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 had John Elius of Stubnecimus, and others in other places and this was the true caue why in all thee daily perecutions of Ferdinand, Bohemia as alo all Germany did not produce more Martyrs, there were not wanting who would have died in maintenance of the Chritian faith; but there were none who would inflict death upon bare account, for it was determined by thee cruel Tyrants, brought up in the Devills Schoole, not to kill the body but the oule, and therefore they had rather by lingring and continued punihments, render men untable and wavering in the truth, then by their patiently maintaining the faith, make them victorious, they onely put them to death, upon whom they had any colour of a civil crime, as is manifet in thee Martyrs of Prague. Andreas Chebdovius, a weet and hopefull young man, was thus dealt with, whom they apprehended at Dorbuta, as he was in his journey from Podebradium his native Countrey, going to the Court of Inowen, into his ervice he had ingaged himelf at Faradiium, they fatened him to a harpe take, becaue he was a Meenger, to carry about everall treaonable deignes, when neverthelee they found nothing about him, but a few Letters written from friends to friends, nor by any tortures could they force him to confee any thing, and this was done in the year 1622. 14. They