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 was kept in prion, becaue there was no body found who might take the charge of his accounts a delay being alwayes made for ome fained reaon or other, the good man perceiving himelf abued, and fearing ome devilih nares, laid in a certain place with letters of Protetations, and thoe bookes of account, and in the year 1625. betook himelf into a neighbouring Town called Brundus, upon Orlien, a Town of Charles Lord of Zeratin, where hitherto Religion had been profeed; but being by craft removed from thence, was cat into prion, and not uffered to depart, before he changes Religion, although he did patiently indure his imprionment for three whole yeares, and often deired to be banihed, yet his adverfaries more and more by degrees endeavoured to hake his contancy; at length they devied a prion upon the water, very narrow, and not above a Cubit and a halfe in length, that o when he lay down, he could by no meanes lay himelf at length, and they had provided o, that if he hould turn himelf unawares, he mut then fall into the water underneath, and be dipt: now it was winter-time, and he himelf was ick of the Gout, and no body was admitted to come to him, except ome intruments of the Devill, who hould tempt him to turne, he being Rh