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of_o bohemia_n shall_v be_v abolish_v and_o that_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n shall_v succeed_v to_o those_o kingdom_n in_o case_n of_o default_n of_o the_o strait_a masculine_a line_n of_o ferdinand_n provide_v that_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n shall_v relinquish_v all_o the_o right_n he_o have_v in_o that_o country_n in_o title_n of_o granchild_n of_o the_o elder_a of_o that_o house_n whereupon_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o all_o this_o be_v do_v and_o conclude_v betwixt_o the_o spaniard_n and_o ferdinand_n with_o full_a power_n and_o pure_a violence_n and_o without_o the_o knowledge_n or_o participation_n of_o the_o state_n of_o those_o kingdom_n which_o be_v elective_a and_o it_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o a_o great_a displeasure_n conceive_v by_o the_o bohemian_o when_o it_o be_v make_v know_v to_o they_o and_o the_o greatstone_n of_o scandal_n against_o which_o they_o strike_v and_o which_o carry_v they_o to_o the_o resolution_n they_o afterward_o take_v to_o reject_v ferdinand_n from_o be_v their_o king_n and_o to_o call_v in_o it_o '_o his_o place_n frederick_n gount_n palatine_n under_o who_o be_v frame_v in_o germany_n a_o intricacy_n of_o affair_n which_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o war_n can_v not_o dissolve_v and_o that_o a_o thousand_o new_a accident_n which_o every_o day_n arise_v forbid_v the_o wise_a man_n to_o discover_v the_o event_n and_o the_o way_n to_o get_v out_o of_o that_o labyrinth_n that_o the_o transaction_n be_v the_o principal_a and_o most_o violent_a motive_n of_o the_o insurrection_n of_o the_o bohemian_o appear_v by_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o state_n of_o bohemia_n upon_o the_o rejection_n of_o ferdinand_n of_o the_o 23_o of_o may_n 1618._o by_o which_o they_o complain_v among_o other_o thing_n that_o there_o be_v a_o endeavour_n to_o transport_v the_o kingdom_n to_o another_o house_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o letter_n which_o the_o elector_n palatine_n write_v to_o the_o emperor_n the_o 25_o of_o june_n in_o the_o same_o year_n wherein_o he_o say_v express_o that_o the_o author_n of_o those_o trouble_n be_v person_n who_o seek_v the_o improvement_n of_o some_o foreign_a greatness_n and_o represent_v the_o trouble_n which_o the_o province_n of_o the_o empire_n will_v feel_v if_o stranger_n be_v introduce_v as_o have_v be_v do_v in_o the_o duchy_n of_o juliers_n it_o appear_v also_o by_o the_o declaration_n make_v by_o the_o bohemian_o in_o the_o year_n 1619._o upon_o the_o election_n of_o frederick_n the_o first_o wherein_o they_o clear_o say_v that_o ferdinand_n endeavour_v to_o translate_v the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n under_o a_o foreign_a power_n but_o since_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o easy_a as_o to_o accuse_v and_o disguise_v a_o accusation_n that_o every_o person_n flatter_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o cause_n which_o he_o adju_v and_o beautify_v as_o he_o please_v and_o that_o the_o paper_n receive_v what_o be_v imprint_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o glass_n do_v represent_v all_o that_o 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know_v to_o the_o bohemian_o and_o oblige_v they_o to_o change_v their_o master_n and_o to_o seek_v another_o yoke_n than_o ferdinand_n who_o person_n otherwise_o be_v not_o unacceptable_a to_o they_o it_o be_v the_o strong_a and_o implacable_a aversion_n that_o prince_n have_v against_o heresy_n and_o th'hot_n and_o burn_a zeal_n t'exterminate_v they_o out_o of_o his_o dominion_n and_o in_o all_o place_n where_o his_o authority_n be_v acknowledge_v at_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n he_o make_v a_o vow_n to_o our_o lady_n of_o loretta_n he_o renew_v it_o at_o the_o age_n of_o forty_o three_o to_o our_o lady_n of_o cell_n which_o be_v betwixt_o austria_n and_o styria_n and_o confirm_v it_o a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n by_o the_o report_n of_o father_n lamorman_n in_o that_o book_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o that_o emperor_n the_o zeal_n true_o of_o see_v the_o ruin_n of_o heresy_n and_o of_o place_v live_a stone_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o 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