He was therefore condemned to the stake.
His death was perfect.

His last letters are full of calm resolution, love to his friends, and forgiveness to his enemies.

Haled to the cathedral where the council sat on July 6, 1415, he was given one last chance to recant and save his life.

Refusing, he was stripped of his vestments, and a paper crown with three demons painted on it put on his head with the words, "We commit thy soul to the devil"; he was then led to the public square and burnt alive.

Sigismund, threatened by the council, made no effort to redeem his safe-conduct, and in September the reverend fathers passed a decree that no safe-conduct to a heretic, and {40} no pledge prejudicial to the Catholic faith, could be considered binding.