Luther announces to him that his marriage deal is finished and he is expected by his bride. 4)
From the original in Schütze, Vol. I, p. 338 and in De Wette, Vol. V, p. 721.
To the esteemed young man, Caspar Baier, from Schwabach, his very dear friend.
Sibylla is yours, my dear Caspar, both as a bride and as a wife. The thing is
1) This means that the pope wants to hang himself out of despair.
2) De Wette offers: item; the Litt. Wochenbl.: meus; the Cod. Goth.: heus; we have assumed tuus.
3) inferne at De Wette will be a misprint instead of: inferno.
4) De Wette adds this to this summary: "Cf. the letters of Jan. 22, 1544 (No. 3085. 3086) and the following; only it is strange that Luther was there against this engagement and urged its destruction." - This remark is erroneous. Luther did not wish to see Caspar Beyer absolved from Sibylla, since the engagement with her happened with the foreknowledge of her father.
No. 3189.
About February 1545.