ABSTRACT
The same year and at the same time, on the last day of the month of February, a letter was brought to Prague from Mikulas, the elected bishop of the Taborites, and from Jicin, a master of liberal arts, containing matters over which one should weep when reading them, previously unheard of in the Christian religion. For this reason, the greedy rabble also wanted to enter the castle for the purpose of looting; and when they were not allowed in, they penetrated the wall by digging under it, entered the vault of the library, and took the books away. From there they went around looting other property, which they then sold in Prague at low prices. The following day [28 January] they set Novy Hrad on fire, and, hiring laborers, they demolished it down to the foundations.
