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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.
•f•er him succeeded John the 19. which brought in the Feast of All-Souls to be celebrated next after All-Saints day, by the means of Odilo, Abbot of Cl•nake. This Abbot, thinking that Purgatory should be in Mount E•na, dreamed upon a time that h•e, by his Mas•es, had delivered diverse Sou•es from thence; saying, that he heard the voices and lamentations of Devils, ⟨p. 43⟩crying out, for that the Souls were taken from them by Masses, and Dirges funeral, Pope John the 20. succeeded him, and after him Sergius the 4 after him Benedictus the 8. then John the 12. who was promoted by Art Magic of diverse Sorcerers. He brought in the fast of Saint John Baptist even, and of Saint Laurence. After him followed Pope Benedictus the 9. aspiring to his Papacy by Magic, practising Enchantments and Conjurations in words: he resisted the Emperor Henricus the third, son of Conradus, and placed in his room Pe••us King of Hungary. After for fear of Henricus, he was fain to sell his Sea• so Gratianus, called Gregory the sixth, for 1500. lib. at which time there was three Popes in Rome together reigning, one against another, Benedictus the 9. Sylvester the 3. Gregorius the 6. for which cause, Henricus, surnamed Niger, the Emperor, displaced these three monsters, placing for them Clement the second; and Enacted that no Pope shou•d be chosen without the consent of the Emperor: and the Romans made an Oath to the Emperor to that effect. But the Emperor being gone, they forgot their Oath, and poisoned the Pope; which […] some impute to Damasus the 2. his successor, and some to Erazutus, which poisoned six P•p•s.
•f•er him succeeded Iohn the 19. which brought in the Feast of All-Soules to bee celebrated next after All-Saints day, by the meanes of Odilo, Abbot of Clnake. This Abbot, thinking that Purgatory should bee in Mount Ena, dreamed vppon a time that he, by his Mases, had dliuered diuerse Soues from thence; saying, that hee heard the voyces and lamentatious of Duils,