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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 the death of king Hardeknight, 1last king of the Danes, the Lords sent into Normandy for the aforesaid Edward, younger son of Queen Emma, to take possession of the Realm, who came with a few Normans, and was crowned at Winchester. He married ⟨p. 42⟩Godith, Daughter of Earle Godwin, he ruled with much wisdom and […] 24. years.
After the death of king Hardeknight, 1last king of the Danes, the Lords sent into Normandy for the aforesaid Edward, yonger sonne of Quéen Emma, to take possession of the Realme, who came with a few Normaines, and was crowned at Winchester. He maried ⟨p. 42⟩Godith, Daughter of Earle Godwine, hee ruled with much wisdome and 〈…〉 24. yeares.
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In his time his mother Emma was accused to be too familiar with Alwine Bishop•• Winchester, by the counsel of Godwin, they were committed to prison; many of […] Bishops laboured for them to the King, but Robert Archbishop of Canterbury stopp•• their su•e, saying; How dare you defend her, she hath defamed her son the […] and taken her ler•erous Lemman the Bishop: she is accused to be consenting to •he death of her son Alfred, and procured poison for her son Edward; it she will […] bare footed for her self four steps, and for the Bishop five, upon nine […], if she escape harmless, they shall be afoyled: she agreed theris: then the ing and many Nobles being present, she was led blindfold to the place, where Irons lay burning hot, and passed the nine shares unhurt, when they opened her eyes, and she se her self past the pain, she kneeled down and gave thanks to God, then the King asked her forgiveness but the Archbishop fed into Normandy.