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 must also answer Latomus, who glories in the Lord, the Pope. I marvel at the spirit of Oecolampadius, not because he has hit upon the same line of argmnent with me, but because he is so outspoken, so confident, so Christian. May the Lord preserve him and make him great. Amen. I am both very idle and very busy here. I am studying Hebrew and Greek and writing without cessation. The warden* treats me far better than I deserve. The trouble with which I suffered at Worms has not left me, but increased, for I am more con- stipated than ever in my life, and despair of a remedy. The Lord thus visits me that I may not be without a relic of the cross. Blessed be He. Amen.

I wonder that the imperial edict is so delayed. On my way from Worms I read the printed copy of my letter to the estates of the Empire,' but it is full of mistakes. It is said here that Giievres' has died, and left Giarles a million gulden. Brave Christ, not to fear these mountains of gold! If only they would learn once for all that He is our Lord God. I have not yet answered the young prince's * last letter, for the place from which it was written was not given; nor do I think it necessary to do so, lest in multiplying letters the secret of my hiding place may somehow get out. Pray for me diligently. This is the one thing I need; all -things else abound. Now that I am at rest, I care not what they do with me in public. Farewell in the Lord, and greet all those you think it safe to greet. Henricus Nesicus.'

497. HENRY GLAREAN TO ZWINGLI AT ZURICH.

Corpus Reformatorum, xciv, 460. Paris, July 4, 1521.

On Glarean (Henry Loriti of Glarus), cf. Vol. I, p. 383. On Zwingli, VoL I, p. 248, and The Latin Works and Correspondence of Zwingli, cd. S. M. Jackson, 1912.

On Luther it did not seem worth while to write much, for

> Ham Ton Berlepsch, to whom Luther dedicated his book. Von Menschenlehre su meiden, 1522, Weimar x, part ii, pp. 7^-9^*

« Supra, Vol. I, no. 465, it meant

28. Browu, iii, no. 224, *
 * Cf. supra, no. 489. Contarini wrote the same to the Signory of Venice, May


 * John Frederic of Electoral Saxony (c/. VoL I, p. 443, n. i).

• An unexplained bit of humor.

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