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2 The second head is of the fact whereof (as you say) we accuse the English Churches. Here also we expected / that you would have discussed those four points / which are particularly rehearsed in the preface of this book / and which we showed to be done and used by / them daily in their divine worship: for which also we testified that we are banished and have departed from them. But of these neither / have you not one word And yet this was the special fact / which we noted for to be considered in that Church. That other of the Prelates tyranny and persecution of us / we touched but by the way and in a few words. We marvel therefore / yea and greatly marvel that these things which directly concern the matter and cause it self / should thus every where be let pass by you / who yet pretend to bring into the way such as do err. But less us see nevertheless what the things are which you do here so much urge.

2 The second head is of the fact wherof (as you say) we accuse the Englysh Churches. Here also we expected / that you would have discussed those fower poynts / which are particularly rehearsed in the preface of this book / and which we shewed to be done and vsed by / them dayly in their divine worship: for which also we testifyed that we are banished and have departed from them. But of these neyther / have you not one word And yet this was the specyall fact / which we noted for to be considered in that Church. That other of the Prelats tyranny and persecution of vs / we touched but by the way and in a few wordes. We marvell therfore / yea and greatly marvell that these thinges which directly concerne the matter and cause it self / should thus every where be let passe by you / who yet pretend to bring into the way such as do erre. But les vs see nevertheles what the thinges are which you do here so much vrge.

The first is / that those Churches from which we have departed, should not by us be accused About the word accusation we will not contend: Only this we say / we use it no• (that we remember) except when we treat of our own cause who by them are accused of heresy schism sedition etc. Of which forasmuch as we are accused among them / here and every where: what good man will deny unto us place of defence: But you say / no man desireth to know why we came thence, and that the injury also hath left to prosecute us being departed from them How these things escaped you we marvel. For in both of them you write other wise then the thing is. For both many do daily desire to know why we came thence / and the injury hath prosecuted us being departed / into this place to this very day Of the former we need city no witnesses: for they are almost infinite. Of the latter / besides the Latin books published at home by our own countrymen / besides the libels which they have sparsed against us in this city besides the slanders wherewith then do also pursue us every where: besides all these (we say) the Ministers them selves of the Churches Dutch and French both here at Amsterdam and at Dordrecht are able to testify they have received (as we said afore) certain articles full of lies and slanders / written against us / and yet still they have them for ought we know Moreover / if none of these things had fallen out openly before the world yet who knoweth not that Antichrists retinue (such as be the Prelates) do still resemble the nature and conditions of the Dragon / who out of his mouth cast waters like a flood after the woman / that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood whom being present he could not devour.