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for_o other_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o the_o same_o precipicy_n when_o he_o see_v he_o so_o unmoveable_a he_o begin_v to_o hate_v he_o and_o with_o other_o in_o the_o year_n 1623._o banish_v he_o the_o kingdom_n 3._o borbonius_n then_o go_v into_o poland_n and_o be_v admit_v by_o the_o king_n himself_o to_o practice_n physic_n and_o at_o length_n he_o depart_v this_o life_n be_v a_o old_a man_n of_o 70_o year_n of_o age_n at_o thorun_n in_o prussia_n in_o the_o year_n 1629_o 16_o of_o december_n chap._n lxxxv_o nobleman_n of_o moravia_n imprison_v i._o a_o little_a while_n after_o the_o execution_n at_o prague_n 4_o of_o june_n the_o protestant_a nobleman_n of_o moravia_n who_o be_v think_v above_o other_o to_o promote_v the_o bohemian_o cause_n be_v assemble_v by_o the_o emperor_n command_n be_v carry_v to_o prison_n some_o to_o brune_n other_o to_o olumitz_n without_o doubt_v these_o have_v be_v punish_v if_o the_o emperor_n have_v not_o solemn_o promise_v indemnity_n when_o they_o 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