Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

there was peace throughout the whole realm of
Bohemia. Another most significant and fitting act
signalized this happy time. The Bethlehem Chapelthe
scene of the ministry of John Huss -- the spot
where that day had dawned which seemed now to
have reached its noon -- was handed over to the
Protestants as a public recognition that they were
the true offspring of the great Reformer and martyr.
Bohemia may be said to be now Protestant.
"Religion flourished throughout the whole
kingdom," says Comenius, "so that there was
scarcely one among a hundred who did not profess
the Reformed doctrine." The land was glad; and the
people's joy found vent in such unsophisticated
couplets as the following, which might be read
upon the doors of the churches: --
"Oped are the temples; joys Bohemia's lion:
What Max protected, Rudolph does
maintain."[3]
But even in the hour of triumph there were
some who felt anxiety for the future. They already
saw ominous symptoms that the tranquillity would
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