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 Archbishop of Prague, on account of his allegiance to the Bavarian Elector, had received orders to stay away from the court.

But after the departure of the Empress some punishment had to be inflicted on those who were found to be most guilty. Among them was a citizen who, at the French invasion, said that he would submit to be whipped if Maria Theresa ever sat upon the Bohemian throne. Being asked about it at the court, he confessed that he never could have expected such a miracle as was her success. He really was whipped—whipped out of the city for the rest of his days. Of the upper class, only Charles, a district commissioner from Davids, was arrested. Being a man of uncommon abilities, he had been chosen to go among the country people to persuade them to do homage to the new king, and as a reward for his services he had been made a district captain and knighted by the Elector. He was the only one sentenced to death. The steward went with the procession that accompanied him to the scaffold where he was to be be-