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The Hiſtory of

Chap. XL.V.

The General proceeding against all. Their firſt beginning with the Anabaptiſts.

I. THey have ſaid in their hearts (ſayth the Pſalmiſt.) Let us destroy them altogether 74. Pſal. 8. Which is the conſtant rage and diſpoſition of the Churches enemies, To destroy all, one after another. When therefore our enemies reſolved to exerciſe their cruelty againſt us, they began the years after the victory with the Anabaptiſts in Moravia who poſſeſſing about 45. houſes or Colledges (many families dwelling together in them) having al things in common according to their cuſtom lived peaceably under their own diſcipline, troubleſome or grievous to none, but beneficiall to all by their trade and callings. They baniſhed theſe first in the year 1622. about Autumne (laying to their charge that they had entertained Frederick paſſing through Moravia, making a tryall how this would bee received, that they might more confidently, ſet upon the reſt. They leaving their houſes, lands and Vineyards (though the time of Vintage was at hand) and carrying the weaker ſort with them in ſome hundreds of Carts, went in great troopes into the neighbouring countries of Hungaria and Tran-

ſilvania