About Weller's wedding.
Handwritten in Cod Goth. 181. 4. 402. f. From H. Welleri Opp. omn. to end, p. 206, in De Wette, Vol. V, p. 15.
I have written to you before, 1) my dear Jerome, about your wedding, that it should not take place at Wittenberg, but that you should, according to the example of Cruciger and others, bring the married woman here and have two or three tables for a meal in the evening. Now that it concerns your honor, you may consult with your friends whether you want to have a meal here in the evening or the wedding. I understand something different by the [wedding] banquet than by the wedding. For if you want to celebrate the wedding here, then you must mean what moved me before to advise you, namely that Wittenberg is the university, that it is a famous place, that you are a doctor, that I am the host, therefore necessarily many must be invited who otherwise could be passed over with honor if the wedding were to take place in another place, for consideration must be given both to the city and to the academy, then also to your and my honor. I therefore send the register, from which you can see how large a number must be invited (although some will be cancelled).
1) No. 2266.
If your honor and that of your friends is to remain unharmed, especially since your very honorable friends must be served with some pomp, which the present difficult time conditions do not permit. "With 100 fl. you can hardly do it, because to hold a wedding is something different than to attain the doctorate (Doctoratus). But it is best that either you or your brother come here, so that we can discuss this matter as soon as possible. For by letters and messengers one cannot come to a decision, and in the meantime time is running out. Therefore, send thyself so that the matter may become certain. "For it would not seem that we would do dishonor." Summa, soon either you yourself may come, or someone in your name, so that we are not unprepared. For I am troubled by the thought of your honor and my name; otherwise, if you do not come or send someone, I cannot and will not do anything in this matter alone, because I am very concerned about you, as I have always been. Fare well in the Lord and greet your bride with all your friends. Sunday after Laurentius [13 Aug.] 1536.
No. 2273.