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 in the year 1617. how they hould deale with the Bohemians and other Germanes after the Conquet; it was agreed ''That eeing thoe trong purges, which had bin administred for the expelling hereticall humors had wrought weakely, they would try whether they could be cured by a temperate diet. And therefore it was not commodious to put the Hereticikes to death (wherein they did glory as in Martyrdome) but to ue ome other meanes whereby to weary them and reduce them to their obedience. And to change the hatefull and rigid name of Inquiition, into the milder name of Reformation.''

3. And according to this decree they proceeded aganitagainst [sic] the Moravians, Bohemians and Sileians, to that all that profeed the pure doctrine of the Gopell were oppreed, and had onely the favour of not being utterly extinguihed, few among them obtaining the glory of Martyrdome. Don Martine de Huerda (by Nation a Spaniard, by trade a Taylor, but being brought up from his youth in Bohemia, had enobled himelfe by the tealing away the Countee of Serivia of the houe of Kolowrat, and afterwards for hshis [sic] valour advanced to a Barons degree, end enriched with a great etate) was often heard to boat to the Protetants faces, that when he brought the newes of the victory to Vienna, tanding at Cæars ide, he advied him to command them Rh