How,  and  in  what  manner,  did  Jesuit  influence  then  manifest
itself  ?  It  was,  indeed,  in  nothing  less  than  this,  that  the  holy
Fathers  succeeded  in  bringing  the  new  ruler  to  the  conviction
that  God  had  provided  him  with  armour  in  order  that  the
universal  faith  might  be  restored  throughout  the  whole  of
Germany,  and  an  end,  once  for  all,  made  of  the  hated  heresy  of
Protestantism.  As  respects  Bavaria  itself,  there  was,  indeed,
nothing  for  the  zealous  prince  to  do,t  as  the  whole  country,
thanks  to  the  fostering  care  of  his  forefathers,  had  remained
thoroughly  Catholic,  and  there  was  aroused  in  his  honour-
seeking  breast  an  emulous  feeling  of  envy  towards  his  brother-

*  ■William  V.  withdrew,  after  his  abdication,  into  the  College  of  the
Jesuits  in  Munich,  in  order  to  devote  his  life  to  meditation,  and  died  therein
in  the  yeai  X626,  as  a  kind  of  saint,  leaving  behind  a,  manuscript  prayer-
book,  which,  however,  was  never  printed.
