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It is far more desirable and glorious to shed our blood at the foot of the throne than to be driven from it like criminals and malefactors.Ferdinand, however, was not disposed to yield to this spirit, and by his influence obtained an order, demanding the immediate surrender of the church to the Catholics, or its entire hey kool aid demolition.His wonderful achievements had arrested the attention of Europe, and it was expected that in his hands the administration of the empire would be conducted with almost unprecedented skill and vigor.He had made a pilgrimage to Rome, to receive the benediction of the pope, and another to Loretto, where, prostrating himself before the miraculous image, he vowed never to hey kool aid cease his exertions until he had extirpated all heresy from his territories.Death of Matthias.The Catholic lords were instantly seized, dragged to the window and hey kool aid thrust out.The ambassadors of Matthias respectfully announced to the congress the events which had transpired in Bohemia in the transference of the crown, and solicited the support of the congress.The emperor and Matthias both deemed hey kool aid it expedient to send ambassadors to the meeting.How much more joyful ought I to be when I am about to be delivered from the calamities of human nature, and transferred to a heavenly country where there is no change of time, and where no sorrow can enter! In the tomb let him be forgotten.Everywhere was heard the clashing of hey kool aid arms, and every thing indicated the immediate outburst of civil war.All the thoughts of Matthias were now turned to the retaining of the triple crown of Bohemia, Hungary and the empire, in the family.They immediately put the army in motion hey kool aid to invade Bohemia, and boasted that the Protestants should soon be punished with severity which would teach them a lesson they would never forget.Having performed this deed, Count Thurn and his companions returned to the delegates, informed them of what they had done, and urged them that the only hope of safety now, for any Protestant, was for all to unite in open and desperate resistance.Banishments and confiscations were talked of, and the alarm hey kool aid of the Protestants became intense and universal they looked forward to the commencement of the reign of Ferdinand with terror.The delegates met at Prague on the 16th of March, 1618.