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 for God’s cause was called forth, then to our great surprise a leave-taking ensued in a pleasant manner which rejoiced our hearts, just as if they were preparing to go to a banquet or some festival: “Now, my dear friends, may our Lord God bless you, may He grant you the consolations of the Holy Ghost, patience and courage, so that you may be able to prove now also in the moment of your death that you have heartily and bravely defended the honour of God. I go before you that I may first behold the glory of God, the glory of our beloved Redeemer, but I await you directly after me. Already in this hour earthly grief vanishes, and a new heart-felt and eternal gladness begins.” The other prisoners who remained behind answered: “May our Lord God bless you on your way for the sake of the guiltless death of Christ; may He send His holy angels to meet your soul. You go before us to the glory of heaven. We also shall follow you, and we are certain, because of Him in whom we have believed, Jesus Christ, that we shall meet again to-day, and rejoice for ever with our beloved Redeemer, the angels and the chosen of God.”’

Of the minor writers who belong to this period, I shall mention only two, who both wrote in Latin, and both wrote in exile.

The Bellum Bohemicum of Andrew of Habernfeld, a very scarce little volume, has considerable historical value. He fought on the national side at the battle of the White Mountain, of which he gives a spirited account that incidentally is very damaging to King Frederick. ‘After the battle was already almost lost,’ Habernfeld writes, ‘a rumour reached the king that the enemies were attacking the Bohemian camp. In-