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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 Epitaph of JOHN ZISCA.Book 5 › The Epitaph of IOHN ZISCA.
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.
A Cardinal entered into Bohemia with this huge army, destroying many of the protestant towns, killing Men, Women and Children, sparing none: the Protestants hearing thereof gathered their host, besieged a Town and won it: so that there fell such a sudden fear amongst the Papists throughout the whole Camp, that they ran away: the Cardinal marvelling thereat, went ⟨p. 130⟩to the Captains, exhorting them to order the battles, and courageously to abide their enemies, saying; they fought for the religion of Christ, and salvation of souls, notwithstanding, they did all fly, and the Cardinal with them; the Protestants courageously pursued them, and had a great prey and spoil of them.
A Cardinall entred into Boheme with this huge army, destroying many of the protestant townes, killing Men, Women and Children, sparing none: the Protestants hearing thereof gathered their host, besieged a Towne and woon it: so that there fell such a suddaine feare amongst the Papistes throughout the whole Campe, that they ran away: the Cardinall marueiling thereat, went ⟨p. 130⟩to the Captaines, exhorting them to order the batta•l•s, and couragiously to abide their enemies, saying; they fought for the religion of Christ, and saluation of soules, notwithstanding, they did all fly, and the Cardinall with them; the Protestants couragiously pursued them, and had a great prey and spoyle of them.
The Emperor going to Rome to be •rowned Emperor, wrote Letters to the Nobles of Bohemia, how he was borne a Bohemian, & that he was not more affected unto any Nation then his own, and that he went to Rome for no other cause but to be crowned: the which honour should be also to the Bohemians, whose renown hath been always his care, and that through his endeavour the Council of Basil is begun, exhorting all such as were desirous to be heard touching Religion, that they should come thither, and that they should not maintain any quarrel against the holy Mother the Church, and that the Council would lovingly and gently hear their reasons, and that they should endeavour themselves to agree with the Synod touching Religion, and to reserve a peaceable kingdom for him against his return, neither should the Bohemians think to refuse his Empire, whose Brother, Father, and Uncle had reigned over them.