6. To conclude, ſo many and ſo prudent were the judgements of God in protecting this little and unarmed flock of his faithfull ſervants, that it was uſed as a proverbe among the adverſaries themſelves, ‘If any man be weary of his life, let him but attempt againſt the Piccardines, & he ſhall not out-live a yeer. In the mean time, the particular and perſonall perſecutions of them were not few, to which maybe referred this which followeth.
CHAP. XXVI.
Andrew Policka a Martyr.
HE was a Citizen of Cuttenburgh, but by reaſon hee had changed hi Religion, he came to Litomiſſa, to which place his wife being unwilling to follow him, when on a certain time he came back to ſee her, ſhee betrayed him. Therefore being taken, hee ſo long was vexed with the Calixtine Prieſts, that he promiſed to live againe with his wife, and to obey the Prieſts. This he did outwardly; but his Conſcience inwardly did check him for it: therefore on a ſolemn day, when the Parſon, his ſermon being ended, had brought forth the Hoſte, and placed it on the Altar, and the people falling down did worſhip it, Andrew being not able to contain the fire bur-
