Thus, with the Erl. Briefw., Vol. X, p. 296, this writing has to be dated, because it cannot have been written before No. 2207, since Luther still speaks of this writing as something future on Jan. 24. In the time definition, which we have put after Köstlin: "Before January 12", "January" will be misprint instead of February. On 11 Feb. Melanchthon had left Jena and writes on 14 Feb. to N. N. (Corp. Ref., Vol. III, 42) that he had heard immediately upon his arrival in Wittenberg that Luther had written a very harsh letter to the archbishop at Mainz.
1) John 18:36.
2) Maybe: tichten?
3) Joh. 11, 25.
No. 2215.