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 homira rejoycing at this laughter, although no atisfied, peakes to the bloody Prœtor at Prague to detroy chritians; he obeys and beets all paages and treets with Ruffins, and executes and layes all that he meetes withall, (untill the Chritians, who choe rather to dy valiantly in fighting then in lothfull idlenee) gathered themelves together, who incountring with the Prœtor, overcame him and put him to flight, and in puruit flew this wicked peron.

8. Drahomira was enraged at the loe of this Miniter of cruelty, and when he could not deftroy the Chritians.at Prague; he intended the ubverion of their Churches; there being but two left, in one of which the Sepulchre of her husband was, both which he commanded to be burnt.

Hilet Drahomira did thus rage againt the Chritians, Wencelaus, who hitherto excued himelf from undertaking the Government in repect of his age and tudies by the advice of his Grandmother Ludomilla and the Chritian nobility; took the Government into his own hands, and that he might etablih tranquillity by the conent of his nobles, he doth aign the city of Boleslavia with the adjacent grounds to bee inhabited by his brother Bolilaus and his Mother Drahomira. Rh