that they might eſpecially make uſe of the Calixtines in ſuppreſſing the Brethren; they therefore preſſe the Ordinance of Wladiſlaus, neither did omit doing what miſchiefe they could to the Brethren.
2. The Brethren therefore through the whole Kingdome ſuffering many things, ſend againe unto Ferdinand by the Baron William Krzinezium, and Mr. Henry Domauſitius, to Vienna, an Apologie, or a Confeſſion of Faith more copious than before, to which twelve Barons, thirty three Knights had ſubſcribed in the yeare 1535, complaining and declaring how unjuſtly they were accuſed of the errous of the Piccardines, and how nevertheleſſe, certaine pariſh Prieſts boldly and bloudily cry out, that the Piccardines may be ſlaine ſcot-free, and that a leſſe ſinne is committed than if a man had killed a dog: againſt all which injuries they with teares deſire the juſtice of God, and the pitty and protection of the King.
3. Ferdinand did not approve of their ſtubborne perſeverance, and denied that the booke could be read at that time ſo exactly as neceſſity required, in regard of many incombrances, but promiſed that nothing ſhould bee permitted to be done either againſt Law or Equity, untill he had a fuller knowledge of the cauſe.
4. While this controverſy was depending, the Brethren were very much urged at home, and encouraged from abroad, letters paſſing very frequently
