this inſolence. The brothers hearing of it, did write a new Apology to the King, giving him an account of their faith, and removing from themſelves the late accuſations and the blaſphemies attributed to the Piccardins which occaſioned he King by one edict to mitigate another, and commanded that thoſe of the Univerſity and the conſiſtory ſhould have a friendly Colloquy with the Piccardins in which the chiefeſt of them ſhould endeavour by the ſtrength of reaſon to recall them from their errors.
2. Therefore in the Calends of January, in the year 1504. The Patrons of the Brothers, the Barons, were commanded to bring their greateſt Doctor, to this Colloquie, with the Academians and thoſe of the Conſiſtory. The buſineſſe of the Edict being deliberately canvaſſed, although they feared treachery, yet becauſe it was held inconvenient to forſake ſo good a cauſe, and to exaſperate the King, it was reſolved that there ſhould be a meeting, they ſent therefore but as Sacrifices to the ſlaughter, Francis Lucas of Prague, and Laurence Kraſonice, two Pillars of their Church with, ſome others, who were comended to the prayers of all the Brethren. There is extant Epiſtle of Bohusza Kostka Baron of Poſtupitz, Lord of Litomiſſa, which he ſent to Francis Kraſonice, not long after he had taken his farewell of him, I conceive it to be no loſt labour, to inſert in this place ſome part thereof. To love life (ſaid the Baron) is natu-
