every man’s opinion, thoughts, and notions, to understand them, to weight them, to bring and reconcile men to a unity in Christian truth.”16 It took a couple of months and some bitter disappointments for the Saxons to realize the extent of Charles’s welcome. Not surprisingly, it did not extend as far as they originally thought. But from March into April, even into May, John remained convinced that there was a new possibility for working things out. If this appears illusory, he had his reasons: Charles
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