Book III

., Chap. XII.)

[21] Luther adds:--“Sunt igitur in numero sanctorum tuorum diaboli, et tu vicissim in ipsorum, mi pontifex Romane.”

LETTERS OF JOHN HUSS.

ATTESTATION OF PETER MALDONIEWITZ, CALLED THE NOTARY.

These pages are all faithfully copied from the Letters of John Huss, written with his own hand, and they correspond, word for word, with the originals.[22]

FOOTNOTE:

[22] This attestation of the faithful Maldoniewitz is found after John Huss’s letters, in the old collection of his works.--_Johann. Hus. Hist. et Monum._ vol. i., p. 95.

FIRST SERIES.

LETTERS WRITTEN AT THE PERIOD OF THE INTERDICTION OF JOHN HUSS, AND OF HIS EXILE FROM PRAGUE IN 1411;--SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN 1410.

The letters of this series contain the greater part of the admirable exhortations addressed by John Huss to the believers of his church. They are not distinguished either for the great diversity of incidents, or the dramatic interest of those in the second series, but they clearly evidence the great intrepidity, Christian piety, love for his brethren, and true greatness, that pervaded the mind of Huss. The writer already felt a presentiment of his martyrdom; and it is easy to perceive in reading them, that he would not give way when his time was come.[23]

FOOTNOTE:

[23] For historical details relative to this period of the life of John Huss, see _The Reformers before the Reformation_, vol. i.,