Intercession for Anna from the lady.
The original is in the Haus- und Staats-Archiv at Coburg. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 273 f.
G. and peace in Christ and my poor Paternoster. Most Serene, Highborn Prince, Most Gracious Lord! The good woman Hanna asks of the lady, who three years ago was expelled from Duke Georgen's country for the sake of the Gospel and who came under the wing of E. C. F. G. with a small outpost of the monastery Buche 3) for three years, as E. C. F. G. will be well mindful of it. Now the time for future Christmas is over, and there are many hands after it, and they still have nothing of their own or certain, that E. C. F. G. nevertheless wanted to look at their misery and leave them still some years on the little estate, until they got something of their own. And it may well be that there are some of our people who have little mercy on such outcasts and would rather have everything in their sack. Accordingly, my humble request is,
1) That is: somehow.
2) That this letter belongs to the year 1536, results from the acts of the Ernestinischen Gesammtarchivs, Oo, pag. 792. 80, since Anna von der Dame and her husband, Franz von der Dame, already held the estate for 6 years in 1539, after the extension (requested in this letter) to three more years had taken place in 1536. The date can be approximately determined from the words of our letter: "Now the time is out for future Christmas", namely: "about November or the beginning of December". - In 1539, the sequestrators reported badly about their economy and the estate was taken away from them.
3) Namely Wendishayn (Burkhardt).
where E. C. F. G. would continue to show their mercy in this, wanted to provide this with seriousness and not let the good people be disparaged, whether someone might have it in mind, as they are concerned. It is only right, because they have suffered so much for the sake of Christ and are pious, that they find refreshment and consolation under E. C. F. G.. May our dear Lord God grant that C.F.G. may do His very best will.
E. C. F. G.
subservient
Mart. Luther.
No. 2330.