, 1860-01-27

were obliged to prsteDz that they did not see
him; Yet they suffered from an inyoIuntary
snuIder when they saw him pass like a superna.
.uEa. 9elng' There was something about him
nynstesloIh solemn and awe-inspiring. He
walke9 along, surrounded by this magic iuhu.
ence, IKE saddening halo His troops firmly
believed that he was IL Communion vim az
spirit Of darkness, that the stars had no secrets
from him, that the growing Of cocks Or the
barking Of dogs never reached his ears. that bull
ietsI sabres and lances could not wound him.
ior Le possessed a talisman that rendered him
Master Of Fortune. They followed him as I
Personihcation Of Fate. Though champion Of
Rome Against the innovators, the gloomy captain
only put faith in the dreams Of the occult Sci.
enceS While . youth, he was accompanied On
his tTaFels BY the mathematician and Astronomer
Herdungas who taught him 70 read the stara
ne also resided for some time At Padua, in order
e learn from another professor. The rooms ii
MS palace At Prague were covered with emblems
o. divination and alegOrical figures. His ambi.
ton led him 70 the desire Of penetrating the
secrets Of the future the Italian asrologer, SEMI
nVea beneath his roof, and the visionary couple
frequently passed the night in chimercal studies.
never ald Walenstein set on a new enterprise
tlll he bad consnlted the luminous Pythonesses
Of the frmanent for these dumb counsellors
were to him bible and Gospel Apeasant would
not have behaved in . different way. ,.i,
In 1887 the most noble persons, the men q
nlgnest reputation, and the captains who fought
In the war Of Independence, were led on 10 the
scaiiold, either togetheror separately, with vic
tins Of lower class. Some were dragred out
and lengthened on ladders expressly made 70
dislocate the limbs; others had their heads bound
with cords or fllets Of metal, until their eyes
started from the sockets. They were hanged BY
the hands tngibbets and enormous weights attach
cd to their fest while the hahgman burned their
aTm-pits with wax tapers, or shook over the IN.
happy men torches Of pitch or resin, which be.
deWed them with q liquid shower Of fire. lhey
were tortured with red bot pincers, and steel
blades for nails, raised to white heat, were
thrust between the nails on their fingers and
toes. Many, half roasted and half lacsrated.
died under the torture LeOpold's delegate offered
six hundred forms TO any one who Invented a
new punishment and one Of these tortures,
the most atrociUus Of all those described by the
bistorians, make our hair stand on an end.
Large wires, at white eat, were introduced
into the natural passages Of ,e body, afier the
victims had been stripped Of their clothing. s
One Of the sights with which Ferdinand Nv.
frequently INDUCED his young wife was the tri-
umph tat terminated bis sport An the game
be had killed was piled up before him like a hill
lock; the King took Of bis coat, put on fame
waistcoat, and with q hunting khiis 10 bis hand
rushed on to the slaughtered deer. He cut open
the animals, tore out their entraila, and piled
them up before him to a mans height The dis.
gnsting mound steamed IN the sun, while The
King, pursuing bis task, covered his hands fnce.
and clothes with blood s ~. T.
Many Of the apostate lords, such as Mitirow.
ski, William KienAn, Sllwats, and MartInits
imprisoned and tortured their vassals, thrashIng
them with sticks or the Fat Of their sabfes, % or
der to make them kncel before the holy Sacrament
They forced their mouths open with the butt q
their fusils, or iron wedges in order to thrust II
the Host and make them communicate witt
only one element Anobls Of The nsme % Kinki
CzernohOTsky, and well worthy 70 bear that bar.
baEUus name, entered on horseback into N,
Church Of kerzzin, galoped up 70 the altar, seize
the cup fun Of consscrated wine, and poured tlll
liquid down his horses throat shouting Nj
horse y good IS yon; Ike yoo, be Is Z Uhs
quistn Alter these insolenf words, he fell
sword IN band, on the faithful, wounded 4 largI
number, killed several, and dragged others out q
the church as prisoners OF war. Two officers, o.
one Of these ferocions expeditions, sei1ed 4 na
Eed child, and, each holding L BY the foot, cu
i 10 two with their sabres; then they offered u,
father and mother the bleeding halves aHerl
you have both sorts, = they said with jovial air
IS u quite delighted with their jsst ,ia 2