John of Nepomuk, however, and another priest, were seized and put to the torture to confess what were the designs of the archbishop.

The king seems to have suspected that the queen was in some way connected with the line of conduct pursued by the archbishop.

John of Nepomuk, however, refused, even though the King with his own hand burned him with a torch.
Irritated by his obstinate silence, the king caused the poor monk to be cast over the bridge into the Moldau.

This monk was afterwards canonised, and made the patron saint of bridges .-- ED.
{8} Albert von Wallenstein (or Waldstein), the famous Duke of Friedland, is celebrated as one of the ablest commanders of the imperial forces during the protracted religious contest known in German history as the "Thirty Years' War." During its earlier period Wallenstein greatly distinguished himself, and was created by the Emperor Ferdinand Duke of Friedland and generalissimo of the imperial forces.

In the course of a few months Wallenstein raised an army of forty thousand men in the Emperor's service.