reſt were threatned to be given up to the ſouldiers fury to bee plundered. Neither were they content with that which every one did freely offer according to his eſtate, but ſet a price as it were according to the cuſtome of buyers, writing downe in particular Tables made to that purpoſe, what ſummes were to bee paid within the compaſſe of ſome dayes: viz. a hundred. a thouſand, two, three, ſix thouſand Florenee. And becauſe they promiſed that upon the payment of the mony the Souldiers ſhould bee removed, therefore every one brought in his part more willingly and ſome readily bringing in their plate and Jewells.
4. A little while after other Commiſſioners ſent to require certain Cities of the Nobility to maintain the ſtanding forces of the Kingdome (for the greateſt part of the Army was drawn into Moravia and Hungaria) and to contribute Corn, wherein alſo publick Granaries might be erected. This buſineſſe coſt them much mony and pains.
5. In the meane time all were fed with a vaine hope of the removall of the Souldiers, but none were removed but rather more were lifted, which increaſed new preſſures and raiſed the taxes ſo high as was impoſſible for people to pay, even in thoſe places which had revolted to them. For when ſome who were allured to deny the truth from a vaine hope of freedome from taxes and quarterings of Souldiers, complained that promiſes were not performed, the Je-
