venge this treaſon (as they called it) or by the force of arms and the Bohemians on the other ſide reſolved to defend themſelves by armes, and therefore choſe in that Interregnum 30 directors; the Moravians and Sileſians in the mean time taking the Bohemians parts, when they perceived Religion to be the cauſe of the quarrell.
4. It did appeare that this was that which the enemies laboured for, and that to this purpoſe they divers wayes provoked the Bohemians, becauſe the Jeſuites applauded themſelves in this fit occaſion, of a totall conqueſt of the Bohemians: as the States declared in their Apology of ſome out of their intercepted letters.
5. Thoſe of Cæſars counſellors which did adviſe them to uſe more moderation were not regarded. The Cardinall Cleſelius Biſhop of Vienna, was accuſed by the Spaniſh Embaſſador before Cæſar as a traitor to the houſe of Auſtria, and impriſſoned, becauſe that hee was againſt the War. They report, that when Cleſelius affirmed that the deſtruction of that flouriſhing Kingdome would undoubtedly follow (if they were forced to a deſperate defence of their liberties) Ferdinand ſhould anſwer,
We would rather have the Kingdome deſtroyed then damned. An Imperiall Army preſently ruſhed into Bohemia, under Generall Dampier, afterwards a Spaniſh under Generall Buequoy.
