From  this  time  the  course  of  the  law  was  hastened
for  the  Romanists  found  there  was  no  hope  of  con-
verting her  back  to  Rome.  And  besides,  the  judge
wanted  to  convict  her,  so  as  to  get  a  share  in  her
estates.  Meanwhile  Calvin  from  Geneva  was  urg-
ing the  Protestant  princes  of  Germany  to  use  their
influence  with  the  French,  so  that  these  prisoners
might  be  spared.  But  their  intercession  came  too
late.  She  was  brought  before  her  judges  for  trial.
Her  ordeal  was  quite  severe,  but  her  answers  were
based  on  the  Bible.  She  was  asked :  "Do  you  believe
in  the  mass  ?"  She  replied :  ''About  this  sacrament
I  will  believe  only  what  is  found  in  the  Old  and  New
Testaments.  I  have  not  yet  found  there  that  the
mass  is  from  God."  "Will  you  receive  the  wafer?"
"No;  I  will  receive  only  what  Christ  has  sealed/'
"How    long    is    it    since    you    confessed    to    the


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