Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . e Empire. As a ruler, he dis-played all the ferocious qualities of a bar-barian monarch. An executioner stood everat his right hand, ready to do his of l)loodhounds were kept in the royal kennels, ready tobe loosed uponany and all whochanced to giveoffense. He glo-ried in brutalityand bloodshed,and was compli-mented when ananonymous scribe
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . e Empire. As a ruler, he dis-played all the ferocious qualities of a bar-barian monarch. An executioner stood everat his right hand, ready to do his of l)loodhounds were kept in the royal kennels, ready tobe loosed uponany and all whochanced to giveoffense. He glo-ried in brutalityand bloodshed,and was compli-mented when ananonymous scribenamed him a sec-ond Nero. In the midst of excesses whichwould have done credit to the originalof that name, his wit shot forth like angrylightning. Nor could it be doubted that ere-long conspiracy and assassination would makea league against him. A movement was seton foot, headed by the Dukes Jodocus of Mo-ravia and Albert of Austria. The Emperorwas taken prisoner by the conspirators andwas kept in confinement until what time hewas released through the influence of hisbrother Sigismund. Seeing that the resump-tion of the Imperial office was impracticable,Wenceslaiis, as soon as he was liberated, de-volved the duties of the same upon his. OLD SWISS MOlNTAIN CAN> It was Wenceslaiis who, on a certain occasion,wlien lie had laid a contribution o( four thousandflorins on the rity of Rotlienburg and the inhabi-tants had rofuspil to pay, sent them this message: The devil boffnn to shear a hog, and spake thus,Great cry and little wool! brother, who took the title of Vicar of theEmpire. Wenceslaiis, however, still retained thenominal sovereignty, and in 1398 ventured tocall a Diet at Frankfort, where, when theprinces had assembled, he renewed the old-time project of the general pacification ofGermany. This movement on the part of theEmperor, and more particularly a scheme un-dertaken by him and Charles VI. of Franceto restore the peace of the Church by depos-ing both of the Popes, on
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