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 bouring places, they found themelves beet with uch as would betray them, and o were either treightway ummoned and commanded to return, or brought back by the Souldiers, or by uch like forceible meanes: certaine edicts alo were publihed in ome Villages, forbidding any to entertaine or covertly to keep in his houe any of them that fled, and whooever hould, was to pay an hundred pieces of ilver. Afterwards in the yeare 1628. upon the third day of March, there was Proclamation made, that thoe that hould act contrary to the former command, hould for each nights entertainment pay an hundred pieces of ilver. What then hould thee mierable people do? it was hard for them to go out of the Kingdom; not being acquainted with any other language; nay, being ignorant both of the places and the waies; and thee Goliahs the troublers of thoe Iraelites reported, that the ame Tragedie was acted, or ere long hould be acted every where.

19. Hereupon ome not knowing what coure to take, applyed themelves to deperate remedies: viz. raiing tumults and editions, and taking up armes not onely againt the cruell Souldiery, and thoe impotors the Jeuites; but alo againt the lawfull Magitrate: the event of whoe undertakings was omewhat various, the Inha-