s, based upon the Word of God, that Master Ulric Zwingli and
his associates have fairly conquered the Anabaptists, annihilated
re-baptism, and upheld the baptism of infants. It has also been clearly
evident, during the entire conference, that the creators, defenders,
sectarians and wranglers of Anabaptism have played their part in a
wicked, bold, and shameless spirit, in that they, a sect and conspiracy
against the commandment of God, have undertaken and devised means to
bring us over to them, in their contempt of all temporal authority and
planting of disobedience, and destruction of love toward our
fellow-men; for they think themselves better than other Christians and
without sin, as all their words and works, and even their behavior
plainly show." Subjoined was an order forbidding any further cases of
re-baptism on pain of a fine, or threats of severer punishment, if that
did not prove sufficient. Manz, Grebel, Blaurock and the other leaders
of the sect were brought before the Council and earnestly exhorted to
confess their errors, but in vain. They were thrown into the Tower.
Whilst there, means were found to compose an address, which was soon
widely spread and roused up the most stubborn of their followers to new
resistance. Hence, when the _landvogt_ Berger made known the edict of
the government in Grueningen, many of the inhabitants publicly declared
they would not submit to it. He then summoned more than a hundred of
the most zealous men and women to the castle. Here the twelve deputies,
who were at the conference in Zurich assured them with one accord, that
Zwingli had conquered, begged them to renounce their errors, reasoned
with them, along with the _landvogt_, the whole day, and when at last
each was asked for his decision, thirteen yielded; all the others
persevered in their opposition.

Meanwhile, the prisoners in Zurich led the government to hope, that if
their liberty were restored, they would behave peacefully. It was
granted; but immediately they scattered themselves through the canton,
and the flame broke out anew. This was also increased by Hubmeyer, who
after the taking of Waldshut by the Austrians in December, 1525, came
to Zurich as a fugitive, and, having likewise held a conference with
Zwingli, Leo Judae and Myconius, in presence of the Councils, declared
himself overcome and ready for a recantation from the pulpit of the
Frauminster Church. Instead of which, to the great surprise of the
congreg