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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.
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.
The Protestants being assembled at Prage, the King sent his Chamberlain with thrée hundred horsemen to run vpon them, but he was faine to fly for fears of his life: at this newes the King and all about him were amazed; but his Cup-bearer said, I knew these things would thus come to passe, the King in a rage caught him & threw him downe, and would haue slaine him with his Dagger: but béeing let with much ad•e he pardoned him, immediately the King fell sick of a Palsie, and within eightéene daies died: when he had marked the names of them which hée would haue put to death, & before the Princes which he had sent to for ayde were come, when he had raigned 55. yeares, and was 57. yéere old.
Immediately after whose death, a Noble man named Zischa, minding to revenge the injuries of John Hus, and Jerome of Prague, gathered a number of men of War, and subverted the Monasteries and Idolatrous Temples, breaking in pieces the Images, driving away the Priests and Monks, which he said were kept up in their Cloisters like Swine in their fat sties a fating: his army increased to forty thousand men: he went to Pelzina where he knew he had many friends of his faction, and took the Town and fortified it strongly, and some of his company took the Castle of Uissegard: then the Queen sent Letters to the Emperor Sigismund, and other Nobles, requiring aid: in the mean time the Queen raised an army with the treasure of the King which could not prevail against them.