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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.
Not long after, the Danes invaded the land again in such sort that the King was so seek in which Cost he should first withstand them, and was compelled to appease them with great sums of money; and for lack of a good Governor, many things perishe• in the Land: for the King gave himself to Lechery, and polluting his Subjects, disinheriting them, and causing them with great sums to reda••e the same again. […] payed the Danes tribute yearly, which was called Dane-gilt; which tribute increase• ▪ from 10000. lib. yearly, and in five or six years, it came to 40000. lib. yearly. • dricke Duke of Mercia, and Alfrike Admiral of the Ships, warned the Danes […] whatsoever the King devised against them, wherefore the king put out the eyes of th• Admirals son, and of the two sons of Duke Edricke.
Not long after, the Danes inuaded the land againe in such sort that the King was so séeke in which Coste he should first withstand them, and was compelled to appease them with great summes of money; and for lacke of a good Go•ernour, many things perishe• in the Land: for the King gaue himselfe to Lechery, and polluting his Subiects, disinheriti•g them, and causing them with great summes to reda••e the same againe. 〈…〉 payed the Danes tribute yearely, which was called Dane-gilt; which tribute increase• ▪ from 10000. lib. yearely, and in fiue or sixe yeares, it came to 40000. lib. yearely. • dricke Duke of Mercia, and Alfrike Admirall of the Ships, warned the Danes 〈…〉 whatsoeuer the King deuised against them, wherefore the king put out the eyes of th• Admirals sonne, and of the two sonnes of Duke Edricke.