Chap. XXXIX.
I. NEvertheles under Maximilian (as afterward under Rodolphus thier ſleights & plots ſucceeded not ſo proſperouſly; for Maxamilian in the year 1562 being crowned King (a Prince of a peaceable diſpoſition wel inſtructed in the knowledge of the truth) would by no means be induced that any ſhould ſuffer for their faith; inſomuch that the churches not only gathered breath, but flouriſhed under him.
2. For he had John Fauſer preacher of his court, (his father Ferdinand being yet alive) a very Godly man, & wel skilled in the Evangelical doctrin, who did not ceaſe to infuſe good principles into the young Prince, for which he incurred very great diſpleaſure, but did not ſuffer martyrdome. For upon a time Cæſar Ferdinand) alone going into his chamber ſharply rebuked him, for that hee had ſeduced his ſon by his erroneous (ſo conceived by him) opinions, hee mildly notwithſtanding, anſwered him, which no way allayed his fury, which was ſo great, that having in his left hand his ſword drawn, and with his right hand ſeizing on the throat of Fauſereus, threatned a blow; yet hee refrained and
went
