ward conſecrated to the memory of St. Wenceſlaus.
4. Boliſlaus when he had thus attained the Government by his boldneſſe and impiety, threatned priſonment and death to all Chriſtians and Clergy, who did not depart from Bohemia, his mother added that the ſlain ſhould not be buried, but left as food for dogges and birds; this edict terrified many, and cauſed their flight, many were ſeized upon and tormented divers ways to death, amongſt the chief Podivinius who was of the Bed-chamber of Wenceſlaus, that was moſt dear and intimate with him, was hanged.
5. But when the revenging eye of God, could not longer bear the deaths, and Martyrdomes, the Baniſhment and croſſes of his own, he declared a dreadfult example of his wrath upon Drahomira; for on that place where the Miniſters bones lay unburied, the earth opened of it ſelf and devoured Drahomira alive, with the Chariot and thoſe that were carried in it, which place is now to be ſeen before the Caſtle of Prague.
6. And thoſe were puniſhed from heayvn, who drew their ſwords and were helpers in that maſſacre, ſome of them loſing their reaſon in their rage, & madneſſe, caſt themſelvs headlong from high places, others deſtroyed themſelves with the ſame ſwords wherewith they had murthered the innocent; furthermore, that part of the Church neer which Wenceſlaus was killed; could never be waſhed from that bloud wherewith it was then ſprinkled, as an eternal witnes of that villany; theſe various prodigies did ſo affright Boli-
ſlaus,
