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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 5 › The History of JOHN HUS.Book 5 › The History of IOHN HVS.
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 mean time Master Pallets, John Hus his great Adversary was come to Constance, but his Companion Zuoyma, Hus's other Adversary died of an impostume by the way: then this Pallets associated himself with one Causis a Bohemian, which afore-time had undertook to find a Mine of gold for the King: and having received much money of the King towards the business, seeing his hope of making Gold to fail, run away to Rome with the ⟨p. 114⟩Kings money: these two drew certain Articles out of the writings of Hus, against him, and took great pains to show these Articles to the Cardinals, Bishops and Monks: and showing that he had done many other things against the holy constitutions of the Pope and Church: whereby they made John Hus to be apprehended the six and twentieth day he came to Constance: and the Cardinals sent the Bishops of Augusta, and Trent with the Burgess of Constance, and a Knight to John Hus his lodging, to report they were sent by the Pope and the Cardinals, to certify him he should render some knowledge of his Doctrine before them, as he had often desired, and they were ready to hear him: he answered, he desired openly to defend his Doctrine, but not privately: notwithstanding, I will go to them, and if they handle me cruelly, I trust in the Lord Jesus that he will comfort me, that I shall desire rather to die for his glory, the• deny his verity, which I have learned in his holy Scriptures: and John Hus took his horse and went to the Popes Court, when he had saluted the Cardinals, they said to him, we have heard many reports of you, which if they be true are not to be suffered, that you have fought many errors, contrary to the Doctrine of the true Church, and that you have sowed your errors through all Bohemia by a long time: to whom he answered, I rather those to die then to be found culpable of one error: therefore I came to the Council to receive correction, if any can prove any errors in me: The Cardinals said they were pleased with his answer, and departed, leaving John Hus, with Master Clum, under the guard of armed men, and they suborned a Franciscan Friar, a subtle malicious hypocrite, to question with him: Who said Reverend Master, I a simple rude Idiot am come to you to learn, for I have heard that you have taught many things contrary to the Catholic Faith:
in the meane time Maister Pallets, Iohn Hus his great Aduersarie was come to Constance, but his Companion Zuoyma, Husses other Aduersarie died of an impostume by the way: then this Pallets associated himselfe with one Causis a Bohmian, which afore-time had vndertooke to finde a Mine of gold for the King: and hauing receiued much money of the King towards the businesse, seeing his hope of making Gold to faile, runne away to Rome with the