is private advantage before the public weal, and
his son Diethelm also, who sat next his father in the council, was an
acknowledged man of honor. The deputy Rudolph Thumeisen had likewise
maintained an unspotted reputation, and George Berger and Hans
Effinger, even in Italy, among so many degraded characters, proved
themselves incorruptible. Hans Edlebach, the treasurer Werdmueller, the
banneret Schweizer, and of the younger men, Ulric Funk and Lavater,
_landvogt_ at Kyburg, enjoyed universal esteem. But besides these,
there was another party, composed of men, who as the crowd says, meant
well, though they were weak, and not inaccessible to the corrupting
influences of the time, and hence undecided in moments of peril. The
second burgomaster Schmied, his successor, the deputy Walder, and the
senator Jacob Grebel may be pointed out as belonging to this class. On
the other hand, there was yet a third class, who, were ready to desert
any cause, and to help on and take part in any bold, disorderly
proceeding. Accustomed to splendor and good-living, they had been
reduced to poverty by idleness and prodigality, and hence were always
in the market for the highest bidder. And yet by reason of their noble
descent, and their extensive connections they were able to wield a
considerable influence, for most of them were members of the
aristocracy. Among these appear the G[oe]ldins, the Stapfers, the
Landenbergs, some of the branches of Zieglers and the Rahns, and bold
men, like Onofrion Setzstab, who were prepared for any undertaking.
Zwingli could foresee in them all, his deadly, and at a later period
perhaps his powerful enemies.

Among the clergy, the new people's priest was brought into direct
intercourse with the canons, who elected and had control over him.
Although they had his kind wishes, he yet resolved, to act freely
according to his convictions, supported by a feeling of spiritual
superiority. He could scarcely have rejected good counsels from the
trustee Utinger, and the canons Erasmus Schmied, Walder, Bachofen and
some others perhaps, who at the very first extended to him the hand of
friendship. His beginning will appear more difficult when we consider,
that they acted by authority, and whoever, supported by it, ventured to
come out into more decided opposition against him, could be certain of
a strong support. That he therefore had to look for cold respect, but
no hearty co-operation from one portion of the circle of