Luther asks that the schools in Gotha and Eisenach be preserved.
The original is found in the Weimar Archives, Reg. Mm, fol. 90. N. 4. This is a handwritten postscript by Luther to a letter from the University of Wittenberg requesting the provision of two scholarship holders. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 408.
And I also ask E. C. F. G. to graciously show that the two schools Isenach and Gote will be preserved. For where
2) Instead of rogitat we have assumed cogitat; Walch also has the latter reading.
If they should fall, it is an example, harmful to the whole principality, and few of the nobility will ask for it; but if such an order falls, they will help to disturb God's kingdom. Then we are Turks, and they shall not keep their kingdom and nobility long. I know this for certain. They do it too roughly and too much. Therefore, God help that C.F.G. remain firm in the Gospel, amen.
E. C. F. G.
undersigned M. Luther, D.
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