An economic order; about Myconius' recovery.
From a Wolfenbüttel manuscript, formerly Gudische Sammlung, tot. 214, in Schütze, Vol. III, p. 136 and in De Wette, Vol. V, p. 334.
To the man to be highly honored in your Lord, Justus Menius, Metropolitan Bishop of Eisenach, his extremely dear brother.
Nothing, my dear Justus, I have wanted to write now, except that you may see to it that the annual 40 florins given to my George by the princes are squeezed out if they cannot be set in motion, and that they are brought here by our booksellers returning from Frankfurt. Likewise I ask that you henceforth relieve me of the complaint.
1) Licentiate Christoph Blank died on the Saturday before Oculi [March 19], whose income the University of Wittenberg wanted to be used for the appointment of a musician who was to teach music to the pastors, caplains, schoolmasters and church servants. The Elector did not agree immediately, but took time to think it over. (Burkhardt.)
free. A year ago, when I myself was present with Philip at Eisenach, I enforced the payment that had been postponed until that time. I see that they do this unwillingly, and that they have raised a new extortion concerning those 40 florins: they even make a right for themselves out of the gifts, and extort the gift as a right.
No. 2760.