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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.
As for the lying Miracles, that all were healed of any disease that prayed at the Tomb of this Ethelfleda, and how Saint Dunstan hunted the Devil away with dogs, and caught him by the nose with a hot pair of tongues, and many other miracles of this Dunstan, with many other lying miracles before; in this Treatise I have omitted, thinking them not worthy to be abridged, referring thee therein to the Book at large.
As for the lying Miracles, that all were healed of any disease that prayed at the Tombe of this Ethelfleda, and how Saint Dunstone hunted the Deuill away with dogs, and caught him by the nose with a hote paire of tongues, and many other myracles of this Dunstone, with many other lying myracles before; in this Treatise I haue omitted, thinking them not worthy to be abridged, referring thée therein to the Booke at large.
Edward succeeded Edgar, being his bastard son by Ethelfleda the Nun,1 by the means of Dunstan and the other Bishops, only to maintain their Monkery, and Egel•ed the lawful son of Edgar was put back: then they supposed they had established the Kingdom of Monkery for ever. Yet Alferus, Duke of Mercia, following the Queens mind, with other great men, drou• the Monks out of the Cathedral and other Churches, and set in the Priests with their wives again: there were great contentions about the matter, and two Councils. In the first Council, they being almost all against Dunstan, he turned them by making a Crucifix speak on his side, which most likely was the voice of some Monk through a Cane. And in the second Council, the roof of a Chamber brake▪ where they were all assembled, and all fell down saving Dunstan, which stood upon a beam, which did not fall: this was likely done to by policy upon this the matter ceased, and Dunston had all his will.
Edward succéeded Edgar, being his bastard sonne by Ethelfleda the Nunne,