In Germany from the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms - James Aitken Wylie

It was ten o'clock in the morning of the 16th of
April, when the old towers of Worms rose between
him and the horizon. Luther, says Audin, sitting up
in his car, began to sing the hymn which he had
composed at Oppenheim two days before, "A
strong Tower is our God." The sentinel on the
look-out in the cathedral tower, descrying the
approach of the cavalcade, sounded his trumpet.
The citizens were at dinner, for it was now midday,
but when they heard the signal they rushed
into the street, and in a few minutes princes,
nobles, citizens, and men of all nations and
conditions, mingling in one mighty throng, had
assembled to see the monk enter. To the last
neither friend nor foe had really believed that he
would come. Now, however, Luther is in Worms.
The order of the cavalcade was the same as that
in which it had quitted Wittemberg. The herald
rode first, making way with some difficulty
through the crowded street for the wagon in which,
shaded by the awning, sat Luther in his monk's
gown, his face bearing traces of his recent illness,
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