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1614, Mar. 29. Mons. Dathenes to Winwood. Refers to the affairs of France, Spain, Transylvania, the Bohemians, Austrians, Hungarians, Germany and the Swiss Cantons. V. 1, p. 157.

1617, Apr. 10. Cologne. Mons. Bilderbeck to Winwood. Affairs of Italy, France, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Spain. V. 1, p. 195.

1620, Dec. 13. Spittle. Sir Charles Montagu to Sir Edward Montagu. To begin with the worst first, there is news come now of more certain truth than heretofore from Bohemya, which is that the King’s army hath had a great overthrow, and Prage is lost, but the King and Queen are at a strong place called Presslaw in Selecya, and the King of Hungary and he have met and they both intend to raise a far greater force to set on them suddenly; God give them better success. V. 1, p. 255.

_The Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellie_, preserved at Alloa House, N. B.

1621, Feb. 18th. London. The Archbishop of St. Andrews to John, Lord Erskine: In Bohemia they ar making to the feildis. Count Mansfeild layis in Bohem with ane army of ten thowsand. The King is yit in Silesia with another. It wold appear that His Majesty expectis good and honest dealing at the Spanishe hand, quharin I bessech God he be not deceavit. V.-, p. 94.

1626, Mar. Intelligence from Germany. The Bohemians have got a great defait. Count of Manflet, thair generall, being courting his mistres in Pragg, and his armie upon the fieldis with his Serjant-Major, Count Bucquoy set upon them on a sudden, Kild 300 men and defait the rest. V.-, p. 149.

_The Manuscripts of J. B. Fortescue, Esq._, preserved at Dropmore

1788, Aug. 4. The Marquis of Buckingham to W. W. Grenville, in London. I have seen a great deal of a very intelligent Irish Bohemian Count Taafe, who is come to collect part of Butler’s property at Ballyragett, to which he is heir, and his language is that of the most sovereign contempt for the Imperial Joseph and his army.... His accounts of the disaffection of Hungary and Bohemia are very interesting.... V. 1, p. 349.

_The Manuscripts of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu_

1620, Sept. A Letter worthy the overlooking from a gentleman in Vienna attending on Sir Henry Wotton, Lord Ambassador to the Emperor and sent to his brother-in-law in London. Newsletter from Vienna:

“Now to return to the King of Bohemia. He hath likewise several armies in the field, several friends ans several generals. The first is the Prince of Anhalte, the second the Earl of Mansfield, the third the Earl of Tourne (Thurn); who have under them fifty thousand men in several quarters, whereby they have so well demanded themselves, and wherewith so well withstood their enemies, that the Emperor hath no cause to boast of his summers work, for his forces hitherto have done nothing but received loss, and it is very likely that if the Transilvanian Prince do join once with the King of Bohemia, they will surely put the Emperor to a sore plunge, for story doth not acquaint us with such a formidable division again, and I believe it is a secret locked up in the treasury of heaven to know or discover what will be the issue of these terros and threatenings of all sides.” V.-, pp. 97-104.

_The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper_, preserved at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire

1624, Oct. 1. John Coke to the Lord Brooke. Out of Germany a bruit flieth which I hope is not true that Tilly hath either taken or besieged Basle and that the Emperor hasteneth the Diet for a ratification of the Electorate and a final exclusion of the person of the King of Bohemia. V. 12, p. 172.

1633, May 16. Copy of accounts passed by Sir J. Coke, of Sir Robert Anstruther, Ambassador Extraordinary in Germany, etc. Allowance for blacks for him and his family to condole the deaths of the Kings of Sweden and Bohemia. £200. V. 12, p. 9, app. 2.

1641, July 12. London. Ed. Sidenham to Sir John Coke. From Bohemia they write the 22nd of June 1641 that the 19th there was a battle fought betwixt the Swedes and the Imperialists, wherein the Imperialists lost four or five thousand and the Swedes 500 men. This was fought at Walstadt in Bohemia. V. 12, p. 287, app. 3.

_The Manuscripts of George Wingfield Digby, Esq._, of Sherborne Castle, Co. Dorset

1611, July 10. Bruxcelles. W. Trumbull to Sir Digbye. The Emperor and his brother Mathias are now in treaty for a reconciliation; but what appearance is there of an agreement, when ye younger will have all, and leave the other nothing. Eight arbitrators are chosen to accomodate their quarrells whereof De Balthazar de Cunega, is ye Firste on ye Emperour’s parte, although in ye deposing of him from ye crowne of Bohemia, hee did wholly runne course with K. Mathias. V. 10, p. 523, app. 1.

1611, Aug. 10. Venice. Sir Dudley Carleton to Sir J. Digbye. The new King of Bohemia hathe lately written his letters to this State and changed his language from Latin (wherein he was ever wont to write) into Highe-Duche. V. 10, p. 527.

Feb. 8. Venice. Sir D. Carleton to Sir J. Digbye. This State apprehending ye King of Hungarie as a Knowen ill-willer of theirs, runne on in projecting his certaine election, and, ut est timor ingeniousus interpres, thei frome out of general prognostiques a conclusion unto themselves wh thei most feare. His being allready possessed of Hungarie & Bohemia, thei doubte will drawe on by a necessary consequence the thirde Crowne.... V. 10, p. 561.

1617, July 29. Sir Ralph Winwood, Secretary of State, to the Earl of Buckingham.... I have thought yt necessary to acquaynt your Lordship with an advertissment I lately receaved ... from hys Agent Mr. Cottington, at Madrid that ... of a propownded marriage between the sonne of Ferdinando of Gratz lately elected Kyng of Bohemia and the Infanta Donna Maria daughter of the King of Spayne. V. 10, p. 102.

1617, Aug. 15. The same to the same. May yt please your Lordship. The resident of Venice lately hath been with me advertising that from that Duc he had charge to declare to Hys Majesty thease three poynts.

That the treaty between the new Kyng of Bohemia and that Commonwealthe was resumed and upon the poynt to be concluded, etc. V. 10, p. 103.

_The Manuscripts of the Earl of Westmorland_, at Apethorpe, Northamptonshire

1619, Sept. 24. Heidelberg. The Elector Palatine to Sir E. Herbert. Bohemia has become the scene of the most bloody and horrible tragedies that have ever been heard of among Christians. The Roman Catholic Princes and Electors have collected a great number of soldiers. Foreigners, mostly in the pay of Spain, have been allowed to pass through the Empire into Bohemia contrary to Imperial Constitutions. The Princes and States united with me have armed in self-defence, considering the trouble that might arise after the disbandement of the troops in Bohemia.... You will have heard that the States of Bohemia have unanimously elected me, although I had not in any way inspired to that crown. V. 10, p. 381.

1619, Dec. 24. The Hague. Viscount Doncaster to Sir E. Herbert ... Ferdinand would give me no answer because the Spanish Ambassador, Count d’Ogniate, was not there.... Finding no disposition to peace in either part, I pretended the necessity of making a journey to the Spa for my health. Here I received the news that the Prince Palatine was chosen King of Bohemia. I was afterwards told to return to Frankfort to congratulate the Emperor on his election, and to protest that our King had neither hand nor Knowledge of this action of the Bohemians.... V.-, p.

1621, Oct. 6. Copy of a letter written by a dutiful servant “Nobody” sent from Bruxelles to his worthy master “Nemo.” On Bohemian affairs, & Lord Digby’s embassy to the Emperor. V. 10, p. 20, app. 4.

The Lord Digbie’s propositions to his Cesarean Matie, for the restoration of the Count Palatine & on Bohemian affairs. V. 10, p. 22, app. 4.

1621, Nov. 12. The King’s letter to the Emperour as to the Count Palatine & on Bohemia affairs. V. 10, p. 22, app. 4.

1622, June 2. A copy of a letter sent from Mannheim on Bohemian affairs. V. 10, p. 23.

_The Manuscripts of the Family of Gawdy_, formerly of Norfolk

1631, Nov. 8. Sir Edmond Moundeford to Framlingham Gawdy. The King of Sweden is stept to the side of the Upper Palatinate; the King of Bohemia is going to him. 24,000 men by our King and the States are parlied of for him. V. 10, p. 136, app. 2.

1661-2, Feb. 13. T(homas) L(any) to Anne de Grey. The Queen of Bohemia died last night. V. 10, p. 195.

_The Manuscripts of Hon. Frederick Lindley Wood_

1639, Aug. 27. London. Philip Burlamachi to Sir Arthur Ingram. The Swedes armees are in Bohemia keeping the Imperialist within Prague perplexed with plague and famine; there may everi day some notable incontre follow; a niew suply is come to the Swedes from Sweden and Liffland which gives them courage to march towards Slesia. V. 8, p. 52.

_The Lansdowne Manuscripts_ in the British Museum.

Trickings of the arms of the Emperors, Kings and nobility of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, etc. fo. 34.

A relation of the defeat of the King of Bohemia’s army and of the subsequent misfortunes of himself and his Queen. fo. 80.

[Transcriber’s Note: Transcription of this illustration appears after
Index.]

Ad Serenissimam Regiam Majestatem Magnæ Britanniæ Joh. Amos Comenius. Supplex vox Afflictorum pro Christo ex Bohemia, Moravia, Polonia, et Hungaria. fo. 190b.

A proposition made by the Estates of Bohemia, in theire Assembly at Prague, upon the election of a Kinge, the 16th of August 1619, being the birthday of the Prince Elector Pallatine. fo. 198.

Chronograms respecting the King of Bohemia, fo. 202.

Copy of the King of Bohemia’s answer to a letter of King James I., thanking him for the education of his eldest son at his Court, etc. Hague, 20-30 Decem. 1623. fo. 335.

_The Manuscripts of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce_, preserved at Clifton Hall, Nottingham

1619. A Proposition made by the States of Bohemia in theyr Assembly at Prague uppon the Election of a Kinge the 16th of August, beinge the birthday of the Prince Elector Palatine. Albeit the nomination of a Kinge of Bohemia requires a mature councell and deliberacion, which ought to precede the nomination, it is an affayre notwithstandinge of the lesse difficultye then the iejectinge (sic) of a king which gave a beginninge to this and stands in neede both of a good justification and of a great power, where (as) the nomination hath of those aydes but follows of itselfe after the rejection.

Now therefore, since the iejection (sic) as the things importinge us is already done, the nomination wilbe much the more easily provided that in the choyse we stand not presisely upon such a perfection as the world cannot yeild us. It behoves us also to set apart all perticuler passions and to have regard only to those reasons that are fundamentall, for there are requisite points so necessary to be considered in the election of a Kinge that (it) is not for a good patriot to give his councell for receivinge of one in whome those points required is not found, but one may with very good assurance conclude for him in whome they doe dayly more meete than in any other man.

As in the first place in such a subject it is necessary that there be none of those thinges to be feard; for if Kinge Ferdinand was rejected, that is to say, he ought not eyther to prosecute or advance in the respect of religion nor exceede in the dependance of his owne counsaylors or of strangers, but to joine himselfe with the States he ought not to be opiniative nor given to doe thinges of his owne head, but to accomadate the customes of his house and his to the ordinances and liberties of thys crowne.

In the second place it is required that he affect the States’ reputation.

Thirdly, that in time both of peace and warr he governe his Kingdome by his owne presence worthyly and profitably.

Fourthly, that confederates receive no cause of feare from eyther of danger or damage. Since then there are few that are inferred into the treaty of eleccion, that is to say, the Kinge of Denmarke, the Elector Palatine, the Elector of Saxoni, the Duke of Savoy, and the Prince of Transilvania, yt will therefore be to purpose to consider that, although every one of these princes in his owne perticuler deserveth prayse and commendation, neverthelesse there is amongst them a certaine diversity which everyone by himselfe may prudently waigh. And forasmuch as it is not permitted us to judge liberally of great princes in this place, it shall suffice without offence of any breifely to deduce the reasons for which the Elector Palatine ought to be esteemed very capable of the crowne of Bohemia, and fitt to mainteyne the present estate of the kingdome, for although his highnesse be not above 23 yeeres of age, he is a prince of great judgement bred up from his cradle in goodnesse and vertue, one that hath persons of quality about him as well of the feild as for the state who are used to curteisy, and himselfe of very plentifull hopes, and besides at this age he will better accomodate himselfe to the customes of the kingdome then if he were more increased in yeares; and God bestows not wisdome alwayes according to the age of a man, but to him that calls to God for it in His feare.

He is a prince moderate, virtuos and resolute in his actions, quick and sharpe in his discourse, true, courteous towards all men, very well languaged, holds a very fayre court of earls, barrons and gentlemen, loves and cherishes the nobility, imployes in his service even men of meane condition when he finds meritt in them for it. He letts no worthy service passe him without his acknowledgement, he governs his subjects and country (in part the frontives of this kingdome) with prudence, gives estimation to men of honor, holds a well ordered councell, frequents the councell table in his owne person, takes an exact heed of the opinions and propositions of his councellors, gives good cause of havinge his judgement approv’d and commended of thinges of importance, inclines his understandinge willingely to other mens information, loves the common good and therein takes paines with zeale and without feare, beares compassion to the afflicted, shewes himselfe laborious and resolved, is beloved of his subjects, beares himselfe peaceably with his neighbors of what religion soever they be, and winnes respect of those different beliefs for his owne religion. He is well affected, yet those who are of another fayth in his countries doe not find themselves disquieted in their consciences nor in their exercise of their religion, so as every man may live freely under him, videlicet, his conversation be honest and vertous. There is none can abuse or accuse him of precipitation or opinatives (sic), a thing worthy remarkeable (sic).

He is in correspondence with those of the house of Palatine and Bavoirs and, notwithstandinge so, that cause forsakes nothinge of those rightes nor of the duties belonginge to the generall estate of the country, and howsoever that this prince be but younge and shewes himselfe courteous and sweet towards his people, for all that there is no lightnesse, dissollutions (sic) nor voluptuousnesse seene in him nor any disorder nor excesse in his diett nor any avarice and digality (sic) or any other thinge whatsoever unbecominge or contrary to the reputation of a prince. For the assistance the crowne of Bohemia may expect from him, it may be understoode of any man that not only he is not in debt, and that of his revenue he can lay some things upp, but that also the Kinge of Great Brittaine is his father-in-law, the Kinge of Denmark is his neere kinsman, and likewise the Elector of Brandenbourh, the Prince of Orenge his uncle, the Duke of Bullion his ally, the States of the United Provinces his confederates, and ancient alliances with France, the Kinge of Sweden and the Hanse Townes his friends, and for his correspondents the Duke of Savoi, Venice and Switzerland. He is a good credit with all the Princes Electors and other princes and Estates of the Empire, more perticulerly with those of the Union he hath confederacies, the Prince of Transsilvania and High Hungary doe beare affection to him, Saxonie and Bavoir are in good termes with him, Mentz and the neighbouring countries looke uppon him with honor and respect, insomuch as the crowne of Bohemia by this only meanes may procure the amity of all those which we doe now labour for with so much paine and travell, and by the same meanes may be conserved and fortified against our enimies, which cannot of any other nominated in the election be eyther expected or hoped for. And since it is a certainty that this prince would not accept of the election for Ambition sake, but only for the common good, we may therefore promise ourselves that he will alwayes continue in the good affection he hath already shewed to this crowne by the profitable counsell and assistances which as well as his owne person as other wayes according to the occasions he hath made to appeare, where (as) there are some others that for for theyr perticuler conservations have greatly prejudiced not only the estates of the kingdome of Bohemia but the countries also and provinces confederats.

Thirdly, the sayd confederated provinces are to consider whoe are already in good understandinge with this prince, that they cannot have the like confidence in others who are to much tyed in the respect of the house of Austria to succour the sayd provinces in theyr neede, and in such a case the confederations would bring them prejudice rather than benefitt, a point of great waight touchinge this crowne as may be seene by experience.

Since then that all these qualities required doe meete in the person of the Prince Elector, and that in those of the others treated in the election (the Prince of Transilvania excepted, who hath his eye upon another marke) there are many imperfections to be found, as may easily be shewed, it is therefore a matter to no purpose longer to defer the election, and so much the rather because the crowne of Bohemia with the countries confederate will now after the rejection be more disquieted than ever; and remayning without a head we shall find none whoe will duly undertake our protection or defence. V. 7, p. 269.

1619. The joyfull receivinge, triumphant entronce and stately formall coronation of Fredericke, the Prince Elector Palatine, and the Lady Elizabeth, Princesse Electoresse, King and Queen of Bohemia, on Munday and Thursday the 25th and 28th day of October ould stile, 1619.

It is knowne unto all men for what weightie reasons the States of the kingdome of Bohemia and of the incorporated countries have with one joynte consent excluded Kinge Ferdinand from the kingedome, and have in his place, with an especially mutuall agreement, chosen and named for theire kinge the right highe and mightie Prince Fredricke by the grace of God Erle Palatine of the Rhyne, Duke of both the Bavaries, Prince Elector and Vicar of the Romane Empire, whome after a lawfull callinge they have crowned on the 4th and 7th dayes of November, newe stile, that is, the 25th and 28th of October, ould stile, 1619.

Uppon the 21-31 of October, 1619, afternoone, came his Majestie with the Queene his wife, the younger prince theire eldest sonne, his Lord brother Duke Lodowicke, the Duke of Wertemberge, the 2 Princes of Anhalt, together with his whole retinue, consistinge of five companies of curast horsemen, 500 harquebus horsemen, and 3 auncients of footemen of 300 a peece, with many coatches and a very greate number of wagons laden with the carriages towards Prague, and beinge come within 2 or 3 Englishe miles there of into a faire pleasant place be a parke called the Starre, where the Lords, the States of the kingdome of Bohemia and of the incorporated countryes of Moravia, Silesia and both of Lusatiæs, with the magistrates and chiefe men of the 3 citties of Prague, attended his Majesties cominge, accompanied with about a 1000 horse, very statelie and well appointed; there the(y) alighted and received him out of his coatche with greate state, honor and reverence, unto whome the Baron of Tallenberge, Lord Greate Chamberlaine, made a speech in the Bohemian tongue, which the Barron of Ruppa interpreted in Dutche; his Majestie gave thereunto so good an answere as that the States much rejoyced thereat, which done, they came one after another, kneeled downe and kissed his Majesties hand. In like respect every way was the Queene received, save that they kneeled not unto her.

Then his Majestie mounted on horsebacke, but yett stayed a whyle, till the lords and gentry were also mounted and that theire Coronell Kinski had orderly marshall’d them, whose discipline his Majestie well liked. Then the(y) marched on conductinge his Majestie towerds Prague; when he came into the cittie, the citizens of the 3 citties of Prague stoode in armes, very bravely appointed, as well on horsebacke as on foote on both sides of the street and open places, makeinge a lane or courte or guarde frome the entringe in of the cittie unto the castle; theire Majesties rid alonge, and that in this manner.

They of the little cittie were one cornett of horse with 6 trumpetts and one kettledrumme, they of the newe cittie one cornett of horse with 6 trumpetts and one kettledrumme, they of the ould cittie one cornett of horse with 6 trumpetts and one kettledrumme, as also another companie of 200 horse voluntary well-willers, and 7 companies of foote, all citizens, exceedingly well mounted and furnished.

And when his Majestie came nere unto the newe forte and bullwarke before the castle, whereon stood a companie on foote with a displayed ancient, there were standinge 400 boures or husband and laboringe countrymen representinge the communalty and 4th state or parte of the land, all armed accordinge to the ould and auncient custome and manner of their country, videlicet, they had an ould weatherbeaten ancient wherein was painted the name Ziseha (sic),[19] theire auncient captaine or generall and deliverer, with a challice, and the hoste or signe of a wafer, eache theire armes of the ould fashion, a hevy brestplate, a massie headepeece to assault and scale with all, wooden clubes set with iron spikes, iron flayles of threshalle, crosbowes, great iron sheildes, with 2-handed swords, and stood in battaile array as Lizeha (sic) had in his time appointed them. When his Majestie came unto them he stayed a while and was by theire captaine entertained and welcommed with a Lattine ovation, who did greatlie congratulate his Majesties comeinge, and havinge concluded, the multitude began to cry out, Vivat, vivat Rex Fredericus! and so ran together to route on a heape one amongst another, makinge such a greate noyse with theire armes as that his Majestie tooke greate pleasure thereat and could not forbeare laughter. Before his Majestie there marched 400 horsemen under theire Coronell Kinsby (sic), representinge the knightehood and gentry of the land, who had 8 silver trumpetts and 4 other trumpetts with 8 cettledrummes; theire cornett was of blew damaske whereon were the Prince Elector Palatine’s armes richly imbrodered; the Lords Derectors and States of the land followed after bravelie mounted; after them rid the Duke of Mansterberge (sic) of Silesia, haveinge on his right hand the Duke of Wertemberge and on the left hand the younge Prince of Anhalt. Then rid his Majestie’s Lord brother Lodowicke with ould Prince Dhinstion (Christian) of Anhalt, after whome imediatelie followed his kinglie Majestie on a blacke greate horse covered with a blacke footeclothe all over imbrodered with silver. Then followed the Queene ridinge in a exceeding rich coatch, like the whereof had never beene seene afore in Prague, and by her sate the younge Prince her sonne; after her Majestie came 2 other coatches wherein were the wives and daughters of divers princes and earles, after which followed sundry other coatches with many gentlewoemen, maides of honor and others, and after these came lastly the Prince Electors owne coronell and harquebus horsemen and footemen in good order, the horsemen well mounted, all statelie deckt with brave attire, faire liveries and gallant scarfes of blewe, the King’s colours.

[19] John Žižka, the Hussite.

This ridinge through the cittie lasted 3 houres longe, and was beheld of many thousands of people to theire greate admiracion; his Majestie tooke therein greate pleasure and did oftentimes put off his hatt, and with a chearefull countenance bowe himselfe towerds the people, as did also the Queene both chearefully and with greate majestie. When they were come within the castle court there the(y) sawe a man sittinge above uppon the churche with an auncient in his hand and waveing it over his heade, and then another man sittinge uppon the rounde ball on the steeple toppe, who played a longe time uppon a kettledrumme.

In the castle court theire Majesties alighted nere unto the longe hall and went towerds the greene chamber, where there stoode a great number of Bohemian laydes and gentlewoemen of good rancke richly attired, who received her Majestie with greate reverence, and so attended on her into her lodgings. All things were accomplished with such state, honor, and good successe as the like was never yett done unto any Romane Emperor; all which shall shortlie be cutt in brasse, and made publicke unto the viewe of the worlde.

Here followeth the King’s coronacion.

All the highe officers of the kingdome as of nobilitie the Lord Chiefe Burgrave Lord Bhonstowe, Barron of Bercha, the Lord Highe Steward of the Lands, Lord Wilham Lobkowth or Belkowth Barron, Lord de (sic) High Chamberlaine Lord John Barron of Tallonberge, the Lord Chiefe Justice of the land, Lord Wentzeslawe, William Barron of Ruppa, the Lord Highe Chancellour Lord Paul Barron of Ritschan, the Lord Chiefe Justice of the Feodaries, Lord Peter Barron of Schambergke, the Lord Chiefe Burgrave of Charlestone, Lord Joachim, Andrew Erle of Sclicke, Knights of the gentry, the Chiefe Secretary of the land, Caspar Caepler, Undertreasurer Procopius Dirarssetche, Underburgrave of Charlestone Bohnslaire of Micholowth, and the Burgrave of the knightlie province, or tract of Grotzer, Henry Ottoe of Losse and many others, beinge summoned and come the 22th of Octob. ould stile, 2 (sic) Novemb. newe stile, to give their attendance, and doe their service at the coronacion, the same was done on Munday the 4th of Novemb. newe stile, that is the 25 of October. ould stile in the manner as followeth.

First after the lords, the States, had attended his Majestie into the castle churche and brought him into St. Wentzeslawes chappell, there they putt uppon his Majestie the regall robe, which was a longe white sattine or damaske gowne all over imbroidered with goulde; before went 40 preists, singeinge men and querresters in white surplices, then behinde them 7 other more principall preists in blewishe or violett cloakes with rich taffitie hatts of the same collor; after them followed the officers of the kingedome carryinge the jewells and ensignes belongeing to the coronation, as namely, the hereditary Archbutler of the kingedome of Bohemia with a gilded silver tunne, the hereditarie Archcupberer with a silver potte, and 2 others followinge them, bearinge 2 gilded bowles; the(n) followed the Lord High Steward of the land with the scepter, the Lord Chiefe Justice of the kingedome with the regall ball, the Archburkgrave with the crowne, bearinge it in bothe his hands; after went the Heralde of the kingedome Bohemia in his coate of armes with a white staffe in his hand, then the hereditarie Lord High Marshall of the crowne of Bohemia with the regall electorall sworde in a red velvett sheathe, after whome immediatelie followed his Majestie bareheaded, havinge on the right hand the Lord Administrator of the Bohemian Protestant Colledge and on his left side another Bohemian preacher (who afterwards made the sermon), both of them attyred in blacke velvett gownes. These 2 brought his Majestie unto the alter, where they kneeled downe with him and prayed a while, and then goeinge backe from the alter, they sett his Majestie in a faire chaire of hayre-colored vellvett, who returneinge to the alter, the Lord Administrator began to act and reade aloude certaine statutes of Lattine, which done, the trumpetts sounded a greate noise; after was begun to be sunge in Lattine Veni Sancte Spiritus, and thereuppon in the Bohemian tongue God the Father dwell us by was also sunge, a collect reade, and the preacher putt on his white surplice, went up into the pulpitt to preach in the Bohemian speech. After he had propounded the matter he was to treate of, and prayed, he stayed there till the people had sunge the 20th Psalme also in the Bohemian language; then he went on with his sermon, and yet in the meanewhile, betweene the partes thereof, were 3 severall times Bohemian hymnes sunge; the sermon beinge ended the foresaid Lord Administrator went againe to the alter and did there in Lattine singe the Letany, which done, the trumpetts and musicke made a marveilous sweete melodie, which done, a chapter out of the Apostle Paule to Timothy was reade before the altar, and 2 Bohemian himnes sunge; this ended, the Lord Administrator, with the preacher, the Lord Chief Burgrave, the Lord High Steward and Lord Greate Chamberlaine of the land, attended his Majestie to the alter, where they all kneeled downe and prayed againe. Then they stoode up and, haveinge spoken unto his Majestie concerninge the accustomed oathe he was to take, the Lord Chiefe Burgrave spake thrice alone unto the people to this effect: “Seeing we are nowe aboute to crowne his Majestie, it is thought meete againe to admonishe you joyntlie to tell us freelie, whether it be your wills that we shall proceede on forwards and crowne his Majestie?” Whereupon the people with a full and jointe consent cryed out amaine and said everie time, “We will.” Then the Lord Cheife Burgrave held a booke unto his Majestie, whereon his Majestie haveing laide his 2 fingers, the Lord Cheife Burgrave reade the accustomed oathe unto him in the Bohemian tongue, which his Majestie performed unto the Lords the States repeatinge every word of it after the Lord Chief Burgrave. Then his Majestie kneeled downe before the altar, where the Lord Administrator stoode before him, holdinge on the booke a gilded box, wherein was oyle, of which he tooke a little with one finger and anointed therewith his Majestie’s foreheade, strekeinge it in forme of a crosse. This beinge done, the Lord High Marshall delivered the sword into the hands of the Lord Administrator, who took it and presentlie gave it to his Majestie, sayinge these wordes: Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen.

After this he delivered unto him, first the scepter, then the regall ball, put a red velvett cap upon his heade, and the lord Administrator takeinge up the crowne in his hands, whereon the Lord Chiefe Burgrave, the Lord Highe Steward of the land, the Lord Great Chamberlaine of the land, and the other preist or minister tooke holde, and so joyntly sett the crowne uppon his Majesties head in the name of the Holy and Blessed Indivisible Trinitie, and then (he) was by them all lifted up, attended to his chaire and sett therein with the crowne upon his heade and the ball and scepter in his hands. Now when all this was done the Lord Cheife Burgrave said unto the Lords the States: “My Lords, seeinge our gracious Kinge is already crowned, so are we nowe accordinge unto our custome to sweare allegeance unto him and to the crowne and acknowledge him for our gracious Kinge and lord.” Hereupon the Lord Cheife Burgrave kissed the regall ball, his Majestie’s right hand, touched the crowne with his 2 fingers, bowed himself before his Majestie, and so went aside, giveinge way. About an 100 persons did all the like. After this did the Lord Administratour with a loude voyce singe Te Deum laudamus. This followed the whole musicke, cornetts, saggebutts, trumpetts, kettledrummes; the bells in all three citties of Prague did ringe, 28 peeces of great ordinance made readie for the purpose were discharged, and the citizens and souldiers of the cittie, beinge 13 companies of foote and sundry cornetts of horse, discharged all theire ouer (sic).

After that his Majestie had (sittinge in his coronation chaire) knighted 5 lords and 3 gentlemen, he rose and went thence attended with all the lords others to the records of the land, where also accordinge to auncient use and custome he sware to preserve and mainetaine them and subscribed unto all he was to subscribe unto. Where as his Majestie went and returned there were divers sorts of coynes of gould and silver throwne amongst the people, one of which had on the one side this inscription, God and theire (sic) cuntryes have given unto me this crowne, and on the other side were five hands houldinge on a crowne, signifying the kingedome of Bohemia and the 4 incorporated cuntries. All alonge the streetes, and within the castle whereupon his Majestie rid and went to the records of the land, there was broade clothe spreade on the ground, which at his comeing backe was all given for larges and made prizd unto the people. At his comeinge backe into the castle dinner was made ready, where was one table of state prepared, whereat his Majestie sate in his regall robes with the crowne on his heade, and the Queene with him. There were other tables besides furnished as whereat sate the above said greate officers and the rest of the Lords the States, and the(n) 14 other free tables for strangers: within the castle court there were goodlie fountaines made, which untill night ran plentifullie with wine red and white free for all to take of that would. About the midst of dinner his Majestie, the crowne to be taken off, stoode up and dranke into the health of all the 3 states and Bohemia, and caused it to be drunke round aboute hall. In the interim betweene his Majestie’s coronacion and the Queene’s, his Majestie first confirmed all the officers and governours of the kingedome in theire offices and governmentes, commanndinge justice and government to goe on in the ordinarie due course as was meete and requisite. Then next perceivinge that the stewes and brothelhouses were there still in use and tollerated, and had theire house within the bulwarke round aboute the cittie, and withall a world of poore and needy people as well of able bodyes as aged, sicke and impotent, lyinge and standinge in the streets to the great dishonor of God and of religion, his Majestie both put downe the stewes presentlie and commannded an hospitall and house of correccion to be forthwith builded; that so theis aged, sicke and impotent might be sufficientlie relived and mainetained and the idle bodie to be put into gives and forced to worke and labour for theire liveinge, that so both the cittie and the state might be eased and clensed of all such, as is his owne cuntry.

The Queene’s coronacion was on Thursday the 28th of October ould stile in all respects like the Kinge’s saye that the sermon was in High Dutche and no coynes cast about thereat. V. 7, p. 23.

INDEX[20]

[20] _Bohemia in British State Papers and Manuscripts_ not indexed.

Absolon, K., 187

Alcock, Deborah, 78

Allen, Fred. H., 168

Anchoran, John, 29

Anketell, John, 121

Ansley, C. F., 68

Arbes, Jakub, 80

Augusta, John, 41, 66

Bailey, W. F., 162

Bain, Robert Nisbet, 38, 140

Balch, Emily Green, 22, 55, 56, 64, 163, 179, 180

Baker’s Biog. Dict. of Musicians, 67, 70, 151

Baker, James, 71, 78, 106, 108, 122, 147, 148, 168, 171, 177, 180,
185, 186, 187, 191, 192

Banks, J. S., 122

Barlow, William, 90, 93

Bardeen, C. W., 47, 138

Barry, Canon William, 168

Baudiš, Josef, 83

Bedford, H., 177

Behringer, C. F., 122

Bendl, Karel, 151

Beneš-Třebízský, Václav, 81

Beneš, Edouard, 162, 168

Beneš, Vojta, 98, 162

Benger, Elizabeth Ogilvie, 97

Benham, David, 108, 129

Berkeley, George Monck, 97

Bertram, Paul, 78

Biog. Dict. of Literature, 66, 140

Bird, A. F. R., 187

Bird, Remsen du Bois, 124

Birnbaum, Martin, 58

Black, John S., 111

Blaikie, W. G., 122

Blazé, de Bury, 97

Blind, K., 144

Blodgett, J. H., 137

Bolton, Henry C., 98

Bonnechose, F. P. E. B. de, 38, 39, 108, 126

Bonsal, Stephen, 169

Born, Baron Inigo, 147

Bost, Ami, 109

Botta, Anne C. L., 141

Bowring, Sir John, 48, 141, 143

Boyd, Neva L., 154

Breuer, Libbie A., 81, 82, 145

Brinton, Christian, 62, 192

Bristol, Frank M., 128

Brookbank, J., 130

Brook, A. Ten, 36, 100

Brooks, Sydney, 169

Brown, Charles L., 162

Brown, D., 122

Brožík, Václav, 20, 58, 66

Bruno, Guido, 82, 169

Budovec, Václav of Budova, 66

Burchenal, Elizabeth, 151

Burton, John Hill, 30

Busse, F., 137

Butler, Nicholas M., 47, 128, 138

Buxton, N., 169

Calkins, N. A., 137

Cambridge Modern History, 14, 38, 100, 104, 105, 140

Čapek, Thomas, 42, 52, 53, 81, 82, 98, 144, 158, 163, 180, 181

Carleton, Sir Dudley, 98

Carlyle, Thomas, 83

Carter, John J., 112

Čech, Svatopluk, 66, 81, 140, 144

Čermák, B., 144

Chapman, Benj., 99

Chapman, Henry G., 154

Chase, Edith B., 109

Chéradame, André, 15, 163, 169

Chesterton, G. K., 166

Císař, F., 122

Clark, Francis E., 188

Cleef, E. van, 149

Cobbe, Francis P., 180

Cole, G. A. J., 188

Collier, Jeremy, 44, 131

Colquhoun, Archibald P., 17, 99

Colquhoun, Ethel, 99

Compayré, Gabriel, 128

Connolly, Louise, 61

Cope, G., 106

Cox, William, 99

Cramer, M. J., 123

Cranz, David, 109

Crawford, F. Marion, 78

Crawford, W. H., 123

Creighton, M., 109

Cruchley, 159

Curtin, D. T., 163

Curtin, Jeremiah, 83

Dallas, R. C., 148

Damberger, Christian F., 56, 188

Davis, Catherine B., 181

Davis, J. W., 177

Denis, Ernest, 15

Destinn, Emmy, 51, 66, 154, 156

Dickinson, Clarence, 151

Dickinson, Edward, 151

Dickinson, Helen A., 151

Dignowity, Anthony M., 66

Dillon, Edward, 71

Dobrovský, Josef, 66

Dodsley’s Annual Register, 97, 98

Dominian, Leon, 188

Dorrian, Cecil I., 170

Doughty, H. M., 188

Dulken, H. W., 142

Durie, John, 132

Dušek, V., 123, 170

Dussek (Dusík), J. L., 51, 67, 151, 152, 156

Dvořák, Antonín, 23, 50, 67, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155

Dvořák, V. J., 155

Dyer, W. A., 71

Earbery, Matthias, 120

Eaton, John, 137

Eden, Lizzie Selina, 99

Edwards, Charles E., 123

Eisenmann, Louis, 38, 100

Eliášova, B. M., 72

Elson, Arthur, 152

Erben, Karel J., 28, 84, 126, 152

Evans, John, 97

Evans, M. J., 114

Fairfield, A. R., 144

Farnham, Amos W., 144, 192

Feistmantel, O., 149

Fejfar, F., 72

Felts, P., 123

Ferber, John James, 147

Fibich, Zděnek, 23, 67, 151, 153

Field, E. M., 128

Figulus, Peter, 35, 121

Finck, Henry T., 152

Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck, 64

Firth, Charles H., 34

Fisher, George P., 109

Fisher, L. J., 98

Fisher, Philip M., 137

Fitz-Simon, Henry, 100

Forman, Josef, 170

Fox, John, 109, 110

Francl, F., 26, 72

Fraser, W., 190

Fred, W., 61

Freeman, Edward A., 102

Frewer, Ellen, 57

Fuller, E., 76

Gardiner, Samuel R., 100

Gataker, Thomas, 110

Gayda, Virginio, 164

Giddins, George H., 123

Gillett, Ezra Hall, 39, 110, 123, 125

Gilpin, William, 110

Gindely, Anton, 36, 100

Gintl, Franz R. von, 85

Glasser, M., 177

Gleig, Georg R., 56, 188

Glenn, Thomas A., 100

Glünecke, G. J. R., 159

Good, James I., 123

Gooch, G. P., 170

Gradin, Arvid, 110

Grande, Julian, 170

Graves, Frank P., 128

Green, Mary A. E., 101

Gregor, Frances, 23, 36, 37, 67, 68, 69, 70, 79, 82, 101, 138, 144

Grégr, Edward, 67

Gribble, Francis H., 170

Grove’s Dict. of Music, 153

Gurowski, A. de, 145

Haberlandt, M., 60

Hadden, J. Cuthbert, 153

Hadow, W. H., 153

Hálek, Vítězslav, 140, 145

Hallivell, George W., 123

Hamilton, John T., 111

Hamlin, C., 170

Hanka, Wenceslaus, 144

Hanus, Paul H., 47, 128, 138

Hard, William, 171

Hark, J. M., 124, 128

Harrison, John, 34, 88, 92

Hartlib, Samuel, 130, 131, 132, 136

Harvitt, Helen J., 154

Hasse, A. C., 111

Haven, Gilbert, 176

Havlasa, Jan, 144, 146

Havlíček, Karel, 67, 140, 141, 174

Hawes, J. B., 149

Hay, Marie, 78

Hayes, Carleton J. H., 101

Hazen, Charles D., 101

Headlam, J. W., 164

Hedley, P. M. F., 155

Heilprin, A., 171

Heilprin, M., 171

Hejda, F. K., 156

Hensel, Octavia, 156

Herites, František, 81

Herrick, S. E., 111

Herrman, Augustine, 53, 67, 100, 101, 106, 160, 161

Hill, Birbeck, 102

Hilbert, Jaroslav, 76

Hlaváč, V. J., 156

Hodges, Le Roy, 179

Hodgson, Randolph L., 189

Hodgson, William, 111

Holárek, Emile, 58, 61

Holland, J. G., 142

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 20, 35, 53, 58, 59, 60, 67

Holme, Charles, 60

Holmes, John, 111

Holub, Emil, 57

Hoole, Charles, 45, 133

Hopkins, H. P., 156

Horgan, S. H., 63

Howell, Charles Fish, 176

Howitt, Mary, 79

Hoyt, C. O., 129

Hrbek, Jeffrey D., 21, 64, 68

Hrbkova, Šárka B., 69, 76, 77, 112, 171, 179, 181

Hrdlička, Aleš, 106, 171, 181, 190

Humpal, Rose M., 81

Hus, John, 18, 22, 38, 39, 68, 108-127

Hutton, J. E., 113

Hye, Isadoor, 106

Immerman, Karl, 141

Innes, J. H., 67, 101

Jacox, F., 106

James, Henry, 113

Janauschek, Francesca R. M., 27, 68, 76

Jansa, V., 177

Jefferys, T., 159

Jenkins, Robert C., 101

Jennewein, F., 61

Jerome of Prague, 30, 38, 68, 108-127

Jerrold, Walter C., 171, 186

Jewett, J. L., 125

Jičínský, J. Rudiš, 101, 183, 185

Jirásek, Alois, 27, 68

Jonáš, Charles, 24, 25, 49, 68, 72, 73, 181

Judson, Harry P., 98

Jung, V. A., 73

Jungmann, Josef, 22, 48, 68, 143

Kappey, Clara, 153

Karpeles, Benno, 179

Kautsky, Karl, 113

Kay, C. de, 149

Keatinge, M. W., 43, 134

Kelly, R. J., 164, 171

Kerner, R. J., 64, 101

Keysler, Johann Georg, 56, 189

Kiddle, Henry, 129

Kinner, Cyprian, 130

Kissner, J. G., 181

Kitts, Eustace J., 113

Klosé, Edwin G., 138

Koerner, K. T., 84

Kohl, Johann Georg, 56, 189

Kohlbeck, Valentine, 182

Kollár, John, 16, 22, 68, 140

Komenský, John Amos, 18, 19, 23, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 69,
128-139

Kompiš, Peter S., 69

Kopta, Flora P., 49, 79, 81, 141, 192

Korbel, Mario, 61, 62

Kotouč, Otto, 144, 145, 182

Koukol, Alois B., 55, 182

Koula, Jan, 61

Kovářík, Alois F., 166

Král, J. J., 22, 52, 80, 81, 106, 112, 138, 145, 149, 155, 156, 157, 158

Kramář, Karel, 162, 171

Krasinski, Count V., 113

Krásnohorská, Eliška, 180

Kratina, Joseph, 62

Kratochvil, S., 164

Kravař (Crawar), Paul, 30

Krehbiel, H. E., 50, 155, 156

Krejsa, Antonie, 80

Kroupa, B., 57

Krupička, František, 73

Kryshanovskaya, V. I., 79

Kubelík, Jan, 51, 69

Kučera, Magdalena, 182

Kuhns, L. Oscar, 113

Kulamer, John, 69

Kvačala, John, 135

Kvapil, Jaroslav, 69, 76, 77

Landa, M. J., 172

Lang, Andrew, 30

Lang, Ossian H., 135

Langridge, Henry S., 85

La Trobe, Benjamin, 109

Latrobe, Bishop J., 113

Latrobe, C. I., 113

Laurie, S. S., 47, 135, 138

Lavington, G., 116

Law, Mary E., 138

Lederer, John, 57

Leger, Louis, 15, 68, 102

Lehner, Ferdinand, 60

Lenfant, Jacques, 113

Leslie, Emma, 79

Lessing, Karl F., 60

Levetus, A. S., 60, 62

Levine, Isaac Don, 172

Lingelbach, William E., 102

Lippert, Emanuel, 138

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 102

Lomas, S. C, 101

Long, R. C, 172

Longfellow, Henry W., 16, 141, 142

Losa, Václav, 123

Loserth, Johann, 38, 114, 122

Lowell, A. L., 164

Lublin, C. Owen, 62

Lucas, Annie, 79

Lützow, Count Francis, 22, 23, 37, 38, 39, 44, 46, 50, 55, 69, 85, 102,
112, 114, 124, 134, 142, 145, 172, 176

Máchal, Jan, 83

Machar, J. S., 49, 142, 145

McCabe, Lida Rose, 62

McClure, Archibald, 179

M’Cormick, W. B., 61

McCorry, John S., 114

Macdonald, James, 189, 193

MacKay, F. E., 76

Mackenzie, A. C., 156

Mackenzie, Campbell, 108, 109

McLaughlin, Allan, 182

Mallery, Charles Payson, 102

Malin, William Gunn, 22, 65, 114

Mamatey, Albert, 164

Mangan, J. C., 141

Mangasarian, M. M., 115

Marchant, Francis P., 145, 164

Masaryk, Alice G., 182

Masaryk, Thomas G., 52, 54, 69, 162, 164, 165, 167, 169, 170, 172, 182

Mashek, Nan, 183

Mason, Daniel G., 152, 153, 155

Mathews, W. B. S., 155

Maurice, Charles E., 23, 37, 68, 69, 102

Maxwell, W. H., 135

Mears, John W., 115

Měkota, Beatrice M., 77, 82

Melichar, A. G., 158

Melitz, Leo, 154

Mendelsohn, J., 156

Menzies, Robert, 120

Merrylees, John, 147

Meynier, H., 189

Michiels, Alfred, 103

Mika, G. H., 172

Miller, H. A., 112, 163, 172

Miller, Kenneth D., 183

Milles, Jeremiah, 149

Miškovský, Louis F., 125

Mitchell, John, 103

Moleville, M. Bertrand de, 50, 148

Monroe, Paul, 135, 139

Monroe (Munro), Robert, 95

Monroe, Will S., 16, 19, 23, 37, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 103, 129, 135,
139, 163

Montgomery, James, 137

Morfill, R. W., 49, 73, 79, 142, 144

Morgan, J., 152

Moryson, Fynes, 189

Mourek, Jane, 27, 60, 80

Mourek, V. E., 27, 73, 80

Mrazek, Joseph, 62

Mucha, Alfons M., 21, 60, 62, 69

Mulliken, E. G., 113

Mulliken, J. L., 113

Munroe, James P., 136

Mylechreest, Winifred B., 79

Naaké, John T., 83

Nádherný, E. V., 181

Namier, Lewis B., 165

Náprstek, Vojta, 61, 69

Narrative History of Music, 153

Nedobyty, Anna, 193

Neisser, George, 125

Němcová, Božena, 22, 27, 36, 69, 79, 81, 140

Neruda, Jan, 22, 69, 82, 140, 145

Newbigin, M. I., 149

Newman, Francis W., 103

Niederle, Lubor, 190

Nigrin, J. V., 53, 73, 141, 146

Nosek, V., 172

Ogden, John C., 117

Oldham, Sam. S., 117

Ondříček, F., 70

Ordéga, L., 173

Ordway, Edith B., 154

Paalzow, Henriette von, 79

Pacák, Louis, 73

Painter, F. V. N., 136

Palacký, Francis, 39, 49, 70, 106, 107, 140, 164

Palda, L. J., 173

Panther (pseud), 173

Parker, Samuel C., 136

Pastor, Josef, 158

Pastor, Ludwig, 117

Patera, A., 135

Paterson, Maurice, 136

Patin, Charles, 190

Payne, Joseph, 136

Payne, Peter, 38, 108, 192

Payne, W. H., 128, 136

Peabody, Elizabeth P., 103

Pennington, Arthur R., 117

Percival, James G., 141

Pergler, Charles, 55, 165, 166, 173

Pescheck, C. A., 118

Philip, Will., 88

Piper, C. R., 125

Pisek, Vincent, 153

Pite, Beresford, 177

Polasek, Albin, 62

Pope, R. Martin, 112

Powell, H. J., 71

Poyntz, Sydnam, 103

Pratt, Waldo S., 153

Price, Charles M., 60

Prince, J. D., 173

Prinsep, V. C., 63

Prochazka, J., 166

Prusík, Bořivoj, 150

Prynne, William, 118

Putnam, Samuel P., 104

Quick, R. H., 136, 139

Rae, W. Fraser, 193

Ralston, W. R. S., 178

Ramée, Louise de la, 14, 79

Rashdall, Hastings S., 118

Rau, Albert G., 125

Raumer, Karl von, 139

Raven, J. H., 139

Recht, Charles, 70, 76, 77, 167

Reich, Emil, 104

Reincke, Abraham, 118

Renselaer, M. G. van, 178

Richards, Agnes G., 62

Rieger, F. L., 70

Riis, Jacob, 179

Risler, Jeremias, 118

Robbins, Jane E., 183

Robinson, Edward, 142

Robinson, T. A. L. von J. (Talvj), 48, 49, 142, 145, 146

Rogers, Henry, 119, 125

Rokycana, Jan, 70

Rolt, Richard, 119

Roof, Katherine M., 156

Roosevelt, Theodore, 173

Rosenthal, Herman, 21, 65

Rosický, Marie Bayer, 148

Rosický, Rose, 148

Ross, E. A., 183

Rubicon (pseud), 173

Runciman, John F., 153

Rundle, Charles E., 119

Ruzicka, Rudolph, 61, 63

Sabina, Karel, 154

Sadeler, George E., 159

Šafařík, Paul J., 49, 70, 107, 140

Salinger, Richard, 154

Salvo, Marquis Carlo de, 190

Sand, George, 27, 80

Šašek, Václav of Bírkov, 29, 104, 106

Sauzay, A., 71

Schaff, David S., 38, 111, 119, 125

Schanzer, Hedwig, 63

Schauffler, H. A., 183

Schauffler, R. H., 173

Schem, A. J., 129

Schierbrand, Wolf von, 167

Schindler, Kurt, 154

Schmitt, Bernadote E., 173

Schoberl, Frederick, 148

Schwartz, H., 71

Schwarze, W. N., 39, 119

Schweinitz, Edmund de, 38, 39, 66, 68, 70, 119, 124

Scott, J. L., 136

Sebastian, Father, 124

Sellers, Edith, 173

Selver, P., 23, 49, 142

Seton-Watson, R. W., 16, 17, 52, 112, 164, 167, 173

Shaw, Francis G., 80

Shearer, James W., 73

Sherwood, J. M., 125

Sidney, Sir Philip, 104

Šíma, Joseph, 61

Šimek, Bohumil, 163

Singleton, Esther, 154

Sládek, Josef V., 70, 74, 146

Sloss, Robert, 174

Small, J., 119

Smetana, Bedřich, 23, 50, 51, 70, 151, 153, 154, 157

Smetanka, J. F., 52, 158, 167, 174

Šmilovský, Alois V., 27, 80, 140

Smith, Charlotte F., 104

Smith, J. Milton, 120

Smith, Preserved, 125

Smyth, J. J., 126

Snow, Francis H., 77

Sonnenschein, W. S., 142

Soskice, Juliet M., 79

Soukup, Anthony M., 74

Špaček, Anna, 154

Spalding, M. J., 126

Stanton, Theodore, 180

Steed, H. Wickham, 16, 52, 104, 162, 167, 174

Steiner, Edward A., 180, 183

Stevenson, I. P., 174

Stevenson, W. F., 126

Stiles, William H., 104

Stoddard, J. L., 190

Straka, Adolf W., 24, 74

Street, G. S., 193

Strickland, Agnes, 29, 105

Šubert, František A., 77

Sum, A., 21, 65

Švarc, Václav, 183

Světlá, Karolina, 27, 70, 80

Svobodová, Růžena, 82

Swehla, Francis J., 183

Sweny, H. W., 178

Swoboda, Wenceslaus A., 144

Sýkora, A. J., 187

Symons, Arthur, 55, 177, 178

Taillandier, R. G., 15

Talvj (Robinson)

Taylor, Bayard, 15, 190

Taylor, John, 32, 93

Thurloe, John, 34

Thurston, Herbert, 126

Tille, Václav, 146

Tomek, V. V., 39

Torrey, H. W., 126

Toynbee, Arnold J., 167, 174

Trench, Richard C., 120

Troutbeck, Rev., 152

Turner, R. W., 183

Twain, Mark, 174

Tymarchus, Joshua, 46, 133

Tyrš, Miroslav, 56, 70, 185

Tyrš, Renata, 63

Ullman, C., 120

Updike, D. B., 63

Upham, T. C., 134

Váňa, Jan, 74

Van Dyke, Paul, 120

Varillas, Antoine, 120

Vaughn, Robert, 34, 136

Vericour, L. R. de, 107

Vernalecken, Theodore, 84

Vertue, George, 20, 58, 67

Vickers, Robert H., 23, 36, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 80, 105, 142, 171

Vizetelly, E. A., 191

Vlach, J. J., 183

Vojan, J. E. S., 61, 63, 67, 69, 98, 126, 139, 157, 174

Vondrous, J. C., 61

Vostrovský, Clara (Winlow), 69, 80, 82, 139

Vrchlický, Jaroslav, 70, 77, 146, 152

Vymazal, F., 26, 75

Walmsley, 159

Warburton-Egerton, R. E., 142

Ward, A. W., 38, 105, 146

Washington, Booker T., 174

Watson, Foster, 139

Wertenbaker, T. J., 174

Wharton, Leonard C., 18, 19, 22, 65

Whately, Jane E., 120

White, Walter, 191

Wickliffe, John, 29, 30, 38, 79, 105, 114, 118, 120, 121, 122

Wiener, Leo, 49, 142, 163, 175

Williams, Robert F., 120

Williams, Samuel G., 137

Williams, William H., 105

Wilson, Woodrow, 53

Winlow, Clara Vostrovský, 69, 80, 82, 139

Wistein, Rose, 175

Wittelshöfer, O., 175

Workman, Herbert B., 111, 121, 124

World’s Best Essays, 137

Worthington, John, 120, 137

Wortley, Sir Francis, 95, 96

Wratislaw, A. H., 28, 39, 48, 84, 104, 106, 107, 121, 126, 143

Wratislaw, Baron Mitrowitz W., 29, 48, 105

Wyatt, Margaret A., 121

Wylie, James H., 121

Yarros, Gregory, 65

Zajíček, Frank, 154

Zdrůbek, F. B., 25, 75

Zelenka, Lerando L., 157

Zeman, Josephine Humpal, 182, 183, 184

Žerotín, Lord Karel, 41, 70

Zeyer, Julius, 27, 82, 140

Žižka, John, 18, 70, 110, 114, 115, 127

Zmrhal, Jaroslav J., 26, 75, 98, 141, 148, 158

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[Transcriber's Note: Following are transcriptions of the last two
illustrations.]

THE
BOHEMIAN VOICE

ORGAN OF THE BOHEMIAN-AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Vol. 1. OMAHA, NEB., SEPTEMBER 1, 1892. No. 1.

NOTES.

Once Protestant, Bohemia at present is overwhelmingly Catholic. In 1890 the Catholics numbered 96.17 per cent, the Protestants 2.22 per cent and the Jews 1.56 per cent. It must be borne in mind, however, that prior to 1781, in which year the “Patent of Toleration” was issued, no other church was tolerated outside the Catholic.

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Bohemia may be said to be a country of farmers, judging from the number of persons engaged in agricultural pursuits. Out of every one thousand people 408.7 per cent are engaged in the cultivation of soil and forestry; 352.6 per cent find employment in manufacturing and mining, 59.5 per cent in commerce, railroading, etc., and 87.8 per cent earn their living as laborers.

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Illiteracy in Bohemia is rapidly disappearing. According to the general census of 1890 the ratio of adults unable to read and write is 19.69 per cent, which compares favorably with that of the most advanced of European nations. Figures compiled in 1881 show the ratio of illiteracy to be in England, 16 per cent; Scotland, 12; Ireland, 33; France, 22; Germany, 6; Russia, 89; Austria 51 (education is especially backward in Hungary and Transylvania); Italy, 59; Spain and Portugal, 66; Switzerland, 12, Belgium and Holland, 14; Scandinavia, 13.

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