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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.
After whose death the most part chose Canutus, the King of the Danes, King; generally all the Clergy men choose him, but the Citizens of London, and certain Nobles choose Edmund, the eldest son of Egelred King; who for his hardiness to endure labour was surnamed Ironside. Betwixt these two martial Princes many great battles were sought, with no great difference of victory; at length, by rensent, they two only tried the quarrel in the fight of both Hosts, and when they had assayed each other with sharp words and strokes, they both agreed, and kissed each other, and divided the Land between them, and during their lives loved as brethren. Shortly after, one of the sons of Duke Edricus aforesaid killed King Edmund, after he had reigned two years. He left two sons behind him, Edmund and Edward, whom the wicked Duke took from their mother, she not knowing of her husbands death, and presented them to Canutus, saying; Ave Rex solus. Canutus sent them to his brother Swanus, King of Sweveland, to be •laine; but he sent them to Solamon King of Hungary, where Edmund married the Kings Daughter, and dyed: and Edward was married to Agatha the daughter to the Emperor Henry the fourth.
After whose death the most part chose Canutus, the King of the Danes, King; generally all the Clergie men choose him, but the Citizens of London, and certaine Nobles choose Edmund, the eldest sonne of Egelred King; who for his hardinesse to indure labour was surnamed Ironside. Betwixt these two martiall Princes many great battels were sought, with no great difference of victory; at length, by rensent, they two onely tryed the quarell in the fight of both Hosts, and when they had assayed each other with sharpe words and strokes, they both agréed, and kissed each other, and diuided the Land betweene them, and during their liues loued as brethren. Shortly after, one of the sonnes of Duke Edricus aforesaid killed King Edmund, after hée had raigned two yeares. Hee left two sonnes behinde him, Edmund and Edward, whom the wicked Duke tooke from their mother, shee not knowing of her husbands death, and presented them to Canutus, saying; Aue Rex solus. Canutus sent them to his brother Swanus, King of Sweueland, to be •laine; but hée sent them to Solamon King of Hungary, where Edmund maried the Kings Daughter, and dyed: and Edward was maried to Agatha the daughter to the Emperour Henry the fourth.