ter became reconciled, and the intended hostilities were done away.

Mutually tired of the war, Sigismond sent to Zisca, requesting him to
sheath his sword, and name his conditions. A place of congress being
appointed, Zisca, with his chief officers, set out to meet the emperor.
Compelled to pass through a part of the country where the plague raged,
he was seized with it at the castle of Briscaw and departed this life,
October 6, 1424. Like Moses, he died in view of the completion of his
labours, and was buried in the great church of Czaslow, in Bohemia,
where a monument is erected to his memory, with this inscription on
it--"Here lies John Zisca, who, having defended his country against the
encroachments of papal tyranny, rests in this hallowed place in despite
of the pope."

After the death of Zisca, Procop was defeated, and fell with the
liberties of his country.

After the death of Huss and Jerom, the pope, in conjunction with the
council of Constance, ordered the Roman clergy every where, to
excommunicate such as adopted their opinions, or commisserated their
fate.

These orders occasioned great contentions between the papists and
reformed Bohemians, which was the cause of a violent persecution against
the latter. At Prague, the persecution was extremely severe, till, at
length, the reformed being driven to desperation, armed themselves,
attacked the senate-house, and threw twelve senators, with the speaker,
out of the senate-house windows, whose bodies fell upon spears, which
were held up by others of the reformed in the street, to receive them.

Being informed of these proceedings, the pope came to Florence, and
publicly excommunicated the reformed Bohemians, exciting the emperor of
Germany, and all kings, princes, dukes, &c. to take up arms, in order to
extirpate the whole race; and promising, by way of encouragement, full
remission of all sins whatever, to the most wicked person, if he did but
kill one Bohemian protestant.

This occasioned a bloody war; for several popish princes undertook the
extirpation, or at least expulsion, of the proscribed people; and the
Bohemians, arming themselves, prepared to repel force by force, in the
most vigorous and effectual manner. The popish army prevailing against
the protestant forces at the battle of Cuttenburgh, the prisoners of the
reformed were taken to three deep mines near that town and several
hundreds were cruelly thrown into each, where they miserably perish