[_Calvin's Lat. Corresp._ Opera, tom. ix. p. 60.]
[329] Bullinger had presented the King of England with his third
and fourth _Decade_, (see note 1, p. 306,) with a long letter, in
which he reminds the young king of the duties which he had to fulfil
towards his subjects. "This epistle and book were presented to
the King by the hands of Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, personally
acquainted with Bullinger, to whom the King declared his good
acceptance thereof, and the respect and esteem he had for the
reverend author."--Strype, _Memoir_, vol. ii. pp. 390, 394.
[330] The letter here referred to has escaped all our
investigations, and appears to be entirely lost.
[331] One of the first acts of the new Pope, Julius III, was to
decree the re-assembly of the Council of Trent, on the 1st of May
1551. This session, termed the eleventh--eight having been held at
Trent and two at Bologna--was without result. The fathers resolved
upon fixing that there should not be another assembly until the 1st
of September.--Fra Paolo, _Hist. du Concile de Trente_, lib. iv.
sect. i.
[332] An invitation to the Council was, in point of fact, addressed
by the Pope to the Cantons, with all sorts of flattering words, to
induce them to comply. The theologians of Zurich, appointed to draw
up a reply, had little difficulty in showing that the Council was
not for the advantage of the Swiss, or for the good of religion,
and the Reformed Cantons adopted unanimously the conclusions of the
theologians, and refused to send deputies to the Council.--Ruchat,
tom. v. p. 426.