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 Haenburgh an unlearned man, & obtained in the year 1410, the 16. of Iuly, that the books of lohn Hue hould be condemned and burned, there were therefore burned as Eneas Silvius tetifies, above 200 volums fairly written, adorned with golden Boes, and precious covers. There are extant ome Bohemian Rimes compoed by one of the common people, in which that unlearned cenor of books was wittily jerkt, for being made an Archbihop, then he tudied letters, but Hue in that time wrote a tract concerning the reading of Hereticall books and intituted a particular dipute for the defence of lohn Wickliff, concerning the holy Trinity which they alo burnt.

10. In the year 1411, when Pope Iohn the 23. founded an alarum againt the King of Naples, he gave Indulgencies to thoe that would take up arms for the Church: One that old thoe toys came to Prague, and publickly in the pulpit divulged thoe vanities. It o hapned that in three Churches ome oppoed them, aerting the Pope of Rome mut bee Antichrit, who brought miery upon the Chritians, and tirred them up to mutuall wars. Thoe three were taken Martin Krzidelko, Iohn Hudek and Stainis Lapolek a Taylor, and are carried to prion, although the univerity, and towne, interceded for them, yet they were brought forth into the market, and were beheaded. When this was noyed a- Rh