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 driving away and udden detroying all Chritians excited her to deal with Ballioius, a mot cruel Citizen, whom she had et over the City of Prague, under title of Pretor, to him he doth reveal her mot execrable deire, and doth earnetly entreat him by fraud or force to effect this, promiing him a rich reward for his labour done. He entertains the cured motion,and aims ix hundred conpirators at his own houe, with them he hatens to thoe that were deigned for laughter; but the plot being dicovered to the Chritians, above four hundred mer to defend their own lives, the iue of the fight was victory on the Chritians ide the treets being poluted with the blood of about eight hundred that were lain.

6. Drahomira did much reent the evill uccee of her councell, and therefore fained that tumults dipleaed her, she commanded that the armes should bee laid downe on both ides, and be laid in the city Magazine, everely prohibiting any peron to walk with dart or word.

7, The Chritians although they upected her treachery, yet leat they hould eem to diobey the commands of the Magitrate, brought their armes to that place to which the eneimie eemed to carry theirs. Drahomira commands in the ilentet part of the night to let upon them being thus diarmed, leat in the day as lately, there hould be tumults made; there were killed in one night by alured Ruffins more then three hundred half aleep and half naked, Dra- homira