Luther recommends M. Georg Aemilius (Oemler), who dedicated his poems on passages of the Revelation to the prince and wants to deliver them himself.
The original is in the Dessau State Archives. Printed by De Wette-Seidemann, vol. VI, p. 259.
To the most illustrious and highborn Prince and Lord, Lord Joachim of Anhalt, Count of Ascanien and Lord of Bernburg, his gracious lord.
Grace and peace in Christ. Sublime prince, highborn count! M. Georg Aemilius, my compatriot, has published poems about the prophetic images (figuras) of the Revelation and has attributed them to the name E. F. G.. Since he had decided to deliver them himself personally, he asked me to recommend him by my letter and to prepare for him an easier access to E. F. G.. Although I knew that my recommendation was not at all necessary, since his own erudition recommends him sufficiently, and he, with the kindness and accessibility of E. F. G., would have easily found admission without my letter [, I did not want to refuse]. 1) However, he not only had this in mind, that he was looking for a patron for his book, but that he would also like to stimulate other princes through the example of E. F. G. to love and cultivate the sciences and to support the students. This endeavor shines out almost alone in your Anhaltian family, which all good and learned men admire highly and wish luck to it. Therefore, may E. F. G., whatever the offered gift may be, receive it with the usual grace. I heartily commend E. F. G. to the goodness of GOD, the merciful Father, with all her house, Amen. On Tuesday after Misericordias Domini [April 13] 1540.
E. F. G. devoted
Martin Luther.
1) Added by us.
No. 2646.
To D. Caspar Güttel, pastor in Eisleben.
Ueber Agricola und dessen Klageschrift. Response to No. 2640a.
Handwritten in Aurifaber, vol. III, p. 292. Printed in Litterar. Wochenblatt, II, 314; in Schütze, vol. III, p. 130; in Strobel-Ranner, p. 314 (?) and in De Wette, vol.V, p. 278.
Doctor Caspar Güttel at Eisleben.
No. 2647.