Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

Chapter 10
Calvin Enters Geneva -- Its
Civil and Ecclesiastical
Constitution
ONE day, towards the end of August, 1536, a
stranger, of slender figure and pale face, presented
himself at the gates of Geneva. There was nothing
to distinguish him from the crowds of exiles who
were then arriving almost daily at the same gates,
except it might be the greater brightness that
burned in his eye. He had come to rest only for a
night, and depart on the morrow. But as he
traversed the streets on his way to his hotel, a
former acquaintance -- Du Tillet, say some; Caroli,
say others -- recognised him, and instantly hurried
off to tell Farel that Calvin was in Geneva.
When, nearly a year ago, we parted with
Calvin, he was on his way across the Alps to visit
Renee, the daughter of Louis XII. of France, and
wife of Hercules d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. "He
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