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 of Bavaria, and taking by torme Pracatice and Piek, (Protetant townes) put the Citizens to the word for a terror to others, and every where make great laughters of the Protetants. At length they came as farre as Prague the Metropolis of the Kingdome, which being truck with a Pannicke feare, after the overthrow of their forces in a et battell before the Walls (in 1620, the 8 of November) and the flight of their new King, is delivered unto them, and all Bohemia, Moravia and Sileia. The Conquerour promiing to keep articles, but afterwards performing them according to the manner of the Councell at Contance.

2. And now began the face of the Bohemian Church to appeare in adnee, at the raying that mot cruell perecution, which hath brought an utter ruine and detruction of the Protetants. They now carried on their deignes otherwie than they formerly did in England, the Low-Countries and France: doing more michiefe by their milde (as they would have it eem) proceedings, than lately by their outragious furie, when the word, and fire, and wheele, were the intruments of their rage againt the faithfull. Which was a new policy of the Whoreof Babylon, to appear couretous that he might care fear from her by her cruellty. For that their Privie Councel is open and manifet, wherein, when it was debated at Rome, about the time of the preparation for the war, in