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In fact, had there been no better Protestantism than that of Germany, all was over with Protestantism; and Max of Bavaria, with fanatical Ferdinand II. as Kaiser over him, and Father Lammerlein at his right hand and Father Hyacinth at his left, had got their own sweet way in this world. But Protestant Germany was not Protestant Europe, after all.
And let Lammerlein and Hyacinth, with their Gospel of Ignatius, loose upon it. For the Kaiser proceeded with a high hand. Under all which, what could Brandenburg and the others do; but whimper some trembling protest, "Clear against Law!" and sit obedient? The Evangelical Union did not now any more than formerly draw out its fighting-tools.
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