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 lixtines as Papits, might have the more liberty to vexe the Gopellers with malice, calumnies, and injuries, and untill the yeare 1555 by the Kings command, the Miniters that had received orders in Germany, and thoe that were married in Cities and Townes were removed, one after another, and banihed the Kingdome, to the number (as ome have affirmed) of neer upon 200. Thee men being dipered through Minia and the Palatine Philip Malancthon greatly comforted with his letters.

For the King had promied that ome of the chief of the Gopellers, upon any pretence whatoever hould bee procribed, and hurried to prion, among whom was lohn rostiborski, Baron of Schanow, an eminent man, not o much for his wealth, as his learning and good experience. Hee, for a upition of a certaine plot againt Ferdinand, and for that he had conulted with the Saxons after an itterated verball diligent examination being laid on the rack, with an heroicall indignation, cut out his tongue and cat it away, being demanded why hee did o, what hee could not with his tongue in thoe tortures, very humbly with a quill et it downe on the wall) for that end (aid hee) I did it, becaue I would not bee brought to it, by any tortures to ay any thing that is fale againt himelfe, or others. And here by a written parchment upbraiding the Tyrannicall proceedings againt them, and other in- Rh