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country . In a letter ^ to MattiiiadPiatc ehis Iwyricus , * she urges hitii to WE * dertttke the task of traasUttihg some of irh ^ tti into the vernacular language for this purpose . She prefer a sujii l £ r request to the celebrated \ £ eigerms ; who had recently joined the
Refornfretfs , with respect toJLuther ' s Catechism . "As you have bent yaur whtfler ^ heart , " she writes , ' *¦ to the spread of the Ohurehyl beg yo » would translate into ^ Italian Leather ' s book , intituled the Larger Catechi » Ba , rendered into Latin by Vineentius Qps o-
pseus . Of how much / service it would be to our Italians , especially to the young , you will J > erceive from the book itself , if you will carefully peruke it . " X ) iympia * s fceal in the cause of the-iteformutioii may , also be seen in an admirable letter addressed by her
to the companion of her youthful studies , the Princess Anne d'Este , whb had married Francis of Lorrain ; Duke . of Guise , celebrated in the annals of persecution as the author of the massacre
of the Protestants at Vassey , m , the South of France , i Olympia first earnestly recommends to her to study the Sacred Writings , which alone * could u&ite her to God , and administer
consolation to her under the afflictions of life . She then entreats her to look with a favourable eye to those excellent persons wfe ^ j were suffering pe rsecution in France on account of * their
religion , and to be their advocate with the King , even though she should by such a step oflfond < her husband , and subject herself to . ' the royal displeasure-f
* Bock has inserted ihis letter in his Historia AntitiinitarloroK ^ 'Vol IH p . 4 Q 2 - '¦ •• ' ¦ - ' * jo 3 ' j £ ? ¦ ' .. •¦ . . t This advice , it would &&& > * ** & » not lost upon the poling 'Dttelfj&stfjJ * llfr si ' feiv years subsequently Hlie intefct&im ) with
Catherine of JVledteife on bahalf >/ af the Protestants of Fraocei , vyhooi ^ tte ^ was then persecuting with infuritttod zi ^ al . " Anne ji'JKsteV \ i writesJk i ^ Hanui * , ( a 4 Ann . ; J 560 , ) " th ^ yvffe , of , t ^ , J ^ u ke p f
G uips ^ a . W 9 a 3 ano ^; a 4 px \\ d . tein ? p ^ r , aud . who , frpm her'ia&ncy , had lieen prpught up at Jerrara J ^ bex niother Kerf ^ ta ,. ^ ^ e dyctrines ^ nTcft were then u ^ Jer . Tft y ^ s ^ cht ^ n ^^^ wfcfch m ^^ me had tfnren h ^ i W < W&tttiHm ? C ^ i& M ^ ata , a i la ^ of ^ iilstingfel ^ ed ftii ^ if ^ d immi yf ^ i i ^^ d tblijmim&& ihe only pfewoa
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in T ^ ominenam ^ priacigierf firdrii whicH-sfe was he ^ deif deriving ? iiic ^ e ^ Ing ^ satisfaction , a civil war dc ^ ihi-to
rage with : ^ reat violence throti ^ hout Germany , whieh soon furnish ^ a lier with an occasion of bringing theit efficacy- ahd ; power to : the Severest te&t . ^ In the contest which divitled the
heads of the different states , Schweinfurt had the misfortune to fall beneath the displeasnre of the stronger party , and to be devoted' to complete destruction . The Marquis o £ Brandenbturg havings seized upon the town , and garrisoned it with hia troops , it ^ was quickly besieged by the army- of \ his quickly besieged by the army- of x his
oppouents ^ Mscurice , the Elector of Saxony , the Bishops .-of Wurtzbywrg and Bamherg , and other princes * The siege was carried ? on with * great vigour , the , artillery playing upon the place day and night without intermission . OwiUg , however , to the nature of Ae fortifications , but few lives were
lost from the firing of the besiegers . But the presence of so roanysojdiers ^ pent up in a small space , produced a violent contagious disease , which committed great ravages , and carried to their graves nearly one-lualf ofu . tfie
inhabitants . Gruatler , in attfend&ftg professionally upon the sick ^ caught the infection , but though his life was for some time despaired of , he : ultimately recovered . After holdibcg' qut for fourteen months underithese
calamitous circumstances , the Marquis quietly withdrew his troops , and , pnder cover , of the night , esfcaped \\ 6 thout molestation . The inhabitants ' now hoped for a cessation of their miseries , as the object of attack had removed ; but they , were soon paiufuHy undeceived . As soon as the depiarture
of the Marquis was ascertamed / the besieging troops «» tetfedi the itowYi'as \ £ it had beten tid&eniby storiri ,. a « d \ ,: . i . - .:. . ' . i ' ; ' ¦ _ ' . -- ' ' ; ' ' ' . : * " : • . ¦ . i ¦ ' ; y - - : - . ' ¦ i < ¦ ¦ I wbQidid > nojt i ^ fi ^ in frpiji tear ^ aj ^ d , ^! bi ^ fe advised ; C ^ t heri ue of her o ^ ywj ac ^ a ^ tfh give orders } o . desist Xmtn m $ mmt > ty give orders p . acsi ^ i ; , uajwi mfftimgR ^ ifshe
uocent , people to deaths . WJW well to ^ he King and Jo thp > mfcra « . Ai a 8 ubseqiaerit ^ rt 6 d ^ . h bjto ^ j Vhe fenche ^ of Giilfee tbott ' - p ^ t SmMft tjik > PW ^ tUiiwr ^^ d ^ tmM ] ^^^^ ple ^ and conduct « ife a ^ ei ibe ; Wth t g ^ U profebiii ^ to ^ tb - att ^ fiftlttit ^^^ o fi HK ?^ k < ttbai « twy ^ oltroti > oi 2 v' \ o ) ^ rp- // i ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 723, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/3/
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