require) vnto your information.

Then there start vp one, whiche with a loude voyce, sayd: Beholde how craftely this man speaketh. He termeth it information and not correction or determinatiō. Verely sayd Ihon Hus, euē as you will, terme it, information, correction or determination: for I take God to my witnesse, that I speake nothyng but with my hart and mynde.

MarginaliaThe Cardinall of Cambray appoynteth Iohn Hus certayne conditions, wherby he may be deliuered.Then sayd the Cardinall of Cambray, for somuch then as thou doest submit thy selfe vnto the information and grace of this Councell, this is decreed almost by lx. doctours, wherof some of thē are nowe departed hence, in whose Rome and place the Parisians, are succeded: and also it is approued by the whole Councell, not one man speakyng the contrary therunto.

First of all that thou shalt humbly and mekely confesse they selfe to haue erred in these Articles, whiche are alledged and brought agaynst thee.

Moueouer, that thou shalt promisse by an othe, that from hencefoorth thou shalt not teache, holde, or maintaine any of these Articles. And last of all that thou shalt openly recant all these Articles.

MarginaliaThe aunswere of Iohn Hus.Vpon the which sentence, when as many others had spoken their myndes, at the length Ihon Hus sayd: I once agayn do saie, that I am ready to submit my selfe to the information of the Councell: but this I must humbly require and desire you all, euen for his sake which is the God of vs all, that I bee not cōpelled or forced to do the thyng, which my conscience doth repugne or striue agaynst, or the whiche I cannot do without daunger of eternall damnation: that is, that I should make reuocation by othe to all þ^e Articles which are alledged against me. For I remember that I haue read in the booke of vniuersalities, that to abiure, is to renounce an errour which a man hath before holdē. And for somuch as many of these Articles are sayd to be mine, whiche were neuer in my mynd or thought to hold or teach, how should I then renounce thē by an othe? But as touching those Articles whiche are myne in deede, if there be any man whiche can teache me contrarywise vnto them, I will willingly performe that whiche you desire.

MarginaliaThe Emperour exhorteth Ioh. Hus to recant.Then sayd the Emperour, why mayest thou not without daūger also renounce all those articles, which thou sayest are falsly alledged against thee by the wytnesses? For I verely would nothing at all doubte to abiure all errours, neyther doth it follow that therefore by and by I haue professed any errour. To whom I. Hus aunswered: Most noble Emperour, this worde to abiure, doth signify much otherwise then your maiesty doth here vse it. Then sayd the Cardinall of Florence: Iohn Hus, you shall haue a forme of abiuration, which shall be gentle & tollerable inough, written and deliuered vnto you, and then you wyll easelye and soone determine wyth your selfe, whether you wyll do it or no.

MarginaliaThe Emperour rehearseth the Cardinall of Cambrayes wordes.Then the Emperour repeating agayne the woordes of the Cardinall of Cambray, said: thou hast heard that there are two wayes layde before thee. First, that thou shouldest openlye renounce those thy errors, which are now condemned, and subscribe, vnto the iudgement of the councell, whereby thou shouldest try and finde, theyr grace & fauour. But if thou proceede to defend thy opinions, the Councell shall haue sufficient, wherby according to their lawes & ordinaunces, they may decree and determine vpon thee. To whom Iohn Hus answered: I refuse nothing (most noble Emperour) whatsoeuer the Councell shall decree or determine vpon me. This only one thing I except, that I do not offend God and my cōscience, or say that I haue professed those errours which was neuer in my minde or thought, for to professe. But I desire you all, if it may be possible, that you will graūt me further liberty to declare my minde and opiniō, that I maye aunswer as much as shall suffice, as touchingthose thinges which are obiected agaynst me, and specially concerning ecclesiasticall offices, and the state of the ministery.

MarginaliaThe force of false witnes.But when as other men began to speake, the Emperour himselfe began to syng the same song which he had song before. Thou art of lawful age sayd þ^e Emperour, thou mightest haue easily vnderstand what I said vnto thee yesterday and this daye: MarginaliaThe Emperour to Iohn Hus.for we are forced to geue credite vnto these witnesses which are worthy of credit: forsomuch as the scripture saith, that in the mouth of. ij. or iij. witnesses, all truth is tried: How muche more then by so many witnesses of such worthy men?

Wherefore if thou be wyse, receiue penaunce at the hands of the Councel, with a contrite hart, and renoūce thy manifest errours, and promise by an othe, that frō hēce forth thou wilt neuer more teache or preach against them. The which if thou refusest to do, there are lawes and ordinaunces, whereby thou shalt bee iudged of the Councell.

MarginaliaAn olde byshop of Pole.Here a certaine verye olde bishop of Pole put to hys verdicte. He sayd the lawes are euident as touching heretickes, with what punishment they ought to be punished. But Iohn Hus constantly answered as before: insomuch that they sayd he was obstinate and stubburne.

MarginaliaObiection of a priest better fed thē taught.Then a certayne well fed priest and gayly apparelled, cried out vnto the Presidentes of the Councell, saying, he ought by no meanes to bee admitted to recantation: for he hath written vnto his friendes, that althoughe he do sweare with his toung, yet he wyll keepe hys mynde vnsworne without othe: wherefore hee is not to be trusted. Vnto this slaunder Iohn Hus answered as is sayd in the last article, affirming that he was not gilty of anye errour.

MarginaliaPalletz agaynst Ioh. Hus.Then said Palletz, to what end is this protestation, forsomuch as thou saiest that thou wilt defend no error, neither yet Wickleffe, and yet doest defend hym? Whē he had spoken these wordes, he brought forth for witnes ix. articles of Iohn Wickleffes, and red them openly, & afterward he sayd: When as I and maister Stanislaus in the presēce of Ernestus of Austrich Duke of Prage, preached against them, he obstinately defended þ^e same, not onely by his sermons, but also by his bookes which he set forth. The which, except you doo here exhibite, we will cause them to be exhibited. So sayd the Emperour also. Vnto whom Iohn Hus answered: I am very well contented that not onely those, but also all other my bookes be brought forth and shewed.

MarginaliaA newe heape of slaunders.In the meane time there was exhibited vnto the coūcell a certaine article, wherein Iohn Hus was accused, that he had slaunderously interpreted a certain sentence of the Popes: the which he denied that hee dyd, saying, that he neuer sawe it, but in prison, when as the article was shewed him by the Cōmissioners. And whē he was demaunded who was the author thereof, he aunswered that he knew not, but that he heard say that maister Iessenitz was the author thereof.

What (said they) then do you thincke or iudge of the interpretation therof? Then answered Iohn Hus, what should I say thereunto, when as I said I neuer sawe it, but as I haue heard it of you. MarginaliaIohn Hus waxeth faynt and werye.Thus they all wer so greuous and troublesome vnto him, that he waxed faynt & wearye, for hee had passed all the night before wythout sleepe, thorow the paine of his teeth.

MarginaliaAn other quarell against Ioh. Hus, touching these three men beheaded at Prage.Then was there an other article redde, in the whych was contayned that three men wer beheaded at Prage, because that thorow Wickleffes doctrine and teachyng, they were contumelious and slaunderous agaynste the Popes letters: and that they wer by the same Hus, with the whole pompe of the Scholers, and with a publike cōuocatiō or congregation caried out to be buried, & by a publick sermō placed amongst þ^e nōber of Saintes. MarginaliaVid. supra pag. 703.And þ^e same Doct. Naso, of whom you haue heard certain te-