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 4. One Bartholomew Lang a SerivenorScrivenor [sic] was one of the toutet, who proteted he had rather die by the word than deny the faith; he was thrut with certaine others into a tinking place deigned for the racking of malefactors, and there he was held for 17. weeks: his owne houe, and the houes of the ret, in the mean time, being poeed by the barbarous Souldiers. But one of this Society, Georg Smidarskey, having contracted a dieae from the tincke and filth of this prion, dyed in the aid prion very religiouly: but they could carce procure o much favour from thoe wicked ones, that hee might be buryed.

5. When at this time, and by this meanes; they could hake none of their contancy, they let them goe, prefixing a further time to deliberate upon the buinee: epecially, ince the ame yeare 1626, Behlem Gabor, waging warre with the Emperour, Count Manfeilds and Warriors entering Syleia at the ame time with the King of Denmarks Army, trooke a terror into thee Tyrants; for in Augut there are ent Proclamations to the Towns that it is not his Imperiall Majeties will that any man hould be forced to the faith by violent meanes, but that upon uppoition they could not agree with his Majety, it might be lawfull for them to depart &c. and this Proclamation gave thee people of Bolilavia a little repite. 6. But