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 that they had either died as heroes in some cave, or that Andrew had accomplished a miracle, running so fast that he left the forest behind him before the soldiers had reached it.

Other bands of peasants succeeded in getting to Prague; but they were repulsed by the authorities, who even refused to listen to their supplication, and treated them as rebels. Many of them were imprisoned, others sent back to their estates, where various punishments were inflicted upon them, and four were hanged on public highways to serve as a warning to the passers-by.