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the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n be_v separate_v parate_v from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n gwaltier_n monk_n the_o jesuite_n 494._o gwalt_n in_o his_o chro._n table_n see_v 12._o chap._n 15._o pa._n 494._o in_o his_o chronographicall_a table_n or_o to_o speak_v otherwise_o in_o his_o molehill_n of_o lie_n make_v the_o waldenses_n and_o those_o they_o call_v the_o poor_a abuse_v and_o the_o minister_n of_o caluin_n to_o be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o belief_n in_o twenty_o seven_o article_n claud._n rubis_n say_v 269._o claud._n rubis_n in_o his_o history_n of_o the_o city_n of_o lion_n lib._n 3._o pa._n 269._o that_o the_o heresy_n that_o have_v be_v in_o our_o time_n have_v be_v ground_v upon_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o waldenses_n and_o he_o call_v they_o the_o relic_n of_o walde_n aeneas_n silvius_n who_o be_v afterward_o pope_n pius_n the_o second_o of_o that_o name_n bohemia_n silvius_n and_o dubravius_n in_o their_o history_n
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his_o wife_n the_o earl_n simon_n by_o they_o recover_v the_o castle_n of_o menerbe_n and_o termes_n and_o the_o town_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vaur_n the_o earl_n remond_n be_v cite_v before_o the_o legate_n he_o refuse_v to_o appear_v folquet_v the_o bishop_n of_o toulouze_n over-reacheth_a he_o cause_v he_o to_o lose_v the_o castle_n narbonne_n the_o legate_n milon_n die_v in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o 1210._o 1210._o the_o earl_n simon_n be_v shut_v up_o say_v the_o treasure_n of_o history_n within_o carcassonne_n for_o want_v of_o pilgrim_n he_o understand_v that_o the_o countess_n his_o wife_n come_v from_o france_n and_o bring_v with_o she_o a_o great_a number_n of_o pelerin_n which_o give_v he_o great_a comfort_n and_o he_o go_v out_o to_o meet_v she_o a_o pleasant_a war_n it_o be_v wherein_o priest_n levy_v the_o soldier_n and_o a_o woman_n conduct_v they_o to_o the_o war_n the_o pelerin_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o recovery_n of_o the_o castle_n of_o 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