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To Friedrich Myconins in Gotha.

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Volume 21b

To Friedrich Myconins in Gotha.

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Luther asks to be used for a poor debtor and sends a disputation.

Handwritten in Cod. chart. Goth. 1048 and in Aurifaber, vol. III, p. 240. Printed in Schütze, vol. III, p. 44 and in De Wette, vol. V, p. 67.

Grace and peace in Christ! I commend this poor man to you, my dear Frederick, so that you may take up his cause with Johann von Gleichen or the one at Remda, and ask in my name that he waive the 10 florins out of mercy, if it is possible,

1) "of" put by us instead of: "in order to".

2) In the "program" "t," is displaced: it offers: "wisse eint, pious". Burkhardt has made this printing error knowingly, because he notes: "so f. wisset ein".

3) We suppose: "thäte" (thette).

as you will see from the letters. The thing does not have much on it and (as it seems to me) can be easily obtained if you press for it.

No. 2362.