2. After the Victory of Ferdinand, he accompanied his family out of Prague, (his Wife, his Sonne, Nurſe, Nephews,) and (leaſt he ſhould ſeeme to have forſaken the Crowne, whereof with one Otto he was appointed keeper) he returned. His houſe not long after was plundred, even to his wearing apparell, he onely ſaying, that the Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken.
3. Paulus Aretinus being Secretary of the Tribunalls, talking with him, (for he was now kept under arreſt in his owne houſe) and being demanded; that ſince he had b n once in the deeps, why he would truſt himſelfe to thoſe tempeſtuous ſtorms, he did anſwer, his conſcience preſſed him to what he did: It was Religion that perſwaded him to forſake his Countrey, and a good cauſe. But I know not Gods pleaſures, whether he will that I ſhould ſeale it with my bloud. And riſing up he ſaid, I am here my God, diſpoſe of me thy ſervant as it ſeemeth good in thine eyes; I am full of years, take from me my life, that I may not ſee thoſe evils which I ſee are now comming on my Country. Being another day viſited by the ſame party, and being before acquainted of the report that went on him (that for very griefe he died) ſmiling he anſwered; What me? I had never had the happineſſe to injoy ſo much pleaſure as now: behold my Paradiſe (ſhewing his Bible) it never yeelded me ſo much Nectar and Ambroſia as now, I live, and
