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expect_v that_o you_o will_v in_o obedience_n to_o we_o have_v execute_v our_o late_a edict_n deliver_v unto_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o our_o most_o clement_a lord_n his_o sacred_a imperial_a majesty_n that_o your_o fellow_n citizen_n who_o be_v non-catholicks_a will_v have_v forsake_v their_o schismatical_a opinion_n and_o have_v return_v to_o the_o holy_a catholic_n religion_n but_o especial_o that_o those_o two_o obstinate_a heretic_n george_n kezelius_n and_o henricus_n seminina_n will_v hâ—ve_v make_v auricular_a confession_n &_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n in_o one_o species_n according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n within_o the_o time_n by_o we_o allot_v but_o we_o perceive_v that_o the_o two_o sectary_n before_o mention_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o your_o citizen_n still_o continue_v in_o their_o inbred_a obstinacy_n and_o despise_v the_o catholic_n religion_n and_o all_o wholesome_a doctrine_n and_o that_o none_o 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the_o city_n by_o sunset_a and_o for_o the_o future_a that_o they_o never_o return_v into_o the_o city_n or_o any_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n upon_o pain_n of_o severe_a punishment_n if_o at_o any_o time_n they_o shall_v return_v and_o be_v apprehend_v likewise_o we_o do_v serious_o and_o strict_o command_v you_o in_o his_o sacred_a imperial_a majesty_n name_n that_o you_o deny_v to_o all_o the_o citizen_n or_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n of_o new_a bolislavia_n who_o be_v not_o catholic_n the_o benefit_n of_o the_o law_n or_o their_o revenue_n or_o to_o buâ—_n or_o sell_v or_o any_o other_o civil_a contract_n &_o that_o you_o strict_o forbid_v that_o none_o of_o they_o for_o the_o future_a do_v attempt_v to_o do_v the_o thing_n forbid_v without_o our_o privity_n unless_o they_o do_v desist_v from_o their_o obstinacy_n and_o heretical_a opinion_n and_o submit_v to_o the_o fatherly_a command_n of_o his_o sacred_a imperial_a majesty_n and_o embrace_v the_o holy_a 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with_o you_o all_o in_o this_o life_n and_o the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o the_o will_n of_o his_o sacred_a imperial_a majesty_n will_v be_v fulfil_v give_v at_o prague_n the_o 15._o june_n anno._n 1627._o n._n n._n commissioner_n in_o ordinary_a from_o his_o sacred_a imperial_a majesty_n king_n of_o bohemia_n &_o hungary_n for_o reformation_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o say_a kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n 8._o these_o edict_n be_v execute_v those_o two_o be_v banish_v with_o some_o other_o some_o of_o the_o city_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n depart_v for_o better_a security_n or_o rather_o secret_o run_v away_o other_o be_v deny_v traffic_n the_o capuchian_o go_v about_o the_o market_n and_o from_o house_n to_o house_n they_o shut_v up_o all_o the_o mercer_n shop_n tavern_n and_o alehouse_n and_o from_o those_o that_o notwithstanding_o this_o edict_n sell_v any_o thing_n they_o take_v away_o their_o cloth_n and_o linen_n and_o other_o commodity_n no_o man_n dare_v to_o gain_n say_v they_o 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