Witneſſe the diſputation at Berne in Anno 1527. betweene Conradus Treyerus an Auguſtin Frier, and Martin Bucer.

Hence aroſe a new ſedition, and of the ſame kinde; For Patrick an Augustin Frier, counterfeiting a new Earl of Warwick of one of his Scholars, ſtirred up the people to Rebellion in his Pulpit, but he and his Scholar were taken.

At St. Rita I lodged in the houſe of the vicar-general, Father Luiz, an Auguſtin, who treated me with much hoſpitality, and from whom I received a great deal of information, both reſpecting the hiſtory of the country, and the ſtate of Chriſtianity in it.

This was a small detached fort that formed the apex of a triangle with the great bastilles of the Tournelles and Augustins, at a considerable distance, but near enough to annoy or cut off the communications in the rear of an attacking force. Orders had been given, in case of molestation, that the garrison should evacuate St. Jean-le-Blanc, and retire to the Augustins. This circumstance unhappily furnished the Lord Scales and the youthful chivalry who held the fortress of the Augustins with a pretence for disobeying the strict command they had received, by making a sally as if to cover the retreat of their countrymen.

The Augustins (or Austin Friars or Eremites,) were so called from their following certain pretended rules of St Augustine, which enjoined poverty, and enforced particular duties and discipline. They made their appearance about a. d. 1252.

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