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 pired without any result being reached, his Majesty sent a doctor with one of his secretaries to Brother Martin, and made him the final declaration that if he would not recant the known theses he must immediately on the next morning depart to any place he wanted, and that the Emperor would keep the safe-conduct for twenty days to allow him to leave Germany; otherwise, they had decided to seize and punish him as his errors demanded. To which Luther replied that he would not recant, but desired rather to be refuted by the Scriptures. Then he left and no one knows where he will stay. But wc are assured that the German princes promised the Emperor to agree to any measure on which he should decide for Lu- ther's punishment. God grant that their resolution remain thus, considering the great love for Luther and the strong support which he has in these parts of Germany.

467. LUTHER TO SPALATIN AT WORMS. Enders, iii. 143. Friedberg, April 29, 1521.

Greeting. Dear Spalatin, here you have the letters* you asked for; do you plan for the rest. We dismissed the her- ald, and to-day are going to Griinberg. I have nothing else to write. Greet all our friends, especially Joachim* and Ul- rich von Pappenheim, and others whom we were unable to say good-bye to when we left. Amsdorf also sends greet- ings. Farewell in the Lord.

Martin Luther, Augustinian,

468. ALEANDER TO THE VICE-CHANCELLOR CARDINAL DF

MEDICI AT ROME.

Kalkoff: Aleander, 193. Worms (April 29), 1521.

. . . Although everything was done that law and mercy, the honor of the Holy See, and the orders of the Pope and your Lordship require, and although nothing else could have been done, as no judges here were competent [to hear Luther], yet

V. e., the one to the Emperor last translated, and one of similar tenor to the princes and Estates, Enders, iii. 135. Luther composed them early in the momiaf and sent them all back with the herald before proceeding to Griinberg in Upper Hesse, eight English miles from Friedberg.

Toachim von Pappenheim (died 1536) waa a distant covtin of Ulrick, on whom cf. supra, no. 449.

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