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 cute againt that o much hated fraternity. The King beingadbeing sad [sic] to heare that requet, only nodded with his head but gave no anwer at all.

2. Preently upon this the Bihops in the preence of the King did begin to write the Coppy of the Mandate. The King going into his chamber, did fall on his knees, and with teares beought God to forgive the guilt of thoe bloudy Councels, and no uccee unto them. God heard his voyce, and hewed ome Examples of horrid Judgment on the authors of this conpiracy. The firt example was the Queene her elfe, who (before hand delighting her elfe with the immagination of it) did propoe unto her fancy, what gratefull pectacles he hould behold at Prague, when being delivered of her Child he hould come to that City, and ee the Piccardines ome burned, ome beheaded, and ome tifled in the water. But Oh the Judgments of God, for before the time of her delivery, being prevented with the pangs thereof, and not able to bring forth, The Phyitians, that they might preerve one, were of opinion that the Child hould be cut out of the mothers womb, and the Chyrurgions being come, tooke out the child alive, but (becaue it was brought into the world before its time) as yet unable to ee. This was Ludonick, who afterward ucceded his father in both Kingdomes, but the Mother no longer able to indure the torment did expire, and with her dyed the wicked con-