or obscure hot-head, dragged out of an ale-house, when, on
the other hand, in a large company, in presence of distinguished
members of the Reformed party, a man like Captain Sh[oe]nbrunner of Zug
was allowed to read, with ill-concealed malice, a dirty libel in which
Zwingli was accused of unnatural excesses and a loathsome disease; but,
on complaining bitterly of this, they only received the answer: "Our
Lords have told Henry Sh[oe]nbrunner, that his conduct does not please
them." It was not the abusive language of an obscure individual, which
created such a stir, but that of an influential man, one who, a short
time before, had been sent to the Imperial Diet at Augsburg and there
honored with a personal interview by King Ferdinand, the Emperor's
brother.

But, as among the Reformed, so also among the Catholics, it was found
very difficult to persuade the most prominent leaders to use measures
of conciliation. The Zugers distinguished themselves by their wild
passion and energy. In order to increase their influence, they sought
and obtained admission into the old confederation of the Four Forest
Cantons, and they were the first who broached the idea of another
alliance with Austria. At the very time, when Collin was dispatched to
Venice, bailiff Thoss of Zug set out for Genoa, and obtained an
audience of the Emperor, whom he followed to Bologna, where he was
graciously received by the Pope. Bern had informed Zurich of this
occurrence, and expressed her anxiety. Perhaps it was through his
reports, that the Five Cantons were induced to send a delegation to the
Imperial Diet at Augsburg, in the summer of 1530. The delegation
consisted of the _landvogt_ of the canton of Luzern and the son of the
then _schultheiss_, Hug, to whom _Baptista ab Isola_ of Genoa was yet
added. The latter, who probably accompanied Thoss on his return home,
had received from Luzern the rights of citizenship and became the
leader of a troop of Italian auxiliaries, which, in the subsequent war,
the Papal legate enlisted for the Five Cantons. Besides the deputies,
there went thither Captain Sch[oe]nbrunner of Zug, the _schultheiss_
Hebolt of Solothurn and Rennward G[oe]ldin, a distinguished Zuricher,
who, from indignation at the law against desertion, had left his native
city and espoused the cause of the Five Cantons. The abbot of St. Gall
followed. At the Imperial Diet they all sought assistance from the
Emperor, or at least endeavored, for the enco