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 ,^^ BOHEMIA. +V,. fli<.ht of John XXIII. had inspired new hopes as to the action InhltSto ^^ assen^^es held at Bn^nn and Prague approached him with even stronger representations. It was aU m vain Sio-ismund had finaUy taken his position, and he ledeemed Thesitrtion with great show of -^, ^^^' ^ ^^^^i'^f ^^ had his second hearing before the council, ^^S— ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ prelates for their consideration for h.m as «^^^^^^^ ^^^ ~/r to Huss whom he sternly advised to submit, for he could look tor uo humarhelp- "We ^4l never protect you in your errors and for vou w th our own hands." In the final session of July 6, Huss decCl. "I came freely to the council -^er th^ J^^^ ^ :^ promised by the emperor, here present, that I ^^^^f ^^^^^^^^^^^ 111 constraint, to bear witness to my -^ w-, "J.f j^XI hTs mv faith to all who call it in question." With this he tixed ms Zs on Si^^ismund, who blushed deeply. The impression made in Bohemia bv Sigismund's calculated faithlessness was meffaceable Whenin 1438,'the legates of the Council of ^^l^^^^^^^^^ the responsibility of the result at Constance on the false ^^ itnesses Join TokyzaiJpertinently asked them how, if the council was nsXed by the Holy Ghost, it could have been misled by per- i^re s and he alluded to the violation of the safe -conduct m eru 'Noting that it had been neither forgotten - forgiven- This had been practically manifested a year earlier ^-^^^^^^ 1432 when the Council of Basle was eager to have Hus ite depu ties Le to it, and the Bohemians would not sUr without the most exaggerated provisions to guarantee their safety. Three Ta coSs had been furnished them-one f rom S^— ^ -« from the council, and one from the city of Eger, but they still re luTed others fr;m the city of Basle, the Margrave of Branden- 1: and the Counts Palatine Dukes of Bavaria, one of .O.om 'Inhe protector of the council. These -e ^^^^f ^^^^^^^^^ that which had satisfied the simplicity of Huss. Thus Jredenc « Brandenburg and John of Bavaria p edged ^— -^^^f-^^^^ sufiicient troops to conduct the Bohemians safely to/asle, to
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ducts of Sigismund and the council, and agreed to forfeit hono a^d lands, fo be entered upon and taken in possession by the Bohc
 * iace in Bohemia. The princes, moreover, S-^^^^ff^^^^^^^^^