Luther acknowledges the receipt of letters and gifts. He apologizes that he had to answer by foreign hand because of headache and promises to write more extensively at another time and to supply him with books.
The original is in the Grand Ducal Library at Darmstadt. Printed in Erl. Briefw., vol. IX, p. 178.
To the venerable man in Christ, Mr. Jakob Montanus, the faithful servant of Christ at Herford, his superior.
No. L8SS.