and whatſover they ſhould doe, would be confirmed by the reſt, that he grew faint, and therefore the buſineſſe could not be deferred untill another time. It came to that paſs that the Orders did proteſt that, that Terme of receiving him King was new, he ought firſt to be choſen before he were received. But all theſe things by divers devices, and private affections of ſome men, and the affrightings of others were deluded and daſhed. Whence it came to paſſe, that ſome perceiving that there was no place for a free voyce, departed. But they which ſtayed and were preſent at the Coronation, cauſed this, that before he were crowned, he ſhould give ſomething in writing to the Orders wherewith he ſhould bind himſelfe, ‘that Mathew being alive he ſhould meddle with none of the affarres of Bohemia, much leſſe Religion. He is therefore crowned, and preſently went into Moravia, and then into Sileſia and Luſitania, and there requeſted that he might be received.
3. And after this time the enemies being made more confident, boaſt themſelves outragiouſly, and began to wiſh ill luck to the Evangeliſts, as alſo to threaten them openly. And Ferdinand going into Moravia, to receive homage, the Jeſuites erect at Olumatium a Triumphall Arche, and paint upon it among the Armes of Auſtria, with the Lion of Bohemia tied to it with a chaine, and the Eagle of Moravia, with a ſleeping hare lying with open eyes, and
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