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 to be laughtred without ditinction of ex or age, that there might not be any remainders of to rebellious and Hereticall a Nation. To whom Cæar anwered, that hope of favour was given them by the Duke of Bavaria, but there would not afterwards want meanes whereby to quell the Hæreie and rebelions deires of o barbarous a nation. What thoe meanes were is manifet, by the event and practice: which hall now be declared but compendiouly and briefly.

4. For if all the cunning Impoters and deceits, or the cruell presures and vexations which they ued hould be reckoned up: it would require a harper wit than the Dove-like implicity of our nation is capable of, and vater volumnes hould be then written, than our preent purpoe permitts. That which the Evangelit pake, If the workes of Christ hould every one be written, the world would not contain thoe bookes, may be alo aid of Antichrit, that his evill actions have beene managed with o much craft and malice, that the world can hardly containe them. This we protet in the ight of God, that we have had good proofe for thoe things which we have gathered and hal now relate cleerly though every thing is not demontrated by particular inftances, partly becaue of my deigned brevity, and partly becaue all examples cannot be gathered while the perecution remains. We