April 25, 1523.
Grace and peace in the Lord. I am sending you the angry man's letter, 2) which was given to me in confidence. So read it and send it back. The best thing I have seen in such great anger is that the foolish head says: I, I, I will do it, and asks nothing beforehand about God's will. May the Lord have mercy on him, when
2) This refers to the letter of Duke George to Count Albrecht of Mansfeld against Luther, which he had received from a friend on April 3. Walch, old edition, vol. XXI, 832, s 2.
differently God ever cares for fools and fools (as they say). Otherwise there is nothing new, except that I contracted the fever through a bath, thank God. May God grant that the Lord may finally send me death and free me from these evils of the world. Fare well and pray for me. On the day of Marci, 3) in the year 1523.
Martin Luther,
3) Thus, according to De Wette, we have assumed instead of the meaningless äis ^lurtii.
*) This letter is found in Latin in 6o6. Isn. u; k. 162; in Aurifaber, vol. II, col. 112 d and in De Wette, vol. Il, p. 300. According to the latter we have translated.
**This letter is found in Latin in 6ock. Isn. u; k. 163; then in Aurifaber, vol. II, col. 132 and in De Wette, vol. II, p. 331. According to the latter we have translated.