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very_o willing_o free_v themselves_o from_o the_o servile_a yoke_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 264._o lib._n de_fw-fr origine_fw-la &_o confess_v eccl._n bohemiae_n wiclefus_fw-la à _fw-la waldensibus_fw-la adiutus_fw-la hussium_n nostrum_fw-la excitavit_fw-la pa._n 264._o from_o hence_o it_o be_v say_v to_o the_o husite_n that_o wicklif_n have_v awaken_v their_o john_n hus._n this_o wicklif_n write_v above_o a_o hundred_o volume_n against_o antichrist_n or_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o catalogue_n whereof_o be_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o image_n of_o famous_a man_n that_o have_v combat_v with_o antichrist_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o waldenses_n that_o do_v fly_v into_o flanders_n and_o be_v there_o persecute_v after_o the_o great_a persecution_n of_o the_o waldenses_n in_o the_o time_n of_o philip_n the_o fair_a 14._o s._n aldeg_n in_o his_o 1._o table_n of_o the_o diff_n fol._n 149._o john_n dubravius_n in_o the_o hstory_n of_o bohemia_n lib._n 14._o historigrapher_n 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