[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[90] Bucer had entered into correspondence with some of the
magistrates of Geneva to bring about a reconciliation between them
and the banished ministers.
[91] The Church at Geneva was at this period given up to the most
lamentable divisions and in a state of deplorable disorder.
[92] The Reformation had extended to Metz in 1523. Two martyrs,
Jean le Clerc and Jean Chatelain, had sealed with their blood the
introduction of the Gospel into that country.--Bèze, _Hist. Eccl._,
tom. iii. p. 431.