A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1753, sig. 109-4/1508

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18a 4 - and was given to destruction. Ctirad, overwhelmed by the beauty and grace of the girl, frees her from the bonds and is inflamed in love with him. The whole group settles down in the fields and begins a joyful activity. With sweet mead, the warriors forget every danger, sing and drink carelessly until late night. Only when the men are tired and tired, the noise gradually settles. One after the one is silent, and falls into deep sleep. Finally the last one has fallen asleep. Then Scharka gives a sign with the horn of the forest, the comrades answer from the forest with their sign and rush from all sides. The Amazons, once again gnawed under Sharka's command, now attack the sleeping men and kill them. The demon of revenge celebrates cruel feasts. From Bohemia's corridors and groves. no On a beautiful summer day stand (in the wide Bohemian country, whose flower ornaments, lively drifts and fragrant airs put the soul into enthusiastic rapture. From the general jubilation the fresh and simple reverberation of rural contentment emerges. Td a o o shady calm grove. A delicate air stirs from branch to branch; up to the whole grove a noise can be heard, which unites with the whirring and jubilating of all feathered singers. In this hymn of nature, the delicate and dreamy sound of a forest horn sounds from the depths of the forest. A powerful wind blow interrupts this peace of the woods by bringing from Zëit to the ears the sounds of exuberant human cheerfulness. These tones approach quickly. In a short time a happy village festival surrounds us, through dance and singing the Bohemian people of life rejoices and its bliss penetrates through the fertile pastures as a Bohemian folk song. Tabor. "You are God's warriors", so resounds in the religious struggles of the Song-of the Hussite Brothers, which can be heard from their castle Tabor from the church. Dont(---)abandon their chariot castles for protection 11369 -5--