To these motives were added the opinions of the lawyers. As the Emperor ought to be considered the rightful magistrate of an imperial city, so long as he made it his residence, all jurisdiction in Augsburg really belonged to him. "Well, then," said the Protestant princes, "we agree to silence our preachers, in the hope that we shall hear nothing offensive to our consciences. If it were otherwise, we should feel ourselves constrained to repel so serious an insult.[469] Besides," added the Elector, as he withdrew, "we hope that if at anytime we desire to hear one of our chaplains in our own palace, we shall be free to do so."[470] [469] Ut de remediis propulsandæ injuriæ cogitent.--(Seck. ii. p. 105.) [470] Ob je einer einen Prediger in seiner Herberg fur sich predigen liess.--(Corp. Ref. ii. p. 113.) They hastened to the Emperor, who desired nothing better than to come to an understanding with the Protestants on this subject, and who ratified everything. This was Saturday. An imperial herald was immediately sent out, who, parading the streets of the city at seven in the evening to the sound of trumpets,[471] cried with all his might: "O yes, O yes![472] Thus ordains his imperial majesty, our most gracious lord: no preacher whatever shall preach in Augsburg except such as his majesty shall have nominated; and that under penalty of incurring the displeasure and punishment of his majesty." [471] Per tubicines et heraldum.--(Sturmius, Zw. Epp. p. 466.) [472] Hört, Hört.--(Corp. Ref. ii. p. 124.) [Sidenote: The New Preachers.] A thousand different remarks were exchanged in the houses of the citizens of Augsburg. "We are very impatient," said they, "to see the preachers appointed by the Emperor, and who will preach (O! unprecedented wonder!) neither against the evangelical doctrine nor against the doctrine of the Pope!"[473] "We must expect," added another, "to behold some Tragelaph or some chimera with the head of a lion, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail."[474] The Spaniards appeared well satisfied, with this agreement, for many of them had never heard a single sermon in their lives; it was not the custom in Spain; but Zwingle's friends were filled with indignation and alarm.[475] [473] Omnes hunc avidissime expectant.--(Ibid. p. 116.) [474] Chimæram aut Tragelaphum aliquem expectamus.--(Ibid.) The _Tragelaph_ is a fabulous animal partaking of the nature of a goat and a stag. Representations of it were common on drinking-bowls and goblets among the ancient Greeks. [475] Multos deterreat--(Sturm to Zwingle, Epp. p. 466.) At length Sunday the 19th of June began; every one hastened to the churches, and the faithful who filled them, with eyes fixed on the priest and with attentive ears,[476] prepared to listen to what these new and strange preachers would say.[477] It was generally believed that their task would be to make an evangelico-papistical discourse, and they were very impatient to hear this marvel. But