(John), a famous general of the forces of the Hussites, in the 15th century, was a gentleman educated at the court of Bohemia, in the reign of Wenceslaus. He entered very young into the army, and after distinguishing himself on several occasions, lost an eye in a battle, whence he was called Zisca or One-eyed. At length the Reformation, begun by John Hus, spreading through almost all Bohemia, Zisca placed himself at the head of the Hussites, and had soon under his command a body of 40,000 men. With this army he gained several victories over those of the Roman religion, who carried on a kind of crusade against them, and built a town in an advantageous situation, to which he gave the name of Tabor; whence the Hussites were ZIR

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