He  went  without  delay  to  offer  his  congratulations  to  the  emperor  (who
had  crossed  the  Alps  just  at  the  same  time)  on  his  arrival  in  the  empire,
which  he  had  learned  "  with  loyal  joy  ;"  he  would  wait  the  pleasure  of  his
majesty,  his  own  chief  and  lord,  in  Augsburg.2  He  had  invited  his  allies  to
follow  him  ;  for  the  diet  of  Augsburg  seemed  to  be  the  national  council
which  had  been  so  long  expected,  so  often  and  so  vainly  demanded,  and
which  now  afforded  a  hope  of  the  reconciliation  of  religious  differences.3

The  negotiations  of  the  elector  with  king  Ferdinand  had,  as  may  be
presumed  from  what  we  have  just  stated,  led  to  no  conclusion  ;  but  they
were  by  no  means  broken  off.  Elector  John  had  also  various  other  affairs
to  discuss  with  the  imperial  court,  to  arrange  which  he  had  sent  an  ambas-
sador to  Innsbruck.  The  question,  whether  it  might  not  be  possible  to
win  him  over,  presented  itself,  and  an  attempt  was  made  to  prevail  on
him  to  come  himself  to  Innsbruck.  The  emperor  sent  him  word  that  he
might  rely  on  all  possible  friendship  from  him,  and  invited  him  to  come
to  his  court,  as  many  other  princes  had  done.  "  He  intended  to  unite
with  him  in  the  settlement  of  affairs,  which  might  be  arranged  by  them-
selves in  person."

But  here,  too,  Charles  had  a  proof  of  the  kind  of  resistance  which  he
would  have  to  encounter  in  Germany.  The  elector  was  offended  that  the
emperor  had  urged  him,  through  the  ambassador  of  another  power,  to
impose  silence  on  the  preachers  he  had  brought  with  him.  This  demand
appeared  to  him  an  unauthorized  attempt  to  prejudge  the  very  question
to  be  inquired  into  ;  and  he  was  persuaded  that  the  compliance  which  he
refused  in  Augsburg  would  be  extorted  from  him  in  Innsbruck,  in  case
he  appeared  there.  He  saw,  too,  that  the  court  was  already  filled  with
his  personal  adversaries.  Nor  did  he  think  it  expedient  to  enter  upon
the  business  of  the  diet  at  any  other  place  than  the  one  appointed.  In
short,  he  adhered  to  his  declaration,  that  he  would  wait  the  emperor's
coming  in  Augsburg.
