unforeseen direction to the destinies of the people. Footnote 376: This psychology of nations is expounded in M. de Rougemont’s _Précis d’ethnographie de statistique et de géographie historique_. Footnote 377: Schinmeier, _Lebensbeschreibungen der dreien Schwedischen Reformatoren_, p. 26. Footnote 378: Maltebrun. Footnote 379: Schinmeier, _Lebensbeschreibungen der dreien Schwedischen Reformatoren_, pp. 26, 32. Reuterdahl, _History of the Church of Sweden_ (in Swedish), 1866. Anjou, _Histoire de la Réformation de Suède_, 1850. We regret that we could only partially avail ourselves, in the progress of our labors, of the information contained in the last two works, both of them of considerable importance. Footnote 380: Scheffer, _De Memorabilibus Suecicæ gentis_, p. 159. Footnote 381: _Prophéties merveilleuses de sainte Brigitte_, Lyon, 1536. Footnote 382: Reuterdahl, Schinmeier, Anjou, Schroeckh, _Theol. Encyclopädie_. Footnote 383: ‘Evangelicæ doctrinæ semina per varios mercatores Germanos jam instillata.’—Gerdesius, _Annal. Reform._ iii. p. 285. Footnote 384: ‘Stultos quosdam senes . . ut malint barbariem perpetuam regnare.’ ...—_Eliæ epistola ad Petrum canonicum._ Footnote 385: Reuterdahl, _History of the Church of Sweden_, iv. p. 172. Footnote 386: Ziegler’s _Erzählung_ in Freh. _Scr._ iii. p. 149. Schinmeier, _Lebensbeschreibung_, p. 30. Footnote 387: Contentionem scholasticam, magno sæpe cum impetu agitatam.’—Gerdesius, _Ann._ iii p. 286. Footnote 388: Schinmeier, _Die drei Reformatoren_, pp. 31, 32. Footnote 389: Schinmeier, pp. 32, 33. Footnote 390: Celsius, _Geschichte Gustavs des Ersten_, i. p. 208. Schinmeier, pp. 33, 34. CHAPTER VII. THE REFORMERS SUPPORTED BY THE LIBERATOR OF SWEDEN. (1519-1524.) [Sidenote: Gustavus Vasa.]