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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) LX.: To his Friends staying on in Constance ( Without date: after June 8, 1415) - The Letters of John Hus
LX.: To his Friends staying on in Constance ( Without date: after June 8, 1415) - Jan Huss, The Letters of John Hus [1904]Edition used:The Letters of John Hus. With Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Herbert B. Workman and R. Martin Pope (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904).
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- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I.—: Letters Written Before the Death of Archbishop Zbinek ( June 30, 1408— September 28, 1411)
- Letter I: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: June 30, 1408; Prague )
- Letter II: To the Nuns of a Certain Convent ( Undated: September 1408?)
- Letter III: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: Early December 1408)
- Letter IV: To Master Zawissius, Rector of Prachaticz ( Late Autumn, 1408)
- Letter V: To the People of Laun 1 ( Undated: About 1410)
- Letter VI: The Letter of Richard Wyche ( London: September 8, 1410)
- Letter VII: To a Certain Monk ( January 18, 1411)
- Letter VIII: To John Barbatus and the People of Chrumnaw ( May 25, 1411)
- IX.: To John XXIII., The Roman Pontiff 1 ( September 1, 1411)
- X.: To the College of Cardinals ( Without Date: Early In September 1411)
- Part II.—: From the Death of Zbinek to the Exile of Hus ( September 1411— September 1412)
- XI.: To the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Bohemia ( Undated: December 1411)
- XII.: To the People of Pilsen 1 ( Undated: March ( ? ) 1412)
- XIII.: To Ladislaus, King of Poland ( June 10, 1412 1 )
- XIV.: To the Brethren of the Monastery of Dolein, In Moravia ( Undated: Summer 1412)
- XV.: To Masters Martin and Nicolas Miliczin ( Undated: August ( ? ) 1412)
- Part III.—: Letters Written During the Exile of Hus ( September 1412— August 1414)
- XVI.: To the People of Prague. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412).
- XVII.: To the Same. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412)
- XVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: October ( ? ) 1412)
- XIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: October 1412)
- XX.: To the Faithful Bohemians ( Without Date: December 1412 1 )
- XXI.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: December 1412)
- XXII.: To the Same ( December 25, 1412)
- XXIII.: To the Same 1 ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXIV.: To the Same ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXV.: To the Synod of Prague In the Year 1413 ( Without Date: After February 6, 1413 1 )
- XXVI.: To Master Christian of Prachaticz, Rector of the University of Prague. ( Without Date: Early 1413)
- XXVII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413 5 )
- XXVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413)
- XXIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: 1413)
- XXX.: To the Same ( Without Date: End of April ( ? ) 1413 1 )
- XXXI.: To Master John Sybart 2 In the University of Vienna ( July 1, 1413)
- XXXII.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: Early In 1414 1 )
- Part IV.—: Letters Written On the Journey to Constance ( August—november, 1414.)
- Notice to the Synod
- Appeal to the Court
- XXXIII.: To Sigismund, King of the Romans and of Hungary ( Prague: September 1, 1414)
- XXXIV.: To His Bohemian Friends On Starting For Constance ( Without Place: Near Krakowec; Without Date: October 12, 1414)
- XXXV.: To Master Martin, His Disciple 2 ( Prague, Beginning of October 1414)
- XXXVI.: To His Bohemian Friends ( Nuremberg, October 20, 1414)
- XXXVII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 4, 1414)
- XXXVIII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 6, 1414)
- XXXIX.: To the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( Constance, November 16, 1414)
- Part V.—: Letters Written During the Imprisonment At the Blackfriars ( November 16, 1414— March 24, 1415)
- Xl.: to the People of Prague 1 ( Blackfriars, January 19, 1415)
- Xli.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: January 1415)
- Xlii.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliii.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliv.: to John of Chlum ( Undated: February 1415)
- Xlv.: to the Same ( Without Date: February, 1415)
- Xlvi.: to His Friends At Constance ( Without Date: End of February 1415)
- Xlvii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: February 28 ( ? ), 1415)
- Xlviii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 4, 1415)
- Xlix.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 6 Th, 1415 3 )
- L.: to His Friends ( Without Date: Middle March 1415)
- Li.: to His Friends After the Pope’s Flight ( Without Date: March 21, 1415)
- Lii.: to the Same ( March 24, 1415)
- Part VI.—: Letters Written From the Franciscan Friary ( June 5, 1415— July 6, 1415)
- Liii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: Morning, June 5, 1415)
- Liv.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 5, 1415)
- Lv.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvi.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvii.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 7, 1415 1 )
- Lviii.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: June 8, 1415)
- Lix.: to the Same ( Without Date: June 9 Or 10, 1415 2 )
- Lx.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: After June 8, 1415)
- Lxi.: to Henry Skopek De Duba ( Without Date: June 9, 1415 1 )
- Lxii.: to a Friend ( June 9, 1415)
- Lxiii.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: Shortly After June 8, 1415)
- Lxiv.: to All the People of Bohemia 5 ( June 10, 1415)
- Lxv.: to Henry Skopek De Duba 1 ( June 13, 1413)
- Lxvi.: to Master Martin, His Disciple 1 ( June 16, 1415)
- Lxvii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June )
- Lxviii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June 1415)
- Lxix.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: After June 18, 1415)
- Lxx.: to His Friends In Constance ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxi.: to Gallus (hawlik 1 ), Preacher In the Bethlehem ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxii.: to Master Christian ( Without Date: About June 22, 1415)
- Lxxiii.: to His Friends At Constance ( June 23, 1415)
- Lxxiv.: to the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( June 24, 1415)
- Lxxv.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: June 24 Or 25, 1415)
- Lxxvi.: to the Faithful Bohemians 5 ( June 26, 1415)
- Lxxvii.: to the Same ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxviii.: to the University of Prague ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxix.: to Barons Wenzel De Duba and John of Chlum ( Undated: ? Middle Or End of June )
- Lxxx.: to John of Chlum ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxi.: to Wenzel De Duba ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxii.: to His Friends In Bohemia 3 ( June 29, 1415)
- Hus’s Final Declaration ( July 1, 1415)
- Appendix A: a Doubtful Letter of Hus
LX.
To his Friends staying on in Constance
(Without date: after June 8, 1415)
I still urge you for God’s sake not to let any one get a look at my letters, nor let them be made public, because I am afraid of the risk to individuals. Be careful both in word and in action. Veit, if he is to remain here, ought to be very careful. I have, further, rejoiced greatly at the news that my gracious lord hath arrived. Our Saviour restored Lazarus to life after he had lain four days in the grave. He preserved Jonah for three days in the fish, and sent him forth again to his preaching. He rescued Daniel from the lions’ den to write his prophecies. He saved the three children from the flames in the fiery furnace. He delivered Susannah when already sentenced and going forth to death. Would He not therefore be able likewise to liberate me, poor John Hus, from prison and from death if it should be for His glory, the welfare of the faithful, and my greater good? His power is not shortened, Who by the angel released Peter from prison, when the chains fell off from his hands on the eve of his being brought forth to death in Jerusalem. His will ever be done! I pray that it may be fulfilled in me for His glory and for my sins.
One of the doctors said to me that, whatever I did, I should submit to the Council, though my whole case was good and in order, and added, “If the Council told you, ‘You have only one eye,’ although you have two, you ought to agree with the Council that it is so.” To which I replied, “If the whole world told me so, as long as I have the use of my reason, I could not say so without resisting my conscience.” But after some further talk he withdrew his remark, and said, “You are right; I did not give you a very good illustration.”
The Lord is with me as a mighty warrior. “The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” At these times I often sing to Him the response, Lord, I suffer violence; answer Thou for me. I know not what I shall say to my enemies. The Lord be with you.
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