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 ''them to depart, otherwie they hould be brought to punihment. Alo by the ame edict they were commanded to end back thoe children which they had carried with them, upon the penalty of looing all the goods which any of them could require in his Countrey.''

9. Preently after another Act is publihed, whereby the Non-Catholick wives of the Catholicks were commanded to be punihed with banihment, unlee they did repent. But when none (for no example is extant) would not uffer themelves to be frighted, and ome of the prime and chiefe Officers of the Kingdome had Protetant wives, and could not endure divorces; leave was obtained for them to tay. And an edict came forth (the firt of May, in the year 1629.) whereby they were tolerated till the death of their husbands, and then hould be excluded from the inheritance, and ent into banihment; in the meane time they hould be abent from all nuptiall and fetivall olemnities, or ele hould take the lowet place after the Catholicks. This was to trike terrour into them.

10 But the Emperour had added exprely this claue to the firt Act (1627. the 31. of July) Let that any man hould think thee things to be done for money, or depriving any man of his goods, and not for the ole honour and glory of God, and the alvation of the oules of our Subjects; we declare