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thrown into prison. The antipopes also were

deposed, and a new pontiff was chosen.

Though the pope himself had been guilty of

greater crimes than Huss had ever charged

upon the priests, and for which he had

demanded a reformation, yet the same

council which degraded the pontiff

proceeded to crush the Reformer. The

imprisonment of Huss excited great

indignation in Bohemia. Powerful noblemen

addressed to the council earnest protests

against this outrage. The emperor, who was

loath to permit the violation of a safe-

conduct, opposed the proceedings against

him. But the enemies of the Reformer were

malignant and determined. They appealed to

the emperor's prejudices, to his fears, to his

zeal for the church. They brought forward

arguments of great length to prove that “faith