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I526.3 EMPEROR CHARLES f.
Mance; the reft fled, and among the foremoft Muncer1 their
generaL He was taken next day, and being condemned to
fuch punifhments as his crimes had deferVed, he fuffered them
with a poor and daftardly fpirit. His death put an end to
the infurreftions of the peafants, which had filled Germany
with fuch terror*; but the enthufiaftic notions which he had
fcattered were not extirpated, and produced, not long after,
elFefts more memorable, as well as more extravagant.
During thefe commotions, Luther a£ed with exemplary
prudence and moderation; like a common parent, felicitous
about the welfare of both parties, without fparing the faults
or errors of either. On the one band, he addrefled a moni¬
tory difeourfe to the nobles, exhorting them to treat their
dependents with greater humanity and indulgence. On the
other, he feverely cenfured the feditious fpirit of the peafants,
advifing them not to murmur at hardihips infeparable from
their condition, nor to feek for redrefs by any but legal
means f.
Luther’s famous marriage with Catharine a Boria, a nun
of a noble family, who, having thrown off the veil, had fled
from the cloifter, happened this year, and was far from meet-'
ing with the fame approbation. Even his moil devoted fol¬
lowers thought this ftep indecent, at a time when his coun¬
try was involved in fo many calamities; while his enemies ne¬
ver mentioned it with any fofter appellation than that of in*
ceftuous or profane. Luther himfelf was fenfible of the im-
preffion which it had made to his difadvantage; but being,
latisfied with his own conduft, he bore the cenfure of his
friends, and the reproaches of his adverfaries, with his ufual
fortitude^.
This year the reformation loft its firft protestor, Frede¬
ric, eleftor of Saxony; but the blow was the lefs fenfibly felt,
as he was fucceeded by his brother John [May 5 3> a mors-
* Sleid. Hift. p. 84. Seckend. p. 12. Gnodalius Tumulf*
Rufiican. 155.
I Sleid. Hift. p, 87. § Seckend. lib. ii. u. ijr
X j \
Mance; the reft fled, and among the foremoft Muncer1 their
generaL He was taken next day, and being condemned to
fuch punifhments as his crimes had deferVed, he fuffered them
with a poor and daftardly fpirit. His death put an end to
the infurreftions of the peafants, which had filled Germany
with fuch terror*; but the enthufiaftic notions which he had
fcattered were not extirpated, and produced, not long after,
elFefts more memorable, as well as more extravagant.
During thefe commotions, Luther a£ed with exemplary
prudence and moderation; like a common parent, felicitous
about the welfare of both parties, without fparing the faults
or errors of either. On the one band, he addrefled a moni¬
tory difeourfe to the nobles, exhorting them to treat their
dependents with greater humanity and indulgence. On the
other, he feverely cenfured the feditious fpirit of the peafants,
advifing them not to murmur at hardihips infeparable from
their condition, nor to feek for redrefs by any but legal
means f.
Luther’s famous marriage with Catharine a Boria, a nun
of a noble family, who, having thrown off the veil, had fled
from the cloifter, happened this year, and was far from meet-'
ing with the fame approbation. Even his moil devoted fol¬
lowers thought this ftep indecent, at a time when his coun¬
try was involved in fo many calamities; while his enemies ne¬
ver mentioned it with any fofter appellation than that of in*
ceftuous or profane. Luther himfelf was fenfible of the im-
preffion which it had made to his difadvantage; but being,
latisfied with his own conduft, he bore the cenfure of his
friends, and the reproaches of his adverfaries, with his ufual
fortitude^.
This year the reformation loft its firft protestor, Frede¬
ric, eleftor of Saxony; but the blow was the lefs fenfibly felt,
as he was fucceeded by his brother John [May 5 3> a mors-
* Sleid. Hift. p. 84. Seckend. p. 12. Gnodalius Tumulf*
Rufiican. 155.
I Sleid. Hift. p, 87. § Seckend. lib. ii. u. ijr
X j \
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Kings & rulers > History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V > Volume 2 > (243) |
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| Description | With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. By William Robertson. |
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