(Inserted note.)
The duke had asked Luther and Melanchthon for information about the forbidden marriage degrees. Melanchthon replied on November 24, and Luther enclosed this note with his letter the following day.
From K. Faber's collection of letters, p. 18, in Corp. Ref., vol. III, 611 and in De Wette-Seidemann, vol. VI, p. 217.
I, D. Martinus, have neither the power nor the time to answer in Prussia, but will do so as soon as I can. 1538 The Catharinae [Nov. 25].
No. 2482.