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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.
William Andrew.
HE was sent out of Horsie in Essex by the Lord Rich, and Sir Richard Southwell, and being twice examined before Boner, he stood manfully in the defence of his Religion: at length, through straight handling in the Prison in Newgate, he died, and after the Popish manner he was cast into the fields, and in the night secretly buried by the faithful.
HE was sent out of Horsie in Essex by the Lord Rich, and Sir Richard Southwell, and being twice examined before Boner, he stood manfullie in the defence of his Religion: at length, through straight handling in the Prison in Newgate, he died, and after the Popish manner hee was cast into the fields, and in the night secretly buried by the faithfull.
Robert Samuel.
Robert Samuell.
Justice Foster of Cobdocke in Suffolk, a deadly hater of the Professors of the truth, amongst many others that were also troubled by him, this Robert Samuel, a godly Preacher in King Edwards days, was one: He was Minister of Barford in Suffolk, and being put from the Ministry, as others were, he taught privily, and when that the order came up, that Priests should put away their Wives, and be compelled to single life, Samuel would not agree thereto. Master Foster sent out espials to apprehend him, and carry him to Prison if he were found to come unto his Wife: whereby he was taken, and put into Ipswich Jail, from thence he was carried to Norwich, where Doctor Hopton the Bishop, and Doctor Donnings his Chancellor, exercised great cruelty against him. They kept in him strait prison, where he was chained bolt upright unto a great post, that he was aine to bear all his body on tip-toe, and kept him without meat and drink, only he had every day two or three mouthfuls of Bread, and three spoonfuls of Water. He would often have drunken his own Water, but his body was so dried up, that he was not able to make water. When he was brought forth to be burned, he reported, that after he had been famished with hunger two or three days together, he fell into a slumber, at which time one clad all in white, seemed to stand before him, which said; Samuel, Samuel, be of good cheer, for after this day thou shalt never be hungry or thirsty, which was performed: for speedily after he was burned, and from that time until he suffered he felt neither hunger nor thirst: and he said, he declared this, that all might see the wonderful works of God. He said, he could utter many such comforts, as he had of Christ in his afflictions, which modesty would not suffer him to utter.