Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

permanent in England.[7]
When at last the intrigues of his rivals prevailed
against him, and the good Duke of Somerset had to
mount the scaffold, Calvin addressed the young
king, whose heart was not less set on the
Reformation of England than had been that of the
Lord Protector. The Reformer dedicated to him two
of his works, the Commentary on Isaiah, and the
Commentary on the Catholic Epistles. Edward VI.
was at this time only fourteen years of age, but his
precocious intellect enabled him to appreciate and
even to judge of the works the Reformer had laid at
his feet.
The bearer of these two books, the pastor
Nicolas des Gallars, was received with marked
respect at the court of England. The books were
accompanied by a letter to the king, in which
Calvin spoke with the plainness and honesty of the
Reformer, yet, mindful that he was addressing a
king, he adopted the tone not of a master but of a
father.
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