redde skarlet downe to the ground. The Cardinalles horses MarginaliaMeretrix equitans super bestiam Apocalyp.were all in white silke, MarginaliaThe pope on horsebacke the Emperour on foote.the Emperour on the right side, and prince Electour on the left playing bothe the Popes footemē, wēt on foote leadyng the popes horse by the bridle.

As this Pageant thus with the great gyaunt proceded, and came to the market place, there the Iewes (accordyng to the maner) offered to him their law and ceremonies. Which the Pope receauyng, cast behynd him, saying: Recedant vetera, noua sunt oina. i. Let old thynges passe, all thyngs be made new. &c. Ex hist. S. Alb. ex paralip, Vrsperg. MarginaliaWhy then doth the pope keepe still the olde Iewes ceremonies, if all thinges bee mad new.
An. 1417.This was. an. 1417.

Thus the Pope beyng now confirmed in his kingdome, first beginneth to write his letters to the Bohemiās, wherin partly he moueth them to Catholicke obedience, partly he dissembleth with them, fainyng that if it were not for the Emperours request, he would enter processe against them. Thirdly and finally he threatneth to attempt the vttermost agaynst them, & with all force to inuade them, as well with the Apostolicall, as also with the secular arme, if they did still persiste, as they begon.

Albeit these new threates of the new Byshop, dyd nothyng moue the constant hartes of the Bohemians, whom the inward zeale of Christes word had before inflamed.

Although it had bene to be wished, such bloudshed and warres not to haue followed: yet to say the truth, how could these Rabines greatly blame them herein, whom their bloudy tyranny had before prouoked so iniustly, if now with their glosing letters they could not so easely appease them agayn.

Wherfore these foresaid Bohemians, partly for the loue of Iohn Hus and Hierome their countreymen, partly for the hatred of their malignaunt Papistry, assemblyng together, MarginaliaA yearely memoriall of Ioh. Hus and Hierome kept among the Bohemians.first agreed to celebrate a solēne memoriall of the death of Iohn Hus and Hierome, decreyng the same to be holden and celebrate yearely. And afterward, by meanes of their frēdes, they obtayned certaine Churches of the king, wherin they might frely preach & minister the Sacramentes vnto the congregation. This done, they suppressed diuers monasteries, pharisaicall temples and idolatrous phanes, begynnyng first with the great monastery of the blacke Friers eight myles from Prage, and driuyng away the wicked and vicious Priestes and Monkes out of them, or compelling them vnto a better order. And thus their nomber more and more encreasing vnder the conduict of a certaine noble man named Nicholas, they went agayne vnto the kyng, requiryng to haue more and ampler Churches graunted vnto them. The kyng seemed at the first willingly and gently to geue eare vnto the sayd Nicholas intreatyng for the people, and commaunded them to come agayne the next day.

MarginaliaK. Wenceslaus threatneth Nicholas.When the people were departed, the kyng turnyng him selfe to the noble mā Nicholas, which taryed still behynd, sayd: Thou hast begun a webbe to put me out of my kingdome, but I will make a rope of it, wherewithall I will hang thee. Whereupon he immediatly departed out of the kynges presence, and the kyng himselfe went into the Castle of Vissegrad: within a while after, into a new Castle, which he himselfe had builded fiue stones cast from thence, sendyng Ambassadours to his brother to require ayde.

These Protestantes beyng assembled in the Towne of Prage, holdyng their conuentions: the kyng sent forth hys Chamberlaine with. CCC. horsemen, to runne vpō them: but he hauyng respect vnto his lyfe fled. When newes therof was brought vnto the kyng, all that were about him beyng amased, vtterly detested the fact: but the kynges cupbearer stādyng by, sayd: I knew before that these thynges would thus come to passe. Whom the kyng in a rage taking hold of, threw him downe before hys feete, and with his dagger would haue slayne him: but beyng letted by suche as were about hym, with much a do, he pardoned hym his life. MarginaliaThe death of K. Winceslaus.Immediatly the kyng beyng taken with a palsey fell sicke, and within 18. dayes after, whē he had marked the names of such, whom he had appointed do put to death, MarginaliaThe meruelous worke of Gods iudgement to be noted, in defending his people.incessantly callyng for ayde of his brother, and other his frendes, he departed this life before the princes whiche he had sent vnto, were come with ayde, when hee had raigned lv. yeares, and was about the age of. lvij. yeares.

MarginaliaOut of Eneas Siluius.Immediatly after the death of Wenceslaus, there was a certaine noble man named Zisca, borne at Trosnouia, which from his youth vpward was brought vp in the kyngs court, and had lost one of his eyes in a battell, where as he had valiantly borne himselfe. This man beyng sore greued for the death of Iohn Hus, and Hierome of Prage, myndyng to reuenge the iniuries which the Councell had done, greatly to the dishonour of the kyngdome of Boheme, vpon their complices and adherentes: he gathered together a number of men of warre, and subuerted the Monasteries and idolatrous temples, pullyng downe and breakyng in peeces the images and idols, driuyng away the Priestes and Monkes, which he sayd were kept vp in their Cloysters liyke swine in their styes, to be fatted. After this, his armye beyng increased, hauyng gathered together about. xl. thousand men, he attempted to take the Castle of Vissegrade, which was but slenderly warded. MarginaliaZischa getteth Pelzina.From thence the sayd Zisca vnder the conduict of Coranda, went speedely vnto Pelzina, whereas he knew he had many frendes of his faction, and tooke the Towne into his power, fortifieng the same very strongly, and those which taryed behynd, tooke the Castle of Vissegrade.

MarginaliaThe queene sendeth for Sigismund the Emperour.Then the Queene Sophia beyng very carefull, sent letters and messengers vnto the Emperour Sigismund & other nobles adioynyng vnto her, requiryng ayde and helpe: but the Emperour made preparation agaynst the Turke, which had thē lately wonne certaine Castles of him. Wher upon the Queene seyng all ayde so farre of, together with Zenko Wartenberge, gathered an host with the kynges treasure, and fortified the Castle of Prage, and the lesser Citie whiche ioyneth vnto the Castle, makyng gates and Towers of wood vpon the bridge, ouer the Riuer Multane, to stoppe that the Protestants should haue no passage that way. Then it happened that at the Ile of S. Benedict, one Peter Sterenberge fought an equall or indifferēt battaile with them.

In the meane tyme the number of the Protestants being increased in Prage, they fought for þ^e bridge. In which battaile many were slayne on both partes, but at the length the Hussites wanne the bridge, and the neather part of lesser Prage, þ^e Queenes part flieng into the vpper part thereof: whereas they turnyng agayne fiersly, renued þ^e battaile, and fought continually day and night by the space of fiue dayes. Many were slayne on both partes, goodly buildyngs were rased, & the councell house, which was in a low place, was vtterly defaced and burned.

MarginaliaThe Emperours Ambassadours agree wyth the citizens of Prage.Duryng the tyme of this troublous estate, the Ambassadours of the Emperour Sigismund were come: whiche taking vpon them the rule and gouernaunce of the Realme, made a truce or league with the Citie of Prage vnder this condition, that the Castle of Vissegrad beyng rendred, it should be lawfull for thē to send Ambassadours to the Emperour Sigismund to intreat as touching their estate, and þ^t Zisca should render vp Pelzina & Piesta with the other fortes which he had taken. These conditions thus agreed vpon and receiued, all the forreine protestantes departed out of the Citie, and the Senate of the Citie began to gouerne agayne accordyng to their accustomed maner, and all thynges were quieted. Howbeit, the Papistes which were gone out of þ^e Towne, durst not returne agayne: but still looked for þ^e emperour, by whose presēce they thought they should haue bene safe. But this their hope was frustrate by meanes of certaine letters which were sent frō the emperour, wherein it was written that he would shortly come & rule the kyngdome, euen after the same order and maner as hys father Charles had done before hym. Whereby the Protestantes vnderstood that their sect and Religion should be vtterly banished, whiche was not begon duryng the raigne of the sayd Charles.

About Christmasse, the Emperour Sigismund came to Brunna a Citie of Morauia, and there he pardoned the Citizens of Prage, vnder condition that they would let downe the chaynes and barres of the Citie, and receiue his rulers and Magistrates. Wherunto the whole Citie obeyed, and the Magistrates therof liftyng vp their handes vnto heauen, reioyced at the commyng of the new kyng. But the Emperour turned an other way, and went vnto Vratislauia the head Citie of Slesia, where as a litle before, the cōmunalty of the Citie had slayne in an insurrection, the magistrates, which his brother Wenceslaus had set in authority: the principals wherof he beheaded. MarginaliaThe citie of Prage fell from the Emperour.The newes wherof when they were reported at Prage, the Citizēs beyng feared by the example of the Vratislauians, distrustyng their pardon, rebelled out of hand, and hauyng obtained Cencho on their part, which had the gouernaunce of the Castle of Prage, they sent letters into all the Realme, that no man should suffer the Emperour to enter, which was an ennemy vnto Boheme and sought nothyng els but to destroy the kyngdome: MarginaliaThe complaint of the citie of Prage against Sigismund.which also bound the auncient citie of the Prutenians vnto order by pledges, and put the Marques of Brandenburge from the Bohemian crowne: and had not onely suffered Iohn Hus and Hierome of Prage to be burned at the Councel of Constance, but also procured the same, and with all his endeuour did impugne the doctrine & fayth which they taught and folowed. Whilest these thinges were