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His appendix of the former chapter (hewing how the perecutors dealt with the common people) will be a Hitory famous to poterity. In the year 1629. the fifth day of May, two and twenty country men were brought captives from the village of Zlonice into the City of Slana inging with a pleaant voyce, and triumphant hymnes about the reurrection of Chrit; it was brought in as a matter of charge againt them, that having before turned Catholicks, they returned to Hereie, and minitred to themelves holy things. Being ent into everal prions, they were forthwith brought to examination: the Chieftain of thee was aid to be one George Balthaar, an inhabitant in the village of Tmanus, who had no learning, and yet was a preacher among them: his Mater therefore Bohuchwal Walkaun having a little before turned Apotate (leat that he hould draw upon himelf Cæars anger, or evill urmizes, accueth him in a letter written to the Senate of Slana, and therein requires that jutice hould be done upon uch a Rebellious fellow. The Senate having ummoned this man to appear, caueth this writing to be read by the Solicitor, and asked what he would give in by way