But he gets no farther than Nürnberg, where his valise, with Byron wrapped inside in an alb, is ripped off by a transsectite, a Lutheran named Mausmacher who likes to dress up in Roman regalia.
Gravity's Rainbow, p.666 (Penguin)
Byron is an immortal, sentient lightbulb (fictional) pursued by the Phoebus cartel (real), by the way.