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The Bohemian Perſecution.
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11. Doctor Daniel Knapper, a publick profeſſor of injuries againſt the Goſpellers (under pretence of juſtice and right) was ſlain by the ſuborning of his wife, an Adultereſſe, who afterwards was hanged and periſhed. Thomas Hrich, was created Conſul at Rokyſan, for his example of Apoſtacy given to others: but within one year after (upon Michael-mas-day) as the other Dragon, the hater and accuſer of the Brethren, being caſt down from off the Throne of pride, he vomited up his ungodly ſoul with bloud.

12. Adam Primate of Suſſick, promoted the buſineſſe of univerſal Apoſtacy with ſuch fury in his Country, that (without all reſpect unto Conſanguinity) he gave out with great boaſting, That if his Father ſhould riſe again, he would not ſpare him: this wretch (by the juſt judgement of God) fell mad, and flying up unto the higheſt rafters of his houſe, from thence he caſt himſelf down, and roaring fearfully, he toſsed himſelf very reſtleſly. When his Stepmother running to him, put him in mind of his ſin, ſaying, O my Adam remember what thou haſt done: give glory to God, ſpeake, pray. He onely drawing his mouth aſide, and putting out his tongue, in an aſtoniſhing manner, breathed out his laſt.

13. Florianus Libochovius, the Governour of the Horazdovian Dominion, a perverſe Apoſtate, a betrayer of the Citizens, ſhot himſelf to death with a piſtol bullet. Hodina, a Citizen of Czaſlavia, but a

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