A07225:1893
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.
In Queen Mary's time he was one of the first that was sent for to London by a Pursuivant: The Bishop of Winchester received him very opprobriously railing and rating him, accused him of religion, and committed him to the fleet.
In Queene Maries time hee was one of the first that was sent for to London by a Purseuant: The Bishop of Winchester receiued him very approbriously rayling and rating him, accused him of religion, and committed him to the fleete.
The next year he was sent for before the Bishop of Winchester, of London, of Durham, of Landaffe, and of Chichester; where after he had suffered many checks, taunts and mocks, that he could not be suffered to make any answer: because he said he would not go from his Wife, and that he believed not the corporal presence in the Sacrament, he was deprived of his Bishoprics.
The next yeare hee was sent for before the Bishop of Winchester, of London, of Durham, of Landaffe, and of Chichester; where after hee had suffered many checkes, taunts and mockes, that he could not be suffered to make any answere: because hee said hee would not goe from his Wife, and that hee beleeued not the corporall presence in the Sacrament, he was depriued of his Bishopricks.
By his committance he was to have the liberty of the Fleet, and when he had payed five pound for his liberty▪ the Warden complained to Gardiner and made him to be committed close prisoner a quarter of a year, then he had liberty to come to dinner and supper, and presently to return to his Chamber without speaking to his friends: the Warden, and his Wife, would ever be picking quarrels with him, and after one quarter of the year fell out with him about the Mass: Then the Warden obtained of Gardiner that he should be put into the Wards, where he continued a long time, having nothing to lye on but a rotten Covering with few Feathers in it: On the one side was the stink and filth of the house, on the other side, the stinking Town ditch, so that the stink infected him with divers diseases, and being very sick he cried for help: but the warden, when he hath known me ready to dye, and poor men have called to help him, he hath commanded the door to be kept fast, and charged none of his men to come at him, saying; let him alone, it were a good riddance of him.