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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
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The• King Ethelwolfe went to Rome with his youngest Son Alfred, and committed ⟨p. 31⟩him to the bringing up of Pope Leo the 4. and re-edified the English School in Rome, which was founded by King Offa, or king Ive, which in Egbert's time was consumed with fire; and, as king Ive had done in his dominions, he gave a penny yearly to be paid for every fire-house throughout the Realm, to the Pope. Also he granted 300. Marks yearly to Rome, to maintain lights in Saint Peter's Church 100 Marks, and to maintain lights in Saint Pauls Church 100. Marks, and to the Pope one other 100 Marks: this done, he married Judith, the daughter of Carolus Caluus, the French King, whom he made Queen, contrary to the Laws of the West Saxons, that no Kings wife should have the name, or place of a Queen, because Ethelburge poisoned king Brithericus, her husband.
The• King Ethelwolfe went to Rome with his yongest Sonne Alfred, and committed ⟨p. 31⟩him to the bringing vp of Pope Leo the 4. and re-edified the English Schoole in Rome, which was founded by King Offa, or king Iue, which in Egberts time was consumed with fire; and, as king Iue had done in his dominions, he gaue a penny yearely to be paid for euery fire-house throughout the Realme, to the Pope. Also he granted 300. Markes yearely to Rome, to maintaine lights in Saint Perters Church 100 Markes, and to maintaine lights in Saint Pauls Church 100. Markes, and to the Pope one other 100 Markes: this done, he maried Iudith, the daughter of Carolus Caluus, the French King, whom he made Queene, contrary to the Lawes of the West Saxons, that no Kings wife should haue the name, or place of a Queene, because Ethelburge poisoned king Brithericus, her husband.
The king was most ruled by the Counsel of two Bishops, one of them was Swithinus Bishop of Winchester, who had been School-master to the king, the king showed his kind Nature, in that he not oy followed the advertisements of his old School-master but in that he ceased not until he had made him Bishop of Winchester; but as concerning the Miracles which are read in the Church of Winchester, of this Swithinus, them I leave to be read together with the Iliads of Homer, or tales of Robin Hood.