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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.
Lucius, after he had reigned about 77. years, died without issue: whereupon followed great misery and ruin to the Realm, for sometime the idolatrous Romans, and sometimes the Britons reigned, as violence and victory would serve; one King murdering another, until at length the Saxons deprived them both.
Lucius, after he had raigned about 77. yeares, died without issue: whereupon followed great misery and ruine to the Realme, for sometime the idolatrous Romaines, and sometimes the Brittaines raigned, as violence and victory would serue; one King murdering another, vntill at length the Saxons depriued them both.
Some write▪ but falsely, that King Lucius, after he was baptized, forsook his kingly Honour and the Land, and became a Preacher in France and Germany, and other places, and was made Doctor and Rector of the Church of Cureac, where he was martyred, but this fancy is contrary to all our English Stories, which do agree that he having founded many Churches, and given great liberalities to the same, deceased in great tranquility in his own Land, and was buried at Gloucester.
Some write▪ but falsely, that King Lucius, after he was baptized, forsooke his kingly Honor and the Land, and became a Preacher in France and Germany, and other places, and was made Doctor and Rector of the Church of Cureac, where hee was martyred, but this fansie is contrary to all our English Stories, which doe agrée that he hauing founded many Churches, and giuen great liberalities to the same, deceased in great tranquility in his owne Land, and was buried at Glocester.
Between the time of King Lucius, and the entering of the Saxons, there reigned after Lucius Severus a Romaine: after him Bassianus, a Romaine; after him Cerausius, a Britain; after him Alectus, a Romaine; after him Asclepiodotus, a Britain; after him Coilus, a Britain; after him Constantius, a Roman; after him Constantinus, a Britain, by Helena his Mother, the Daughter of King Coilus, and Wife of Constantius. Constantine first made the walls of London and Colchester: when the Romans ruled it, it was ruled by Infidels, and when the Britons ruled, by Christians; yet no persecution was raised in it, until the tenth persecution, which was so cruel, that all our English Chronicles report, that all Christianity almost in the whole land was destroyed, Churches subverted, and the Scriptures burned, as before is showed.