they grant his Petition, and give leave, and permit him with ſafe conduct to come hither freely and quietly, and ſafely to diſpatch his buſineſſe, being moleſted by no man upon the account of Religion, within the ſpace of ſix weeks. But with this expreſſe condition that preſently upon his entrance into the Kingdom, he appear before the moſt illuſtrious Lords Commiſſioners, and recite what buſineſſe he hath to do, and within that time admit of inſtruction by ſpirituall men, pious and learned, that ſo being made a member of the Catholick Church by an humble confeſſion of ſins, and receiving the Sacrament in one kind, he might alſo be received at the end of the terme, as a member of the Kingdome. There could be no longer time of ſtay granted to any that did otherwiſe. For this was the unchangeable will of his Imperiall Majeſty. Theſe were given from the Commiſſion of reformation at Prague, N. N. N &c. With which kindneſſe (forſooth) moſt being affrighted, had no deſire to return into their Countrey, and give up themſelves to ſuch dangerous ſnares, but commended their and the Churches cauſe with ſighes to God.
14. The Emperour in the mean time, that he might preſerve his Kingdome in a flouriſhing condition, or elſe increaſe his glory, fill’d the empty places of thoſe that departed with ſpirituall perſons: to whom (being advanced to the dignity of State) he aſſign’d the firſt place, and
