Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

she had borne to her former husband, Jean Storder,
had won the esteem of Calvin.
Many friends from a distance testified their
sympathy and joy by attending his nuptials. But
why is not his Idelette de Bure by his side when he
re-enters Geneva? She is to follow, and to be the
modest, loving, and noble-minded companion of
the Reformer, during nine of the most laborious
and stormy years of his life. Three horses, a
carriage, and a sum of money are sent her by the
Senate, to bring her to Geneva. A piece of cloth
was presented to Calvin for a gown,[10] and the
pulpit in St. Peter's was prepared for the preacher:
it was fixed against a massive pillar, and placed
low, that the speaker might be distinctly audible to
all.
Footnotes:
1. Ruchat, tom. v., p. 96.
2. The two foreign pastors, Marcourt and
Morand, we find complaining to the Council in
February, 1539, of the dissoluteness of
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