.

Footnote 9: Adherents of Cataline, a Roman, whose criminal tampering
with the dregs of the people, whose attempt at their head to
revolutionize Rome, and whose defeat by Cicero the consul then in
power, are pictured in a graphic manner by the historian Sallust.

Footnote 10: [OE]colampadius had played the hero at the Conference of
Baden, he had _gebadet_; Zwingli should now do the same at Bern, in
whose coat of arms the bear occupied a prominent place.--_Translator_.

CHAPTER SIXTH

ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTIES. BREACH OF THE GENERAL PEACE.

Not only was the reciprocal relation of the states within the
Confederacy changed by the conclusion of the _Buergerrecht_; but that
of the entire nation toward foreign countries was just as much altered.
Early in the beginning of February, 1528, a letter of the Emperor,
written from Spire, reached Luzern, with complaints about this
alliance; very similar ones were received from the authorities of the
Austrian Government at Ensisheim and Inspruck, and still a fourth one
from the captains of the Swabian League. "Constance," such was their
general drift, "is not at all competent to conclude a treaty of this
kind without the consent of the Emperor, nor have the Confederate
Cities any right to enter into it. It is not impossible that it may yet
be the occasion of war, and the damage resulting may be ascribed to
their own folly by the Confederates." This warning was very acceptable
to the deputies of the Eight Cantons. It was immediately communicated
to the Zurichers. "You see," was the language of the accompanying
letter, "whither the necessity of finding allies for the maintenance of
your superstition must lead you. Do not hope that we will stand by you
in case of war. It is not our doing; we, who wish to uphold the laws,
regulations and customs of our fathers, will not be accused of
disturbing the peace of the Empire. We exhort you, by virtue of our
Confederation, to abstain from unlawful alliances." But neither
Zurich and Bern, on the one hand, nor Constance on the other, were
moved by all this. "We have," answered they, "strictly examined our
Confederate Charter, our Imperial Privileges, the Hereditary Union with
Austria--all necessary documents, and have nowhere been able to find,
that we have transcended law or privilege. And Constance is just as
little subject to Austria or the Swabian League, as we. Why do they
then wish to inte