licks, do tax all their goods, moveable and immoveable, and accordingly deduct a part thereof for the payment of the publicke Faith, and to lend the other part with the reſidue of the fines. As for the reſt of the Inhabitants of the Cities of Prague, wee will that they be ſeriouſly admoniſhed, that they by theſe example may at length learne wiſdome and prevent the like puniſhment; as knowing that the good will and pleaſure of his moſt Sacred Majeſty will bee thereby ſatisfied. Dated ar Prague by the Commiſſioners for Reformation July 12. 1627.
9. The Exiles in a ſmall Petition complaining of the too ſhort time allotted them for to diſpoſe of their Goods, earneſtly requeſted the terme might bee lengthened: But it was anſwered them by another decree (23. of July) that this their requeſt was a meer couſenage, that nothing indeed might be granted. Nevertheleſs, leſt there ſhould remaine any cauſe of complaint, the terme appointed ſhould bee prolonged 14 dayes; yet with this condition, that in the interim, they promiſe ſeriouſly to ſtudy and bee taught the Catholick Religion, or if they ſhall not have perfectly learned it within the ſpace of 14 dayes limited, that they prepare themſelves for priſon. They being affrighted with this edict, and ſeeing all hopes of mercy gone, made haſt to depart, leaving their Wives to order their buſineſſes. Howbeit, againſt them alſo they ſhot their darts, for a new E-
