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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.
King Athelstan caused his guiltless brother Edwin, through sinister suggestion of his Cup-bearer, to be set in an old rotten boat in the broad sea, only with one Esquire with him, without any tackling; where the tender Prince dismai•e with the •age o• Winds and Floods, weary of his life, cast himself into the Sea; the Esquire shifted for himself, and recovered the body of his master, and brought it to Sandich, were it was buried. The reason the King the more doubled of his brother, was because he was by his mother of a base blood, and begotten before wedlock: for King Edward, his Father, coming into his Nurses house, was ravished with the beauty of one Edwina a beautiful maid, begat that night of her King Athelstan, and afterward married her: after the King was stricken with great repentance for the death of his brother, by the space of seven years, at length the Cup-bearer, his accuser, bearing the Cup unto the King, stumbled with one foot, and recovering himself with the other, saying; Thus one brother helpeth another. These words so moved the king, that forthwith he commanded the false accuser of his brother to be had out to execution; and he builded two Monasteries of Middleton and Michlenes, for his brothers Soul. Whereby it appeareth what was the special cause of building of Monasteries, to wit, for releasing of sins for them departed, and them alive, which is contrary to the grace and verity of Christs Gospel.
King Adelstone caused his guiltlesse brother Edwine, through sinister suggestion of his Cup-bearer, to be set in an old rotten bote in the broad sea, onely with one Esquire with him, without any tackling; where the tender Prince dismai•e with the •age o• Windes and Flouds, weary of his life, cast himselfe into the Sea; the Esquire shif•ed for himselfe, and recouered the body of his maister, and brought it to Sandich, were it was buried. The reason the King the more doubled of his brother, was because he was by his mother of a base bloud, and begotten before wedlocke: for King Edward, his Father, comming into his Nurses house, was rauished with the beautie of one Edwina a beautifull maide, begat that night of her King Adelstone, and afterward married her: after the King was stricken with great repentance for the death of his brother, by the space of seauen yeares, at length the Cup-bearer, his accuser, bearing the Cuppe vnto the King, stumbled with one foote, and recouering himselfe with the other, saying; Thus one brother helpeth another. These words so moued the king, that forthwith he commaunded the false accuser of his brother to bee had out to execution; and he builded two Monasteries of Middleton and Michlenes, for his brothers Soule. Whereby it appeareth what was the speciall cause of building of Monasteries, to wit, for releasing of sinnes for them departed, and them aliue, which is contrarie to the grace and veritie of Christs Gospell.