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 city is almost giving out of lodging houses. More at another time. Farewell.

Brother Martin Luther, AugustitUan,

152. DUKE GEORGE OF SAXONY TO LUTHER. Enders, i. 59. German. Dresden, May 23, 15 19.

Worthy, dear and pious Sir ! We have received your letter, in which you speak again of the debate, and noted the con- tents. We are not aware of having conceived any displeasure for you, though indeed it is true that all sorts of things have come to our ears, on which we should not be sorry to speak to you, but we will let them wait until some time when you come to us.^

We are much surprised that, after you had heard that no good would come of a debate on these matters, and that the doctors of the theological faculty of Leipsic had refused to allow it, you should be so determined to hold the debate. It is true that Dr. Carlstadt did not ask us for permission, but we were informed by Dr. Exk that he had agreed to debate with Carlstadt. If the same happens in this case, and if you agree with one another, and if you then write us how you stand, we will, as stated in our last letter, then give you a definite answer. This in reply to your letter.

153. CLAUDIUS CANTIUNCULA TO HENRY CORNELIUS

AGRIPPA OF NETTISHEIM.

H. C. Agrippae ah Nettesheym. . . . Operum Pars Posterior, LugdunL Per Beringos Fratres, s, a., p. 748. (Basle), May 23, 1519.

Cantiuncula (Chansonette), of Metz, a distinguished lawyer, met he went to Basle to study, becoming Dr. juris and professor there in 1519. Later (1533), he became one of Ferdinand's financial officers, a position he held until his death in 1549. Cf, Claude Chansonette et scs lettres inedits, Bruxelles. 1878. Forstemann-Giinther : Brief e an Erasmus, p. 318. A. Prost: Corneille Agrippa, Paris, 1881, pp. 307, 316, 345, 354f. Corpus Reformatorum, xciv. 363.

Henry Cornelius Agrippa, of Nettesheim (1486-1535), born at Cologne, studied at Paris, was in Italy 151 1-18, in Metz 1518-20, then at Cologne, Geneva, Freiburg, Lyons and Paris, and the Netherlands.

^When Luther came to Leipsic in July the duke had a private interriew with him, on which cf. Smith, p. 67,

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