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

struck Ananias and Sapphira with sudden death for
lying against God... that their own ancestors had
put John Huss and Jerome of Prague to death, who
now seemed risen from the dead in Martin Luther."
But the Papal nuncio, on entering Germany,
found that this document, dictated in the hot air of
Italy, did not suit the cooler latitude of Bavaria. As
Chieregato passed along the highway on his mule,
and raised his two fingers, after the usual manner,
to bless the wayfarer, the populace would mimic
his action by raising theirs, to show how little they
cared either for himself or his benediction. This
was very mortifying, but still greater mortifications
awaited him. When he arrived at Nuremberg, he
found, to his dismay, the pulpits occupied by
Protestant preachers, and the cathedrals crowded
with most attentive audiences. When he
complained of this, and demanded the suppression
of the sermons, the Diet replied that Nuremberg
was a free city, and that the magistrates mostly
were Lutheran.
He next intimated his intention of apprehending
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