_Berthelier_, Philibert, Genevese patriot, i. 2; his character and aim, 30, 36, 39; accepts from the Bastard the government of Peney, 40; friendship with Bonivard, 47, 50; tears up his commission, 56; his school of liberty, 59, 64; frustrates attempt of the duke to seize Levrier, 64; his intercourse with Bonivard, 66, 67, 68; calls a meeting of patriots, 69 _sqq._; his exhortation to unity, 70; watched by agents of the bishop, 71; practical joke about Claude Gros' mule, 73; threatened with a fine by the vidame, 74; scheme to get rid of him, 76, 80; demanded by the bishop, 83; warned, 83; escapes with the Friburgers, 84; the search for him, 84; at Friburg, 84; his speech to the guilds, 86; offered a pardon by the duke, 92; alleged to be a 'charmer' 97; his return to Geneva, 110; promotes the Swiss alliance, 110; obstacle to destruction of liberty, 112; his trial, 112; his energy and devotion, 130, 131; his proposition for consultation of patriots, 134; his friendship with Marty, of Friburg, 136; rouses the Genevese to action, 143; tried by the syndics and acquitted by the council, 144; rejects bribe offered by the duke, 153, 160, 161, 173, 178, 185; the bishop 'watches for' him, 188; his serenity, 188; his retreat, 188; arrested, 189; in prison, 190; his religious faith, 191; refuses to be tried by Desbois, 192; proposal to rescue him, 193; sentence of death, 195; execution, 196; procession through Geneva, 196; impression produced by his death, 197; _sanguis semen_, 198, 213, 282; his memory honored, 314; iv. 210 '_Bésolles war_,' the, i. 181, 207 _Beyaerts_, Jan, vii. 550, 551; removes pictures from the churches, 552; arrested, 554, 555 _Beza_, Theodore, i. 386, 396, 398; ii. 8, 19, 21, 22; birth and early life of, first meets Calvin, 23 _Bible, the_, in French, prohibited in France, i. 342; difficulty of obtaining at Paris, ii. 87; Latin, of Stephens, 87; first French published, v. 272; act passed by Scottish parliament for freedom to read, vi. 163 [_Tyndale_, _Cromwell_, _Cranmer_, and names of various versions] _Biderman_, John [_Blanchet_] _Billik_, Carmelite, papal delegate at _Ratisbon_, viii. 102 _Bilney_, Thomas, character and opinions of, iv. 77; his preaching, 78; friendship with Latimer, 78; arrested, 79; attempts of monks to convert him, 79; his trial, 80; condemned, 80; his last evening, 81; martyrdom, 82, 83, 93 _Bishopers and Commoners_, at Geneva, ii. 329, 350