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 ued their bet endeavour to bring Hereie into digrace, and highly to magnifie and et abroach the Roman Caue. The chief and mot eminent men both for honour and etates are invited to Apotacy, the meaner and inferior ort either are fooled, by their examples, or compelled by threatnings. At length the Thunderbolt of Procription is cat with great violence againt the former Orders; and the chiefe Commiaries of the Reformation, are nominated and appointed, namely the Arch-Bihop of Prague Cardinall de Harach, the Abbot of Strohavia, Parilaw, Borzita Count of Matromitz, mot commonly called Smeczanski, Frederick de Fallenbergh and Chritopher Wrotilaus. This Bark of the Univeral Apotacy in this Kingdome was committed to thee Pilots, but through the perwaion of Smeczanius they refued to undertake the Government thereof, except they may have abolute power of determining any thing againt any man, without the compulion of any man, or the contradiction or alteration of their entence, even by Cæar himelf o that now in tead of the Counell of Inquiition in Spain, a High Court of Reformers is et up, from which if they did depart, being required to have a tetimony, they were many wayes troubled by the Jeuites, with divers cenures, ollicitings, protetations, and temptations. If any one refued, they demanded of him whether at the leat he would learne, if hee conented, they et him a time, or gave him leave