Response to intercession for LI. Johann Sachse.
The original concept (with many corrections) is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. O. lit. A A A p. 125. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 389.
Our greeting before. Venerable and reverend, dear devotee! Your letter was presented to us today, in which you prescribed a master to us, who is to be a Holstein. Now we would have been graciously inclined to grant your request, since you have indicated the magister's skill, that he is very suitable for a lesson. We do not want to reproach you, however, that soon after Easter the university sent us a letter concerning a master, called Marcelli 2), who has now been reading for 40 fl. in the Pedagogy for several years, by virtue of our foundation, with the indication that he should also be skilful; for this reason they have asked that an allowance from the Blank Stipendio be paid to him, and especially until another lecture, which would have more, could be done. Thereupon we agreed, and ascribed to our university that 40 fl. of the said Blanken's benefice should be added to him for this year because of his special diligence, and if another lesson would be done, they should order it to him, because they praised his skill. Now, before the arrival of your letter, they have informed us and named the same Marcellum to the deceased Magister Fach Lection. Thereupon we write to them again that they should assign the same lesson to him. Since they also inform us that one of them, called Magister Paulus, should be assigned Marcelli's lesson in the Pedagogy, whom they praised very much, we indicate to the university that they should assign the same Paulo the mentioned lesson in the Pedagogy. But if a lecture in artibus is to be done more than once, which the Holsteiner is inclined to accept, then he shall be ordered to do the same before another. In our gracious opinion, we do not want to let this go unreported to you, and we are graciously inclined to do so. Date Torgau, Monday after Kiliani [July 11] 1541.
2) M. Gallus Marcellus from Cotbus, ordained on August 1, 1543, was Diaconus in Wittenberg until 1547 (De Wette-Seidemann, vol. VI, p. 514, note 3.).
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