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 which deny, are thrut into prions: all the corners Sellers, and Roomes of the court are filled with arreted perons. Preently, the Souldiers (being licentious enough) are cattered to every ones houe and rage after a mot inolent manner, the fearefull Women and children and Families, runne to their arreted husband and fathers, and weary them with teares and cryes: mot of their courage began to faile, and one after another doe give their hands to the enemy, and deire that ome time might bee granted them to learn the Romih Religion. So one way and one fear drove thee mierable wretches into the Nets of Antichrit which had been o long avoided becaue they did not remember that they mut reit to the hedding of their bloud, and not only to imprionment.

5. Eight and twenty onely, are found of o great a number of citizens, who would redeeme the treaures of their consciences with the loe of their earthly wealth. And going out with their families to banihment (to wit) Simon Daniel, of Semianina, Iohn Iobolecius, Iohn Zak, Iohn Nigrinus, Paul Iacobius &c. mot of them learned men, Amongt whom was Aconius, who not without trouble tooke care to be put in a coach and carried to Lethua in Poland, whom a cettaincertain [sic] Doctor of Divinity of Seleia, being his friend when hee dwelt in the University,