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Rh his press were editions of the writings of Crautwald and also of a few works by Schwenkfeld, including his confession of faith. Schweintzer had been associated with Schwenkfeld in Liegnitz and followed him to Strassburg in 1529. In 1556, he was subjected to a trial for his Schwenkfeldianism. The following hymns by Schweintzer are noteworthy:

All three appeared in the Strassburg hymn-book of 1537. The third appeared also in the Augsburg hymn-book (edited by Salminger), 1537, and in Zwick's hymn-book published at Zürich, 1540.

(or ) was born in 1496 at Mündelheim (now Mindelheim) in Bavaria. He first studied at Wittenberg, and afterwards, about 1520, he learned Hebrew and Greek under the noted humanist Johann Reuchlin. He then became private secretary to Georg von Frundsberg (who died 1528) and accompanied him during the campaign in Italy, 1526-1527. After the capture of Rome in 1527 he went back to Germany, locating in Strassburg. It may be well to remind ourselves that Schwenkfeld was in Strassburg during the period 1529-1535; and it was during his sojourn in Strassburg that Reissner made the personal acquaintance of Schwenkfeld. Henceforth he remained a loyal adherent and friend of the Silesian Reformer, as he himself said, "despite all opposition and affliction." The duration of his stay in Strassburg is uncertain. For some years he pursued the profession of the law in Frankfurt-am-Main, but seems to have spent most of his life after leaving Strassburg, in his native town of Mindelheim. Here in retirement and contentment, his professional career and public life dismissed from his mind, he found himself immersed in his favorite occupation—study and the pursuit of literature. The year of his death is not known with certainty, but was probably