(Nota bene: The Editors say the text is very bad in order.["Der Text ist hier gar ubel in Ordung.]I had trouble in determining what actually happened whether Schectel killed or injured the game warden so maybe someone can find a translation.)
To the valiant and firmly-honorable, Hans Loeser in Pretzsch, land-marchall in Saxony, our specially beloved lord and friend.
To begin with our willing service. Valiant and firmly-honorable, special lord and friend! Recently we have written in multiple and fervent requests pleading that our petition on behalf of Bartel Schectel once your judge in Pretzsch, who by the fate of God, and without premeditation injured (or killed?) your game warden, and now requests safe-conduct to be contracted in friendship. And although you do not want to brand him as a criminal may it also be that he may sell his goods and go elsewhere. Thereto no answer has come. We plead therefore once again that you will with earnest efforts have mercy on the poor man in the light of, as we reported, that he has come to this fate without his planning it, so that he together with his wife and child do not become wanderers
and that they may be helped in their misery and we depend upon you greatly for the same so that the poor man may again come to a peaceful conscience and be located where
we can benefit and (help?) him. Herewith we would at all times pledge that we are willing to serve and be found praying to God for you. Date at Wittenberg on the Wednesday after Mary's birth in the year of the LOrd 31. Just. Jonas,Probst, Martinus
Luther, both Doctors, and Philip Melanchton.
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