[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of the Company of Neuchatel._]
[408] Christopher Fabri [or Libertet] was on the eve of his second
marriage. We know nothing of his first wife. In a letter of May
1545, to Fabri, then pastor at Thonon, Calvin speaks highly of the
entertainment he received from his wife, on his return from a long
tour in the German Cantons: "I could never get your wife to treat
us in a plain, homely way.... She was willing to take advice. She
repeatedly requested that I should ask for whatever I chose, as if
it were my own; she adhered to her own opinion in this, however,
that she entertained us too sumptuously; for there was twice as much
food always prepared as there was any occasion for. We felt just as
much at home as if you had been present."--_MS. of the Library of
Neuchatel._
[409] In allusion to the efforts of the Libertine party, put forth
with increasing violence for the overthrow of ecclesiastical
discipline, and which gave rise during the same year to a decisive
struggle between the Reformer and his adversaries.
[410] A village on the banks of the Arve, a few miles from Geneva.
[411] John Macard, originally from the neighbourhood of Laon in
Picardy, took refuge in Geneva on account of religion. A man of
resolute character, and endowed with a manly eloquence, he rendered
eminent service to the Church alternately at Geneva and Paris, and
the latter reckoned him among the number of its most distinguished
pastors.
[412] The minister, Philip de Ecclesia, deposed on account of his
disorderly life.