It  would  be  superfluous  to  enter  into  any  minute  recital  of  the  deeds
of  this  little  army.  It  is  sufficient  to  say  that  it  succeeded  in  cutting  off
all  communication  with  the  city,  and  in  reducing  it  by  hunger.
The  chief  hope  of  the  besieged  was,  that  they  should  receive  help  and
supplies  from  the  country  where  their  doctrines  were  the  most  widely
diffused,  and  whence  they  themselves  had  mostly  sprung.  Zealous
anabaptists  from  the  Netherlands  had  come  to  see  the  state  of  things  in
Miinster,  and  had  gone  back  and  announced  the  approaching  triumphal
procession  of  the  king,  whom  they  also  acknowledged,  and  whom  they
were  to  accompany  through  the  world.  The  cry  of,  Death  to  all
priests  and  nobles  !  was  revived  ;  with  the  addition,  that  the  only  lawful
sovereign  in  the  world  was  the  king  of  Miinster.1  About  Easter,  1535,
they  were  all  in  motion.  The  West  Frieslanders  took  Oldenkloster,  not
far  from  Sneek  ;  the  Groningers  marched  upon  the  monastery  of  Warfum  ;
while  the  Hollanders,  many  thousand  strong,  crossed  over  to  Overyssel,
thinking  to  meet  others  of  the  faithful  at  the  hill  convent  in  the  Hasselt
country.
