This was written direct from Coburg to the Princes,who repliedthat should he come he must be sent straight to So if he really come he is expectedthere.
Yes, if he really come And if he do, doubtless it is not from fear,but to try to get helpfor the Lutherans but lambs who are being led to the slaughter whenever that destroyerrequires their help?
Chancellor,Dr. Matthias Held, shall also be present.
Perhapsthis convention may be more numerous than was thought. God grant it may be an authorised council A canon who has resignedhis canonry and taken a wife is here from ; a handsome man, who swears by all that is sacred that far more learned men will be there than at the Congress,if it ever takes place. I write this for your consolation.
I know how anxious you are.
Farewell,and visit my people,and also Bugenhagen's Rome with his little" Quiriten." We are allwell and in good spirits, and have been sumptuouslyentertained in the castles of Altenburgand
We fancied we should have sleptat our old Pylades'
Therefore,according to our custom, we announced ourselves through some verses.
I enclose mine, and Philip, our Homer, also sends his.
Altenburg, two o'clock in the night.
Luther preached before the Princes when he arrived in I have leisure, for soon we shall have enough to do, and there is no chance of our separatingbefore
Latare,so sorely are we pressedby peopleand work.
Many believe that not even at the Mantua Congresswill more learned men congregate.
Yes, doubtless more mules, asses, and