Luther asks them to come home soon (from Zülsdorf [?]).
From the original in De Wette, vol. V, p. 400 and in the Erlangen edition, vol. 55, p. 332.
For the attention of my dear housewife Käthe Ludern von Bora.
G. and F. Dear Käthe! I hereby send Urban to you, so that you will not be frightened if a cry from the Turk comes to you. And I am surprised that you are not writing anything down or exploiting anything, since you know very well that we are not without concern for you here, because Meinz, Heinz and many of the nobility in Meissen are very hostile to us. Sell and order what you can, and come home. For when you see me, it will rain mud, and God will punish our sin with His wrathful rod. Hiemit GOtt befohlen, Amen. Sunday after Lamperti [Sept. 18] 1541.
M. LutheR.
No. 2839.