r Lords in the city.
They have less to lose than we. Their support and revenues are sure,
but our houses and hamlets are exposed to destruction. We have now been
beaten twice by the enemy, and suffered a great defeat. It is easily
seen that luck is against us. And there is no use to comfort ourselves
because we have an abundance of supplies and provisions and our enemies
none. For the greater their need, the greater will be their desire to
injure us. Necessity drives them. It has already stirred up fury and
revenge amongst them, and wrought great mischief, not only that we have
violated the federal compact and the _Landfriede_ toward them, but also
that we have denied them the right to take away provisions; hence God
is now angry at us and fights himself against us. We cannot rely on the
aid of the Bernese. What good has all their force done us? We have not
yet been able to prevail on them, in spite of every prayer and
entreaty, to defend the city of our Lords, whilst we of the Horger are
willing to incur the risk of danger, notwithstanding, they can lie
there in security, since our Lords have commanded us to encamp against
the main body of the enemy. The Bernese marched up very slowly to the
battlefield of Cappel, and helped us very little, and they would not
consent to send their troops to the Zugerberg. Remember the old saying,
handed down from our forefathers: 'the men of Zurich will suffer loss
rather than dishonor; the men of Bern dishonor rather than loss.' When
we of Zurich undertake anything, we stake our all upon it, and look for
success or failure; but the Bernese are just the reverse, sharing the
victory with us in every enterprise, without putting their own skins in
danger.[2] Some one has said, 'A loss should bring a man to his
senses.' Since then we have experienced loss upon loss, we certainly
ought to stop and think."

After this the negotiations were prosecuted vigorously on all sides.
The commander-in-chief, with a numerous guard, went over to the leaders
of the Five Cantons; a second meeting was held the next day and a
treaty of peace concluded, of which the following are the chief
articles: The Reformation shall be guaranteed in Zurich and all her
immediate dependencies, as well as in those parts of the Territories,
where it has already been received; yet all those, who may wish to
return to the mass, or to prove by a new vote, which is the prevailing
party, shall be at liberty to do so. Church prop