[660] Stettler says that the Swiss had already started for Geneva when the Bernese arrived; and Ruchat and others say the same. On reading the manuscript registers of the Council of Geneva, it is seen that the report of Messieurs de Berne states expressly the contrary; and Froment corroborates this report, p. 196.
[661] These are the words spoken in the Council.—See the Registres du Conseil for the 11th October 1535.
[662] Registres du Conseil, ad diem.
[663] Froment, Gestes de Genève, p. 197.
[664] Registres du Conseil du 11 Octobre 1535.—MSC. de Roset, liv. iii. ch. 51.
[665] 'Gaigné.' Froment. Gestes de Genève, p. 197.
[666] Registres du Conseil de Genève du 12 Octobre 1535.—Froment, Gestes de Genève, pp. 196-198.
[667] 'Die Schryen, Würgen, würgen! Setzten dem von Diesbach ein Feuerbüchsen an die Brust.'—Stettler, Chronik, p. 71.
[668] Stettler, Chronik, p. 72.
[669] Froment, Gestes de Genève, p. 198.—Registres du Conseil du 11 Octobre 1535.—MSC. de Roset, liv. iii. ch. 41.