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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.
He had in readiness 3600. ships of war, and in the Summer 1200. kept the East Seas, so many the West Seas, and so many the South Seas, in the winter he […] Progress over the Land, to see how his Laws were kept, that the poor should not be oppressed by the mighty.
He had in readinesse 3600. ships of warre, and in the Sommer 1200. kept the East Seas, so many the West Seas, and so many the South Seas, in the winter he 〈…〉 Progresse ouer the Land, to sée how his Lawes were kept, that the poore should not be opprest by the mightie.
In the 13. year of his reign eight Kings that were under him, of which the King of Scots was one, came to him to Chester, and did him Homage, next day in a royalty he caused the eight kings, every one rowing with an Oar, to carry him in a bo•e up and down the river to the Church of Saint John and unto his Palace again, in token that he was Lord of so many Provinces.
In the 13. yeare of his raigne eight Kings that were vnder him, of which the King of Scots was one, came to him to Chester, and did him Homage, next day in a royaltie he caused the eight kings, euery one rowing with an Oare, to cary him in a bo•e vp and downe the riuer to the Church of Saint Iohn and vnto his Palace againe, in token that he was Lord of so many Prouinces.
He sent one Ethelwold, an Earle of his privy Council, to see Elfrida, daughter of the Duke of Somerset, whose beauty was commended unto him, who told the King all things contrary, and after married her; the King came to see her, her husband had prayed her to put on her worst apparel, and disgrace her self as much as she could, but she set her self forth as gloriously as she could: when the King see her, he was not so much inflamed with love of her as with hatred to her husband, and sending for him to hunt with him, run him through with his sword, and killed him: Wherefore Elfrida builded a Monastery of Nuns in remission of her sins.