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The Bohemian Perſecution.
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3. Comming upon the ſcaffold, he turned himſelf to the Imperiall Judges, and ſaid: Tell ſar that we now undergo his juſt judgement, but that hee ſhall undergo the more grievous but yet juſt judgement of God. And while he put off his cloathes, hee gave his purſe with an Hungarian Ducket to the Miniſter of the word: Behold here my laſt riches, and theſe which are uniprofitable for mee, I reſigne to you.

4. And when he ſaw a piece of gold coine hang about his necke, wherein was engraven the Coronation of Frederick, hee takes it, and delivers it to one of the ſtanders by: I adjure thee, that whenſoever my deare King Fredericke ſhall recover the Throne of his Kingdome, you deliver this to him, and likewiſe tell him that for his ſake I wore this even to the moment of my death, and that now I lay downe my life willingly for God and my King. Having thus ſpoken, nee kneeled downe, and being ſtruck with the ſword in the midſt of his ſighs, he gave up his ſoul to God.

Chap. LXVI.

Frederick de Bile Lord of Rzchlovice.

I. A Man of ancient credit, and honeſty, and learned and Counſellor to the then King of

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