[139] See Hume, History of England, chap. xxxi.
[140] See note 1, p. 105. George of Saxony himself died the same year.—Sleidan, lib. xii. p. 342.
[141] It was not Maurice who succeeded Duke George, but his father, Henry the Pious, who recalled all the exiles on account of religion, and introduced the Reformation into the Duchy of Saxony.—Ibid. p. 344.
[142] The Elector of Saxony, John Frederic, had married Sibilla of Cleves, who evinced the most noble character on the misfortune of her husband, vanquished and dispossessed after the battle of Mühlberg.
[143] It was not until the next year (1540) that a resolution was adopted on this subject. The princes desired to use their influence in favour of those who were suffering in France on account of their religious opinions; but not before they had obtained correct information regarding the state of affairs in that country, the private inclinations of the king, and the probability that their interference would prove successful.—Sleidan, xiii. p. 361.
[144] Martin Frecht, a learned preacher and theologian of the Church at Ulm. He refused to submit to the Interim, and died the 14th September 1556, at Tübingen.
[145] This was undoubtedly "L'Institution Chrétienne." See Note 2, p. 45.
[146] Calvin had returned to Strasbourg without waiting the conclusion of the deliberations of the colloquy at Frankfort.
[147] Wendelin, the printer at Strasbourg.
[148] Farel laboured hard to bring about a union between the Churches of Geneva, of Neuchatel, and of the Pays de Vaud, which were at variance in regard to the Sacraments, and ecclesiastical discipline in general.