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 was coined by the Loyolites, as the firt inventers, a olemne Mandate of the Emperours camne forth, wherein he affirming hereie to be the ole caue of the o many mieries of the ometime flourihing Kingdome of Bohemia, whereby the minds of the inhabitants were as well divided among themelves as from their Magitrates, and divere judgements of God drawn upon them, declares his will thus: We therefore, our concience urging us, neither can nor will any longer tollerate any one of the inferiour, much lee uperiour States among all the ubjects of our hereditary Kingdome of Bohemia of either ex, who is infected with hereticall Errors. And therefore we do grant unto the ame uperiour States the term of one ix moneths to learn the holy and only aving Roman catholick faith. And that there may not want ome from whom they may ufficiently draw aving intructions, and informations, we do upon our religious counell, appoint certaine Commiioners of Reformation as well Civill as Eccleiaticall men. It was our pleaure therefore by this publick act to aure all men of our Fatherly care, for the alvation of this Kingdome, as likewie to warn, that all and every peron, making account both of his temporary and eternall alvation, would not fail to yield themelves obedient to our will, and to be diligently intructed by the afore-named Commiioners of Reformation, and unlee any man hall obey our will, and