inges, doyngs, and behauiour, we haue proued & found him to be a faithfull and a catholicke mā, findyng no maner of euill, sinister, or by any meanes, erronious doings in him vnto this present. MarginaliaThe bishop of Nazareth witnesseth with Iohn Hus.We do witnes & protest, moreouer howe the sayd Iohn Hus, of late in the cathedrall church of Prage, and in other both collegiate and parish churches, & in the Colledges of the vniuersitie of Prage and in the gates and porches of the most noble Prince & Lord, the Lord Wenslaus king of Romaines and of Boheme. Also in the gates of the reuerend father the Lord Cōrade Archbishop of Prage, Legate of the Apostolicke Sea and Chaunceler of the vniuersitie of Prage, and of other Princes & barōs, then beyng in the citie of Prage, hath set vp his letters written both in Latin and in the Bohemian tongue, containyng sentētially in effect, how the foresayd maister Iohn Hus, would appeare before the reuerend father the Lord Conrade the foresayd Archbishop of Prage, and all the Prelates and clergye of the kyngdome of Boheme, that shalbe congregated and called together by the said Archbishop at the day appointed in the sayd citie of Prage, ready alwayes to satisfie euery man that shall desire and require him to shewe a reason of his fayth and hope that he holdeth, and to see and heare all and euery one whiche could proue any obstinacie of errour or heresie, lawfully agaynst hym, vnder the payne to receiue the lyke punishment: vnto whom altogether he would by Gods helpe, aunswere in the Coūcell of Constance, whiche was nowe at hand, before the sayd Lord Archbyshop and vs with all other Prelates, and there in Christes name according to the decrees and Canons of the holy fathers to declare and shewe foorth his innocencie. After the whiche letters as is aforesayd by the sayd maister Iohn Hus openly set vp, there dyd no man appeare before vs, the whiche would accuse the sayd maister Iohn Hus, of any errour, eyther of any heresie. For the euidēt witnes of all which things we haue commaunded these present letters to be made, and confirmed the same with the settyng to of our seale. Dated in Prage xxx. of August an. M.iiii.C.xiiii.

Vpon whiche matter also a publicke instrument was drawen, testified with the hand and seale of the publicke notarie, named Michel Pruthatitz. The copy wherof is to be read more at large, in our former editiō. pag. 193.

After this, as all the Barons of Boheme were assembled in the Abbay of S. Iames, about the affaires of the realme, where as the Archbishop of Prage was also present: There the sayd Iohn Hus presented supplications, by the whiche he most humbly desired the Barons, that they would shewe hym this fauour towardes the sayd Archbishop, that if the sayd Archbyshop did suspect hym of any errour or heresie, þ^t he would declare it openlye, and that he was ready to endure and suffer correctiō for the same at his handes. And if þ^t he had found or perceyued no such thyng in hym, that he would then gyue him a testimoniall therof, through the whiche he beyng as it were armed, he might the more frely go vnto Constāce. MarginaliaConrade the archbishop clereth Iohn Hus.The sayd Archbishop confessed openly afore all the assēbly of barons that he knew not that the sayd Iohn Hus was culpable or faulty in any crime or offence, and this was his onely Counsell, that the sayd Iohn Hus should purge hym selfe of the excommunication he had incurred: this report whiche the Archbishop had geuē of Iohn Hus, doth appeare by the letters which the barōs of Boheme sent vnto the Emperour Sigismond by the sayde Hus in the towne of Constance. MarginaliaIohn Hus requireth to geue testimony of hys fayth, and could not be admitted.Finally all the prelates and clergy assembled together in the town of Prage in the Archbishop his court, where as appeared personally the worshipfull maister Iohn Iesenitz doctour of the decretals and procurer, in the name and behalfe of the honorable man maister Iohn Hus, requiryng that either the sayd maister Iohn Hus, or that hee in the name and behalfe of hym, might be suffered to come into the sayd Archbyshops court, to the presence of the Archbyshop, and the Prelates whiche were there congregated together, for so much as maister Iohn Hus is ready to satisfie all men whiche shall require him to shew any reason of his fayth or hope, which he holdeth, and to see & heareall and singuler, whiche were there gathered together, that is to say, the Lord Archbishop and prelates or any of them, whiche would lay any maner of obstinacie, or errour, or heresie vnto hym, that they should there write in their names, and according both vnto Gods law and mans, and the Canon law, prepare themselues to suffer lyke punishement, if they could not lawfully proue any obstinacie of errour or heresie agaynst him: vnto whom altogether he would, by Gods helpe, aunswere before þ^e sayd Archbyshop and the Prelates in the next generall Councell holden at Constance, and stand vnto the law, and accordyng to the Canons and Decretals of the holy fathers, shewe forth and declare his innocencie in the name of Christ: Vnto the which maister Iohn de Iessenerz doctour, one called Vlricus Swabe of Swabenitz, Marshal of the sayd Archbyshop, commyng forth of the sayd court, did vtterly deny vnto the sayd maister doctor and his partie all maner of ingresse and intrance into the court, and to the presence of the Archbishop aforesayd, and of the prelates there gathered together. Pretendyng that the Archbishop with the Prelates aforesayd, were occupyed about the kinges affaires, requiring the sayd maister doctour, that he would tary in some place without the sayd court, that when the Archbyshop and the prelates had finished the kynges affaires, he myght then retourne, and haue libertie to come into the court there. The sayd maister Iohn Hus, and þ^e doctor of law taried a while, intreatyng to be admitted into the Archbishops court. But seyng he could preuaile nothyng, he made there a solempne protestation of his request, that both hee and also maister Iohn Hus and his part, could not bee suffered to come into the Archbyshops court, to the presence of the Archbyshop and the prelates. Requiryng of the foresayd notarie, publicke instruments to be made of the same. Whiche also was done.

And these were the thinges which were done, before Iohn Hus tooke his iourney to the generall Councel of Constance, þ^e which I minded briefly to rehearse, wherunto I will also annexe somewhat, as touching his iourney thetherwardes. MarginaliaIohn Hus taketh hys iourney to Constance.About the Ides of October. 1414. Iohn Hus beyng accompanied with two noble Gentlemen, that is to witte VVencelat de Duba, and Iohn de Clum, he parted from Prage and tooke his iourney towards Cōstance. And in euery place as he passed he notified his presence by his letters whiche he sent abroad, and especially in euery good towne or citie of name, the tenour wherof ensueth.

MarginaliaThe letters which Ioh. Hus set vp in cities as he passed to Constance.MAister Iohn Hus goeth now vnto Cōstance, there to declare his faith, whiche he hath hetherto holdē, and euen at this present doth holde, and by Gods helpe will defende and kepe euen vnto death. Therfore euē as he hath manifested thorowout all the kyngdome of Boheme by his letters & intimations, willing before his departure to haue satisfied & geuen an accompt of his faith vnto euery man, whiche should obiect or lay any thyng agaynst hym in the generall conuocation holden in the Archbyshop of Prages court: So likewise he doth manifest and signifie that if there be any mā in this noble and Imperiall citie, the whiche will impute or lay any error or heresie vnto him, þ^t he should prepare him self to come vnto the Councell, for so much as the said maister Iohn Hus is ready to satisfie euery man at the sayd Councell, whiche shall lay any thing vnto his charge as touching his fayth.

MarginaliaHow Iohn Hus was receaued by the way going vp to the coūcell.In all cities as he passed by, and principally when he was parted out of Boheme and entred into Almayne, a great nomber of people did come vnto him, and he was very gentlye receiued and entertayned of his hostes thorow all the townes of Germany, and specially of the citizens and burgeses, and oftentimes of the curates. Insomuch as the sayd Hus did confesse in a certayne Epistle, that he found in no place so great enemies as in Bo