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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.
The King, for fear, sent his wife Emma and his two sons, Alfred and Edward, […] the Duke of Normandy; after, the King fled to the Isle of Wight, and went thence […] to Normandy to his wife. Swanus teared exceeding impositions upon the people, and required a great sum of money of Saint Edmunds lands, which being denied him▪ because the Land was free, he spoiled the Country, despising the Martyr, and mena•ing the place of his Sepulchre: wherefore the people fell to prayer, and fasting, so that shortly after, Swanus suddenly crying and yelling amongst his Knights, dyed: wherefore Canutus his son ruling as King after his father, builded the Abbey of S. Edmundsbury our Saint Edmonds Sepulchre, and ditched their Land with a great ditch; ordained a House of Monks there, and g•ue them their ancient freedoms. After that, it was us•• that the Kings of England when they were crowned, offered their Crowns to Saint Edmonds shrine▪ and bought them again.
The King, for feare, sent his wife Emma and his two sonnes, Alfred and Edward, 〈…〉 the Duke of Normandy; after, the King fled to the Isle of Wight, and went thence 〈…〉 to Normandy to his wife. Swanus teared exceeding impositions vpon the people, and required a great summe of money of Saint Edmunds lands, which being d•nyed him▪ because the Land was frée, he spoyled the Contry, despising the Martyre, and mena•ing the place of his Sepulchre: wherefore the people fell to prayer, and fasting, so that shortly after, Swanus suddenly crying and yelling amongst his Knights, dyed: wherfore Canutus his sonne ruling as King after his father, builded the Abbey of S. Edmundsbury our Saint Edmonds Sepulchre, and ditched their Land with a great ditch; ordained a House of Monks there, and g•ue them their au•tient freedomes. After that, it was vs•• that the Kings of England when they were crowned, offered their Crownes to Saint Edmonds shrine and bought them againe.