them as a Piccardy fiction; ſo alſo the Prince ſeemed to interpret them. For he ſmiling, ſaid, that his Lord the King had received letters from Madrid, Conſtantinople, Rome, &c. but he from Heaven. But hee found how meet it was to jeſt with holy things: in a ſhort time after hee died miſerably of that kind of death which Chriſtina had foreſeen and foretold, though indeed he promoted the oppreſſion of the Confeſſors of the truth, his conſcience regretting as is well-known only to gratifie and pleaſe thoſe about him,
20. The Lord many times ſmote Ferdinand himſelfe with diverſe plagues, for perverſely hardening himſelf againſt Gods people. For firſt of all he ſtirred up enemies ſucceffively againſt him, which grievouſly tyred him with Warres. Yet his Baal-Prieſts, interpreted this, as deſired occaſions of continuing the victory and trampling the heretickes on every ſide: notwithſtanding, they often perceived into what ſtreights they were brought not without hazard of their overthrow: yer becauſe all this did but contribute to harden them, the more they returned againe to their wonted courſe.
21. For ſhortly after the execution at Prague the Emperors Army was routed by Bethlemius in Hungary: where Bukwoy himſelfe, a rare General, was ſlaine. Not long after the confiſcation, where the Goods of very many Goſpellers were ſet to ſale, in
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