. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ter yearsbecame one of its saints. At Constance a like tragedy haunted us. Constance has beencalled the city of Huss. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CLUB. 79 14 Among the mighty ones who wended their way to the city of thelake, to attend the great Council, was a pale, thin man, in mean had been invitedto the Council by theEmperor Sigismund,who promised to pro-tect his person and hislife. He was a Bohe-mian reformer; a fol-lower of Wycliffe. Hewas graciously re-ceived, but was soonafter thrown intoprison on the chargeof heresy
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ter yearsbecame one of its saints. At Constance a like tragedy haunted us. Constance has beencalled the city of Huss. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CLUB. 79 14 Among the mighty ones who wended their way to the city of thelake, to attend the great Council, was a pale, thin man, in mean had been invitedto the Council by theEmperor Sigismund,who promised to pro-tect his person and hislife. He was a Bohe-mian reformer; a fol-lower of Wycliffe. Hewas graciously re-ceived, but was soonafter thrown intoprison on the chargeof heresy. They led him inchains before theCouncil, which assem-bled in an old hall,which is still emperor sat uponthe throne as presi-dent. He confessed tohaving read and dis-seminated the writings of Wycliffe. He was required to denounce the English reformer as one of thesouls of the lost. If he be lost, then I could wish my soul were with his, he saidfirmly. This was pronounced to be heresy. The emperor declared that he was not obliged to keep his word to. JOHN HUSS. 80 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. heretics, and that his promise to protect the life of the Bohemian wasno longer binding. He was condemned to death. He was stripped of his priestlyrobes, and the cup of the sacrament was taken from his hands with acurse. I trust I shall drink of it this day in the kingdom of heaven, he said. We devote thy soul to the devils in hell, was the answer of theprelates. He was led away, guarded by eight hundred horsemen, to a meadowwithout the gates. Here he was burned alive, and triumphed in soulamid the flames. Such was the end of John Huss, the Savonarola of Constance. We made an excursion upon the lake. The appearance of the oldcity from the water is one of the most beautiful that can meet the seems more like an artists dream than a reality, — floating towersin a crystal atmosphere. Girt round with rugged mountains,The fair Lake Constance lies. The lake is walled with
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