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In any case, Fribourg was not prepared to let go of its prospective grip on the
Vaud, even though it had received part-payment.490 Bern suggested an alternative:
to occupy several Vaud castles and lordships or to raise 4000 écus by remortgaging
them.491 The matter was still unresolved when René de Challant pleaded for
another deferment in December, and again in January 1533.492 Bern agreed, and
urged Fribourg to do likewise. But by the New Year wrangling over reparations
had been overshadowed by an issue of much greater import: Reforming preaching
had at last reached Geneva.
490 EA IV, 1b, 1413 (no. 755: 1) (Oct. 1532).
491 EA IV, 1b, 1440–1 (no. 773: a; to a; to d) (Nov. 1532).
492 EA IV, 1b, 1447 (no. 778: II, 1; II, 2) (Dec. 1532); EA IV, 1c, 3 (no. 2) (Jan. 1533); 5 (no. 5)
(Jan. 1533). It transpired that the plate was Challant’s own, which was deposited in Fribourg, for in
March 1533 he offered to pledge it for 3000 fl. Bern’s councillor Ludwig von Erlach (son of the
eponymous testator to Dufour’s children: see the discussion on von Erlach’s will and Dufour’s children
in Chapter 18) offered to advance a similar sum, of which Bern proposed to keep 2000 fl and hand
1000 fl to Fribourg. SABE, Teutsche Missiven-Buch 22 T, p. 852 (11 March 1533).