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versions of Carion examined (1532, ff. 159v-160r; 1554, f. 240r-v;
1572, p. 631; 1573, pp. 1008-9; 1595, ff. 181v-182r), none of these is
sufficiently close to be claimed as the source.
Finally under 1410 O-A tells of Sigismund’s wicked (second) wife
Barbara, who gave herself up to a life of sensual pleasure. Barbara
and her lasciviousness are touched on briefly in one sentence in 1572,
p. 632, and 1573, p. 1009. She is not mentioned in any of the other
versions examined.
Under “Ano 1414” O-A describes the Council of Constance, which
is treated in all versions of Carion under Emperor Sigismund. Many,
but not all, of the details in O-A are mentioned in one or another
version of Carion. 1. “kom sialfur keisarinn aa jola aptaninn til Cost-
nitz og saung gudspiallit Exiit edictum a Cæsari Augusto sialfur j
messunne.” The story of Sigismund reading the Christmas Gospel is
told in all the versions of Carion, but the words in O-A are closest to
1554, f. 238r: “Keiser Sigismundus er kommen til Constantz paa den
natt Natalis Christi / oc haffuer sunget det Euangelium i Messen liger-
uis som en Diaconus / Exijt edictum a Cæsare Augusto / etc.” Cp.
1595, f. 18 lr, which does not specify that Sigismund arrived in Con-
stance on Christmas Eve: “Oc Keiser Sigismundus læste selff det Eu-
angelium som falder paa Juledag: Der vdgick it Bud aff Keiser Augu-
sto, &c.” 2. The condemnation of John Huss and Jerome of Prague is
mentioned only briefly in the original Carion. In the Melanchthon
versions it is told with some of the details recorded in O-A, but not
that Jerome “ward 140 daugum f>ar eptir dæmdur.” 3. Huss’ last words
in O-A are these: “nu steiki frier eina gaas (foui suo wtlegst haus) enn
jnnan 100 aara kiemur sa suanur wm huers haals frier munud ei na: sa
mun sætliga syngia og hann kunne frier ecki ad granda.” These appear
also in 1572, p. 634; 1573, p. 1013; and in 1595, f. 181r, but the Danish
version fails to explain the pun on Huss-goose. 4. The final informa-
tion given about the Council of Constance is “f>a ward og mijkil
wmbreytni j paua walldinu: f)ui margier woru af settir: sem war Jo-
hannes 23: Gregorius 12: Benedictus 13: ward Otto de Columna paue
og war nefndr Martinus 5.” The three rejected popes and their num-
bers are given in Melanchthon-Peucer, but in the reverse order (1572,
p. 627; 1573, p. 1002; not in 1595). The form of Martin V’s original
name is slightly different from that in O-A: “Otto Columnius ex Co-
lumniorum familia” (1572, p. 633), “Otto Columnius aus dem Ge-