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were met together, he killed FH 1a £0OK - 0 Yoners 
the Communian Table, he ok Theta up, Feng Fill FV Wine,” QC Ko his: . - = 
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capts.,in both kinds. GOTED Ss IT ww” 2 
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Allo one. Mertiz Logu is ſhould have ſuffered the ke" cath,” ut his life was adniet 
begged by the T "A nEog Afterwards, taking anot flo 1th _ - 
was travelling towards Morgiia, but by. the; way, they wee ken” 
tain, who manacling them with Irons, examined. th about the” 
Martin an(wered, 1he Body of. Chritt is.in Heaven, and he hath bat 07 __ 
Bodies : Hereupon the Captain gave him a box on the Ear, 25 bot enduring 
Blaſphemy, ,and would have had him preſeatly burhed:” "Then did's Ptiet 
*him, a7 if he could convert kim; but when that fucceeded n6t” 
them into 2 dark ſtinking dungeon for two months: "Then did fe c 
them with fire, till their bowels came forth, to extort Fram * t 
their Companions :- Afrerwatds they were” both ſhut'1 vp ina ; Tub, 
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perſtitivn. And this contention was cunningly fomented and inc 
that ſought thereby the adyancement'of the Pope and Empe; 
the Profelſors of the pure Dodrine odious', 'they branded-them 
{ Ful name of Piccards, by which nate thezraldenſes in Pew) we 
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in oppoſing him,and obtained many great Vidories ag againiſt) him : Ye Foy v7 
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of your life, attempt ſomething agaiaſt 
- the Priccards, and you ſhall not eſcape a year to anend. 134 1! 
About this time God ſtirred up in Germary, undaunted Luther, the Thun:- 
derbolt againſt the Pope, which occafioned many of the Calixtines to reſolve: ro 
embrace the purer Doctrine of the Goſpel, and to ſeck for the Ordjnation of 
_ their Miniſters from w1ittenburg, rather than from Roxe;:; But among theſe; 
there was one Zahere, an Apoſtate, who to ingratiate hjmſel$ warh the King and 
Pope, would enforce the Paſtors and Citizens of Prazme, to ſubſcribe to ſundry 
Articles, or elſe they muſt be proſcribed. And firlt of all ſix Paſtors were ba-- 
niſhed, then Sixty five of the cluefeſt Citizens :- Then tocolour: greater cruekty, 
arumor was ſpread abroad of a conſpiracy made bythe Brethren againſt the Ca+ 
- lixtines, and to extort a confeſſion hereof, three Citizens were brought toyche | 
| Rack, who rather choſe to ſuffer all rorments, thanfalſly to accule the innoceny 2 
Yet divers were Perſecuted ; Amongſt others, a Cutler that had. found ag ON 


thodox Book about the Sacraments, was whipped openly inthe Marketplace,  " 


and baniſhed: Another was branded in the Forehead ; A third was thruſt into 
Priſon, and there murthered, ALES 37366 oo M3410; lad I 

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King ſhould be put in execution againſt the P:ccards i Whereupema new: Perie- 
fecution was raiſed againſt the Brethrep, their Chueches being ſhut up, aad thei#. 
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Anno Chrifti 1527. + 
The year after two German Tradeſ men were FTE at Pragte; conf gp p | 
the Monks of Latheraniſm, and condemnet! to be burgt: As'they went” t0iexe- too odly 
ivy ſuch omays;—amg aceetied out pot _ — AS Nee tears from Mc burat,.. 
the-S tors eyes: Whea they came tothe Pile, t frye. nog E 
one ps = of them Giving, Since our Lord Chyilt hath ſuffered ſach grievou a 
things far as, Jet um chearfully ſuffer for him, and rejoyce that we have foung- mac © 
favor with him that we are naakd worthy to die for mw Law of God : | 
1 in the day of my Marriage found not ſo much inwar a jeg 41 1 te mow. When fire was 
put to them, with-a _ voice they ſaid; Lord Jeſus; thow in' thy Juſſerings prox 
edſt for thine enemies, therefore we alſo do the like, ' For ve the. King, the en 
Prague,end the Clergy;for they know not what they do,and their bands are ulof bla 
and fo they ſlept inthe Lord. But one of their chief Perſecutors, who wide - = 
that rs the ow ker were hanged, beheaded or burnt by his own hands,” had all Gow fu 
theſe befal himſelf by Gods juſt judgment : For _— mich in owe. he hanged ©: =_ 


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_— and WR his- Friends had privately buried him , thei 
hearing of it, digged up his carcafs, and caſt it away, wv v! | 
command'was of bb be bart; butwhen the Woodſtack Een Dy 
the yer = wy ae on ety was — off. - : att che 2% - 
-"  . .Zapere poſtate, wW ef COtour of an aiſirin, a= FISES wr 
tards, he raiſed up civil comnmiotions, was by the King baniſhed, w © he died br. 
miſerably :. The like befel another of thoſe cruel Perſeeutors: 145 $4 HEY: 
. Ano 1535. Ferdinand the firſt ſucceeding; in the King foul thei Pe wh : + 
party cunning| —_ Au the Calixtines to perſecuts the Brethren: here-- A, 
upon, they fu ievous things, ſent a petition, togerhet with a Offs Otid 31h 
feſſion of their Fair bo rac naxd at Vienze, ſubſcribed by twelve Barons aid g 7 ER 
thirty. three Knights, complaining how unjuſtly they were accuſed are} 9 
mies, and that the Prieſts ordinarily cryed out chat the Pictards might be ſlain 
without controul, 'and that a leſs lin was thereby commitred, 'thati if one” killed 6, 
a Dog Ferdinand tetarned anſwer, that he had not leiſure to conſider: of rheir - 
cr oy promiſed that nothing ſhould: be done either bona of —uny, 
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the Bridge, whereby he eſcaped. 

Another Miniſter, together with his Wife they cruelly burnt. _ 

Another was hanged upon a Croſs-beam,''and making a fire under him, 
they broiled him to death. | 

Another they cut into ſmall pieces. | ; 

Another Miniſter they ſought for, but he being eſcaped, they took a young 
Man in his houſe, laid him on his back, filled his Mouth with Gun-powder, 
which ſetting fire to, they miſerably tore his Jaws in pieces, and then killed 
him. | ; 

When ſome Soldiers came to the houſe of another, heentertained them 
hey knew he was a 

Miniſter, they firſt beat him cruelly, then killed him, ſtripped, and plundered his | 
houſe ; they allo burnt his Library, and would not ſuffer his Body to be buried 
for ſeven weeks, during their abode there, bg 

Another aged Miniſter and his Wife, were fo ſorely burned by a Soldier that - 
demanded Money of them, that preſently after they died, 

Another was hung up by the Privy Members, being ſeventy years old, and 
his own Books burnt under him, and at laſt'was ſhot through and ſlain. 

Another was firſt affeſſed at-ſeven hundred Florences, and then had his houſe. 
plundered ; and laſtly, himſelf was murthered, | 

Another they caught and wounded, cutting his Neck half through z; but 
being afterwards carried by ſome Friends to a Chirurgion, he lived about two' 
years, but in much pain and torment. | | t 615 3.760 

Another being above'ſeventy years old, they carried into the Marker place, 
where laying him upon a fire, they burnt him todeath. © © 

Another was beaten fo, that he died three days after. 


the Soldier that ſtood Sentinel, but he, beins a Bohemran, was overcome by ins 


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* he rgdein,@ Coach, with /a:Noblemanz, forry' Hang 
him away:;..Bur,by4h F nporganify of; ſome ;Noblemen,;he wasr 
Fout thouſand; Florences, and ended his: life; in-; | | 
bound to a Tree , was madea mark for the Mull quetiers to , Þ 
> 7 =ovgy got hit him, yt by.realon. of the hs hae wohingine 
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Another bein Iyct by a notable Papiſt, was ran t harow:wu a Sprar; but | 
all this:yas done -t air Military licentiouſneſs : Now: obo was 
ated by Procels, of Law. | t; 7; 4geb 30219 mtr ary 
_#p79 1621, Six Artigles were exhibited. tothe roteltant ( ongregations 1h 1 
\ aan fed Pape © as 
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Prague. 


Is - That they ſhould lend ſome thouſunds of pound by 


his Army. | ' | f A? fi 39. 677 oh &- 
\ 2»; That they ſhould publickly? renonnce Fes of Broderick, | abi Ks _- - uu _—_ ig S- 
3+: That they ſhould bring inte the Church the ringin of Riteg aud Ceremmiee.; bars... - "ol 


4» That their Miniſters ſhonld be ordained AEDs 1110 0p 1t1 15 gin Hb 
7 That the Mipiſters ſhouts | leave their "Wives, ,of get. ta Diſpen) | 
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.. 6, That ſuch 4s, would renounce their eee Puntinig ſou he rt 
promotions, and the favor of Cafas,.., /; co Fl s 
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the City 
within three days. And thus was this faithful Shepherd, not wirhour the grear 
- TA of his pevple, baniſhed ; where , - about three years' after; he 


InsNeighboring City, the Miniſter for fear of theſe Barbatons proceedingy, 
went away of himſelf, yet the Commiſſioners extorted a great ſum of Money 
from his Church, and baniſhed him in hisabſence. In another place, they eom- 


. manded the Minifter to depart* from his Pariſh within three days, and froth the 


City within eight days. He modeſtly asking the reaſon of his baniſhmenr, they. 
>. if the Charches, and that therefore he 


 - Bit; into the rooms of theſe godly Preachers, were: put.in untlean men. 
wicked, blaſphemers, and men illiterate, and of no worth , and yet they could 
not provide for all places : So that one of their hirelings fu pple divers Chntches, 
and inſtead of the wholſome Food of Gods Word , he fed them wirh poyſon. 
Then brought they -ignorant: Monks out of Poland, unprofitable burthens to 
o Earth, yet fit enough to be fegurges to unprofitable and common Gol- 
pellers. : 
T Alſs a Commifftoner, with. fome Troops of Horfe, entring into Cattex- 
burgh, a place famous for maintaining the Orthodox Faith, calls before him the 
Miniſters, * caſtsthern out of their places, and puts Jeſuites into their Churches : 
And theſe Jeſuites urging it, the Minifters were commanded to depart ont of 
Hereby were twenty one Miniſters driven away, many Crtrzens accom d 
thent ; one of then! at the parting, Preached upon that Text, They 

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much bewailed ther” fofs, and with great famentations, wailing and kiffing: 
each other,' they recommended themſelves to the Blefling and Protectionof the 


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| a Sraty place the Minifters were caft out of their Livings, ſome impri- 
ſoried, 'and after a while diſmifled ; and all commanded to depart the King- 
dom, upon pain of death. Some yere ſtifled with ſtink, whileft they lay in 
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thither, except ye repent. Then w3s his right hand cy :rewlsh he gav 
the Cup inthe Sacrament ; 'then'was his bead cut off; we Þinerty aken fort pills cryes 
= Pine ſhirt, his quarters. ſt. -Upan four Bakes, ago 1 n "2/5008 
After this did the Commiſſioners go knv0-Marovigy Es - = 
Charles. ie Zeretiza, a Man for Wiſdom and Virtue, famaus Eareve ond -g 
a. conſtant Profeſſor of Religion,. and one who maintained twenty. pts ty ut ink 
ters of the Brethren within his Juriſdivion : They told him, That chey had « 
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be in his choise, whether he would. _—_ 

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Servants of Feſas Chriſt, nor conld conſent eas they jr. 159190 Or. gt 
they ſent abroad their Citations, to require all the Inhabitans of thee Village, 
to appear before them the next mor n eras, ar-which: ti ie the Miniſter and Pec- 
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at his own charge, they were conveyed into ary. "rs like they | 
other places. 'So.that the Miniſters of the Golpel,, ahe « and. 
Morsvia , wete thruſt out, and ignorant aind : Uiernce preſent eel "MY 
rooms, $2 2 vg! + Qt. ? £ "M8 

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come ; and all facto feared torcaltheke | rederick;” 
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looking upon it. The 
Martyrs-looked out - OTIS, mw w_— Ratnbow of an unuſual colour, 
the Heavens being clear, no Raino two days before : jeg cy is 
upan their —_ they lifted up their voices a and hands, 
Ggn that he ſhewed from Heaven, Then preſently was a Gun die 
was 4 warning for theit bringing forth to execution : 'Whe 
pions of Chri/t incouraged one ariother, praying , .That'each of 4 pro 
frengthned, ec, Then came Troops of Horſe and Foot to fetch them; - 2 
Streets, Matket-place, and Houſes, being filled with multitudes of SpeAtators. 
The Martyrs being called forth one by one, went to their death with aut 
undaunted courage, haſting as if they had been going toa Banquet : 'When one ** 
was called for, he thus took his leave of whe reſt, Farewel moſt loving Friends, Tei Money 
God give you the copuforts of his Spirit, f4tience and courage, that what formes with muryal fa = - os 
your Mouths jou have profeſſed, you may confirm by your glorious death. _—_ FL. ph p 
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rect gon. Sep "Ireche pagh thine and — Houſe, 

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_ -» The Lord wenceflz «+ was niext, about ſeventy years old, famous for RROID, 
Religion, and his travels through divers Countreys ; his Houle was fortmetly 


- Plundered, even to his wearing apparel, he only ſaying, The Lord hathgiven, 


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' and the Lord hath taken away. Being asked, why he would ingage hinafelf in 
Fredericks Cauſe He ſaid, My Conſcience preſſed me to do what 1did!i Tambhere, 


my God, diſpdſe of me thy ſervant as ſeems good inlline eyes. '1 am full of years, take 
me out of this life, that I may not ſee that evil that i coming on thy Countrey, Affrer- 
wards holding forth his Bible, he ſaid, Behold my Paradiſe, it never yielded mt (6 
much Nectar. and Ambroſia, as zow., When he was ſentenced, hefaid to the 
Judges, Yow have a long time thirſted after my Blood, but know withal, you will 
find God a revenger of innoeent Blood, for whoſe cauſe we ſuffer. A Fryer ſaying to 
him, To# are deceived in your opinion ; he anſwered, 7 relie not on opinion, but on 
the infallible Truth of God ; for 1have noother way, but him who ſaid, I am the Way, 
the Truth, and the Life, On the Scaffold, ſtroaking his long Beard, he faid, 24y 
2ray Hairs, behold what honor remains for you, that you ſhould be crowned with Martyr- 
dom ! And ſo praying for the Church, his Countrey, his Enemies,and commen- 
ding his Soul to Chriſt, his Head was cut off, and ſet on the Tower. . | 

The next was the Lord Harazt, a Man that had gained much experience by 
his travels in 4fiz, Africa, and Ewrope , his crime was, That he had taken an Oath 
76 be true to Frederick, and durſt not violate it, As he was goins to ſuffer, he cal- 
led the Miniſter to him, and told him, That he much feared his wives inconſtancy 


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extorted by the Soldiers power.. - 16>": þ 
Then Maſs-Prieſts were put into-the places of godly Miniſters, and People. 
"F" were compelled to frequent the Maſs : Marriages were forbidden,except amongſt 
=” Apoſtatespro- the Catholicks : Such as turned Apoftates were promoted to all places of Magiſtracy 
54 we m the Cities, though men of no judgment, nor experience, ey | 


Then were theſe Articles given to the Captains of Diſtreſſes. 


The my _ T. FF 'rat whoſoever '#s not of the Kings Religion, all traffick and commerce ſhall 
-— S be debarred him, | | BT's 


"1 whoſoever ſhall ſuffer private Preaching, Baptiſm, or Matrimony in hit 
houſe, ſhalt pay a great Fine, of ſuffer ſix moneths impriſonment 5 but if he harbor 4 
preacher, he ſhalt loſe Goods and Life. : 9159 S008 Þ 
II. 1f any man ſball work upon Catholick Holy-days, he ſhall be impriſoned;avd 
' pay ten Fhrences, , FREY. us et 
IV. 7 ſhall not be lawful for any Noy-Catlolick to make 4 will ji if be do; it 

foall be null. | WELL He rarer 2 1 gth iter 
V. - No Youth ſhall be bound Apprentite, or learn any Art or Trade, unlefi he 

learn the Catholick Religion, OR __— HED 

' VI, © The poor People in Hoſpitals, extept they be converted by" ſuch a day, ſpall 
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he was ſent to Priſon. \ 

One Bartholomew Lang told them to their Faces, that he had rather die by 
the Sword, than deny his Faith , whereupon, with divers others, he was thrutt 
into a ſtinking Dungeon, where they kept them Priſoners for ſeventeen weeks; 
their Houſes in the mean time being poſletſed by the barbarous Soldiers. | 

Bethlem Ge- One of theſe godly Perſons died in Priſon: And about that time Berhlen 

'bor. | Gabor warring with the Emperor, and Count Marsfield entring Citicia, with 

Gods Provi- the King of Dexmarks Army, thele Tyrants were ſtruck with ſuch a terror, that 

dence, preſently Prcclamations came forth, that it was not his Majeſties pleaſure thar 

| any Man ſhould be forced to the Faith by violent means, by which Proclamation 
the Inhabitants of B-liſlavia had ſome reſpit. | 

But the year after, when Gabor was retired, and the King of Denmark bea- 
ten out of Ci/icia, their Tyranny again revived, and a new Proclamation came 
forth to inh1bit the Proteſtants all Trade and Commerce, and to command them 
to abjure their Hereſies under pain of the ſevereſt and inevitable puniſhment. 

A new Perſe- Hereupon ſome were baniſhed, others voluntarily went into exile, others were 

i Ra denied traffick; the Friers taking away ſuch commodities as they ſet to ſale, fo 
that the Citizens which ſtayed, were forced to take the mar of the Beaſt, that 

| they might buy and fell. | 

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whereupon many of them removed in- 

. to: Miſpnia.” [> | 151 2: 

[n Radecimm, + At the City of Radecium they drave away the Miniſters, and placed there a 
merry Arch-Deacon, who proteſted that all violent means were diſpleafing to | 
him, and therefore he entertained the Citizens with jeſts and merry (| es, 

and'would. draw them: to Taverns and Gameing-houſfes : : But: when ifour 

Temptation Years trial, he found:that he had not converted: any one of them by theſe 'means, 

refilted. he brought in Soldiers for his help: Then did he aſſemble the people, requiring 
them to-go in Proceſſion 'with-him,, but when none would follow, the: Soldiers 
ruſhed 


ad] in amaoges m-wi ir drav ds 4" w Eupc 
ſome one way, lome another, Mes were to follp wr 1e Ptoteſi 
ther they would or no, and jorve for refuling,were Naim, i Eco 

- Then was a whole Regiment of Soldiers feat thither, wich” | 
not to depart, till the City was reformed. The-Arch-, Deacon tok -fome o* 
theſe, went toa Phyſitian that' had been: lame for ſome years, 2d | 
whether he would become a Catholick 7. which: heſton fat, Gra Conftaniy 
he had rather his half rotten Carkaſi ſbenld te arabn through the Fields, cg * 4 
pieces, than to deny any thing againſt his conſcience. Then were all _ Inhabitants | 
called together ,- the City Gates,ſhut, and the People-grieyou lly threatned-if' 
they would not turn, and ſuch as refuſed, were thruſt 1ato Priſons , and Soldiers 
were ſent-to their Houſes, whoraged and domincarad: over their Wives and Chil- 
dren ; . whereupon they ran to their Husbands with tears and intreatics; afd pre-: Hi 
vailed with many of them to deſire time to be given them tolearn the Remaiſh Re- = 
ligion, only Twenty eight of them, together with their Wives and Children 4 
forſook their earthly Eſtate; and went into banihment to preſerve their conſci- 
ences clean. W

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they and their Husbands turned Catholfets; :- 11 (hs 11nd 

. | At Zaticwm,. another City, famous for pot, the Miniſter b 7 
ed, Fryers were put into his place, who being aſſiſted with Soldiers;;ule Te - ? 
Cane thoſe that would not bow'to the Hoſt, bercoutaks Major and ſorhe of Lab "i 
the Aldermen were abſent at a ſolemn Proceſſion, they fined them. -- Then'tame .* > 
thither Do#, Martin, ant proclaimed, that whoſoever had-any Bibles; 'or_other, _ 
Evangelical Books, if they brought them not in preſently; they ſhould:.be fined. Bibles 
at a hundred Floreices, of ſuffer five weeks impriſonment;- As alla; whoſcever - 
refuſed to come to Maſs, ſhould pay five Flarences, and three pounds: of Was; | 
All the Books that were ſo brought, he burnt them' without'the Walls; —_ " 
ſuch as ſtill tood LDuts he quarrered Troopers upon thzm, which mony += 
from then day b day : Hereupon many torlook their Houlgs,and tithes | A 
ſelves to rhe hard{hip of a baniſhed life, Then did he proclaymy that without his E 
leave none ſhould go out of the Gates uporr paiti of death ;: The NeXt _ b 
reſted the Major, and would not releaſe him, but upon the protuile of Apoltaey, = 
Two of the Aldermeg he bound with Iron Chains for refuſing to adore the: wan "FT 
and for fourteen days -— — rormented them grievoufly,t He hack! reed rheir <new.* 
conſent tothe like Apoſtac nam 8 

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wit PEYay will to go to Auricular Confeſſion, and tocor | $6, his © 
kind, ng that rh as obeyed ſhould be eaſed of Soldiers, 
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- thy wicked ſoul, I will delivey thee to the Hang-man 'to be buried; &c, | Then'he 


calls to his Soldiers for Chains and Fetters, . with which they bound his Hands. 
and Feet, and put an Iron Coller about his Neck, with a thick Chain, and fo 
brought him to the Dungeon, where he was tormented for three weeks, nei- 
ther Wife nor Children being ſuffered to come to him, and fed with Bread and 
Water , the Feſuites alſo were daily moleſting him : -Then was he ſentenced 


to death, which he choſe before Apoſtacy. Then ſaid one of the Feſuites, he 


is poſſeſſed with the Devil, 'and therefore he commanded him to be bound 


- more ſtraitly, whereby at laſt he was forced to go to Auricular Confeſſion, 


but by that means getting out of the Priſon, he fled into Miſnia toeſcape their 
Tyranny. | | 

All the beſt Citizens did defire baniſhment, but the City Gates wete' kept 
ſtrialy, left any ſhould ger out, or carry out their houſhold-ſtuff, whereupon 
many eſcaped by the Mines of the Wall; and among thele, a Lords Wife, lea- 


ving all her rich houſhold-ſtuff behind her, crept out at the common ſewer, to 


follow her Husband into baniſhment. | | 

Many of the Exiles itt 24iſ7ia, having ſpent alight little which they carried 
with them, were forced to ſeek alms in Bohemia, where being betrayed, they 
were caſt into Priſon, and ſo tormented, till ſome of them were almoſt diſtrac- 
ed, and then they were ſent away to other places ; ſome of theſe were Perſons of 
good quality, | SD 

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were brought back to torture, | b- WG 
- * Then they deviſed a Priſon upon the Water, very.natrow, and-not wee 
cubit and #n half in length,wherein the Priſoner could by no means lay himifelf at 
| kngth, and ifhe turned himſelf unawares, he muſt fall into the Water, *'* ©: 
The ewenty , Anotherdeſign was, firſt to aſſault men of greateſt authority, ro make rhem 
-<ghthArrifice. ,, Example to the reft. | p OO oe, 
Are Minion. In the Town of Mirion the Commiſſioner demanded of the People a poſitive 
anſwer, whether they would turn Catholicks * And one ef them in'the Name of 
the reſt, laying, that conſcience neither would nor could be forced, hewas preſently 
laid upon the groundand beaten, and ſtill denying to turn Ca#holick ,” when he 
_ could hardly (peak,he was torn in pieces: The reſt affrighted at this terrible fpeQta- 
_ Ele, promiſed obedience.if time were given them. £oou In 
| In another place the Senators refuſing to rurn Apoſtates, the chiefeſt ofthem 
Popiſtr malice; was made to ride the wooden Horfe in the Market place, for fix hours ſpace, 
om. wg was very ancient, 10 that he was lame and half dead, when he' was 
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