expedition of the States at Vienna, and had ſhot bullets againſt the Emperors window: of whom one had loſt the uſe of his eies ten yeares before, the other being ſick of the Palſie, could not move himſelf in his bed: by this it appeared that not ſo much the faults of the Proteſtants as their goods: And that appeared, that they made not ſo exact an inquiry unto men of a meaner eſtate: Yea (tell a truth) thoſe merry Judges turned their wickedneſſe to a jeſt, and had it not ſeldome in their mouths, when any one had purged himſelfe of a fault in no wiſe committed by him, that although he had not actuall ſinnes, yet he was infected with Originall ſinne, hereſie, and wealth, and therefore could not bee exempt from puniſhment. This was heard often from the mouth of Cardinal Ditrichſtein. That was ſome comfort to the Godly, that they ſuffered not as evil doers but as Chriſtians.
5. Then were but eight dayes given to thoſe that were warned to appear; when otherwiſe in the buſineſſe of mony a longer term was uſually granted. Thoſe that did appear, had the Articles of the crimes read to them, not onely according to the confeſſion publiſhed, but whatſoever might be flanderouſly framed againſt any man. Neither was time given or permitted to anſwer: but if any one would offer, or had offered to purge himſelf, he was commanded to hear his definitive ſentence in that place. The form
