d in his fanaticism:
"Some, when asked, as they lay struggling in the agonies of death,
whether they wished to confess and receive the holy sacraments,
answered. Yes! and were thus preserved, according to Christian usage,
and died as good Christians. Others, when so asked, made the sign of
No! These were then left to die like _infidel dogs_, or finished,
perchance, by a stab or blow, _so that they might the sooner he led off
to the Devil, as they were fighting on all fours_." Bullinger praises
the humanity of the enemy in the following words; "On the contrary,
there were not a few among the Five Cantons, who deeply deploring this
sad business as a great misfortune, treated the captive Zurichers in a
friendly manner, caused their wounds to be bound up, and placed them
beside their campfires; for the night was cold, and a heavy frost lay
upon the ground. They regretted that the prohibition of the export of
provisions (without which the common people could not have been induced
to take up arms) had been laid, and that such great injury had resulted
from it, and honest Confederates set in hostile array against each
other. A party of those who were searching through the field of
battle, came upon Zwingli. He lay with his face to the earth. They
turned him around and asked him, like the others, to confess. He
repeatedly shook his head, by way of denial. 'Die then, stiff-necked
heretic!' cried Captain Vokinger of Unterwalden, and gave him his
death-blow. The news that his body was found, soon spread among the
Catholics. Numbers went out to look at it--among them, Bartholomew
Stocker of Zug, who had known and esteemed the Reformer in his
lifetime. He often afterward said, that 'in the form and color of his
face he did not appear to be dead, but alive, and, to his great
surprise, looked just as he did when he preached.' Hans Sch[oe]nbrunner,
formerly, the head of the convent at Cappel, could not refrain from
tears. 'Whatever thy faith was,' said he, 'I know that thou wert an
honest Confederate. God be merciful to thy soul!' But rage prevailed
among the majority, who demanded that the body should be divided into
five pieces, and one sent to each of the Five Cantons; others wished it
to be burnt. _Schultheiss_ Golder and the _amman_ Thoss exhorted them
to leave the dead rest, and judgment to God. They were overpowered by
loud cries, and withdrew. At the tap of the drum an inquisition was
proclaimed, sentence passed and the corpse q