There are few among the theological writers of this century,—­of whom we have named perhaps the twentieth part,—­who have not left at least ten volumes of their own writings; while many have reached twice, and some thrice the number.  More than one third of the printed works in this department contain sermons.  The eloquence of the pulpit acquired a high degree of cultivation; and besides the two Utraquist preachers mentioned above, many other names were celebrated among them.  In respect to erudition, however, the Brethren occupied decidedly the first rank.  In religious hymns all sects were equally productive; and there are, as we have mentioned already, not a few among them of a high excellence.  To the names of spiritual poets alluded to in the preceding paragraphs, we may here add the following:  T. Sobeslawsky Reshatko, Gryllus, Herstein of Radowesic, Horsky, Mart.  Pisecky, Taborsky, Sylvanus a Slovak by birth and called by way of eminence Poeta Bohemicus, Chmelowecz, Mart.  Philomusa, Karlsberg, Hanush; and more especially Lomnicky, poeta laureatus, who is regarded as the first Bohemian poet of that age.

These names comprise also nearly all we have to say of the state of Bohemian poetry in general.  Not that some of them did not occasionally desert the sacred muse, and compose specimens of secular poetry; for some of Lomnicky’s larger and most celebrated works belong to this class, as may be seen by the titles; e.g.  ‘The arrows of Cupid,’ ’The golden Bag,’ etc.[34]

But every thing of real poetical value is of a religious character; and bears too much the stamp of its age, to be relished at the present day.  The secular poets of the time wrote, with a few exceptions, in Latin.

Among the historians of merit we may name the following writers of Bohemian history:  Hagek of Liboczan, Kuthen, Procopius Lupacz, Paprocky a Pole who however wrote some of his works in the Bohemian language, Racownicky, and the above-mentioned Weleslawin and Bilegowsky.  In respect to universal history, or that of other lands, we find the names of Placel, Sixt von Ottersdorf, Konstantinovicz, Kocin, and others.  This period is equally rich in valuable books of travels.  Count Wratislaw of Mitrowicz, ob. 1635, described his interesting embassy from Vienna to Constantinople; C. Harant, a courtier and statesman, published his travels in Egypt and Palestine; Prefat of Wlkanow likewise gave a description of his journey from Prague to Palestine; Charles of Zherotin, the son of the munificent patron of the United Brethren, and like him their protector and friend, left letters and a description of his travels.