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N the ame year when Albert of Autria ent Auxiliaries to Prague to Sigimund his father in law, a party of his hore at Arnotowitz (a village neer Milizine) brought Wencelaus the Curate of that place, a Divine both dear to God and men, with his Officiary, three Country-men, and four boyes (the eldet of them not above eleven years of age) to their Collonel at Bytrick, where the quarters were, TheClergyThe Clergy [sic] men were apprehended for adminitring, the other for receiving the Sacrament under both kinds (that is to ay) of Bread and Wine. The Bihop commanded Wencelaus to abjure for the time to come the adminitration of the Sacrament under both kinds, which if he hould refue to do, he would expiate his rahnee by fire. To whom the Pator returned a reolute and gallant anwer. But the Gopell doth teach me otherwie, o alo your owne Mialls have it, you must approve what I teach or blot it out of the Bible. The tanders by being exaperated by this liberall reply, one of the Troopers trook Wencelaus on his face with his Gantlet, and o violently, that the blood did plentifully iue, from