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 the Vices objected againt them, they aid, they were not o ignorant of them, neither would defend them, but would rather confee that they had departed from the ancient purity of their Forefathers, and would therefore labour an amendment. They concluded to have a meeting ona prefixed day about it, in which they would take ome further order concerning this buinee. But before that time, this being dicovered, the Papits began to rage very violently againt the Waldenes, Stephanus one of the chiefet of them is conumed with fire at Vienna. The ret of them ome cattered into Marchia, and others into Moravia, and mot of them brought un to Fulnerha, did provide for their afety by flight.

6. From this tranfaction of the Bohemian brothers with the Waldenes, it appeares it did arie that they were called alo by the title of the Waldenes. Howoever they would never admit of it, and have often complaine in their printed papers, that by errour that title was given to them. And this they aid for the caue of truth and neceity; for the caue of truth becaue they took not their Doctrine from them, neither did they on their perwaion etablith the unity, neither were they reformed by them, but deired rather in ome defects to bee reformed of them. For the caue of neceity, becaue they wiely judged that the decrees publihed by the Magitrates againt the Waldenes were no way to be derived to them, but rather