Poland, pretended to a right of succession. Also some other German princes put in their claim to election, and the French king, Charles VII, gave the Bohemians large sums, on condi- tion that they should elect as king his younger son Charles. But at this time all other views were overpowered by the grate- ful inclination of the majority of the people to a man who in the most successful way had up to the present" time laboured for the public good. George Poděbrad, who till now had been the regent of the kingdom, was chosen king with great unanimity (March 8, 1488). Nor did the party of the (Roman) Catholics resist this election, for the most prominent of them, such as Zdeněk Konopištský of Steinberg, and John, son of Ulrich of Rosenberg, had been formerly on good terms with him, having been raised by him to high offices.
the throne, trůn.
sudden, nenadálý.
vacant, osiřelý (fr. root sir, an orphan, a poor or bereaved person).
according to, die.
hereditary, dědičný.
agreement, compact, smltcva or smlouva, s.f. (root mluv; cf. mluvili, to speak).
the house, dom, s.m.
of Austria, rakouský (vide su- pra for explanation of this word).
should have, byl by měl. For idiomatic uses of miti see p. 47.
to devolve, fall, připadnouti. up to until, potud.
the settlement, osazování (from the verb osazovali, iterative of osadili).
to get used to, navyknouti; use past tense with omission of syllable nu.
there was no thought of, nemy- slilo se; put se early in the sentence.
keeping, zdržení.
on this occasion, tentokrát.
although, ač.
to seek, to direct oneself, tah- nouti; drops nu in the past tense.
to ensure, zjednali.
legality, validity, platnost.
rather, more especially, vice.
to pretend to, hldsiti se k, i.e^
