TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS AND MA-

GNIFICENT LORD, Lord

JAN ZBOROWSKI OF RYT-

wiany, Castellan of Gniezno, Captain of Odola-

nów, Grudziądz, Wołpa, Dubno, etc.

Heir in Pleszew, etc. A strenuous cul-

tivator of purer Christianity, and a

patron and supporter of those who

cultivate it, greatly to be respected.

ILLustrious and Magnificent Lord,
Lord to be reverently honored: In previous
years, in a work published first in the Latin language at
the Academy of Frankfurt original: "Francofordiana"; likely Frankfurt an der Oder, a center of Lutheran scholarship, and later in German at the
Academy of Leipzig, I compiled an Exami-
nation of the doctrine and discipline of the Brethren, com-
monly called Waldensians The Waldensians (or Unity of the Brethren) were a medieval reform movement that predated the Protestant Reformation, and from their own small
works and words, I reviewed those chapters in which
they openly differ from the Churches of the Augsburg Con-
fession Augsburg Confession: the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, presented in 1530, to which they nevertheless—after the
doctrine in these regions was purified—were accustomed
to appeal, and to boast publicly and privately
of their agreement with them.

With what sincerity, however, and for what purpose
that was done, and is still being done, the matter itself has
abundantly shown in those places where they have so far
established their seat; since they have insinuated
themselves to the more unwary by secretly entering their
homes, under the protection of this our Confession
as well as under the pretext of their own unique
discipline, from the reformed Chur- The text breaks off mid-word "Ecclesiis" (Churches) to continue on the next page