[28] It is of interest to quote in the original the bishop's words: 'Recogitate providi viri qualis vestra Praga fuit olim inclita civitas quando sub hoc pontificatu fideliter stetit; quales habuit cives et incolas ditissimos Utriusque status ditissimos; nec fuit Pragae similis urbs in multis nationibus non Norberga, non Vienna, non Wratislawia neque inclita Colonia illi aliquando poterant comparari; nescimus an Roma, Venetia aut Florentia aut alia quaecunque sub coelo civitas Pragae tunc similis fuit.'
[29] I have referred to Bartos in my _History of Bohemian Literature_, pp. 299-303. Mr. Denis has given a good account of the antagonism between Pasek and Hlavsa in his brilliant _Fin de l'Indépendance Bohême_.
[30] For Sixt of Ottersdorf _see_ my _History of Bohemian Literature_, pp. 303-304.
[31] It appears that the conduct of Charles V., Ferdinand's brother, who had in 1539 deprived the city of Ghent of all its ancient privileges, contributed largely to rendering the citizens of Prague suspicious.
[32] The adventures of these two English alchemists in Bohemia are fully described in Mr. Svátek's (German) _Culturhistorische Bilder aus Böhmen_.
[33] A village on the outskirts of Prague that has in the present year--1901--been incorporated with the town.
[35] The size of this book obviously excludes all controversial matter. I have entered fully into the question in my _Bohemia: A Historical Sketch_, pp. 301-308.
[36] This palace is traditionally identified with the house known as 'U Montagu,' between the Malostranské Námesti and the Nerudova Ulice. A tablet stating that the defenestration had been planned here was placed on this house, but almost immediately removed.
[37] Dr Krebs, _Die Schlacht am Weissen Berge_.
[40] 'Clamore mulierum horrendo rex perterritus arcem repetebat.'--Andreas ab Habernfeld Bellum Bohemicum.
[41] I have translated a small portion of this account in my _History of Bohemian Literature_, pp. 342-344. The account above is also abridged from Skála.
[42] Not 100, as stated in Murray's Guide Book.
[43] 'Ecclesiam Sancti Viti quam Sanctus Wenceslaus construxerat ad similitudinem Romanae ecclesiae rotundam.'--_Cosmas Pragensis._
[44] The old chronicler Cosmas always calls it 'Sanctorum Martyrum Viti, Wenceslai atque Adalberti ecclesia.'