Letter of recommendation for Ochino.
GENEVA, _15th August 1545_.
The bearer of this letter to you is Bernardino de Sienne,[514] a
man not long since of high repute in Italy, and deserving of high
esteem everywhere. Though I did not doubt that straightway, upon
hearing his name, you would, in your kindness, receive him as his
singular piety and erudition deserve, yet I was unwilling to let the
opportunity pass of adding my own recommendation also; nor would I
view it in the light of his need of it only, but also of my duty.
Give him, therefore, to understand, as I know you will do of your
own accord, that he is beloved by all the servants of Christ. Yet
this, too, will be agreeable to me, if you should shew him that my
recommendation weighs somewhat with you. Farewell, most reverend
father in God. The Lord be ever with you and your colleagues, to
whom, and to your wife likewise, convey my salutations.