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 produced a new Decree of Cæars, in the yeare 1625 in July, wherein a punihment was to be inflicted on uch as did conceale the Miniters, and a reward to uch as would betray them. Thee things were arbitrary, and not fully determined, yet it pleaed ome to put this in practie, and to make it a capitall fault, and proportioned to the Traytors fifty pieces of ilver, and for the betraying of a Miniter, they would increae it to uch a umme, as Judas could not reach unto, for the betraying of his Mater.

Ome of the Miniters were taken, and thrut into prion, with whom this was the common way of proceeding, they were olicited by the Jeuites and Monkes perwaions to Apotacy, or with their Sophitry in arguing and diputing, or promies, or threatnings, or affrightments, But the uccee proved not alike in all, for fome either for feare of death, or perpetrall imprionment, or ele not being able to endure hunger, and the noyome tench of the prions, before hand fainted, and renounced the Minitery, of which ort there were ome: others bore