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THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. 

 J. 



Ayimer at 

 Zurich. 



Advises to 



read at 



Frankfort. 



He travels. 



&quot; you can, that we may enjoy those your excellent la- 

 &quot; hours.&quot; 



This was the dependence of this good and painful father 

 Fox upon the wisdom and judgment of Ayimer ; and thus 

 friendly, learnedly, and Christianly did Ayimer excite, ad 

 vise, and encourage Fox. And soon after, that is, in De 

 cember 1557, Fox went over from Basil to Zurich, where 

 Ayimer then was, to consult with him, and others his fellow 

 exiles there, about his said works; Ayimer in a letter a 

 little before assuring him how glad his coming would be, 

 and promising him all the help and assistance he could. And 

 these are some instances how this good man employed him 

 self while he remained abroad. 



Nor must we be silent concerning the good service he in 

 tended for the English residing at Frankfort. For observ 

 ing a considerable company of scholars and students placed 

 there, who might hereafter in better times become ministers 

 and preachers of true religion in England, he considered 

 how useful it would be to have some very learned reader of 

 divinity among them ; and soon called to mind Peter Mar 

 tyr, the late King s Professor at Oxford, who then was, I 

 think, at Strasburgh: whereupon he advised Fox, who 

 then was at Frankfort, and others of chief note there, to at 

 tempt to gain that learned man to come among them, and 

 to take that office upon him ; and for that end to propound 

 some honourable salary to him. His counsel took place, 

 and an earnest and respectful epistle was drawn up, signed 

 by Fox and the rest of the best repute there, and sent to 

 him : when Fox also wrote another more private letter of 

 his own to him to the same effect, calling him therein the 

 Apostle to the English nation; and signifying that the 

 public letter, as it was signed by their subscriptions, so it 

 was done Elmeri nomine, in Aylmer s name. But this took 

 not effect. 



While Ayimer thus continued abroad in exile, he took 

 the opportunity of improving himself by travel, visiting al 

 most all the Universities of Italy and Germany ; and had 

 much conferences with many the best learned men. At last 



