In Switzerland from 1516 to 1525 - James Aitken Wylie

the first, and by much the most illustrious of them
all, was Erasmus, whose edition of the New
Testament (1516) may be said to have opened a
way for the Reformation. The labors of the
celebrated printer Frobenius were scarcely less
powerful. He printed at Basle the writings of
Luther, and in a short time spread them in Italy,
France, Spain, and England. Among the second
class, the more distinguished were Capito and
Hedio. They were warm friends and admirers of
Zwingli, and they adopted in Basle the same
measures for the propagation of the Reformed faith
which the latter was prosecuting with so much
success at Zurich. Capito began to expound daily to
the citizens the Gospel according to St. Matthew,
and with results thus described in a letter of
Hedio's to Zwingli in 1520: "This most efficacious
doctrine of Christ penetrates and warms the heart."
The audiences increased. The doctors and monks
conspired against the preacher, and raised tumults.
The Cardinal–Archbishop of Mainz, desiring to
possess so great a scholar, invited Capito to Mainz,
On his departure, however, the work did not cease.
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