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is only founded on the wickedness of humanity, and that the ideal state should be ruled by Christ alone,

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second heading the words, "Of the bands, and of each of " them separately but must not be confused with Chelcicky's lost work, Of the Bands in Bohemia. Chelcicky deals first, and deals very severely, with the "band" of the nobles. His animosity against those who bear arms sometimes very quaintly expressed. He writes: "All the value of noble birth founded on an unjust invention of the heathens, who obtained coats of arms from emperors or kings in reward of some deed of prowess. And some buy these coats of as