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 BOHEMIA 490 most of the latter were fraudulently drawn, so as to attribute to- Zerors which he had never held, and he was ^movable. As t^SsfresouTce, later in the same day, Sigismund sent his friends John of Chlum and Wenceslas of Duba, with four bishops, to ask MrnVhether he would pe.evere or recant, ^ut his -sw- ^^^ a firm as ever. To the friendly adjuration of John of Chlum ne Sied with tears that he would willingly revoke anything m him obstinate in error and left him.* Thus the extraordinary efforts of the council to «^^ j^^^^^^^^ him were vain, and nothing remained but the mevitable final act o the raged;. The next day, July 6, saw the most gorgeous riS^n record The cathedral of Constance was crowded ^1 th'eir insignia, the prelates in their splendid robes. While mass was sung, Huss, as an f ---y^irelSa ed b2 at the door: when brought in he was placed on an elevated bencn tyttatle on which stofd a coffer containing P- ^^ -^-^t. After some preliminaries, including a sermon by the Bishop ot Lodf in whidi he assured Sigismund that the events of that day toi confer on him immortal glory the ^^^^J^t,^- was convicted were recited. In vam he protested that he believea /«bstantiation and in the validity of the -cra-ent m pa- nted hands He was ordered to hold his tongue, and on his per- sSng L beals were told to silence him, but ^-^V^^^^^^^^ ! A ,r. ..f+pr protests The sentence was then read m the and those which had been proved by witnesses. He was «leciarea ^1 1 « Qift 17^ —Von der Hardt IV. 345-6, 386. . -Palacky, p. 560. concessions offered to Huss it is To appreciate properly the extent ot the abiuration which necessary to bear in mind the elaborately ^^f ^^^^^^^^^ ,,, ,,e avoid- the inquisitors were accustomed to use so^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^_ ance of the penalties of relapse, and to foice the pern SententU heretics. See Modus Procedendi i^^^^^l.^''^^'^^^^^^ Inq. Tolosan. p. 215.-Bern. Guidon. Practica pp. 92-3 (£d. Douais)
 * tch hLould be proved to have erred. The bishops pronounced
 * • h tig< m^ratd his nobles, the great officers of the emp^e
 * Mladenowic Relatio (Palacky, pp. 316-17).- V on aer