For many days past preparations had been making in the town for his reception. ‘On Monday, August 26, thirty-six _écus_ were voted by the Council to Eustace Vincent, equestrian herald, to go for Master Calvin, the preacher, at Strasburg.’ It was announced in the Council, August 29, that Master Calvin was to arrive one of these days. They talked of the lodgings which must be assigned to him, and propositions rapidly succeeded each another. At first they thought of the house which was occupied by the pastor Bernard, whom they would remove to the house of _la Chantrerie_. Then, September 4, there was further discussion. ‘_La Chantrerie_, being opposite to St. Peter’s church, is most suitable,’ they said, ‘for the abode of Master Calvin, and some garden (_curtil_) will be provided for him.’ On the 9th it was announced in the Council that he was to arrive the same evening. The houses in question being, doubtless, in an unfit state, orders were given to Messieurs Jacques des Arts and Jean Chautemps to make ready for him the house of the Sieur de Fréneville, situated in the Rue des Chanoines, between the house of Bonivard, on the west, and that of the Abbé de Bonmont, on the east. But after all it was in another house, the fourth proposed, that he was to be received.[97] [Sidenote: Arrival Of Calvin At Geneva.] It does not appear that Calvin had himself announced to the Council the day of his arrival; nor are we acquainted with any document which in a clear and positive manner indicates this date, worthy of remark though it be. All that we know is that on the 13th he was there, and appeared before the Council. Instead of the 9th he may have arrived on the 10th, the 11th, or even the 12th. We may suppose that Calvin wished the Genevese not to know the day of his arrival, fearing lest they should give him a rather noisy reception. _I have no intention of showing myself and making a noise in the world_, he said on another occasion.[98] However this might be, if the arrival of the reformer were unostentatious like himself, it filled many hearts with great joy. This is attested by the contemporary biographies. Congratulations were uttered, and this among the whole body of the people, but above all in the Council, on this _singular favor of God_ towards Geneva, a favor so great and so tardily acknowledged.[99] ‘He was received,’ says the French biography, ‘_with such singular affection_, by this poor people, who acknowledged their fault, and were _famishing_ to hear their faithful pastor, that they were not satisfied till he was settled there for good.’[100] Such is the testimony of contemporaries, friends of Calvin. Will history add any thing to it? Did Calvin traverse _in triumph_ the districts over which three years before _he had wandered as a miserable fugitive_? Did he make his solemn entry into Geneva, in the midst of _the uproarious joy of the population_? _Did he address the assembled masses?_[101] So far as we know, there is no document that