An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

When the day was come, the Ambassador of king Ferdinandus briefly repeated the causes of that present convention, to wit, that among other things it might also be deliberated, how the City newly conquered, might from thence forth continue in the old religion. After these things the Bishops legate showeth what great charges he was at, all the war time, how greatly he was indebted, & how it was necessary (the City being now taken) for the avoiding of tumults and other dangers, to build two Castles in the City, with strong holds▪ all which things he desired to be considered. To these things answer was made, that the Bishop had taken the greater part of the spoil with all the ordinance and goods of the citizens which wholly appertained to the common wealth of the Empire, therefore that it was reason, the value should be counted and communicated with the charges, & what other things were necessary besides, should also be considered. After it was determined, that the Bishopric of Monstere should be under the Empire, after the ancient custom, and that all the nobility should be restored, and the citizens also which had departed to other places, so they were not Anabaptists: that the Bishop should set forth the religion ⟨p. 445⟩according to the decree of the Empire: that in the beginning of the next spring the ambassadors of the Princes should go to Monstere to know the state of the citizens and to keep them in safeguard, to pull down all the fortresses, which the Anabaptists had erected, and & that the Bishop also should pull down the Castles which he had builded in the city, & that he should without delay put to death the king with knipperdoling, & Crechting, the prisoners without retaining them any longer. As for that which we said was determined of religion, the duke of Saxon, the Landgrave, Wirtemberg and Anhalt, testified openly that they would not consent, to it: the citizens also professed the same, nether would they have the old fortresses of the town destroyed, but they consented to the pulling down of the new.

When the day was come, the Embassadour of king Ferdinādus briefly repeted the causes of that present conuention, to witt, that amōg other things it might also be deliberated, how ye Citie newly conquered, might from thence forthe continue in the olde religion. After these things the Bishoppes legate sheweth what great charges he was at, al the warre tyme, how greatly he was indebted, & how it was necessarie (ye Citie being now takē) for the auoiding of tumultes and other dangers, to build two Castles in the Citie, with strong holdes al which thinges he desired to be considered. To these thīgs answer was made, yt ye Bishoppe had taken the greater parte of the spoile with all the ordinance and goods of the citizens which wholie apparteined to the commō welthe of the Empire, therefore that it was reason, the value should be counted and communicated with the charges, & what other things were necessarie besides, should also be considered. After it was determined, that the Bishoprike of Monstere should be vnder the Empire, after the ancient custome, and that al the nobilitie should be restored, and the citizens also which had departed to other places, so they were not Anabaptistes: that the Bishoppe should set forthe the religion