hand, I will give teſtimony of your fidelity, and if hee ſhall conſent which I know he will, it ſhall be your care that an army be raiſed, and then to return to me, being amazed at theſe things, Cæſar gave them three dayes to conſider of it. What needs many words, they return, undertake his commands, and execute them but with ill ſucceſſe. For although in the year 1611 the army of the Paſſavians had entred by force as far as Prague, yet Matthias following them with his army gave them a repulſe, and was made King of Bohemia, and Rodolphus with grief died.
4. I cannot paſſe this over with ſilence, when the Baron Schmidius, returning from Paſſavia, was ſent on an Embaſſy to the chief of Bohemia and Moravia intimating the intention of Cæſar all things happen contrary to their expectation, for they gave no credite to them, all of them interpreting, that they came with colourable pretences, and that ſome crafty plot lay hid, or elſe fearing a warre betweene thoſe two Kings. Schmidius having declared this to the Emperour being very angry, he ſuddenly aroſe from his ſeat, and haſtned to the window, and opening it violently, looking toward the City, ſaid, Prague, ungratefull Prague, thou haſt beene made glorious by mee, doeſt thou now reject me your benefactour, the vengeance of God follow thee, and may a curſe light upon thee, Prague, and all Bohemia. I heard
