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 tween Religion & a Rock. The year followingafollowing a [sic] Proclamation was publihed, wherein a general pardon of all crimes was offered to all the inhabitants of the Kingdome, The umme was this: That all thoe that were guilty of the abhominable and horrid Rebellion and conequently of Treaon, and all thoe that had already been punihed and lost their priviledges, honour, life and Goods: But Cæar ''out of the mall clemency of the houe of Austria, did grant them their lives and honours, and would onely have their Goods conficate and brought into the Kings Exchequer, and leat any hould have occaion to complain that his Imperiall Majesty winked at the keeping of their Goods, who had not grievouly offended: It was ordered that every one of them hould reign ome part as a ubidue to his Imperial Majesty to pay the debts which were contracted by this neceary War. That every one hould be commanded to appear at Prague within the pace of ixe weeks before the Viceroy (Lichtentein) and exhibite a confeion of his fault (wherein he had offended his Imperiall Majety) and hould detest the crime, and whooever did not appear hould be excluded from all favour, if any man concealed any thing of which he might be convinced, he hould looe the whole caue, but if he did freely confee, he hould hear the entence.'' Thee letters were given at Onepont, 3. Feb. in the year 1622.

2. There was a form of confeion precribed by which