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they voted a Supply of Men and money to the Bishop of Munster, who under the command note 1535. /note of an experienced Officer soon pressed the town very closely, but found the fortifications so strong addition ^ underline and well guarded /underline /addition that they did not attempt an Assault; at length a deserter the Besieged had taken into their Service made his escape and informed the General of a weak part of the fortification, the walls were then Scaled by a chosen Corps, who seized one of the gates and admitted the rest of the army, most of the Annabaptists were slain, the rest taken Prisoners, among the latter was their King, who after being exposed to many insults was put to death with the most exquisite and lingering tortures which he bore with the greatest fortitude. This ended the Kingdom of this Sect; their tenets still subsist in the Low Countries under the name of Menonites, but addition ^ they /addition are addition ^ an /addition innocent and pacific, deletion holding /deletion addition ^ people who esteem /addition it unlawful to wage war or hold civil Offices, they are industrious and charming a small number of them are settled in England, who retain their tenets concerning Baptism but without any dangerous mixture of Enthusiasm.
