parricidiall

The matter had come to dint of ſword but that the chiefe on both ſides abhorring thoſe vnnaturall warres, pretended to parle as if they would compoſe the ſtrife without blood; in which conference of theirs, the father found the Nobles that were with him, incline rather to the ſonne riſing than ſetting, and to faynt from the poſſeſſour of the Crowne, for dreade of him that ſhoulde bee ſucceſſour: and for that cauſe ſecretely conueyed him-ſelfe from the campe and fledde to the Duke of Bohemia and to the Saxons who before were his mortall enimies and the firſt attempters of his depoſition, but nowe, ſeeing that vngratefull and parricidiall attempt of his bowelles againſt him, honoured and aſſiſted the father to the vttermoſt of their power.