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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.
The Arethusians of Syria, took a company of Virgins, Christians, whom first they set forth naked to be scorned of the multitude, then shaved them, then covered them with draff, and caused them to be devoured of Swine, their cruelty was the greater, because Constantine restrained them, from defiling Virgins, and destroyed the Temple of Venus.
The Arethusians of Syria, tooke a company of Uirgines, Christians, whom first they set sorth naked to bee scorned of the multitude, then shaued them, then couered them with draffe, and caused them to bee deuoured of Swine, their cruelty was the greater, because Constantine restrained them, from defiling Uirgines, and destroyed the Temple of Venus.
Marcus Arethusius, because, at the commandment of Constantine, he pulled down a Temple of Idols, and builded a Church for Christians in the place, they stripped him naked, and beat him grievously, then put him in a filthy sink, then they caused Boys to thrust him in with sharp sticks, then they anointed him with Honey and Broth, and hung him in the Sun as meat for Wasps and Flies, then they required somewhat towards the building of the Temple again: he answered, it were as great impiety to confer one half-penny to a matter of impiety, as a great sum.
Marcus Arethusius, because, at the commaundement of Constantine, he pulled down a Temple of Idols, and builded a Church for Christians in the place, they stripped him naked, and beat him gréeuously, then put him in a filthy sincke, then they caused Boyes to thrust him in with sharpe stickes, then they annointed him with Hony and Broath, and hung him in the Sunne as meat for Waspes and Flyes, then they required somewhat towards the building of the Temple againe: he answered, it were as great impiety to conferre one halfe-peny to a matter of impiety, as a great summe.