Chap. XXXV.
I.IN ſo ſad a condition of things Satan hath his, incenſors, who lay all this blame upon the Brethren, and for that cauſe were very diligent to bring them into hatred with the King, the Peers and the people: the King therefore giving credit to theſe malicious ſurmizes, firſt by open proclamation commanded all the Churches of the Brethren to be ſhut up. and then of five Signiories (Litomiſlena, Brunduſina, Chlumecenſi, Bydzovienſi, and Turnovienſi, which for that they were ſuſpected of Rebellion, among other things of note, he tooke away their Peers) all the auditors of the brethren, (unleſſe they had revolted to the faction (under one or both kinds) hee baniſhed out of his confines.
2. By which thunderbolt no ſmall part of them being caſt dawne, they agreed, that they would bee more conſtant to God. and faithfull to their Conſciences: by common conſent they went into Polonia in three companies. The firſt gathered out of Lytomiſlenians, Bydzovinians, and Clumecenſians, to the numbtr of 500 ſoules: there went with them 60 Waggons, by the County Clacenſis, and the upper
Sileſia,
