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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.
There was in Bangor in Wales an exceeding great Monastery, wherein was two thousand and one hundred Monks, the Monks came out of this Monastery to Chester, to pray for Brocmayle, fighting for them against the Saxons, Ethelbert King of Northumberland seeing them intenti•e to their prayers, and perceiving it was to pray for their Consul; he said, although they bear no Weapon, yet with their prayers and preaching they persecute us, he commanded his men to kill them, ⟨p. 24⟩who killed, or rather martyred 1100. of them. The Authors that wrote this, say that the forespeaking of Austine was verified on them, but Galfridus Monumetensis, saith, that Ethelbert the King of Kent being converted by Austine to Christs Faith, seeing the Britons deny their subjection to Austine, therefore stirred up the said Ethelfrid to war against the Britons.
There was in Bangor in Wales an exceeding great Monastery, wherein was two thousand and one hundred Monkes, the Monkes came out of this Monasterie to Chester, to pray for Brocmayle, fighting for them against the Saxons, Ethelbert King of Northumberland seeing them intenti•e to their prayers, and perceiuing it was to pray for their Consull; he said, although they beare no Weapon, yet with their praiers and preaching they persecute vs, he commaunded his men to kill them, ⟨p. 24⟩who killed, or rather martyred 1100. of them. The Authors that wrote this, say that the forespeaking of Austine was verified on them, but Galfridus Monumetensis, saith, that Ethelbert the King of Kent being conuerted by Austine to Christs Faith, seeing the Brittaines deny their subiection to Austine, therefore stirred vp the said Ethelfrid to warre against the Brittaines.
After Austine had baptized 10000. in a River called Swale by York, on a Christmas day, perceiving his end to draw near, ordained Laurencius his Successor: by his Baptizing in Rivers it followeth there was then no use of Fonts, and the Rites of baptizing in Rome was not then so ceremonial, nor had so many trinkets as it hath since: and not long after Austine died,