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 ters, dated at Contance in the yeare 1413, invited the Bohemians to renounce the errors of Wicklif & Hue. But afterward in the year 1420, he publickly excommunicated them at Florence, and excited the Emperor, Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquees, Earles, Barons, Governours, Cityes, Common-wealths, to take up armes againt them, and did intreat them by the wounds of Chrit, and their owne alvation, unanimouly fall upon them, and quite extirpate that acrilegious and cured nation, and promied a univerall remiion of innes to the mot wicked peron that hould kill but one ohemian.

4 Sygimund the Emperour being inflamed by this incentive, with all Germany and the neighbouring Kingdomes, yeelded himelfe a ervant to Antichritian Tyrany and in the ame yeare he enters Bohemia with a trong army, and wearies them with 13 years continued warre, and this was called the Huite warre, concerning which Eneas Sylvius writes they would rather be admired than believed of poterity, in regard Sika the Bohemian Captaine and his ucceours did alwaies vanquih the contrary party.

5 But the tate of the ohemian affaires were very confued at home, when ome of them tood for the Emperor and Pope, others defended the ue of the cup, from whence they were called Calikstiles upon this ground, with horrible cruelty they were inflamed to detroy each other. Chap.