exceeding couragious, and although formerly he was given to exceſſe, (as the cuſtome is with ſuch natures) yet in his baniſhment hee gave himſelf wholly to reading the Scripture, and meditation, and amending his life, ſo that nothing but piety and modeſty and zeale for the glory of God, and his owne ſalvation, could bee obſerved in him. But becauſe no man was admitted to him all the time of his impriſonment (except a fooliſh boy that was left to ſerve him) and a noiſe of drummes and Trumpets was made at his execution, his ſpeeches could not be noted by any one: But his perſeverance in the faith worthy of a Martyr, and the firmneſſe of his hope did ſufficiently appeare in his farewell letters to his wife, and his geſtures of his comming forth and at his execution.
Chap. LXXXVII.
I. THe ſeventh day after the execution at Prague (being 28 of Iune) the confiſcation of the Goods of thoſe that were executed, and thoſe that were baniſhed was ordered, the reſt of the States being brought into extreame danger, wavering be-
