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in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v true_a and_o not_o be_v able_a to_o disprove_v the_o point_n of_o their_o belief_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n he_o give_v glory_n unto_o god_n and_o confess_v that_o the_o truth_n have_v overcome_v he_o he_o become_v a_o member_n of_o that_o church_n which_o he_o have_v a_o long_a time_n before_o persecute_v to_o the_o death_n the_o other_o inquisitor_n be_v advertise_v of_o this_o alteration_n be_v much_o displease_v and_o they_o send_v present_o so_o many_o after_o he_o that_o in_o the_o end_n he_o be_v apprehend_v and_o bring_v to_o heidelberg_n where_o he_o be_v burn_v maintain_v that_o it_o be_v injustice_n and_o wrong_a to_o condemn_v so_o many_o good_a man_n to_o death_n for_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n against_o the_o invention_n of_o antichrist_n in_o the_o year_n 1391_o the_o monk_n inquisitor_n take_v in_o soxony_n and_o pomerania_n four_o hundred_o forty_o three_o waldenses_n 16._o krautzin_n metrop_n l._n 8._o p._n 18._o &_o in_o â—ax_n l._n 8._o cap._n 16._o who_o all_o confess_v that_o they_o have_v be_v instruct_v in_o that_o belief_n for_o a_o long_a time_n by_o their_o ancestor_n and_o that_o their_o teacher_n come_v from_o bohemia_n in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o four_o fifty_o seven_o the_o monk_n inquisitor_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o eisten_a in_o germany_n discover_v many_o waldenses_n which_o they_o put_v to_o death_n they_o have_v among_o they_o twelve_o pastor_n that_o instruct_v they_o we_o must_v not_o overpasse_v the_o thirty_o five_o burgess_n of_o mayence_n that_o be_v burn_v in_o the_o town_n of_o bingue_n because_o they_o be_v know_v to_o be_v of_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o waldenses_n nor_o the_o fourscore_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o strasbourg_n cause_v to_o be_v burn_v in_o one_o fire_n nor_o that_o which_o trithemius_n recount_v that_o they_o confess_v in_o in_o those_o time_n that_o the_o number_n of_o waldenses_n be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v go_v from_o 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