Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER HI. EXPULSION OF PROTESTANT SCHOOLMASTERS AND TUTORS—SURRENDER OF THE CAROLINE COLLEGE TO THE JESUITS JOY OF THE ROMANISTS PROCEEDINGS OF THE JESUITS — DESTRUCTION OF PROTESTANT BOOKS. When the Protestant clergy were expelled from Prague, the Consistory, which had long beeu a thorn in the eyes of their enemies, was also dissolved. As soon as the expulsion of the preachers was effected, the iron hand of persecution was laid upon the Schoolmasters. Whether these were as steadfast in their faith as the clergy, or many remained and began to teach the new catechism of Canisius, we have no authentic information. But the ruling party could now no longer tolerate even Protestant private teachers; a special order was therefore issued for their banishment from the country, unless they were immediately discharged; and those parents who should employ them were threatened with imprisonment and fine. This was diligently circulated amongst all barons, noblemen, and citizens. The parents were, of course, referred to Jesuitical private teachers for their children; and that these might be found in requisite numbers, the Jesuits, wherever they could, took even by force, talented boys, and had them prepared for tutors; which was also done, as has already been stated, at Friedland, where certain boys wereplaced in the Jesuits' institution at Gitschin. That their order produced some clever teachers cannot be denied; their merits in this respect are not misunderstood, even by Protestants. As they were unwilling to allow Protestants any longer to continue in the capacity of teachers, the persecution at last reached the Professors of the Caroline University, nor was it confined to those of theology merely. Hitherto the University had been in the hands of the Evangelicals. But on ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.