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 2. When the day before his execution his on (Iohn Wodniansky a married man and a Citizen of Prague) bidding him farewell, wept and aid, My father, if hope of life hould be offered you upon conditiooncondition [sic] of Apotacy, I pray you be mindfull of keeping your faith to Chrit, He anwersdanswered [sic], ''It is very acceptable to me my onne, to be exhorted to contancy by you: but what hath come into your mind that you hould upect uch a thing of me? I rather advie and exhort you, that you would follow your fathers teps, and exhort your brethren, iters and children to that contancy, whereof I leave them an example.''

3. He was condemned to be hang’d: but he knew not that a peculiar gibebt was et up for him in the midle of the Market-place. When he was comanded to go from the Stage, he turning himelf to Kutnaur & Suickg hanging out of the window, he aid, O my dear fellow-Souldiers, how do I grieve that I am eparated from you, and carried to a place more abominable! But when the Miniter of the word aid, The greater the digrace is for Chrit, the greater hould be the glory with Chrit; he tooke courage and patiently under-went the digrace of the Gallowes.