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 a young lady with whom they both fell passionately in love. She was known far and wide as a charming lutanist. She favored Hlohovsky, and became his wife. Skalnicky became so angry that he swore vengeance on her and on all her descendants. He not only turned his heart against his friend and forgot the gratitude he owed him, but began to persecute and hate what had once been dear to him. Until then he had believed with the Brethren, and protected them; but now he joined the Popish party and persecuted the Brethren. He became friendly with the enemies of Bohemia; he planned a hundred intrigues against his countrymen, and all this he did to bring complete destruction on his rival. Strange to say, his burning desire for revenge was soon realized. The master of Hlohov led an army against the enemies of his country, and being wounded in the battle of White Mountain, was dragged unconscious into a prison. His wife was not admitted to see him, and so she grieved alone in Hlohov, lulling her little son to sleep with mournful