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37 Peter Chelc̄icky̍'s spiritual maturity and greatest intellectual activity coincides with these years of Czech military glory. The Hussite armies were fighting victoriously against almost all European nations; the fear and fame of these 'warriors of God' were so great that by the mere singing of their anthem they drove away the strong forces of crusaders sent against them (Julian Cesarini, the Papal Legate who later became famous at the Council of Basel, being at one occasion in such a hurry that he lost his purple mantle, his crucifix, and the pontifical bull, near Domaz̄lice). Chelc̄icky̍ remained unswayed by the elation of the other Czechs joyously marching to the tune of their martial hymn, thinking they were establishing the Kingdom of God on earth. He severed his connection both with the masters of the Prague University and with the Taborites, and retired to his farm in Chelc̄ice. He chilled the enthusiasm of the Hussites by telling them they were not a whit better than common murderers. To Z̄iz̄ka's fighters as well as to the University's scholars his Christian protest sounded like a discordant note in the martial strains of their anthem. Yet this did not deter The imperial and papal army, composed of 40,000 cavalry and 90,000 infantry (over against 55,000 Hussites) had in its formations Spaniards, Frenchmen, Hungarians, Croatians, Germans, Sicilians, Wallachians, Jazyges, Ruthenians, Swiss tireurs, Dutchmen, Slovaks, Racians, Carniolians, and others. Count Francis Lützow,, London: Chapman & Hall, 1896, pp. 184–189. Concerning Cardinal Julian Cesarini,. , I, chap. XIII, p.63*, n.1.

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