[217] Kerssenbroeck, p. 86; Montfort., p. 34; Dorpius, f. 397 b; Heresbach, p. 139, et seq.; Bullinger, lib. ii. c. 10; Sleidan, p. 417; this author sets the number of communicants at 5,000, the "Newe Zeitung" at 4,000, f. 329. This authority adds that the communicants distributed the sacrament they had received amongst themselves saying, "Brother and sister, take and eat thereof. As Christ gave Himself for me, so will I give myself for thee. And as the corn-wheat is baked into one, and the grape branches are pressed into one, so we being many are one." Also, "Letter of the Bishop to the Electors of Cologne," ibid. p. 390.
[218] The expression used was somewhat broad—Hurenhochzeit.
[219] Kerssenbroeck, p. 88 et seq.; Heresbach, p. 139; Dorp. f. 398.
[220] Evidence of Heinrich Graess. Dorpius says that the number of apostles was twenty-eight, and gives their names and the places to which they were sent, f. 398.
[221] Kerssenbroeck, p. 89 et seq.; Heresbach, pp. 89, 101, 141; Montfort., p. 35; Bullinger, lib. ii. c. 10; Sleidan, pp. 417-8; Hast, p. 368; "Historia v. d. Münst. Widerteuffer." p. 329 a.
[222] For the acts of these apostles, Kerssenbroeck, p. 92 et seq.; Menck. p. 1574; Montfort., p. 36 et seq.; Sleidan, p. 418; Bullinger, lib. ii. c. 10; Heresbach, p. 149.
[223] The "Newe Zeitung v. d. Widerteuffer. zu Münster," f. 329 b, 330 a, gives a summary of the confessions of these men, and their account of the condition of affairs in the city. They said that every man there had five, six, seven, or eight wives, and that every girl over the age of twelve was forced to marry; that if one wife showed resentment against another, or jealousy, or complained, she was sentenced by the king to death.
[224] Kerssenbroeck, p. 100 et seq.
[225] Kerssenbroeck, p. 103 et seq.; Montfort., pp. 40-1; Hast p. 368.
[226] Montfort., p. 40.