[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 107, _a._]
[287] Paolo Vergerio, one of the missionaries of Reform in Swiss
Italy. Born of an illustrious family of Istria, he had successively
studied law and oratory, was made Bishop of Istria, and discharged
the duties of Pope's legate in Germany. He became a convert to
the Gospel through conversations with Melanchthon, abandoned his
diocese, and retired among the Grisons. He died in 1565.
[288] There is a beautiful letter from Bucer to Calvin, [Calvini
_Opera_, tom. ix. p. 58,] dated from Cambridge, and containing
curious details regarding the religious state of England. We find
this passage in it relative to the young King Edward VI.,--"Increase
in prayer in behalf of the most serene King, who is making quite
wonderful progress in pious and literary studies."
[289] See the preceding letter.
[290] We find no allusion to this fact in the Registers of the
Council of that year. But Ruchat mentions, after Roset, the arrest
of one Jean Baptiste Didaco, Receiver-General of Finance at Rouen,
who, having been imprisoned at Geneva at the impeachment of one of
his domestics, was released at the request of the King of France,
and of the Bernese, after three months' imprisonment.--Ruchat, tom.
v. pp. 311, 313.
[291] The nature of this tax is not known; it was set on foot in
the localities belonging to the ancient territory of the Chapter
of Saint Victor, and shared between the jurisdiction of the two
republics.
[292] _Commentarii in Iesaiam Prophetam._ In fol. Geneva, 1550. A
work dedicated to the King of England.
[293] _In omnes Pauli Epistolas atque etiam in Epistolam ad Hebraeos
Commentarii._ In fol. Geneva, 1550. With a preface by Theodore Beza.