He translated the Bohemian History
of AEneas Sylvius, two dialogues of Lucian, and wrote, edited, and
printed other meritorious and elaborate works.]
[Footnote 31: This venerable man was ten years president or bishop
(Zprawce) of the United Brethren; and his whole life appears to have
been devoted to religious purposes. He prepared the hymn-book in use
among all the congregations of the Brethren; wrote an interpretation
of the Apocalypse, 1501; of the Psalms, 1505; a treatise on Hope,
1503; on Oaths, etc. His writings, most of which are replete with
erudition, are enumerated in Dobrovsky's _Gesch. der boehm. Sprache_,
pp. 238, 239, 372, 378, 379.]
[Footnote 32: See page 189.]
[Footnote 33: The five last named were banished in 1621.]
[Footnote 34: Simon Lomnicky of Budecz, was court poet; and in
addition to the poetical crown, his talents procured him a patent of
nobility. He wrote twenty-eight volumes, most of which are printed.
For more general information respecting his works, and those of the
other writers here mentioned, we must refer our readers to Jungmann's
_Historie Literatury Czeske_, Prague, 1825, and Schaffarik's often
cited work.]
[Footnote 35: See the two works named in the preceding note.
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