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a_o lie_v person_n he_o exceed_v the_o limit_n of_o his_o profession_n and_o condition_n of_o life_n and_o therefore_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o continue_v therein_o under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n &_o proceed_v against_o he_o as_o against_o and_o heretic_n valdo_n reply_v that_o he_o can_v not_o hold_v his_o peace_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o high_a importance_n as_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n and_o that_o he_o will_v rather_o obey_v god_n who_o have_v enjoin_v he_o to_o speak_v than_o man_n who_o have_v command_v he_o to_o hold_v his_o peace_n upon_o this_o answer_n the_o archbishop_n endeavour_v to_o have_v he_o apprehend_v but_o that_o can_v not_o be_v because_o valdo_n have_v many_o kinsfolk_n and_o friend_n be_v belove_v of_o many_o and_o so_o continue_v close_o in_o lion_n by_o the_o favour_n and_o protection_n of_o his_o friend_n for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n pope_n alexander_n the_o three_o of_o that_o name_n have_v understand_v that_o in_o lion_n there_o be_v diverse_a person_n that_o call_v into_o question_n his_o sovereign_a authority_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n fear_v that_o this_o begin_n of_o rebellion_n may_v give_v some_o blow_n to_o his_o supreme_a dignity_n &_o power_n curse_a valdo_n and_o his_o adherent_n and_o command_v the_o archbishop_n to_o proceed_v against_o they_o by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n even_o to_o the_o utter_a extirpation_n of_o they_o claud._n rubis_n say_v 269._o claud._n rubis_n in_o his_o hist_o pa._n 269._o that_o valdo_n and_o his_o follower_n be_v whole_o chase_v out_o of_o lion_n and_o albert_n de_fw-fr capitaneis_fw-la say_v that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v whole_o drive_v out_o other_o thing_n we_o can_v not_o learn_v of_o this_o first_o persecution_n but_o only_o that_o they_o that_o escape_v out_o of_o lion_n vaudois_n albert_n de_fw-fr capit._n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o vaudois_n who_o of_o valdo_n be_v call_v waldenses_n follow_v he_o and_o afterward_o do_v spread_v themselves_o into_o diverse_a company_n and_o place_n chap._n ii_o that_o the_o dispersion_n of_o valdo_n and_o his_o follower_n be_v the_o mean_n that_o god_n use_v to_o spread_v the_o doctrine_n of_o valdo_n almost_o throughout_o all_o europe_n albert_n de_fw-fr capitaneis_fw-la say_v that_o valdo_n retire_v himself_o into_o dauphiney_a at_o his_o departure_n from_o lion_n and_o claud._n de_fw-fr rubis_n affirm_v that_o he_o converse_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o say_a province_n with_o certain_a rude_a person_n yet_o capable_a to_o receive_v the_o impression_n of_o his_o belief_n and_o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o church_n of_o the_o waldenses_n which_o have_v continue_v very_o long_o and_o whereof_o there_o be_v yet_o a_o great_a number_n than_o in_o any_o other_o place_n of_o europe_n be_v they_o of_o dauphiney_a and_o the_o border_a race_n or_o lineage_n of_o they_o that_o be_v to_o say_v those_o of_o piemount_n and_o provence_n vignier_n say_v that_o he_o retire_v into_o picardy_n 130._o vignier_n in_o the_o 3._o part_n of_o his_o historical_a bibliotheque_fw-fr pa._n 130._o where_o in_o a_o short_a time_n he_o do_v so_o much_o good_a that_o there_o be_v diverse_a person_n that_o do_v adhere_v unto_o his_o doctrine_n for_o which_o short_o after_o they_o suffer_v great_a persecution_n 14._o dubranius_fw-la in_o his_o history_n of_o bohemia_n book_n 14._o for_o as_o dubranius_fw-la say_v sometime_o after_o king_n philip_n augustus_n enforce_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a person_n take_v arm_n against_o the_o waldenses_n of_o picardy_n raze_v and_o overthrow_v three_o hundred_o house_n of_o gentleman_n that_o follow_v their_o part_n and_o destroy_v certain_a wall_a town_n pursue_v they_o into_o flanders_n whither_o they_o be_v flee_v and_o cause_v a_o number_n of_o they_o to_o be_v burn_v this_o persecution_n enforce_v many_o to_o fly_v into_o germany_n where_o short_o after_o they_o be_v grievous_o persecute_v namely_o history_n see_v the_o sea_n of_o 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josephist_n
they_o be_v call_v josephist_n in_o england_n they_o be_v call_v lollard_n lollard_n lollard_n of_o the_o name_n of_o one_o lollard_n who_o teach_v there_o of_o two_o priest_n who_o teach_v the_o doctrine_n of_o valdo_n in_o languedoc_n call_v henry_n and_o esperon_n they_o be_v call_v henriciens_fw-la esperoniste_n henriciens_fw-la esperoniste_n and_o esperoniste_n of_o one_o of_o their_o pastor_n who_o preach_v in_o albegeois_n name_v arnold_n hot_a they_o be_v call_v arnoldist_n siccar_n arnoldistes_fw-la siccar_n in_o provence_n they_o be_v call_v siccar_n a_o word_n of_o pedlar_n french_fw-mi which_o signify_v cutpurse_n in_o italy_n they_o be_v call_v fraticelli_n fraticelli_n fraticelli_n as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o shifter_n because_o they_o live_v in_o true_a love_n and_o concord_n together_o and_o because_o they_o observe_v no_o other_o day_n of_o rest_n but_o the_o sabbath_n day_n insabathas_n insabathas_n they_o call_v they_o insabathas_n as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o they_o 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which_o they_o feign_v they_o call_v they_o gnostics_n cataphrigiens_fw-la adamite_n and_o apostoliques_n sometime_o they_o spiteful_o abuse_v they_o matthew_n paris_n call_v they_o ribald_n sorcerer_n ribald_n bugger_n sorcerer_n the_o compiler_n of_o the_o treasure_n of_o history_n call_v thrm_a bugger_n rubis_n say_v that_o when_o a_o man_n speak_v of_o a_o sorcerer_n hâ—â—â—ls_v he_o vadois_n and_o that_o which_o be_v more_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v so_o to_o which_o temeritie_n it_o shall_v be_v necessary_a to_o answer_v in_o his_o due_a place_n where_o they_o shall_v be_v clear_v from_o all_o those_o imposture_n which_o their_o enemy_n have_v lay_v upon_o they_o out_o of_o those_o book_n from_o which_o we_o have_v gather_v that_o which_o follow_v first_o they_o impose_v upon_o they_o 37._o this_o imposture_n be_v find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o albertus_n de_fw-fr capitaneis_fw-la of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o vadois_n pa._n 2._o in_o the_o book_n of_o rameruis_fw-la de_fw-la forma_fw-la hoereticandi_fw-la hoeretico_v fol._n 36._o item_n in_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o priest_n of_o bohemia_n which_o they_o make_v to_o the_o king_n ladislaus_n against_o the_o vadois_n rai_fw-fr ibid._n fol._n 37._o that_o ancient_a calumny_n wherewith_o the_o painim_n defame_v the_o christian_n of_o the_o primative_a church_n that_o be_v that_o they_o assemble_v themselves_o in_o the_o night_n time_n in_o corner_n and_o lurk_a hole_n and_o that_o the_o pastor_n command_v the_o light_n shall_v be_v put_v out_o say_v qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la that_o be_v catch_v who_o catch_n can_v whereupon_o every_o man_n endevore_v to_o fasten_v upon_o who_o he_o can_v without_o any_o respect_n of_o blood_n or_o parentage_n and_o that_o the_o light_n be_v put_v out_o they_o commit_v abominable_a incest_n many_o time_n the_o child_n with_o his_o mother_n the_o brother_n with_o his_o sister_n and_o the_o father_n with_o his_o own_o 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