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N the mean time the Miniters (as is poken of in this place) were banihed and thrut out of the Kingdome, and a great charge publihed, that none hould receive any of them upon any pretence whatoever. Which when they who had in no kind broken their allegiance to Cæar, or whom Cæar had already pardoned, boated not to belong to them, they were charged by reitterated commands to dimie them. Neither were the mot part diobedient to thoe commands.

2. Charles de Zerotine alone (as we formerly mentioned) dared to oppoe himelf againt this cruelty, and did not onely withtand Cardinall of Ditrichtein (Governour of Moravia) and his Commiioners, but when he found no help here (went to Vienna, complaining to the Emperour of the wrongs of the Cardinall, that he extended that punishment to him who was innocent, which was inflicted on perjured perons (as they pleaed to call them) and deired that right might be done to him. But he received this anwer of the Emperours Coun- ellours