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 them as a Piccardy fiction; o alo the Prince eemed to interpret them. For he miling, aid, ''that his Lord the King had received letters from Madrid, Contantinople, Rome, &c. but he from Heaven''. But hee found how meet it was to jet with holy things: in a hort time after hee died mierably of that kind of death which Chritina had foreeen and foretold, though indeed he promoted the oppreion of the Confeors of the truth, his concience regretting as is well-known only to gratifie and pleae thoe about him,

20. The Lord many times mote Ferdinand himelfe with divere plagues, for perverely hardening himelf againt Gods people. For firt of all he tirred up enemies ucceffively againt him, which grievouly tyred him with Warres. Yet his Baal-Priets, interpreted this, as deired occaions of continuing the victory and trampling the heretickes on every ide: notwithtanding, they often perceived into what treights they were brought not without hazard of their overthrow: yer becaue all this did but contribute to harden them, the more they returned againe to their wonted coure.

21. For hortly after the execution at Prague the Emperors Army was routed by Bethlemius in Hungary: where Bukwoy himelfe, a rare General, was laine. Not long after the confication, where the Goods of very many Gopellers were et to ale, in the