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became too limited for his audience ; people assembled in squares and public places to listen to his sermons. The ladies of Prague discarded their jewellery and sumptuous clothing, while many men publicly confessed their sins. Though Conrad's preaching was in the strictest conformity with the teaching of the Church of Rome, he yet incurred the hostility of the monks, particularly the Dominicans and the Augustines. The protection of Charles, however, ensured his safety, and Conrad's death, in 1369, put a stop to the controversy which his sermons had caused. Waldhauser has left a considerable number of Latin works ; of these, the Postilla Studentium SanctcB Universitatis Pragensis super evangelia dominica and the Apologia, which contains his defence against the attacks of the monks, are the most important. Among those on whom the preaching of Conrad Waldhauser produced a strong and permanent impression was the Mora^axi __MlLifi .of JKremsier, who, after Conrad's death, became his successor as rector of the We find a considerable Teyn Church at Prague. amount of information concerning Milic in his biography, contained in the Miscellanea of the learned Jesuit Balbinus. This biography, which dates from the second half of the seventeenth century, written, if not by Balbinus himself, by a member of his order, is noticeable It is the foundation for its conscientious impartiality. of all the more recent notices of Milic. The date of the birth of Milic is unknown ; we only learn that he was of humble origin, and was probably born in the town He took orders early in life, of Kremsier in Moravia. probably in the year 1350. From the year 1360 downward he seems to have held an important official position soon