Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie
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great favor with him as to be accounted worthy to<br />
die for his Gospel;" to whom the potter made<br />
answer, "I, truly, on my marriage-day was not so<br />
glad of heart as I am at this moment." Hav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
ascended the pyre, they prayed with a clear voice,<br />
"Lord Jesus, who <strong>in</strong> thy suffer<strong>in</strong>gs didst pray for<br />
th<strong>in</strong>e enemies, we also pray, forgive the k<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong><br />
the men of Prague, <strong>and</strong> the clergy, for they know<br />
not what they do, <strong>and</strong> their h<strong>and</strong>s are full of blood."<br />
And then address<strong>in</strong>g the people, they said, "Dearly<br />
beloved, pray for your k<strong>in</strong>g, that God would give<br />
him the knowledge of the truth, for he is misled by<br />
the bishops <strong>and</strong> clergy." "Hav<strong>in</strong>g ended this most<br />
penitent exhortation," says the chronicler, "they<br />
therewith ended their lives."<br />
After this the fury of the, persecution for a little<br />
while subsided. The knot of cruel <strong>and</strong> bloodthirsty<br />
men who had urged it on was broken up. One of<br />
the b<strong>and</strong> fell <strong>in</strong>to debt, <strong>and</strong> hanged himself <strong>in</strong><br />
despair. Zahera was caught <strong>in</strong> a political <strong>in</strong>trigue,<br />
<strong>in</strong>to which his ambitious spirit had drawn him, <strong>and</strong>,<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g banished, ended his life miserably <strong>in</strong><br />
Franconia. The cruel burgomaster, Passek, was<br />
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