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 and cleave rather to the word of God than mans inventions, and at lat pray for their enemies, and commend their oules to God. Then being taken into the boats, and brought into the middle of the river, they are cat in with their hands and feet bound together, and are drowned. Some Officers tood upon the banks with iron forks and poles, watching that none of them might be cat on the banks and aved, and tabbing thoe that were rouled to the bank, although they were half dead.

4. The Conuls daughter, eeing her husband, leapt into the river, and claping him about the middle, endeavoured to ave him from drowning. But hee being not able to wade, by reaon of the depth, nor hee to unloe himelfe, and having wallowed down much water he ank, and was drowned together with her husband. The next day they were taken up embracing one another, and buried both in one grave. This was done 30. day of May in the year 1421.

5. This Hitory was hortly after engraven, in Golden letters, on the Church of All Saints, at Litomericia for an eternall memoriall, and was alo to be een in a table before St. Michaels gate: and now lately (in the year 1623. 8 of July) was raz’d out by the command of George Michna, a Commiioner for Reformation. Rh