Part Two

Flawed Portraits

We may find refuge for a time but never for long.

—Jakob de Wever

Fictitious Anabaptist leader of Leyden

An eel caught by the tail is only half caught.

—Flemish Proverb

One who forces people into the church is like a man who, to augment the wine,

fills the barrel with water. He has more—but what is it like?

—Sebastian Castellio

Counseil a la France Desolee, 1562