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 forwear himelfe in the ight of the people, and to peak lies in the tead of truth, refued any longer to obey them, and confeed that hee was uborned to do what he did, and that he knew not any of the Piccardines.

4. Howoever this impudence, and thee obloquies of the Devill, by the accutomed goodnee of God, did prove good for ome, who making experience of o great a Villany, began privately and in diguies to frequent the Aemblies of the Brethren, and finding it to bee farre otherwie, than was reported, they did aociate themelves with the brothers, as with true Chritians.

N the yeare 1488. Matthias King of Hungary, procribed the brothers from Moravia, ome hundreds of them having taken a Miniter with them by name Nicholas Slansky, came through Hungary and Tranilvania into Moldavia, unto whom ome two years afterwards, the Brothers ent one of their Elders, Elias Krenowski, with letters deiring them with patience, to endure their banihment for the Truth, but Moravia being not long after retored to the King of Bohemia, Wladilaus being Rh