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 exceeding couragious, and although formerly he was given to excee, (as the cutome is with uch natures) yet in his banihment hee gave himelf wholly to reading the Scripture, and meditation, and amending his life, o that nothing but piety and modety and zeale for the glory of God, and his owne alvation, could bee oberved in him. But becaue no man was admitted to him all the time of his imprionment (except a foolih boy that was left to erve him) and a noie of drummes and Trumpets was made at his execution, his peeches could not be noted by any one: But his pereverance in the faith worthy of a Martyr, and the firmnee of his hope did ufficiently appeare in his farewell letters to his wife, and his getures of his comming forth and at his execution.

He eventh day after the execution at Prague (being 28 of Iune) the confication of the Goods of thoe that were executed, and thoe that were banihed was ordered, the ret of the States being brought into extreame danger, wavering be- Rh