moderation,and are full of joy.
For our gracious lord of Magdeburg,Bishop Amsdorf, is our neighbourat table.
Our only news is that Caspar (Cruciger),Menius, and Myconius have left Hagenau for Strassburg to pass the time.
Philipis again all right. God be praised.
Ferdinand will have an outcry raised againsthim, as he seems to wish the Turk to stand sponsor to the Evangelical I hope this may not be true.
It would be too gross.
Write and say if you got all I sent you, such as the ninety florins I sent through Wolf Let the children pray.
The heat and drought here are almost unbearable,day and night. The Bishop of Magdeburg sends you his compliments.
To the wealthy lady of Luther, wandering in spiritin God willing, we shall start for Wittenberg to-morrow.
Hagenau conference has turned out a farce,all the worry, trouble,and expense beingin vain ; still, if we have done nothingmore, we have drawn
Philipout of hell,and shall bring him home with joy,as it were out of the grave.
The devil is very busy.
More than a thousand acres of wood belongingto my gracious lord has been set on fire in the ThiiringianForest, and to-daywe hear that the wood near
Werder has begun to burn, and no water can extinguishit.
This will make wood very dear.
Pray,and ask all to pray againstSatan, who not only assails soul and body, but fiercely assaults our possessions and our honour.
Christ will come from heaven and kindle a fire against Satan and his emissaries.
Being uncertain where you are I do not write of other things. Greet our children,boarders,and all.
Epidemic in Wittenberg. Agricolainvited to Grace and peace, honoured Although I am overwhelmed with work, beinga frail old man, still I am doing duty for Johann Pommer, who is ill.
Nearly all are ill here,includingDr.
Cruciger.In my house alone ten are lying dangerouslyill.
This fever produces wonderful effects.
Epilepsyseizes many, but carries few away.
GrickeP is doing the praiseworthy work of law and image-breaker.
He slippedaway secretly to the Margrave, thus abusing the The tree is known by its fruits.
The faithless, abandoned man will indulgehis wrath by tellingall manner of lies againstme there.
May you prosper in the Spalatin's mediation regarding a present of wood.
That which my wife talked to you about when you were here lately, she is most anxious should be granted. She begsyou to hand the addressed letter to your
Prince's functionary, and arrange that she should receive good and useful wood, particularly stems of oak, so that one may not (asoften happens)have cause to regret receivingthe
Prince's present because of the officials'niggardliness, sendinguseless wood.
God desires that all of us, especially the servants of the Word, may be maintained in a liberal manner.
So let the treasurer know that she would like the