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the_o lord_n will_v take_v all_o tear_n from_o my_o eye_n sigh_n grief_n and_o mourning_n shall_v cease_v be_v exchange_v for_o everlasting_a joy_n so_o he_o lift_v up_o himself_o full_a of_o sigh_n and_o yet_o full_a of_o hope_n among_o which_o perpetual_o pray_v he_o render_v his_o spirit_n to_o god_n chap._n lxxiiii_o john_n jessenius_n a_o doctor_n of_o physic_n i._o he_o be_v a_o hungarian_a by_o birth_n a_o nobleman_n and_o famous_a for_o his_o learning_n over_o all_o europe_n he_o be_v make_v governor_n of_o the_o university_n of_o prague_n he_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o a_o embassy_n from_o the_o state_n in_o the_o year_n 1618._o to_o the_o hungarian_n which_o when_o he_o have_v faithful_o perform_v be_v take_v in_o his_o return_n and_o bring_v to_o vienna_n he_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n by_o mathias_n the_o emperor_n by_o the_o exchange_n of_o a_o certain_a italian_a take_v by_o the_o state_n but_o ferdinand_n be_v possess_v of_o prague_n give_v order_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v take_v and_o keep_v with_o the_o rest_n who_o bloody_a mind_n towards_o the_o protestant_n and_o chief_o towards_o himself_o when_o he_o know_v he_o expect_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o happen_v 2._o he_o relate_v to_o his_o friend_n that_o be_v to_o return_v from_o vienna_n to_o prague_n he_o write_v on_o the_o prison_n wall_n the_o letter_n i._n m._n m._n m._n m._n which_o when_o after_o his_o departure_n many_o read_v and_o can_v not_o understand_v ferdinand_n at_o length_n enter_v do_v thus_o interpret_v they_o imperator_fw-la mathias_n mensae_fw-la martio_n morietur_fw-la the_o emperor_n mathias_n shall_v die_v in_o the_o month_n of_o march._n and_o take_v a_o piece_n of_o chalk_n write_v also_o a_o prophecy_n jessenius_n mentiris_fw-la mala_fw-la morte_fw-la morieris_fw-la jessenius_n thou_o lie_v thou_o shall_v die_v a_o evil_a death_n jessenius_n remember_v these_o thing_n add_v as_o i_o do_v not_o lie_v for_o mathias_n decease_v the_o same_o month_n so_o without_o 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after_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o rest_n be_v finish_v quarter_v under_o the_o gallow_n without_o the_o wall_n and_o hang_v upon_o four_o stake_n chap._n 75._o christopher_n khobe_a a_o citizen_n of_o little_a prague_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o heroic_a mind_n and_o elder_a than_o the_o other_o citizen_n he_o discourse_v pious_o of_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v help_n to_o constancy_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o exhort_v they_o to_o consider_v how_o glorious_a be_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o prophet_n apostle_n and_o martyr_n also_o of_o hus_n and_o jerome_n and_o for_o no_o other_o reason_n but_o because_o they_o lay_v down_o their_o life_n willing_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n christ_n why_o therefore_o shall_v they_o envy_v themselves_o when_o god_n will_v have_v they_o be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o this_o most_o holy_a company_n he_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o ignatius_n i_o be_o the_o corn_n of_o god_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v ground_n with_o the_o tooth_n of_o beast_n we_o 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return_v into_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n they_o endeavour_v what_o they_o can_v to_o restrain_v they_o and_o at_o last_o they_o have_v recourse_n unto_o arm_n again_o in_o which_o the_o thaborite_n be_v overthrow_v and_o their_o defeat_n be_v so_o remarkable_a that_o after_o this_o they_o defend_v themselves_o only_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o patience_n this_o happen_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1434._o 7._o in_o the_o year_n follow_v at_o a_o public_a convention_n rokizane_n be_v solemn_o choose_v archbishop_n but_o when_o the_o emperor_n endeavour_v to_o hinder_v from_o the_o solemn_a rite_n of_o consecration_n peradventure_o because_o he_o do_v distrust_v a_o man_n so_o deceitful_a he_o be_v impatient_a that_o he_o be_v thus_o delude_v do_v again_o make_v a_o new_a faction_n and_o bitter_o inveigh_v against_o the_o unrighteousness_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o domineer_a of_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n &_o for_o fear_n of_o caesar_n 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to_o suffer_v these_o thing_n for_o his_o glory_n for_o i_o know_v who_o i_o have_v believe_v i_o have_v fight_v a_o fight_n and_o finish_v my_o course_n etc._n etc._n he_o go_v courageous_o to_o the_o place_n design_v for_o his_o execution_n as_o though_o he_o will_v wrestle_v with_o death_n to_o which_o when_o he_o come_v he_o stand_v up_o and_o say_v must_v i_o die_v here_o well_o i_o shall_v not_o die_v but_o live_v and_o declare_v the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n then_o pull_v off_o his_o clothes_n &_o pray_v into_o thy_o hand_n lord_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n he_o receive_v the_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n chap._n 76._o john_n shultis_n primate_n of_o kutteberg_n be_v about_o h_o to_o come_v on_o the_o scaffold_n he_o comfort_v himself_o with_o the_o word_n of_o the_o psalm_n why_o be_v thou_o so_o sad_a o_o my_o soul_n hope_v thou_o in_o god_n for_o i_o shall_v yet_o praise_v he_o for_o his_o salvation_n give_v to_o i_o when_o that_o he_o be_v 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