_Adrian_, Dr., umpire at conference of Schässburg, vii. 384 _Agrippa_, Cornelius, at Strasburg, i. 360; his career, 363; his book on marriage, 363 _Alasco_, John, Baron, primate of Poland, vii. 433, 443; unfriendly reception of his nephew John, 445; his devotion to the papacy, 445; examines John, 446; his death, 450 -- Stanislaus, vii. 433; at court of Francis I., 442 -- Yaroslav, vii. 433; gets his brother John appointed a bishop, 452; interview with John, 458; his relations with Zapolya, 458; military service and imprisonment, 458; his death, 459 _Alasco_, John, Polish reformer, his birth and early life, vii. 434; sets out to visit European courts and universities, 434; at Louvain, 434; meets Zwinglius at Zurich, 435; difficulty of fixing dates of his travels, 436, _note_; grateful remembrance of Zwinglius, 436; becomes guest of Erasmus, 437; influence of Erasmus on him, 438, 439; studies at Basel under Pellican, 439; friendship with Glareanus, 439; enjoined by King Sigismund to leave Basel, 441; uncertainty of his next course, 442; in Italy, 442; again in Poland, 443; his struggles, 444; worldly associations, 444; decline of faith, 445; false reports about him, 445; examined by the primate, 446; renounces doctrines of the Reformation, 447; urges Erasmus to write to the king, 448; named provost of cathedral church of Gnesne, 448; reads and corresponds with Melanchthon, 449; leans towards Luther, 449; coolness of Erasmus, 450; his place among reformers, 451; has to give up hope of reforming Poland, 451; appointed bishop of Wesprim, 452; bishop of Cujavia, 452; his difficult position, 452; refuses bishopric of Cujavia, 453; leaves Poland, 454; goes to Mentz and Louvain, 454; offers made to him, 455; marries, 456; his life at Embden, 456, 457; declines offer of pastorate there, 458; attends death-bed of his brother Yaroslav, 458, 459; returns to Friesland, 459; writes to Hardenberg, 459; accepts direction of churches in Friesland, 462; invited to Poland, 462; his task in Friesland, 462; charges against him, 463; opposition of John of Falkenberg, 464; writes to Bullinger, 464; conflict with the monks, 465; his appeal to Countess Anna, 466; victory over John of Falkenberg, 467; aims at union of Protestant sects, 468; has a conference with Menno, 468; with David Joris, 470; his ministry, 471; his church government, 471; relations to Erasmus, Zwinglius, and Melanchthon, 472; his _Epitome of doctrine_, 472; again appeals to Countess Anna, 473; resigns office of superintendent, 473; resumes it, 474;