e upon the
faith." There were not a few, who lent open ears to such appeals. At a
conference between their deputies and those of the Glarners at Wyl, the
Zurichers were obliged to feel this. Envoys came also from Luzern and
Schwyz, and the newly reviving party of the old faith rallied around
them. Then arose a tumult among the latter, and for a moment the danger
was so great that the Glarners meditated flight, but the Zurichers
ordered an alarm to be sounded. The people ran in from all sides, and
the majority was found favorable to the Reformation, at least not
hostile to Zurich. This soon appeared in their language and behavior. A
treaty was now concluded between the parties, and the provisional
government of the Zurich captain acknowledged and guaranteed by a
permanent garrison of trusty soldiers in the castle. But Luzern and
Schwyz renowned their complaints before a conference of the Five
Cantons, and it was resolved to appeal to Bern with a full
representation of the faithless conduct of Zurich in the affair of St.
Gall, and an earnest protest against it. Two skillful orators, the
_schultheiss_ Golder of Luzern, and Joseph Amberg of Schwyz, were
commissioned to do this. They behaved with great propriety and
moderation, promising, on their part, a careful guard over their own
people, and a strict observance of the _Landfriede_: "Dear
Confederates," so they said at the close of their speech, "we place in
your hands our fate, as well as our rights. Both we believe have been
grossly violated by the conduct of Zurich. If we are wrong, then point
out to us the rule; if the men of Zurich, then will you not be willing
to support them in it; but believe not us alone, hear also the men of
Zurich; believe not them alone, hear us also. Indeed! we only desire to
abide by sealed treaties." Haller, who immediately reported it to
Zwingli, did not conceal from him the fearful impression, which this
speech made upon public opinion. "They have not," he added with
anxiety, "yet deceived us; but they will." But it was not merely the
affair of St. Gall, which began to awaken discord in the relations
between Zurich and Bern. There was something far more important still.
And here it becomes necessary to give a general sketch of the political
views, which Zwingli had brought back from Marburg.

The Emperor Charles V., after an absence of several years in Spain,
returned to Italy in the summer of 1529. In Genoa, where he landed, he
was met