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 I would never have attacked the Pope's person, but throwing the whole blame on Eck.

As this is all true, I will easily do it, and offer silence as humbly as I may, provided only the others keep silence, so that I may seem to omit nothing in my power to make peace. I have always been ready to do this, as you know. I shall, therefore, do this as soon as I can; if it turns out as we hope, it is well done, if otherwise, it will also be good, because it will please the Lord. Farewell. Martin Luther.

306. WOLFGANG REISSENBUSCH TO FABIAN VON

FEILITZSCH.

Walch, XV. 947. German. (Lichtenberg), October 13, 1520.

Kind Sir and Patron I Last night at ten o'clock my curate of Lichtenberg wrote me that Dr. Luther came on Thursday [October 11] at four in the afternoon, bringing with him Philip Melanchthon, a brother of his order, a nobleman and four riders. My assistant also tells me that no fewer than thirty horsemen were also present. At six o'clock Miltitz en- tered with four horsemen. They were cheerful and happy with one another, for I had left instructions to entertain them well and give them enough. Miltitz relates what they did in his letter, to which I refer you. Yesterday at one o'clock Luther left; Miltitz would have accompanied him but that one of his horses was sick. My assistant tells me that he re- mained yesterday at Lichtenberg, at which I am well pleased.

Upon my honor. Sir, I would not have taken one hundred gulden to have remained at home. For I fear something would have happened to me. Miltitz would gladly have brought me, poor devil, into the game, so that he could have revenged himself on me for what he could not do to Dr. Luther. . ..

307. CHARLES VON MILTITZ TO FREDERIC, ELECTOR OF

SAXONY. Enders, ii. 495. German. Eilenburg, October 14, isaa

. . . Luther has offered to write a humble letter to the Pope's Holiness, in Latin and German, to dedicate a little book to his Holiness, and in the preface to write an epistle,

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