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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.
When as the News of the barbarous cruelty exercised against John Hus, and Jerome of Prague, was reported in Bohemia: their Disciples assembled, and celebrated a memorial of their deaths, decreeing it to be holden yearly, and after they obtained certain Churches of the King to preach and minister the Sacraments in: then they suppressed divers Monasteries, and Pharisaical and Idolatrous Temples, driving the vicious Priests and Monks out of them, or compelling them to a better order, whereby their number augmented under the conduct of one Nicholas a Noble man, and coming again to the King for more Churches, the King told Nicholas thou hast begun a Web to put me out of my Kingdom, and I will make a rope of it wherewith I will hang thee: Whereupon Nicholas departed, and the king went to a new Castle which he had builded, and sent Ambassadors unto the Emperor his brother for aid.
When as the Newes of the barbarous cruelty exercised against Iohn Hus, and Ierome of Prage, was reported in Boheme: their Disciples assembled, and celebrated a memoriall of their deaths, decréeing it to be holden yéerely, and after they obtained certaine Churches of the King to preach and minister the Sacraments in: then they suppressed diuers Monasteries, and Pharasaicall and Idolatrous Temples, driuing the vicious Priests and Monkes out of them, or compelling them to a better order, whereby their number augmented vnder the conduct of one Nicholas a Noble man, and comming againe to the King for more Churches, the King told Nicholas thou hast begun a Web to put me out of my Kingdome, and I will make a rope of it wherewith I will hang thée: Wherevpon Nicholas departed, and the king went to a new Castle which he had builded, and sent Ambassadours vnto the Emperour his brother for ayde.
The Protestants being assembled at Prague, the King sent his Chamberlain with three hundred horsemen to run upon them, but he was fain to fly for fears of his life: at this news the King and all about him were amazed; but his Cup-bearer said, I knew these things would thus come to pass, the King in a rage caught him & threw him down, and would have slain him with his Dagger: but being let with much ad•e he pardoned him, immediately the King fell sick of a Palsy, and within eighteen days died: when he had marked the names of them which he would have put to death, & before the Princes which he had sent to for aid were come, when he had reigned 55. years, and was 57. year old.