Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . GLE, or Zuinglius, one of the most enlightened and tolerant of the prot-estant reformers. He was born at Wilderhausen, in Switzerland, in 1484. In1516, he was made preacher at Einsidieln, and in 1518, he bgcame rector ofZurich. He went farther than Luther in the work of reformation, particularlyin simplifying the mode of worship, and
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . GLE, or Zuinglius, one of the most enlightened and tolerant of the prot-estant reformers. He was born at Wilderhausen, in Switzerland, in 1484. In1516, he was made preacher at Einsidieln, and in 1518, he bgcame rector ofZurich. He went farther than Luther in the work of reformation, particularlyin simplifying the mode of worship, and explaining the doctrine of the eucha-rist. He showed a spirit far in advance of the age, raising his voice againstthe corruptions and abuses that had crept into the church, and declaring him-self for the use of the Scriptures in their genuine form, without regard to theprescribed texts arid lessons. In 1524, he had the gratification of seeing hisdoctrines adopted by the great council of Zurich, and his influence among theSwiss protestants continued to be powerful during the remainder of his war having broke out between the catholic and protestant cantons, a bat-tle ensued, m which Zuinglius was among the slain, October 5, 1531., FERNANDO CORTE2L. FERNANDO CORTEZ. FERNANDO CORTEZ, a descendant of a noble but poor family, was borr. , in the province of Estremadura, Spain, in 1485. The law, to whichhe was bred at Salamanca, he quitted for a military life. In 1504 he went toSt. Domingo, and in 1511 accompanied Velasquez to Cuba, and received fromhim a grant of land, aft a reward for his services. The conquest of Mexico being resolved upon, Velasquez intrusted Cortezwith the command of the enterprise. The expedition, which consisted of tensmall vessels, and only seven hundred men, sailed on the 18th of November,1518; and, on his arrival at Tabasco, Cortez set fire to his ships, that his sol-diers might have no other resource than their own valor. With only five h
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