April 30, 1531.
I, Martinus Ll^her, Doctor of Holy Scripture at Wittenberg, preacher, bring to your knowledge, Brosius Heinrich von Dittersdorf, that the virtuous woman Anna, abandoned widow of Wetzel at Zemegal, has been to me and complained how you should have promised her a true and lasting marriage and also kept a public engagement with her. However, despite this, you have departed from her and refuse, according to your promises and duties - which you owe before God and the world - to consummate a marriage with the aforementioned woman; thereby she causes me instead of
of the parish priest here in Wittenberg, and asked to help her for God's sake, which is right in this case: I want to have required you because of and instead of the parish priest. I also request and hereby cite you peremptorily (without further notice) to appear before me and others in such matters here in Wittenberg on the next Wednesday after the Sunday Cantate, to hear the reported complaint, and further, what is right. For this reason, I have indicated this to you in the best possible way, and you know how to act accordingly. Date at Wittenberg, Sunday after Misericordias Domini 1531.