History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 5 (of 8)

by J. H. Merle d'Aubigné

[624] Dictionnaire de Len.

[625] 'Den wohlbetagten Hauptman Jacob Wildermuth.'—Stettler, Chronik, p. 70.

[626] Letter from Jacob Wildermuth to the Council of Berne, dated Neuchâtel, December 3, 1529. Archives de Berne.—Herminjard, Correspondance des Réformateurs dans les pays de Langue française, ii. p. 212.

[627] 'Seines handvesten Vetters.'—Stettler, Chronik.

[628] Froment, Gestes de Genève, p. 195.

[629] Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire de Neuchâtel, par un ancien Justicier, p. 161.

[630] Annales de Boyne, liv. ii. p. 293.

[631] Froment, Gestes de Genève, p. 192.

[632] The documents in the French language, the Gestes de Genève of Froment, an official letter in the State Archives at Geneva (Portefeuille historique, No. 1152) call the captain-in-chief Jacob Verrier. The Verriers, or glass-makers, were generally rich and influential men in the country. Wildermuth belonged to that class. See Herminjard's Correspondance des Réformateurs dans les pays de Langue française, ii. p. 211.

[633] Froment says about three hundred.—Gestes de Genève, p. 194. The Bernese ambassadors say four hundred and fifty.—Registres du Conseil de Genève ad annum.