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 hand, I will give tetimony of your fidelity, and if hee hall conent which I know he will, it hall be your care that an army be raied, and then to return to me, being amazed at thee things, Cæar gave them three dayes to conider of it. What needs many words, they return, undertake his commands, and execute them but with ill uccee. For although in the year 1611 the army of the Paavians had entred by force as far as Prague, yet Matthias following them with his army gave them a repule, and was made King of Bohemia, and Rodolphus with grief died.

4. I cannot pae this over with ilence, when the Baron Schmidius, returning from Paavia, was ent on an Embay to the chief of Bohemia and Moravia intimating the intention of Cæar all things happen contrary to their expectation, for they gave no credite to them, all of them interpreting, that they came with colourable pretences, and that ome crafty plot lay hid, or ele fearing a warre betweene thoe two Kings. Schmidius having declared this to the Emperour being very angry, he uddenly aroe from his eat, and hatned to the window, and opening it violently, looking toward the City, aid, Prague, ungratefull Prague, thou hat beene made glorious by mee, doet thou now reject me your benefactour, the vengeance of God follow thee, and may a cure light upon thee, Prague, and all Bohemia. I heard all