In Germany from the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms - James Aitken Wylie
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<strong>the</strong> startling affirm<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> "this man was not a<br />
man, but S<strong>at</strong>an himself under <strong>the</strong> form of a man,<br />
and dressed in a monk's frock."<br />
So spake Charles <strong>the</strong> Fifth <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> elec<strong>to</strong>rs,<br />
princes, prel<strong>at</strong>es, and people of his Empire. Lu<strong>the</strong>r<br />
had entered <strong>Worms</strong> with one sword hanging over<br />
his head–<strong>the</strong> ana<strong>the</strong>ma of <strong>the</strong> Pope; he quits it with<br />
two unshea<strong>the</strong>d against him, for now <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope's<br />
excommunic<strong>at</strong>ion is added <strong>the</strong> emperor's ban.<br />
Meanwhile <strong>the</strong> Reformer was going on his<br />
way. It was now <strong>the</strong> ninth day (May 4th) since he<br />
set out <strong>from</strong> <strong>Worms</strong>. He had traversed <strong>the</strong><br />
mountains of <strong>the</strong> Black Forest. How gr<strong>at</strong>eful, after<br />
<strong>the</strong> stirs and grandeurs of <strong>Worms</strong>, <strong>the</strong>ir silent<br />
glades, <strong>the</strong>ir fir-embowered hamlets, <strong>the</strong>ir herds<br />
quietly pasturing, <strong>the</strong> morning shooting its silvery<br />
shafts through <strong>the</strong> tall trees, and <strong>the</strong> evening with<br />
its shadows descending <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> golden west!<br />
The pines were getting fewer, <strong>the</strong> hills were<br />
sinking in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> plain; our traveler was nearing<br />
Eisenach; he was now on ground familiar <strong>to</strong> him<br />
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