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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.
Faustino us and Jobita, Citizens of Brixia, suffered martyrdom with grievous torments, Caelocerius, seeing their great patience cried out, vere magnus deus Christianorum, whereupon he was apprehended, and suffered with them.
Faustin• us and Iobita, Cittizens of Brixia, suffred marterdome with grieuous torments, Caelocerius, seeing their great pa•ience cryed out, vere magnus deus Christianorum, wherevpon he was apprehended, and suffred with them.
Anthia, a godly woman committed Eleutherius her son unto Anicetus Bishop of Rome, who after was Bishop of Apulia, she with her son was beheaded, and Justus and Pastor, two brethren, suffered under Adrian at Complutum in Spain.
Anthia, a godly woman committed Eleutherius her sonne vnto Anicetus Bishop of Rome, who after was Bishop of Apulia, she with her sonn was beheaded, and Iustus and Pastor, two brethren, suffred vnder Adrian at Complutum in Spaine.
About the same time, Simpronissa, the wife of Gerulus, the Martyr, suffered, with her seven children, being first, often scourged, then hanged by the hair of the head, then a stone fastened about her neck, she was cast into the River, after her children were martyred w•th divers punishments, they were tied to seven sta•es & so racked with a pulley thrusting thorough one in the neck, another in the breast▪ another in the heart, another about the navel, another cut in every joint, another run thorough with a spear, the last cut a sunder in the middle, then were they cast into a deep pit, which the Idolatrous Priests intituled, Ad septem Biathanatos Getulius, also a preacher at Tiber with Cerdelis, Amantius and Prinitivus were condemned to the fire at Hadrian's commandment: Sophia with her two children, Serapia and Salma, were likewise martyred.