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 man of great uncontancy, induced with hope either of reward or dignity, did hew himelf o eager in laying Zica (cotinuallycontinually [sic] raging with his virulent and malicious tongue, againt the deceaed Noble-man) that within a few dayes after, he breathed his lat; either being broken with the edulous attempt, or ele perihing by a peculiar vengeance.

13. A certain novice Church-warden, very wicked and audacious in defacing the Churches of Litomerzicium, digged out the bottome of a tone Chalice, above Lawrence-houe-gate, hortly after hee fell into a harp dieae. For accuing himelf of wickednee, he tore his cloathes from off his body, pulled off his hair, not uffering his wife or any come near him, although for horrour and tink none could come to him. At length after that he had belched up an incredible torrent of bloud, through his wicked throat, he was choaked by his own bloud, being an utter enemy to the bloud of Chrit. When this was known to the whole City, there was no man (no not the Maon) though of the Popes faction, (being terrified with this freh example) which would o much as touch the marble Chalice, all guilded over found in the entrance of the other Church of Al-ouls, (laid up in the wall of the larger Tower) in the year 1485. and afterwards trimmed up, which alo was adorned with this incription, ''Veritas vincit. Truth at last triumphs''. They therefore brought in a Male- factor,