Luther asks him to intercede with the sequestrators for a poor woman person and wishes him: luck to a new marriage blessing.
Handwritten in 6oct. a, fol. 226. Printed at p. 235 and in De Wette, vol. IV, p. 442.
German in Walch, vol. XXI, 1244.
To the man to be highly honored in Christ, Mr. Georg Spalatin, the servant of Christ at Altenburg and visitator of the churches, his extremely dear brother.
Grace and peace in Christ! Poor Elisabeth von Reinsberg cries out to me that she is full of the girls' school in Altenburg.
and has nothing to live on; she has also complained to the prince, but she has been referred to the sequestrators. Therefore, she asks that I write to you that you [address] the sequestrators (for I do not know what that tangle [chaos] of people is, or what they are called) both in your name and in mine. 1) Therefore I ask you to come to her aid with the sequestrators in writing and orally, as much as you can. For what else and more can I do? Farewell, and at the same time I wish your wife and you happiness for the conception of the new fruit. Christ bless you, amen. Saturday after Lätare [March 29] 1533. Yours D. Mart. Luther.
No. 1967.