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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.
His Son Offa succeeded him twenty four years, Octa and Imericus his sons succeeded him, 53. years, and were slain by Utter Pendragon.
His Sonne Offa succeeded him twenty foure yeares, Octa and Imericus his sons succéeded him, 53. yeares, and were slaine by Vter Pendragon.
The Saxons divided the Realm into s•aven Kingdoms: to the first Kent; to the second Sussex and Surrey; the third West-sex, the fourth East•sex; the fifth Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk: the sixth, the Countries of Lincoln, Leicester, Huntingdon, Northampton, Oxford, Darby, Warwick: the seventh was King of Northumberland: they continued so a while with great Wars amongst themselves, at length all came to the possession of the West-Saxons. This kingdom began in the year 522. and continued until about the coming of William the Conqueror, which was 554. years.
The Saxons deuided the Realme into s•auen Kingdomes: to the first Kent; to the second Sussex and Surrey; the third West-sex, the fourth East•sex; the fifth Cambridgeshire, Norffolke, and Suffolke: the sixt, the Countries of Lincolne, Leicester, Huntingdon, Northampton, Oxford, Darby, Warwicke: the seauenth was King of Northumberland: they continued so a while with great Warres amongst themselues, at length all came to the possession of the West-Saxons. This •ingdome began in the yeare 522. and continued vntill about the comming of William the Conqueror, which was 554. yeares.
Saint Pauls Church in London was builded by Ethelbert, King of Kent, and Sigebert King of Essex, when Ethelbert turned unto the Faith. Malmsburie writeth, that Mauricius the Kings Chancellor, then Bishop of London, did first begin this famous building of Pauls, and after Richard his Successor, bestowed all the rents of his Bishopric upon the same, and it may be the first Church was overthrown by the Danes, and re-edified by these Bishops.