[49] On such good terms with the Pontiff was Zwingli that one of the Papal Legates sent his own doctor to attend him.

[50] "It is meet that cardinals should wear red cloaks and hats," to quote one passage from the Exhortation; "if you shake them they drop crowns and ducats, but if you wring them there flows forth the blood of your fathers, your sons, and your brothers."

[51] In Germany similar revolts took place, but Luther took no pains to appease the peasantry.

[52] Landgemeinden or gatherings of the parishes, a mode of appealing to the people which became the prototype of the modern Referendum.

[53] Traffic absolutely necessary to the Forest Cantons for supplying provisions.


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