In Switzerland from 1516 to 1525 - James Aitken Wylie

Zwingli attempted to express his joy, but sobs
choked his utterance. Many in that assembly wept
with him. The grey-headed warrior Hoffmeister,
turning to the council, said, "Ye, my lords of
Zurich, ought to take up the Word of God boldly;
God the Almighty will prosper you therein." These
simple words of the veteran soldier, whose voice
had so often been heard rising high above the storm
of battle, made a deep impression upon the
assembly.
No sooner had Zwingli won this victory than he
found that he must defend it from the violence of
those who would have thrown it away. He might
have obtained from the council an order for the
instant removal of the images, and the instant
suppression of the mass, but with his characteristic
caution he feared precipitation. He suggested that
both should be suffered to continue a short while
longer, that time might be given him more fully to
prepare the public mind for the change.
Meanwhile, the council ordered that the images
should be "covered and veiled," and that the
Supper should be dispensed in bread and wine to
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