[Footnote36:IammoredeeplyscandalizedatthesingleexecutionofServetus，thanatthehecatombswhichhaveblazedintheAutodeFesofSpainandPortugal。1。ThezealofCalvinseemstohavebeenenvenomedbypersonalmalice，andperhapsenvy。Heaccusedhisadversarybeforetheircommonenemies，thejudgesofVienna，andbetrayed，forhisdestruction，thesacredtrustofaprivatecorrespondence。2。Thedeedofcrueltywasnotvarnishedbythepretenceofdangertothechurchorstate。
InhispassagethroughGeneva，Servetuswasaharmlessstranger，whoneitherpreached，norprinted，normadeproselytes。3。A
Catholicinquisitionyieldsthesameobediencewhichherequires，butCalvinviolatedthegoldenruleofdoingashewouldbedoneby；arulewhichIreadinamoraltreatiseofIsocratesinNicocle，tom。i。p。93，edit。BattiefourhundredyearsbeforethepublicationoftheGospel。
Note:Gibbonhasnotaccuratelyrenderedthesenseofthispassage，whichdoesnotcontainthemaximofcharityDountoothersasyouwouldtheyshoulddountoyou，butsimplythemaximofjustice，Donottoothersthewhichwouldoffendyouiftheyshoulddoittoyou。—G。]
[Footnote37:SeeBurnet，vol。ii。p。84—86。Thesenseandhumanityoftheyoungkingwereoppressedbytheauthorityoftheprimate。]