Grace and peace in Christ!
I am sending you a copy ["On Interpretation" ;"Vom Dolmetschen"] for your Georg Rotmaier [a book dealer and printer] which you give to him when he is there, and if he is absent, it should be retained for him until and given to no one else. You could have it published under your name as a letter from me which was delivered to you by a friend. I would have it appear as something privately written and intended as prelude set forth and as though I didn't want to be occupied with it because of my involvement with other things. I have taken this opportunity to write extensively and likely some have hoped so. You can put on it this title: "A Letter of D.Mart. Luther on Interpretation", or whatever you desire.
We are put in this place as it were in another world having received absolutely nothing from Augsburg; they are stubbornly silent as though they were under siege, bound, or dead. Be it right well with you in the Lord. But hear this once more: If it appears to you that the subject is insignificant so that this copy is not worthy of print, let it stand or fall by your judgment. Greet your Flesh [wife] together with the fruits [children].
From the wilderness on the 12th of September. Your Martin Luther.
[Notes: Wenceslaus is a fellow Augustinian and trusted completely by Martin Luther. Question: How long will Martin Luther stay in Coburg? He has been there since the Diet of Augsburg began in June.]
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