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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.
In this time one Picardus coming out of the Low Countries into Bohemia, by enchantments got credit with the people, and allured a number of men and women unto him, whom he commanded to go naked, calling them Adamites, and possessing a certain Island, he called himself the Son of God: they had no respect of marriage, yet it was against the Law for any man to know a woman without the leave of Adam: but when any desired a woman, he must lead her in his hand to him, and say, I am inflamed to this woman, and he answereth go and multiply and replenish the earth, he affirmed that they and their posterity were free and all other bondmen: on a time forty of this sect came out of the Island an• slew two thousand husbandmen, whom they called the children of the devil: Zisca hearing hereof and detesting their abominable doings let his army against them, and subdued the Island, and slew them all saving two, of whom he might understand the superstition of the people.
In this time one Picardus comming out of the Low Countries into Boheme, by inchantments got credit with the people, and allured a number of men and women vnto him, whom hee commanded to goe naked, calling them Adamits, and possessing a certaine Iland, he called himselfe the Sonne of God: they had no respect of marriage, yet it was against the Law for any man to know a woman without the leaue of Adam: but when any desired a woman, hee must leade her in his hand to him, and say, I am inflamed to this woman, and he answereth goe and multiply and replenish the earth, he affirmed that they and their posteritie were free and all other bondmen: on a time forty of this sect came out of the Iland an• slew two thousand husbandmen, whom they called the children of the diuell: Zisca hearing hereof and detesting their abominable doings let his army against them, and subdued the Iland, and slew them all sauing two, of whom hee might vnderstand the superstition of the people.
In the mean time the Emperor with a great army entered Bohemia, and got Cencho, with large gifts and promises, to render up unto him the Castle of Prague, and there placed himself to annoy the town: the Citizens of Prague sent for Zisca, who speeded thither with his Taborites, and received the City under his governance, the Castle was so strong it could not be conquered, but by famine, therefore they stopped all the passages, that no victuals should be carried in: but the Emperor opened the passages by force, and gave them in the Castle all things necessary, and besieged the City, and was crowned in the Metropolitan house in the Castle.