95, 796, 829, 830.
Footnote 4: Zwingli's Works in the edition of Usteri and V[oe]gelin.
Vol. II. Part 2. pp. 453, 455, 456.
Footnote 5: A powerful and dangerous enemy of the Reformed party in
Switzerland, especially in Graubuenden, and he occupied the strongly
fortified castle of Musso on the northern shore of Lake Como.
Footnote 6: On this point Collin himself says in his report: "The
credentials could neither be read nor understood, for they were very
badly written and in the most confused style; but I let them understand
enough to satisfy them."
Footnote 7: A confession of faith, from the four cities, Strassburg,
Constance, Memmingen and Lindau, which was especially presented to the
Imperial Diet at Augsburg, but neither received nor read, like the
so-called Augsburg Confession drawn up by Luther and Melanchton, and
signed by the German Princes, even the _Landgrave_ Philip, at least
during any session of the Estates of the Empire.
Footnote 8: In a letter, written from France, by a German, in the year
1530, to the Privy Council of Strassburg--in order to urge them, by a
delegation of skillful speakers, to the French Court, in the name of
the German Protestants, to secure the entrance of the Reformation
there, and to send along, if possible, a learned theologian--it is
expressly stated: "Zwingli, [OE]colampadius, or Carlstadt should be
sent by no means, for they are too much hated, on account of the
Sacrament; others, except Lutherus, may come; yet, as before said one
of the delegation should be able to speak French, in order to deliver
the address before the King."
CHAPTER NINTH
VAIN ATTEMPTS AT RECONCILIATION. EXPORTATION OF GRAIN PROHIBITED.
OUTBREAK OF WAR. BATTLE OF CAPPEL. ZWINGLI'S DEATH.
The more rapid the advance of Zurich, the slower that of Bern became.
She could count less on the support of her own subjects than the
former. In the Oberland, the fire yet glowed beneath the ashes;
discontent prevailed among the mass of those, who were punished on
account of the rebellion of 1528. With that rude people, the
Reformation, hastily carried out, and not as yet rooted in their minds
and hearts, had tended to weaken the bonds of allegiance. Signs of war
appeared also in the west. Geneva, with whom she had formed a defensive
alliance, was threatened by the Duke of Savoy, and not fully relying on
her own citizens, called on Bern for help. The Government
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