CHAPTER IX.

History in Words--British Coat of Arms--The Ten Tribes--Account of Esdras--Dispersion of the Tribes--Mixed Seed of Israel--Effect on European Society--Jewish Influence--Discovery of Cape of Good Hope--Pacific Ocean Discovered--Magellan's Voyage--Discovers Cape Horn--Distance Sailed--Death of Magellan--Voyage Completed--Its Effect on the Public--Huss and Jerome Burned--John Ziska--Persecutions of Waldenses--Capture of Mentz--Dispersion of Printers--Hans Boheim--Joss Fritz--Sale of Indulgences--Martin Luther Burns the Pope's Letter--Grand Council at Worms--Rome in a Rage--Luther Kidnapped.