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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.
As there were many wicked Kings among the Saxons, so there were some very good, but none almost from the first to the last, which was not either slain in war or murdered in peace, or constrained to make himself a Monk, whether it were the just judgment of God, because they had violently dispossessed the Britons, they were not only ⟨p. 22⟩vexed of the Danes, conquered of the Normans, but more cruelly devoured themselves.
As there were many wicked Kinges among the Saxons, so there were some very good, but none almost frō the first to the last, which was not either slain in war or murdred in peace, or constrained to make himselfe a Monk, whether it were the iust iudgment of God, because they had violently dispossessed the Brittains, they were not only ⟨p. 22⟩vexed of the Danes, conquered of the Normans, but more cruelly deuoured themselues.
Ethelbert King of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, came peaceably to King Offa, for dispousage of Athilrid his Daughter, and by the Council of King Offa, his Wife was secretly beheaded. Whereupon Offa, through repentance, made the first peter-pence to be given to S. Peters Church at Rome.
Ethelbert King of Cambridgeshire, Norffolke, and Suffolke, came peaceably to King Offa, for dispousage of Athilrid his Daughter, and by the Councel of King Offa, his Wife was secretly beheaded. Wherevpon Offa, through repentance, made the first peter-pence to be giuen to S. Peters Church at Rome.
One Lothbrooke a Dane of the Kings blood,