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 been crowned by the Pope at Bologna/ and will come to Augs- burg in person. The common rumor on this subject has b^n changeable for some time, and even in most of the courts it was not known whether the Emperor was still in Italy. Julius Pflug came back quite recently and said that at Bologna he did not hear any talk, not even a single word about the Emperor's coming to Germany. So well have the Italians known how to do everything deceitfully and under cover ! But a messenger has come to the prince from Nuremberg, and says that the Emperor has already entered Trent on his way to Germany, and trust- worthy men write that he is now certain to come to Augs- burg. The matters that will be discussed there are, as you know, of the greatest importance, and no human wisdom can control or prosper them. If ever it was necessary to pray the Lord of our cause in heaven to captain and pilot our ship in this stormy sea, it is necessary now. Without doubt He will hear the prayers of the pious; therefore commend this matter to the prayers of your church. . ..

Yours sincerely, Justus Jonas.

^On Fd)ni«ry 24, 1529, Charles was crowned by the Pope at Bologna. The fullest account of the ceremony in English in Julia Cartwright's Isabella d^Estt, U, X903, pp. 3Uff«

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