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 time I will treat the creed by itself as we daily pray, or speak the same. I humbly commend myself to your Grace.

Your Grace's himible chaplain,

Dr Martin Luther, Augustinian at Wittenberg.

244. ULRICH ZWINGLI TO OSWALD MYCONIUS AT

LUCERNE.

Corpus Reformatorum, xciv. 292. Zurich, April 2, 152a

Myconius (also Geisshtisler and Miiiller), of Lucerne, matriculated at Basle 1510, B. A. 1514, then became public reader. In 1516 he went to Zurich, where he was instrumental in getting Zwingli. In the autumn of 15 19 he returned to Lucerne to open a school, which he had to give up when he joined the Reformation in 1522. After a year at Einsiedeln he came early in 1524 to Zurich, where he taught school until after Zwingli's death (1531), when he went to Basle as successor to Oecolampadius. He died here in 1552.

... I would not have you ignorant, that, earnestly as Zasius commended himself to us he recently wrote that he was so minded that he could do no other than write against Luther,^ because the latter had dared to make light of the majesty of the sacred canons. Here you see the jurist dedi- cated to his own profession! I not only warned Zasius not to do this, but I even politely admonished him to consider this only : namely, that though, as I must admit, Luther lacked moderation, yet by freely exposing and censuring the crimes of the prelates, if they continued to be bad, he would finally frighten them and put some sense of shame into them. Zasius was pleased with this advice. . ..

245. ERASMUS TO JUSTUS JONAS.

Sitsungsberichte der phil.-hist, Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der IVissenschaften. Wein, 1880, xcv. 598. Lou vain, April 9, 1520.

... I would not like the Dominicans to know what a friend' of Luther they have made. The university has con- ceived incurable madness; Atensis* has perished, but Eg-

^Supra, no. 196, and the letter of Zasius to Zwingli, February x6, 1520. Corpus Reformatorum, xciv. 265.

^Text, '^amicum/' which I think correct, believing that Erasmus refers to him- self. Horawitz, loc. cit., suggests "aniraum," which, in my opinion, would be less sensible.

sjohn Briard of Ath, thence known as Athensis and Noxus (.&nj being

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