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 2. The Monkes being by the helpe of an Army, alwayes lying about the City, ettled in the place of that Orthodox Pator, Iohn Regius, who was banihed; did everall wayes trouble this City not onely according to their manner in their Sermons rayling againt hereie and Hereticks, but alo beating their heads, and other parts of their bodies with canes, pulling off their hats, and giving them to the ouldiers, who would not be preent at the carrying about of the Hot, and kneel and uncover their heads. In the year 1625. they carried things in a more evere manner upon the day of the body, they bear about there breaden diety, accompanied with no mall number of the common people; the Conul Bohulaus Strialus being abent he was fined fifty royalls, the ouldiers pent three whole dayes in junketting and uing the creatures not onely to aciety, but alo horribly abuing them in like manner, other Senators and whooever were abent were by them fin’d.

3. The ame year, the twelfth day of Augut, Don Martin de Hewerda, caued two Mandates to bee proclaimed both in the church and Court, the former concerned the bringing in of Bibles and other Evangelicall bookes into the Court, and that upon pain of payment of a hundred Bohemian Florences, or five weekes imprionment, in the other was required a contant attendance upon Church and Mae, upon the pain of payment of five Florences and three pound