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Another explored the South of Russia, and the third sought Christians in Turkey. And Luke himself had little more success. He even found fault with the Waldenses. It was time, indeed, for Luke to return, for trouble was brewing at home. For some years there dwelt in the town of Jungbunzlau, the headquarters of the Brethren's Church, a smart young man, by name John Lezek.
If a man tells a falsehood and then denies it, he does not thereby prevent the falsehood from spreading. For now a more powerful foe than Lezek made himself felt in the land.
He revived the stories of Lezek, the popular feeling was fanned to fury, and wire-pullers worked on the tender heart of the King. "Hunt out and destroy these shameless vagabonds," wrote Dr. Augustin Käsebrot to King Uladislaus, "they are not even good enough to be burnt at the stake. They ought to have their bodies torn by wild beasts and their blood licked up by dogs."
As this story was both alarming and lively, the parish priest had it taken down, sealed and signed by witnesses, copied out, and scattered broadcast through the land. In vain John Lezek confessed soon after, when brought by the Brethren before a Magistrate, that his whole story was a vile invention.
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