. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. VIEW OF ROME. Personal resentment now supported his statesmans sense of what was necessaryfor the country: seeing no middle way open, and knowing that he could trustnobody but the soldiers, he became a Taborite and made war on the party to which he had nominally belonged till now were foolish enough tothink they could do without Zisca. The nobles gathered an army under Czenko, THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 293 went forth to meet their old comrade, and were
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. VIEW OF ROME. Personal resentment now supported his statesmans sense of what was necessaryfor the country: seeing no middle way open, and knowing that he could trustnobody but the soldiers, he became a Taborite and made war on the party to which he had nominally belonged till now were foolish enough tothink they could do without Zisca. The nobles gathered an army under Czenko, THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 293 went forth to meet their old comrade, and were soundly thrashed. Kozagedyand other places were stormed and destroyed. Koniggratz was taken, and asecond force, under Borzek, once governor of Prague, beaten with heavy with incessant labors and night marches, the troops mutinied. Weare not blind like Zisca, they complained: we cannot fight in the he soon brought them to order. This is your affair, he said. What doI get by it? I could make peace for myself, if I chose. Where are we now?. uny WAYSIDE PREACHING IN THE TIME OF HUSS. Between certain hills, they told him. Good ; go andlight up the next village, that we may see our the flames they pursued their conquering and de-vastating march. One war at a time was not enough for him. Procopius, his lieutenant, hadtaken certain cities in Moravia. Encouraged by the civil strife in Bohemia,Sigismunds nephew, the Archduke Albert, was getting these back. Zisca<sve-nt after him and chased him into Austria, to the very bank of the Danube. 294 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Returning at the end of the year, he overthrew a force from Prague, and took several!towns and castles. By the summer his army was so reduced that he was obligedfor a time to retreat before the troops of Czenko and Corybut; at length, by care-ful strategy, he got them where he wanted, and overcame them. ZISCA BEFORE PRAGUE. Prague was now almost helpless before him, for he had destroyed
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