. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. home, now took to-ravaging Silesia,,,which is on the by oneor two reverses, theyreturned with a largerforce, defeated thenatives in a pitchedbattle, and wasted,the whole Procopiustook Lichtenburgand Bechin, Austria. Sigismund nowmade another effort^,in a peaceful way. He urged that Bohemia had no settled government, whicLwas true, and that he was its lawful king, whom his subjects ought to replied, what was equally
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. home, now took to-ravaging Silesia,,,which is on the by oneor two reverses, theyreturned with a largerforce, defeated thenatives in a pitchedbattle, and wasted,the whole Procopiustook Lichtenburgand Bechin, Austria. Sigismund nowmade another effort^,in a peaceful way. He urged that Bohemia had no settled government, whicLwas true, and that he was its lawful king, whom his subjects ought to replied, what was equally true, that by his whole course, beginning withhis treatment of Huss, he had forfeited any rights over them, and given them. PROCOPIUS, THE GREAT HUSSITE CRUSADERS ON THE WAY TO BOHEMIA. 299 .300 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. occasion to regard him only as a public enemy. But Procopius, with an eyeto possibilities, received the ambassadors, procured from them a safe-conduct, and-visited the emperor. If he proposed to take the government on the terms onwhich it had been offered to Zisca, he was disappointed, for the two came to noagreement. But not long after this, he proposed to receive Sigismund on thebasis of the Calixtine articles—chiefly, of course, the communion in both terms were impossible, and the Orphans exclaimed that a free people neededno king. But the emperors rejection of the proposed conditions had the effect ofpartially reconciling the contending parties at home. Such a reconciliation wassorely needed, There had been fearful riots in Prague, and on one day, January30th, 1429, a bloody conflict between the Old and New towns, Calixtines andTaborites. Procopius arranged a peace, with a heavy money penalty to b
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