{47a} Dr.M'Crie observes, indeed, that Knox submitted to the learned of Switzerland "certain difficult questions, which were suggested by the present condition of affairs in England, and about which his mind had been greatly occupied.

Their views with respect to these coinciding with his own, he was confirmed in the judgment which he had already formed for himself." {47b} In fact, Knox himself merely says that he had "reasoned with" pastors and the learned; he does not say that they agreed with him, and they certainly did not.

Despite the reserve of Bullinger and of Calvin, Knox was of his new opinions still.

These divines never backed his views.
By May, Knox had returned to Dieppe, and published an epistle to the Faithful.

The rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt had been put down, a blow to true religion.