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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.
In the time of these Danish Kings, there was one Godwin, an Earle in England, when the aforesaid two s•nnes of King Egelred, Alfred and Edward, came from Normandy to England to visit their mother Emma, and brought with them a great company of Normans, this Godwin, having a Daughter named Godith, whom he thought to have married to Edward, and made him king. He persuaded the king Hardeknight that the Normans should be slain, and gat authority to order the matter himself. Wherefore he met them at Guildowne, with a company of English Soldiers, slew almost all the Normans, winding their gots out of their bellies, and put out the eyes of Alfred the eldest brother, and sent him to the Abby of Ely, where he fed him with bread and water, until shortly after he dyed. Edward escaped to his mother, who fearing Godwin, sent him again into Normandy. This cruel fact to the Normans, seemeth to be the cause why the Just Judgement of God, shortly after, Conquered the English Nation by the Normans.
In the time of these Danish Kings, there was one Godwine, an Earle in England, when the aforesaid two s•nnes of King Egelred, Alfred and Edward, came from Normandy to England to visit their mother Emma, and brought with them a great company of Normaines, this Godwine, hauing a Daughter named Godith, whom he thought to haue maried to Edward, and made him king. Hee perswaded the king Hardeknight that the Normaines should be slaine, and gat authoritie to order the matter himselfe. Wherefore hée met them at Guildowne, with a company of English Souldiers, slewe almost all the Normaines, winding their gots out of their bellyes, and put out the eyes of Alfred the eldest brother, and sent him to the Abby of Elie, where hée fed him with bread and water, vntill shorty after hée dyed. Edward escaped to his mother, who fearing Godwine, sent him againe into Normandy. This cruell fact to the Normaines, séemeth to bée the cause why the Iust Iudgement of God, shortly after, Conquered the English Nation by the Normaines.
After the death of king Hardeknight, 1