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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
Book 4 › THE HISTORY OF THOMAS BECKET Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
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 next year, the French King, manned with the Bishops, Monks, Prelates, and Priests, and their servants, began his attempt, in hope of the Crown of England, but the English Navy took 300. of the French Kings ships, loaden with wheat, wine, meat, flesh. Armour, and other necessities for war, and burnt 100. within the Haven, and took the spoil of them.
The next yeare, the French King, manned with the Bishops, Monkes, Prelates, and Priests, and their seruants, began his att•mpt, in hope of the Crowne of England, but the English Nauie tooke 300. of the French Kings ships, loaden with wheat, wine, meate, flesh. Armour, and other necessaties for warre, and burnt 100. within the Hauen, and tooke the spoyle of them.
The Priests of England provided them a false prophet, one Peter Wake•ield, they noised daily amongst the Commons, that Christ had twice appeared to him, in shape of a ⟨p. 75⟩child betwixt the Priests hands, once at York, and again at Pomfret, and breathed, saying: Peace, peace, peace, and that he was rapt in spirit, and he saw the •oyes of Heaven and sorrows of Hell. He prophesied of King John, that he should reign no longer then ascension day, within the year of our Lord 1213. Being asked the question, he could not tell whether he should be slain, expelled, or of himself give over the Crown: but he was sure, he nor none of his stock should reign, that day once fi••shed. The King laughed thereat, when he saw himself out of danger. He prated thereof at large so, that they which lined the King, apprehended him, and put him in prison, the King not knowing thereof: the fame hereof went through the whole Realm, and the more, becau•e he was imprisoned. When the prophesied Ascension day was came, King John commanded his Regal Tent to be spread abroad in the open field▪ and passed the day with his Noble Council, and men of Honour, in the greatest solemnity that ever he did before. When that day was passed withal, his enemies turned it to an allegorical understanding, and said, He is no King, for the Pope reigneth, and not he yet reigned he still, and his son after him, to prove the prophet alyer. And because this false prophet had troubled the Realm, perverted the people, raised the Commons against the King, and was carried over the Sea by the Prelates, and gave encouragement to the French King to invade the Land, the King commanded the false prophet should be hanged, and his son, least any more should rise of his race. At length, the King seeing himself so compassed with enemies, and treasons, and great danger that was like to follow, especially fearing the French King was enforced to submit himself to that execrable monster, and Antichrist of Rome, converting his Land into the patrimony of Saint Peter, as many other had done before him: for he was sure, though not without shame, being under his protection, no foreign Potentate was able to subdue him.