4. Item, if no man will set himselfe on þ^e contrary part against him, then let the cōmaundement be made by our soueraigne Lord the king through all his Cittyes, and likewise let it be ordeined and proclaimed through all villages and townes, that maister Iohn Hus, is ready to render account of his fayth, and therfore if any will obiect vnto him any heresy or errour, let him write his name in the chauncery of the Lord Archbishop, and to bring forth his probations openly before both the parties.

5. Item, if no such shalbe founde to obiect, or which will write his name, then let them be called for, which caused to be noised & rumored in the Popes Court, that in the kingdome of Boheme, in the Citty of Prage, and in the Marquesdome of Morauia, many there be whose harts be infected with heresy and error, that they may proue who they be: and if they be not able to proue it, let them be punished.

6. Item, that commaundement be directed to Doctors of Diuinity and of the Canon law, and to the Chapter of Cathedrall churches, and that it be required of them all and of euery one particularly, that they wil bring forth his name, if they know any such to be an heretick or erroneous. And if they deny to know any such, then let them make recognition therof, before the publike Notary, confirming þ^e same with their seales.

7. Item, these things thus done & premised, then that our soueraigne Lord the king, & also that the Archb. will geue commaundement vnder payne that no man shall call one another hereticke or erroneous, vnles he will stand to the probation of that heresy or error, as it becommeth him.

8. Item, after these thinges obteined that our soueraigne lord the king, with the consent of his Barons, will thē leuy a subsidy, or collect of the clergy, & direct an honest ambassy to the Popes court, with the which embassadors, let thē also go vpō theyr owne proper charges or expenses for theyr purgation, which haue caused this kingdome falsly & greuously to be infamed in the Apostolicall court.

9. Item, in the meane season for the presence of master I. Hus no Interdict ought to be made, as it was made of late contrary to the order and determination of our holye mother church. &c.

As this matter was thus in altercatiō betwene þ^e two parts, þ^e one obiecting, þ^e other answering in articles, as is aforsayd: In the meane time it happened by the occasiō of Ladislaus king of Naples, who had besieged the popes townes and territories, that Pope Iohn raising vp warr agaynst the sayd Ladislaus, gaue ful remission of sinnes to all them which would warre of his side to defēd þ^e church.MarginaliaThe Pope maketh warre. When this Bul of þ^e popes indulgēce was come to Prage, and there published, the king Wenselaus, who thē fauored that pope, gaue cōmaundement that no man should attēpt any thing against the sayd Popes indulgēces. But Hus w^t his folowers, not able to abide þ^e impiety of those pardōs. began manifestly to speake agaynst them, of the which cōpany were 3. certayn artificers, who hearing þ^e priest preaching of these indulgences, did opēly speak against them, & called the pope Antichrist, which would set vp the crosse to fight agaynst his euenchristened. Wherefore they were brought before the Senate, and committed to warde. But the people ioyning thēselues together in armes: came to þ^e magistrates, requiring thē to be let loose. The magistrates with gētle wordes and fayre promises satisfied the people, so that euery man returning home to his own house, þ^e tumult was asswaged. But the captiues being in prison, not withstanding were there beheaded, whose names were Iohn, Martin, and Stascon.MarginaliaIohn. Martine. Stascon. Martyrs. The death and martirdome of these three being knowne vnto the people, they tooke the bodies of them that were slaine, and with great solemnitye brought them vnto the church of Bethlem. At whose funerall diuers priestes fauoring that side, did sing in this wise These be the Sayntes whiche for the testament of God gaue their bodies. &c. And so their bodyes were sumptuously interred in the church of Bethlem, I. Hus preaching at the same funerall, much commending them for theyr constancye, and blessing God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ, whyche had hidde the way of his verity so from the prudent of this world, and had reuealed it to the simple lay people and inferior priestes, which chose rather to please God then men.

Thus this City of Prage was deuided. The prelates with the greatest part of the clergy, & most of the Barons, which had any thing to lose, did hold w^t the pope, especially Steuen Paletz,MarginaliaSteuen Paletz a great enemy to Iohn Hus. being the chiefest doer on that side. On the contrary part the commons, with part of the clergy & studentes of the vniuersity went with Iohn Hus. Wenslaus the king fearing least this would grow to a tumult, being moued by the doctors and prelates and councell of his barons thought best to remoue Iohn Husse out of the Citty,MarginaliaI. Husse banished out of Prage. who had bene excommunicated before by the Pope: Andfurther to cease this dissention risen in the church, committed the matter to the disposition of the doctors and the clergy. They cōsulting together among thēselues, did set forth a decree, ratified and confirmed by the sentēce of the king, contayning the summe of 18. articles for the maynteynance of the Pope and the see of Rome, agaynst the doctrine of Wickeliffe and Iohn Husse. The names of the Doctors of Diuinity were these: Steuen Paletz: Stanislaus de Znoyma: Petrus de Ikoyma: Ioannes Heliæ: Andreas Broda: Iohannes Hildesen: Mattheus Monachus: Hermannus Heremita: Georgius Bota: Simon Wenda. &c. Iohn Hus thus departing out of Prage, went to his coūtry, where he being protected by the Lord of the Soile, continued there preaching, to whom resorted a great concourse of people, neither yet was he so expelled out of Prage, but that sometimes he resorted to his church of Bethleem, and there also preached vnto the people.

Moreouer agaynst the sayde decree of the doctours, I. Hus with his companye replied agayne, and aunswered to their articles, with cōtrary articles agayn as foloweth.

FIrst, the foūdation of the Doctors wherupon they foūd all their writings and counsels, is false, which foūdatiō is this, where as they say that part of the clergy in þ^e kingdome of Boheme is pestilent and erroneous, and holdeth falsely of the Sacramentes,

2. The Doctors hereby do defame the kingdome of Boheme, and do rayse vp new discordes.

3. Let them shew therefore those persons of the Clergye, whom they call pestilent, & so let them verify theyr report, binding themselues to suffer the like paine, if they be not able to proue it.

4. False it is þ^t they say, the Pope & the cardinals to be the true & manifest successors of Peter & of the Apostles, neyther that any other successors of Peter or the Apostles, can be foūd on earth besides thē. Whē as no man knoweth whether he be worthy of hatred or of fauour. And all Byshops and priests be successors of Peter & of the Apostles.

5. Note the pope, but Christ onely is the head: and not the Cardinals, but all Christes faythfull people be the body of the Catholick church, as all holy Scripture and decrees of the holy fathers do testify and affirme.

6. And as touching þ^e pope, if he be a reprobate, it is plain that he is no head, no nor member also of þ^e holy Church of God, but of the deuill, and of his sinagogue.

7. The clergy of the gospellers agreeing with the saying of S. Austen which they alledge, and according to the sanctions of the fathers, and determinations of the holy mother church, do say and affirme laudably: that the condēnation and prohibition of the 45. articles is vnlawful, and vniust, and rashly done: for that not onely because the doctors, but also all Bishops and Archbishops, in suche great causes, namely, touching faith (as these articles doe) haue no authority at all, as appeareth. De baptismo et eius effectu. cap. Maiores. Et in Can. 17 dist. cap. Hinc sedi. &c.

8. The second cause of the discord which they alledge, also is most false: seing the fayth of whole Christendome cōcerning the church of Rome, is deuided in 3. parts by the reason of 3. popes, which now together do raigne: And the 4. part is newtrall. Neither is it true, that we ought to stand in all things to the determination of the pope, & of the cardinals, but so farr forth as they do agree with þ^e holy scripture of the old and new Testament, from whence the sanctions of the fathers, did first spring as is euident. De accusationibus cap. qualiter. &c.

9. In the 4. Article they brast out into a certayne dotage, & are contrary to themselues. By reason that they doltishly haue reprehēded the gospellers, who in all their doings receiue the holy scripture (whith is the law of God, þ^e way of trueth and life) for their iudge and measure: and afterward they themselues doe alleadge the scripture. Deut. 17. where all iudges both popes and Cardinals are taught to iudge & discern betwene leaper & leaper, & in eeury ecclesiasticall cause, only after þ^e rule of gods law. And so are they cōtrary vnto their secōd article, wherin they say: þ^t in euery catholicke matter we must runne to the pope: which is cōtrary to the foolish condemnation of the Articles aforesaid.

10 Consequently, like idiots they doe most falsly alledge for their purpose the Canon, vnder the name and authority of Ierome written 24. q. 1. Hæc est fides papa. &c.Marginalia26. q. 1. Hæc est fides. where they do apply the wordes of Ierome most impertinentlye to the pope of Rome, which he writeth to S. Austen,MarginaliaAusten called Pope. calling him a most blessed Pope.

11. By the whiche place of Ierome, it is manifest that the first article of those doctors is false. Forasmuch as by these