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 6. To conclude, o many and o prudent were the judgements of God in protecting this little and unarmed flock of his faithfull ervants, that it was ued as a proverbe among the adveraries themelves, ‘If any man be weary of his life, let him but attempt againt the Piccardines, & he hall not out-live a yeer. In the mean time, the particular and peronall perecutions of them were not few, to which maybe referred this which followeth.

E was a Citizen of Cuttenburgh, but by reaon hee had changed hi Religion, he came to Litomia, to which place his wife being unwilling to follow him, when on a certain time he came back to ee her, hee betrayed him. Therefore being taken, hee o long was vexed with the Calixtine Priets, that he promied to live againe with his wife, and to obey the Priets. This he did outwardly; but his Concience inwardly did check him for it: therefore on a olemn day, when the Paron, his ermon being ended, had brought forth the Hote, and placed it on the Altar, and the people falling down did worhip it, Andrew being not able to contain the fire bur- ning