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to be tyed to the beame, that was faſten’d to the Court-window, he cryed with a loud voice, as if it were a certain roaring, I have plotted no Treaſon, I have committed no murther, I have done no deed worthy of death; but I die becauſe I have been faithfull to the Goſpell and my Country. O God pardon my enemies, for they know not what they do, but thou Chriſt Jeſus have pitty on me, for I commit my ſoul unto thee. Being thrown off the Ladder gave up the Ghoſt.

Chap. 79.

Simeon Suſſickey.

HE was Kutnaurs Father in law, being otherwiſe not much elder; when he ſaw thorough his window the Jeſuites coming, turning to his cõpanions, he ſaid, the Birds of prey are flying hither, but they ſhall not feed on theſe carkaſes, but they ſhall fly away hungry; For God hath promiſed a faithfull care of his own as the apples of his eyes, and therefore he will not ſuffer them to be ſeduced.

2. The laſt night he had a great conflict with the fleſh, becauſe the Scripture pronounced every one that hung upon the Croſſe accurſed; but when that the Miniſter Werbenius told him, that

that