ſtraightwaies taking with them publicke officers to breake into thoſe houſes (without reſpect of perſons,) and having apprehended the perſons to arreſt them; whether Predicants, Readers or Singers. Hee hath alſo underſtood that Piccardy Songs and Rimes, compoſed under the name of Pſalmes are ſung up and down; not onely privadly, but even publickly in Villages and ſtreets. They are therefore diligendy to obſerve that it be amended, and that nothing but what is allowed by the Catholicke church, bee ſaid or ſung by any man. And as great circumſpection is to be uſed, that all Schoole-maſters not Catholick, be expelled out of the houſes in all Cities and if they ſhall be caught for the future, that they be hailed to priſon and puniſhment, &c.
5. Another Edict ſucceeded, Sept. 13. yet ſomwhat more moderare, whereby the Kings benevolence and all their priviledges were declared to be performed unto the people of Prague after payment of the Tax: with both of which notwithſtanding they rejoiced not long, for (that I ſpeake not of continuall vexations for Religion ſake) there iſſued forth in the year following, from the Officers of the Kingdom, unto the Counſells at Prague this ſame Decree. [The ſupreame Officers and Judges of the Kingdome, in the name and place of his Sacred Majeſty, doe command by their Commiſſioners choſen for this purpoſe, the Conſul and Senate of Prague
