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prag_n in_o the_o year_n 1635._o with_o
the_o electour_n of_o saxony_n and_o his_o conscience_n be_v much_o perplex_v whether_o he_o may_v any_o long_o suffer_v the_o evangelick_n to_o enjoy_v the_o possession_n of_o ecclesiastical_a good_n in_o the_o empire_n for_o the_o recovery_n whereof_o the_o war_n have_v so_o long_o continue_v and_o so_o much_o blood_n have_v be_v shed_v this_o question_n of_o conscience_n of_o so_o great_a a_o consequence_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o counsel_n of_o divine_n that_o thereupon_o they_o may_v declare_v their_o judgement_n hereupon_o divers_a ecclesiastical_a person_n be_v assemble_v from_o divers_a place_n in_o the_o city_n of_o vienna_n the_o counsel_n be_v compose_v of_o two_o cardinal_n two_o bishop_n two_o prelate_n two_o cannon_n two_o father_n of_o every_o society_n and_o order_n among_o which_o be_v also_o two_o jesuit_n and_o they_o deliberate_v and_o consult_v thereon_o for_o divers_a week_n and_o at_o last_o deliver_v a_o opinion_n whereupon_o his_o imperial_a majesty_n do_v 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