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ought not to be kept with heretics, nor

persons suspected of heresy, though they are

furnished with safe-conducts from the

emperor and kings.”—Jacques Lenfant,

History of the Council of Constance, vol. 1, p.

516. Thus they prevailed.

Enfeebled by illness and imprisonment,—for

the damp, foul air of his dungeon had brought

on a fever which nearly ended his life,—Huss

was at last brought before the council.

Loaded with chains he stood in the presence

of the emperor, whose honor and good faith

had been pledged to protect him. During his

long trial he firmly maintained the truth, and

in the presence of the assembled dignitaries

of church and state he uttered a solemn and

faithful protest against the corruptions of the

hierarchy. When required to choose whether