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after I had given an account of myself and of my 

 reasons for abandoning the Order, I said that 1 had 

 no intention of professing the religion of the city, 

 not knowing what it was, and that therefore I wished 

 rather to remain living in freedom and security, than 

 in any other manner. I was persuaded, in any case, 

 to lay aside the habit I wore ; so I had made for 

 myself from the cloth a pair of trews and other 

 things, while the Marquis himself, with other Italians, 

 gave me a sword, hat, cape, and other necessaries of 

 clothing, and enabled me to support myself so far by 

 correcting proofs. I stayed about two months, and 

 attended at times the preachings and discussions, both 

 of Italians and Frenchmen who lectured and preached 

 in the city ; among others, I heard several times 

 Nicolo Balbani of Lucca, who read on the epistles 

 of St. Paul, and preached the Gospels ; but having 

 been told that I could not remain there long if I 

 did not make up my mind to adopt the religion of Did Bruno 

 the city, for if not I should receive no assistance, I vinS 

 resolved to leave." l When the inscription of Bruno's 

 name in the book of the Rector of the Academy was 

 found, a doubt appeared to be thrown upon the truth 

 or frankness of this evidence about himself. The 

 regulations of 1559 had made it necessary for intend- 

 ing members to accept and sign the Calvinist confession 

 of faith ; but from 1576 onward, it was only required 

 that they should belong to the community, a condition 

 Bruno fulfilled by attending the ministrations of Nicolo 

 Balbani at the Italian Church ; this would account 

 also for his name being in the list of the Protestant 

 refugees. The real cause of his departure from 

 Geneva has, however, been revealed by the documents 



1 Doc. 9. 



