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

means so great as had been looked for. As the
Swiss deputies rejoined each other on their way to
the dinner-table, they briefly exchanged first
impressions. Zwingli, whispering into the ear of
Ecolampadius, said that Melancthon was a very
Proteus, so great was his dexterity in evading the
point of his opponent's argument; and
Ecolampadius, putting his mouth to Zwingli's ear,
complained that in Luther he had found a second
Dr. Eck.
On the day following, the 2nd October, the
conference was opened in public. The landgrave
Philip, in a plain dress, and without any show of
rank, took his place at the head of a table which
had been set in one of the rooms of the castle.
Seated with him were Luther, Zwingli,
Melancthon, and Ecolampadius. Their friends sat
on benches behind them; the rest of the hall was
devoted to the accommodation of a few of the
distingmished men who had flocked to Marburg
from so many places to witness the discussion.
The proeeeding opened with Luther's taking a
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