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 10. They invented new prions to torment more grievouly, and to ruine more peedily. For example ake, at Foleovie in Moravia, Dracovius a Jeuite, being preently reformer upon the reception of Ferdinand for their King, in the yeare 1617. there were holes made, and pikes put in them, wherein thoe that were hut, could neither lie, it, nor tand, by reaon of the narrownee of the place, but bending and crooked, they with their knees halfe bent, and their backs pret: they hung halfe to the ground. It was carce poible that any one hould indure this preure above two or three houres, their inues in the mean time quivering, their Members trembling, and their hearts ready to faint with trouble and feare. In the mean time ome came, who asking them whether they would volentarily imbrace the Catholique Religion; mot eeing to be fed with lies did grant it, the impler ort denyed it, and were brought back to torture, untill they alo did lie, in aying, they were made voluntary Catholiques.

11. The like imprionment happened to John Rederius, a freeborn Subject, and Treaurer of Pardubicium, (an imperial Town) who all the ret foraking faith, onely continued contant; but when he prepared himelf for banihment, he was