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E are now come to declare the Schim of thoe men, who did profee the name of Hus, and how the greater part of them did by degrees degenerate, and at lat did perecute the faithfull: They all had a zeal, according to the example of Hus their Mater, to oppoe Antichrit; But when by his remarkable death, they were detitute of a dicreet and couragious Captain, who hould contain the incened people within the bounds of rule and order, it o came to pae, that they were ditracted into divers opinions, and nourihed mot grievous dientions among themelves. For the Commonalty of the people, and the greatet part of the Clergy, being bent only upon the Cup, and from thence called Cuppeirs in the Story of Security, neglected the other documents of Mr. Hus. But the Thaborites (amongt whom Wencelaus LorendaKoranda [sic], and Nicolas Epicopius, two excellent men, were mot eminent, with ome few others) did pree the purity and implicity of his doctrine, in all the Articles and Ceremonies thereof. On the one ide it was cryed up, that the Rites of the Church were not eentiall, on the other ide all Supertition was cried down: neither were there wanting ome diguied men, who to promote the cause of the