[159] The date of this letter is in the handwriting of Farel.
[160] The magistrates of Strasbourg united themselves to Protestant princes of Germany to intercede in common with Francis I. in favour of his cruelly persecuted Protestant subjects.
[161] Sulzer, minister of the Church of Berne. At a later period he was pastor of the Church of Basle.
[162] Cardinal Sadolet, Bishop of Carpentras, informed of the troubles of Geneva, had written to the magistrates of that town exhorting them to return to the communion of the Roman Church. Calvin wrote a reply to Sadolet, and that letter, dated from Strasbourg, 1st September 1539, is one of the most remarkable monuments of the Reformer's genius. See Calv. Opera, edit. d'Amsterdam, tom. viii.; and the Recueil des Opuscules, p. 145.
[163] Condemned by the Synod of Lausanne, and banished by the Senate of Berne, Caroli had returned to the Church of Rome, and had in vain sought the favour of the Cardinal de Tournon. Deceived in his expectations, he reappeared in Switzerland, confessed his past offences, and obtained the forgiveness of Farel. Afterwards he proceeded to Strasbourg, where Bucer and Sturm tried every means to reconcile him with Calvin.—Ruchat, Hist. de la Réformat. en Suisse, tom. v. pp. 129-134.
[164] Bonneville, on the Lake of Bienne. It was there where the interview between Caroli and Farel, accompanied by the two deputies from Neuchatel, had taken place.
[165] Rognac—is it the burgh of that name in Provence, department of Bouches du Rhone?
[166] James Bedrot, native of the Grisons, professor of Greek in the Academy at Strasbourg.
[167] That is to say, the preceding letter concerning Caroli.
[168] Alexandre, late minister of Thonon. He had been excommunicated by the presbytery of Neuchatel for having deserted his charge.