(Fragment.)
About a book against the Lutherans, supposedly printed in Brabant, for whose place of printing Luther considers Wolfenbüttel.
Alls dem Staatsarchiv zu Zerbst gedruckt bei Kolde, S. 369.
In the meantime, while you were absent, a man came here under the name of the emperor in
1) Cf. St. Louis edition, vol. XVII, 412.
2) Gropper.
The book against the Lutherans, published in Brabant (D. Brück sent it as a true one), of such suspicious words and apparently spurious content, then also full of obvious, badly veiled errors, that it is almost certain to me that it was printed by H[archduke] Heinzen von Wolfenbüttel (wolfenbott) in his castle, in order to confuse the minds of the people, especially in Worms. These devils fear that the wrath of God is ahead of them. This the adversaries must believe, may they tell good or evil. Believing the bitter papists is the same as believing Satan himself as the one who promises and threatens Christ. 4) In my name, respectfully greet the noble and very good princes, 5) and urge them to be cheerful and carefree. Meanwhile, let us learn the first commandment: I am your God, I am your Lord and Savior, and it will be well with us.
No. 2736.