From the Diet of Worms to the Augsburg Confession - James Aitken Wylie

hand, willing to risk life rather than forego the
opportunity of uniting the ranks of the
Reformation. Leaving a letter behind him to
explain his departure to the council, he set out, and
reached Basle in five days.
Embarking at this point on the Rhine, in
company of Ecolampadius, he descended the river
to Strasburg. Here the travelers lodged a night in
the house of Matthew Zell, the cathedral preacher.
On the morrow they again set out, and taking the
most unfrequented paths, escorted by a troop of
Hessian cavalry, they at length on the 29th
September reached Marburg.
The Wittenbergers had not yet arrived; they
appeared at Marburg the next day. With Luther
came Melancthon, Jonas, and Cruciger; Zwingli
was accompianied by Ecolampadius from Basle,
Bucer and Hedio from Strasburg, and Osiander
from Nuremberg. The landgrave lodged them in his
castle, an ancient fortress standing on the brow of a
hill, and commanding a noble view of the valley of
the Lahn. He made them sit together at table, and
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