Thus the election was unanimous.
Strange to say, as the electors proceeded through the crowd from the hall of election to accompany the new emperor to the church where he was to receive the popular acclaim, the news reached them from Prague that the Elector-Palatine had been elected King of Bohemia.
Thus Frederic, by voting for Ferdinand, had made himself voluntarily a rebel should he accept the crown now offered him.

Had the news arrived sooner, a different result and even a different history might have been possible..