Protestantism in Switzerland - James Aitken Wylie

idols are keeping their Ash-Wednesday." The idols
had the mass as their companion in affliction,
fragments of the demolished altars having been
burned in the same fires.
On Friday, 12th of February, all the trades of
the city met and approved the edict of the Senate,
as an "irrevocable decree," and on the following
day they took the oath, guild by guild, of fidelity to
the new order of things. On next Sunday, in all the
churches, the Psalms were chanted in German, in
token of their joy.[20]
This revolution was followed by an exodus of
priests, scholars, and monks. The rushing Rhine
afforded all facilities of transport. No one fled from
dread of punishment, for a general amnesty,
covering all offenses, had set all fears at rest. It was
dislike of the Protestant faith that made the
fugitives leave this pleasant residence. The bishop,
carrying with him his title but not his jurisdiction,
fixed his residence at Poirentru. The monks
peaceably departed "with their harems"[21] to
Friburg. Some of the chairs in the university were
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