and encouraged others, and was burned.