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 ilvania, where they found fit eates for them, and avoided thoe evills, which were to be uffered by us who were left.

2. Thee being gone they then conulted about the election of the Piccards as they called them and Calvinits: but this ucceeded not according to their minds. Firt, becaue they had many noblemen to take their parts, who had not given Cæar any caue to upect their fidelity. Neither could any colour bee found, why all hould bee involved in the ame punihment, neither could their banihment be effected o eaily as the Anabaptits was, who were detitute of all humane help. Then they could not well put a difference betweene the Lutheranes and Calvinits, as they did between the Anabaptits and Protetants, and latly it was not now a time to provoke the Princes of the reformed Religion. At length it was agreed that they hould be looked upon alike, and proecuted promicuouly, as opportunities of oppreing them hould be offered.

3. By the event it appeared that it was their generall end in thee actions to drive the opreed Protetants to Apotacy, and to cat out the remainder of the faithfull more eaily. Which eemed to bee the pollicy of that ecret counell at Rome, which we pake of before (in the 2 ection) and for this Paul Michna a crafty and Pragmaticall man laboured very dilligently. Hee was borne of Rh