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 afterwards named the agreement, and Commiioners were ent into Bohemia from the Councell and Cæar, who were to declare that the Bohemians were received into the boome of the Church, and were again to be eteemed as deer children. Heere a Parliament being called, Rokizane, Rhetorically enough, did expound himelf, how according to his deire he obtained thee things, in the fighting for which uch an excee of bloud was made, and the Kingdome was made o great a Ruine. He was now pleaed to tile the Pope and Cæar in ome other language then heretofore, when he called them the Whore ard the Beat.

6. It gave an occaion of great grief to many, epecially to the zealous Thaborites, to depart in this manner from the Dicipline of Hus, and to return into the profeion of the Church of Rome. They indeavoured what they could to retrain them, and at lat they had recoure unto armes again, in which the Thaborites were overthrown, and their defeat was o remarkable, that after this they defended themelves only by the Word of God and patience. This hapned in the year of our Lord, 1434.

7. In the year following at a publick convention, Rokizane was olemnly choen Arch-Bihop, but when the Emperour endeavoured to hinder from the olemn Rites of conecration (peradventure becaue he did ditrut a man to deceitfull) he being impa- tient