Luther urges him to exhort the Counts of Mansfeld not to complain so much to their subjects.
A copy from the end of the 16th century is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. N, pag. 108. 41. z. 15 a. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 371.
My dear Lord and friend! If you then rightly come with my 2) gracious lords, especially with M. G. H. Count Hans Georgen, then you should make a request and ask God's word that they should not be so obvious in the people's speech with such a burden on their subjects, because they will certainly do them [themselves] the greatest harm, I know that for sure, and I am sorry that my fatherland should so miserably play a game of joy for the devil.
2) Burkhardt: "mine".
Letters from the year 1541. No. 2755 to 2758.
No. 2756.