From the papal bull about the concilium and news, partly miraculous signs, partly political events.
From Aurifaber, vol. III, p. 232, in Schütze, vol. III, p. 16 and in De Wette, vol. V, p. 17.
Grace and peace in Christ! That the Bull of St. Paul, 3) that is, of the Cardinals, has not been handed over to me, is perhaps due to the fact that M. Philip first received it from Bernard at his request, and he has not yet shown it to me (as there is a mutual trust or neglect among us). For so I care to do with his letters. But the German one, which is printed here, I saw yesterday; I saw and also recognized, not the cardinal virtues, of which Seneca and other philosophers teach, but the cardinals, the supports (cardines), the captains, indeed the heads of Satau himself. "They are and are called cheaply" cardinals in every sense. For in this bull we are already condemned; but other oral. "It is", the exceedingly righteous wrath of GOD on the world.
You have interpreted the ghost of Erich correctly. But also this, ours, to Frank-
3) The bull of Pope Paul III concerning the Concilium, which was posted on June 2.
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furt in der Mark, I believe to have written to you, or that you have heard it elsewhere, namely from the virgin, who picks out of the beard of a Dabeistehen, or from the dress, or somewhere else Märkische coins and devours. 1) Finally, a new miraculous thing is told from Halle, which you will discover, namely that at a shooting match (ludo sagittario), which the bishop had arranged, a young bridegroom was carried away from the tent by the storm, leaving behind bow, arrows, skirt and even the shoes.
There is also this news: The Duke of Holstein has finally defeated Denmark; Copenhagen is taken and conquered, and the Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg released, so that there is hope for peace in these regions, since he is finally already made king by the cause itself, namely the victor, the Duke of Holstein, unless the Emperor wants to trouble this region by a new war, which I do not want.
My Lord Käthe greets you reverently at the same time as all yours. And send you to return as soon as possible, to report, to repair everything, to restore, to reveal, to create anew and to restore everything to its former state. Christ be with you, Amen. Given on August 17, 1536.
Your Martin Luther, D.
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