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 any otherwie delicate, and they uggeted to them how much it grieved his Imperiall Majety, that thoe ancient families which formerly were the ornaments and props of their Countrey, hould run themelves into the danger of banihment through meer unadviednee, that it would be better for them to remain and flourih under the favour both of God and Cæar. By thee and the like Stratagems of Satan, there was a great ruine of the Protetant Nobility, all of them, who thought their earthly Countrey better then the heavenly; or whoe conciences were tupified by their ubtilties, liding into apotaie or hypocriie.

7. Notwithtanding about a hundred families of both Sexes that loved heavenly things above earthly, (and who did reverence that command of the heavenly Emperour, Come out of Babylon my people.) leaving their inheritances, and all their poeions went away. Some were dipered through the neighbouring Provinces. Votland, Minia, Luatia, Sileia, Poland, Hungary; ome who were more eaily able to endure the troubles of banihment, went as farre as Pruia, Ruia, and Tranylvania. Among thee was the goodly old man Charles de Zerotine: who only could obtain leave to tay in his Countrey all the dayes of his life, if he would deprive himelfe of the holy worhip