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ſars Edict, and aske them whether they would ſubmit thereto, to which they anſwer; That they rely wholly upon the will of God, whom in the Goſpell of Jeſus Chriſt they ſerve, relying therefore on Gods will and pleaſure, they did reſolve to undergoe what puniſhment they would inflict, ſince they ſuffered onely for the name of Jeſus Chriſt, not for any ill deeds. Againe they demanded whether they will repent, and returne to the Catholicke Church from which through ſchiſme and hæreſie they had departed. Unanimouſly they doe deny it. The Commiſsaries diſmiſs them, having given them ſome time to conſider of it, and that every one particularly might come in and ſpeake for himſelfe; but they repeat againe their common anſwer, that in ſo religious a cauſe as this there needed no deliberation. Therefore the Commiſsioners in ſars name baniſh them, and command them to depart out of the City within eight dayes, under the paine of death. Theſe godly men did obey, and went into baniſhment, for whom the Baron at his owne charge tooke care, that they ſhould be carried into Hungary.

5. Going afterwards into Wienna the Baron complaines unto ſar of the injurie done unto him by the Cardinall in Moravia, and the Prince of Litchtenſteine in Bohemia, (for there he had a town with ſome villiges, and the Miniſters were there alſo caſt

out,