History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 4 of 8 HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE IN THE TIME OF CALVIN. BY J. H. MERLE D’AUBIGNÉ, D.D., AUTHOR OF THE ‘HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,’ ETC. ‘Les choses de petite durée ont coutume de devenir fanées, quand elles ont passé leur temps. ‘Au règne de Christ, il n’y a que le nouvel homme qui soit florissant, qui ait de la vigueur, et dont il faille faire cas.’ CALVIN. VOL. IV. ENGLAND, GENEVA, FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, No. 530 BROADWAY. 1866. PREFACE. This volume narrates the events of an important epoch in the Reformation of England, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Italy. From the first the author purposed to write a _History of the Reformation in Europe_, which he indicated in the title of his work. Some persons, misled by the last words of that title, have supposed that he intended to give a mere biography of Calvin: such was not his idea. That great divine must have his place in this history, but, however interesting the life of a man may be, and especially the life of so great a servant of God, the history of the work of God in the various parts of Christendom possesses in our opinion a greater and more permanent interest. Deo soli gloria. Omnia hominum idola pereant! In the year 1853, in the fifth volume of his _History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century_, the author described the commencement of the reform in England. He now resumes the subject where he had left off, namely, after the fall and death of Wolsey. The following pages were written thirteen years ago, immediately subsequent to the publication of the fifth volume; they have since then been revised and extended.