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taining of Pardon, as they called it;but indeed, that they might undoe him:) a hundred, two hundred, a thouſand, two, three, four, ſix, &c. thouſand florences, were ſtraightwayes or at certain dayes to be paid.

3. Afterwards all Non-Catholiques were (April 15.) forbid to be enrolled in the City-Catalogue: As for thoſe which were inſcribed ſince the yeare 1618. all trading and negotiation was prohibited them. By which Thunderbolt ſome were brought to faint heartedneſſe, and others to poverty.'

4. Shortly after (to wit, May 29.) Letters were hung upon the doores of the CommonHalls in all Cities, the tenour whereof was thus:

The moſt illuſtrious Prince, Lord Charles of Lichtenſtein, &c. hath underſtood by credible perſons, that certain of the late exiled Preachers, do not onely lurk privily in the Cities belonging to the people of Prague, but alſo exerciſe divine ſervice about the Houſes, Gardens and Vineyards, and thereby do draw away the People from their lawful obedience unto the Magiſtrate. which thing, ſince it can be no way agreeable to his illuſtrious Highneſſe for the dangerous example of Rebellion lately raiſed; he therefore ſtrictly chargeth the Judges of his ſacred Majeſty, that they be moſt diligently watchfull, and whenſoever they find any Conventicles,

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