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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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After Formosus succeeded Bonifacius the sixth, after him Stephen the sixth, which so envied Formosus that he abrogated all his Decrees, and took up his body, and cut off two fingers from his right hand, and threw them into Tiber, and buried the body in a Laymans Sepulchre. Romanus succeeded him, and repealed the Acts of Stephen, against Formosus. Theodorus the second succeeded him; John the tenth succeeded him, who repugned the Romans, and held a Synod at Ravenna of 74. Bishops: the French King Eudo, with his Archbishops, being present, where he ratified all the Decrees ⟨p. 32⟩of Formosus, and the contrary Acts of Stephen the sixth were burned. After him Benedictus the 4. after him Leo the 5. who was with strong hand taken and cast into prison, by one Christopher, his own Household Chaplin, which Christopher being Pope 7. months, was likewise hoisted from his Papal throne by one Sergius, he thrust him into a Monastery, and shore him a Monk; thus in nine years were nine Popes.
After Formosus succéeded Bonifacius the sixt, after him Stephen the sixt, which so enuied Formosus that he abrogated all his Decrées, and tooke vp his body, and cut off two fingers from his right hand, and threwe them into Tyber, and buried the body in a Laymans Sepulcre. Romanus succéeded him, and repealed the Acts of Stephen, against Formosus. Theodorus the second succéeded him; Iohn the tenth succéeded him, who repugned the Romaines, and held a Sinode at Rauenna of 74. Bishops: the French King Eudo, with his Archbishops, being present, where he ratified all the Decrées ⟨p. 32⟩of Formosus, and the contrary Acts of Stephen the sixt were burned. After him Benedictus the 4. after him Leo the 5. who was with strong hand taken and cast into prison, by one Christopher, his owne Houshold Chaplin, which Christopher being Pope 7. moneths, was likewise hoysted from his Papall throne by one Sergius, he thrust him into a Monastery, and shore him a Munke; thus in nine yeares were nine Popes.
This Sergius was rude, unlearned, proud, and cruel; he before was put back from the Popedom by Formosus, wherefore he caused the body of Formosus to be taken up again, degraded him, beheaded him, and cut off the other three fingers which were left, and threw his body into Iyber; and deposed all such as by Formosus had been consecrated. By this Pope Sergius came up the use to bear about Candles on Candlemas day, for the purifying of the blessed Virgin, as though the sacred conception of the Son of God were unpure, and to be purified by Candlelight.