In Switzerland from 1516 to 1525 - James Aitken Wylie

invited him to take up his abode in their convent as
a novitiate.
Intelligence reached the Amman of Wildhans
of the snares which the Dominicans of Bern were
laying for his son. He had imagined a future for
him in which, like his uncle the dean, he would be
seen discharging with dignity the offices of his
Church; but to wear a cowl, to become the mere
decoy-duck of monks, to sink into a pantomimic
performer, was an idea that found no favor in the
eyes of the bailiff. He spoilt the scheme of the
Dominicans, by sending his commands to his son
to return forthwith to his home in the Tockenburg.
The Hand that led Luther into the convent guided
Zwingli past it.
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