be proued agaynst me, be arested imprisoned, or haue any violence done vnto me, that then it may be manifest vnto the whole world that this generall Councell doth not procede accordyng to equitie and iustice, if they would by any meanes put me backe from this profounde and straight iustice, beyng come hether frely and of myne owne mynde and accorde. The whiche thyng I suppose to be farre from so sacred and holy a Councell of wise men.

MarginaliaSafecōduct denyed to Hierome.WHen as yet he through such intimations copied out in the Bohemian, Latine, and Germaine toung, beyng set vp as is aforesayd, could not get any safeconduict: then the Nobles, Lordes, and knightes syecially of the Bohemian nation, present in Constance, gaue vnto M. Hierome their letters patentes, confirmed with their Seales, for a testemony and witnes of the premisses. MarginaliaHierome returneth toward Boheme, with the testimonies of the Lordes of Boheme.With the which letters the sayd M. Hierome returned agayne vnto Boheme, but by the treason & conspiracie of his enemies MarginaliaHierome apprehended in the way by Duke Iohnwas taken in Hirssaw by the officers of Duke Ihon, and in Zultzbach was brought backe agayne to the presence of the Duke. MarginaliaMichael de Causis, and Palletz enemies to Hierome.In the meane tyme such as were the setters forward of the Councell agaynst M. Ihon Hus, and M. Hierome, that is to say Michael de Causis and M. Palletz and other their accomplices, required that the sayd maister Hierome should be cited by reason of his intimations: and certaine dayes after the citation hereunder written, was set vpon the gates and porches of the Citie, and Churches, whiche foloweth here in this maner.

MarginaliaHierom of Prage cited by the councell when he was taken.This moste sacred and holy Synode and generall Councell of Constance, faythfully congregated and gathered together in the holy Ghost, representyng the vniuersall militant Church, vnto Hierome of Prage, which writeth himselfe to be a maister of Arte of so many Vniuersities, and pretendeth those thynges which are onely pertainyng vnto sobrietie and modesty, & that he knoweth no more then he ought. &c. Know thou that there is a certaine writyng come vnto our vnderstandyng and knowledge, the which was set vp as it were by thine own person vpon the gates of the churches and Citie of Constance, vpon the Sonday, whē there was song in the Church of God: Quasimodo geniti, Wherin thou doest affirme, that thou wilt openly aunswere vnto thy accusers and slaūderers which shall obiect any crime, errour or heresie, against thee, wherof thou art meruailously infamed and accused before vs, and specially touchyng the doctrine of Wicklieffe, and other doctrines cōtrary vnto the Catholike fayth, so that thou mightest haue graunted vnto thee a safeconduict to come. Bur for somuch as it is our part principally & chiefly to forsee and looke vnto these crafty foxes whiche go about to destroy the vyneyarde of the Lord of hostes: therfore we do cyte and call forth by the tenour of these presentes, thy person many foldly defamed and suspected for the temerarious affirmyng & teachyng of manifold errours, so that within the terme of. xv. dayes to be accounted from the date of these presentes, wherof v. dayes are appointed for the first terme, fiue for the second, and other fiue for the thyrd, we do ordeine and appoynt by canonicall admonition and warnyng, that thou do appeare in the publike Session of the Sacred Councell, if there by any holden the same day, or els the first day immediatly followyng, when as any Session shalbe, accordyng to the tenour of thy sayd writyng, to aunswere to those thynges which any person or persons shall obiect or lay agaynst thee in any cause of thy fayth, and to receiue & haue, as iustice shall require. Wherupon, so much as in vs lyeth, and as Catholicke faith shall require, we offer and assigne to thee by the tenour here of, our safe conduict from al violence (iustice alwayes beyng saued) certefying thee that whether thou doost appeare or not, the sayd terme or tyme appointed notwithstādyng, processe shall go forward agaynst thee by the sayd Sacred Coūcell, or by their Commissary or Comissaries, for the tyme aforesayd not obserued & kepte, thy contumacy or stubburnes in any thyng notwithstandyng. Geuen in the vi. Sessiō of the generall Councell, the. xvii. day of Aprill, vnder the seales of the Presidentes of the foure Nations.

¶ Grumpert Faber Notarie of the Germains.

AFter that Sigismund Kyng of Hungary with the rest of the Councel, vnderstode by the foresayd Duke Iohn, MarginaliaThis Duke iohn in hystories is commonly called the sonne of Clement.that M. Hierome was taken, they were earnestly in hand, requiryng that M. Hierome should be brought before them vnto the Councell. The whiche Duke Ihon, after he had receiued letters of the kyng and the Councell, brought M. Hierome bound vnto Constance, whom his brother Duke Ludonicus led through the Citie to the Cloister of the Friers Minors in Constance, whereas the chiefe Priestes and Elders of the people, Scribes & Phariseis, were gathered together attendyng and wayting for his commyng. MarginaliaHierome is brought bound vnto Constance by Duke Iohn.He the sayd maister Hierome caryed a greate handbolte of iron wyth a long chayne in hys hand, and as he passed, the chayne made a great ratling and noyse, and for the more cōfusion and despite towardes him, they ledde him by þ^e same chayne after Duke Ludouicus aforesayd, holding and stretching out the chayne a great way from hym: with þ^e which chayne, they also kept hym bound in the Cloyster. When he was brought into the Cloyster, they read before hym the letter of Duke Ihon, which was sent with the sayd mayster Hierome vnto the councell, contayning in effect how that the sayd Duke Iohn had sent maister Hierome vnto the councell: who by chaunce was fallen into hys handes, because he heard an euill report of hym, that he was suspected of the heresies of Wickliffe: that the Councell myght take order for hym, whose part it was to correct and punish such as did erre and stray from the truth, besides many other flattering tales which were written in the sayd letter for the prayse of the Councell. After this they read the citation which was geuen out by the Councell agaynst maister Hierome, wherof we haue spoken before. MarginaliaThe councell neither would geue him liberty safely to come nor freely to go.Then certayne of the Byshops sayd vnto hym: Hierome why diddest thou flye and runne away, & diddest not appeare when thou wast cited? He aunswered, because I could not haue anye safecōduict, neither from you, neither from the kyng, as it appeareth by these letters patentes of the Barons, which you haue, neither by my open intimations could I obtayne anye safe conduict.

Wherfore I perceiuing many of my greuous and heauy frendes to be here present in the Councell, woulde not my selfe be the occasion of my perils and daungers, but if I had knowen or had any vnderstādyng of this citation, without all doubt, albeit I had bene in Boheme, I would haue returned agayne. Then all the whole Rable rising vp, alledged diuers and sundry accusations and testimonies agaynst hym with a great noyse and tumulte. When the rest held their peace, then spake maister Gerson the Chauncelour of Paris: MarginaliaM. Hierom was accused by master Gerson with commendation of hys eloquence.Hierome when thou wast at Paris, thou thoughtest thy selfe by meanes of thy eloquēce to be an Angell, and diddist trouble the whole Vniuersitie, alledging openly in the Schooles many erronious conclusions wyth, their correlaria, and specially in the question de vniuersalibus et de Idæis, wyth many other very offensiue questions. Vnto whom Maister Hierome sayd: I aunswere to you Maister Gerson: Those matters which I did put forth there in the Schooles at Paris, MarginaliaGerson renueth old matters.in the which also I aunswered to the argumentes of the maisters, I did put them forth Philosophically and as a Philosopher, and maister of the Vniuersitie: & if I haue put forth any questions which I ought not to haue put forth, teach me that they be erronious, and I wyll most humbly be informed and amende the same.

MarginaliaThe maister of the vniuersitie of Coloine.Whiles he was yet speaking, an other (as I suppose, the maister of the Vniuersitie of Colleyne vpon the Riuer of Rheine) rising vp sayd: when thou wast also at Coleine, in thy position which thou diddest there determine, thou diddest propound many erronious matters. Then said M. Hierome vnto hym, shew me first one errour which I propounded. Wherwithall he being in a maner astonished, sayd, I do not remēber them now at the first, MarginaliaThis man would accuse but he lacked matter.but hereafter they shalbe obiected aganst you.

MarginaliaThe maister of the vniuersitie of Heidelberg.And by and by the third man rising vp, sayd: whē that you were also at Heidelberg, you propounded many erronious matters as touching the Trinitie, and there painted out a certayne shielde or scutchine, comparing the Trinitie of persons in diuinitie, vnto water, snow, and yse, and such lyke. Vnto whom M. Hierome aunswered: Those thynges that I wrote or painted there, the same I wyll also speake, write, and paint here: and teach me that they be erronious, and I wyll most humbly reuoke and recant the same.

Then certayne cryed out, let hym be burned, let hym be burned. MarginaliaCrucifige, crucifige eum.Vnto whom he aunswered: if my death do delight or please you, in the name of God, let it so be.

Then sayd the Archbishop of Salisburg, not so maister Hierome, for somuch as it is written I will not the death of a sinner, but rather that he conuert and liue. When these and many other tumultes and cryes were passed, whereby they did then most disorderly and outragiously witnes agaynst hym, they deliuered the sad maister Hierome being bound, vnto the officers of the Citie of Constance, to be caried to prison for that night: and so euery one of them returned to their lodginges.

In the meane time, one of the frendes of M. I. Hus, looking out at a wyndow of the Cloyster, sayd vnto hym,