Note 1 — INTRODUCTORY.
Paul Carus translation
Page 30, Note 1.—The name “Huss” means “goose.” When Huss was condemned to die at the stake he said:
“Nach mir wird kommen ein Schwan, Den sollen sie ungebraten lah’n.” [After me a swan will rise, Whom they will not roast likewise.]
This doggerel with its grim humor on so tragic an occasion is commonly and naturally regarded as foretelling the coming of Martin Luther.