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 the pain of the wounds he has received. But I despise him, nor shall I honor the fellow by arguing with him any more, and if I write an3rthing of the kind I shall deal only with the subject in hand. I shall mention Erasmus only as one speaks of a third person, condemning, rather than refuting his ideas. He is a light-minded man, scoffing at all religion, after the fashion of hiw owr dear Lucian, and never writes seriously unless he is setting dowi calumnies and slanders.

All here are well, thanks to your prayers. Thank you for the gifts; they show youir goodwill; I would send books in return, as I promised before, if I knew what books you were without ; however, I am sending those that have appeared most recently. Farewell in Christ, and pray for me.

Mart. Luther.

83s. MICHAEL MAI. IMPERIAL AMBASSADOR AT ROME, TO

THE EMPEROR.

Gayangos, 1529-30^ no. 29. Rome, June 5, 1529.

. . . This threatening message^ was sent verbatim to the Pope, because he (Mai) knew very well that owing to certain disagreements now existing between the Pope and the cardi- nals, and of which Burgo gave him (Mai) notice, his Holiness would be rather glad than otherwise, and also that the Em- peror's enemies may know at once how matters stand, and not be surprised at what the Lutherans say and profess to believe ; for certainly, excepting in matters of faith, in most other things concerning Rome, the right is on their side.

836. LUTHER TO JUSTUS JONAS. Enders, vii, 116. (WrrrENBERc), June 15, 1529.

. . . Carlstadt has for some time been settled in Frisia.*

^On the relations between Pope and Emperor at this time, see Pastor-Kerr, Xf 35ff. Mai was imperial ambassador at Rome. Jerome de Schio was sent as papal nuncio to Charleaf at Barcelona on May 2$, arriving May 30, 1529. On June 23 the treaty of Barcelona was signed, disposing of the ItaUan quettioiia. and agreeing that Alexander de'Medici, a relative of Clement, should marry Mary, the Emperor's natural daughter. Vide infra, no. 839.

vii, 97) dated by Enders "May $(?)" by Walch,» •'between the 5th and 15th June.** It is probable that its inclusion in the earlier letter is due to a copyist'a error. The original is lost. On CarlsUdt's stay in East Frisia, vidg Barge^ ii. 399S,
 * This same passage appears verbatim in an earlier letter to Jonas (Endera,

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