commanded that they ſhould go and ſit before Princes, Counts, and Barons: which thing was never till that day heard of in Bohemia.
15. He alſo abrogated the ancient Statutes of the Kingdom, and eſtabliſhed new ones (which were printed) declaring that he did confirme all the priviledges of the Kingdom, except thoſe; Concerning Religion: Of the free election of a King: Of the uſe of the Bohemian language in publick Courts: (that he might by little & little extinguiſh the language with the Nation) Of the goods of perſons that can make no wils, falling to the Commonwealth; Of not alienating the lands from the male-ſtock by marriage. That by the marriages of Bohemian maides, with forraigners, or new perſons, the ancient families might be thruſt from their poſſeſſions, or elſe more eaſily rooted out, which was manifeſt by the effect, when ſome were thruſt out by others from fine inheritances, whether they would or not; As if it had been on purpoſe deſired to oppreſſe every where the Kingdoms priviledges, and to appoint a Government not over men, but over beaſts.
