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 what was the effect of this? After five moneths pace the forenamed Marazek is choen the Senator, that o by this meanes they might have their Spyes in all places. But he whilet the States were in armes to oppoe the enemy of the Protetant Religion, namely the Kings Vice-roy, was forced whether he would or no to be quiet; till at length by the Emperours victory he incouraged himelf and was made Judge for the Emperour at Litomeric, who proceeded to trouble and diturb the town as much as he could but they indured all things patiently in repect of other Cities; for they never went to the popih Church although they were deprived of their own Miniters, neither did any of them uffer himelf to be inticed into apotacy, although two ubtil deceivers Valerius Magnus and Francicus Rozdazovius, did trongly indeavour it, often times dicouring with certaine of the chief Citizens.

2. When they ee they could profit nothing this way they ued force in the yeare 1625. upon Eater Eve, they wrote downe the names of all the Citizens in certaine papers, and by their officers they delivered every one his paper with a command that they hould come to Church upon the morrow, and henceforward upon all holy days in the yeare to hear there, Sermon and Mae; and for a mark of their comming, as they went out of the church, they hould hew unto the Sexton every one his paper; Rh