extending  over  a  period  of  six  years,  the  sons  of  Loyola  came
to  the  conclusion  that  they  would  be  unable  to  attain  their
object  by  the  means  they  had  hitherto  employed.  The  Bishop,
therefore,  by  their  advice,  adopted  another  method,  namely  this,
that  all  his  £vangelical  subjects  were  given  the  choice  of
becoming  again  Catholic,  or  of  quitting  the  country  ;  a  method
which  proved  to  be  of  a  much  more  eflfectual  nature.  Nor  did
he  remain  satisfied  with  this  order  only,  but  he  stationed,  at  the
same  time,  a  number  of  troops  about  his  dominions,  with  whose
assistance  the  Jesuits  knew  well  how  to  give  expression  to
their  episcopal  teaching.  In  what  manner  did  the  burgesses
of  the  towns  and  inhabitants  of  the  country  receive  this
frightfully  cruel  arrangement  ?  Eh  !  part,  indeed,  did  either
become  again  Catholic,  or  emigrated  to  neighbouring  countries;
but  another  part  now  forsook  the  quiescent  attitude  which
they  had  hitherto  strictly  maintained  in  regard  to  the  law
of  the  land,  and,  in  their  rage  and  fury,  stormed  the  Jesuit
College,  threatening  to  put  all  its  inmates  to  death.  This,
however,  was  a  frightful  mistake,  for  now  the  Jesuits  had  reason
to  call  out  "  Rebellion,"  and  assured  the  Bishop  that  he  would
be  quite  justified  in  making  short  work  with  the  mutineers.
They  next  came  to  blows,  and  in  the  strife  the  burgesses,
unaccustomed  to  the  use  of  arms,  and,  besides,  having  no  one  to
take  the  lead,  were  of  course  defeated.  In  short,  it  was  not
long  ere  the  rebellion  was  suppressed,  and  the  result  was  that,
in  the  year  1604,  the  whole  of  the  people  of  Paderborn  had  to
abjure  Protestantism,  and  pay  homage  afresh  to  their  liege  lord.
