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at Schaffhausen. He was pursued, however, draggcd fromhis retreat, and forcibly brought back to the Council; whenhe was thrown into prison at Gottlieben (being immured therebut two cells off from Huss), and finally dispossessed of thePontificate at its 12th sitting, on the 29th May.

Two days afterwards, John made a voluntary abdication,and Gregory also submitted to be deposed; his ambassador,Charles Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, consenting to the pro-ceeding. Benedict alone refused to abandon the throne, towhich he insisted he had been rightfully elected.

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The trial of Huss did not take place tili the 5th of June,1415—seven months after the opening of the Council. Wecan read the sequel of the Reformer's touching history, fromhis advent to his death, in the very stones of Constanz.

Huss had arrived at Constanz on Nov. 3, füll of hopeand courage; and two doors from the Schnetz- Thor (CarvedGate) is still to be seen the house in which he and Von Chlumsojourned tili Nov. 28, when he was seized and cast intoprison. The house in those days went by the sign of " zurTaube" and was kept by one Frau Fides Pfisterin. Here hepaid ls. a week for his bed and room, which in one of hisletters he complains of, as being exorbitantly dear.

The dwelling is still standing, and bas somewhat the appear-ance of a small country inn, with a pedimented attic projectingfrom the tiles—being but two storeys high, and fitted withone " long-light" of a window to each floor. Here the timbersare showing through the dirty plastered walls; and on theshutter of the ground-fioor there is a rüde inscription, overa pair of painted pistols, giving the present tenant's name, withthe addition of his vocation-—"gunsmith and armourer," whileyou can hear the sharp grating of the mechanic's nie at workwithin. Beside the first-floor window is a small bas-relief bust

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