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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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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.
This Sergius was rude, vnlearned, proud, and cruell; he before was put backe from the Popedome by Formosus, wherefore he caused the body of Formosus to be taken vp againe, disgraded him, beheaded him, and cut off the other thrée fingers which were left, and threw his bodie into Iyber; and deposed all such as by Formosus had beene consecrated. By this Pope Sergius came vp the vse to beare about Candles on Candlemasse day, for the purifying of the blessed Uirgin, as though the sacred conception of the Son of God were vnpure, and to be purified by Candlelight.
Pope Anastatius succeeded him, after him Pope Laudo succeeded, which was father of Pope John the 11. Pope John is said to be the Paramour of Theodora, a famous Harlot of Rome, by whom he had a daughter called Marozia, and the aforesaid Pop• Sergius had a son by her, which after was Pope John the 12. After, she married Guido Marquis of Tuscia, by the means of whom, and his friends at Rome, she caused John the 11. to be smothered with a pillow, and John the 12. her son to be made Pope; but the Clergy and people did not agree to his election, therefore Pope Leo the 6. was set up in his place: after him Pope Stephen succeeded, who being poisoned, the said John the 12. was set up again in the Papacy, where he reigned about 5. years. This strumpet Marozia, married two brothers one after another, she governed all Rome, and the Church at that time. After him succeeded Stephen the 7. After him Leo the 7. After him Stephen the 8. After him, Pope Martin the 3. After him, Pope Agapetus the 2. about whose time began first the Order of Monks called Ordo Cluniensis.