To the worthy man, Herr Wenceslaus Link, the very faithful servant of the Word in Nuernberg, his superior in the LOrd, and favor-granter. (Goenner?)
With us there is nothing new, my dear Wenceslaus, but with you, I believe, everything is known. On the flooding in Flanders and Antwerp we are hearing and yet the matter is uncertain; if yet both should be true, the flood in Rome and in Flanders, they are terrible signs against both Majesties, the Pope as well as the Emperor. These yet belong to the other signs with which Christ is readying His return to judgment. "It will come to pass" the ending of the godless and the beginning of the kingdom of the blessed, Amen. Pray for me that I be strong in faith;physically I am to an extent well except only being troubled with drainage in a tooth and in the throat. Greet all of ours,Osiander, and Dominicus (Schleupner), the Abbot (Pistorius of St.Aegidius), Spengler, our Veit (Dietrich), since I do not have time to write to all as I am not merely Luther, but Pommer, but the Official, Moses, Jethro and whoever? everyone in everything. Pluribus intentus minor est ad singula Luther. (Luther has much to do so nothing is done well.) Pommer is having good success in Lubeck except that Satan gives him much to do with a possessed young woman. The poisonous evil spirit is bringing forth cunning things; if you want to read about this (#1725) you can find it in this letter but send it back to me after a time. Greet heartily in Christ your Rib and your Riblets. My Lord (meus domina) Kaethe greets you. 1 December 1530. Your Martin Luther.
I ask you to send this on to Nicolaus Gerbel in Strassburg if you have help and advice of friends to hand it on; make an earnest effort to do so.
NOTES: How would like being named Dominicus SCHLEUPNER? He was pastor at St. Sebald's in Nuernberg.ML once said that Nuernberg is the "eyes and ears of the world." A very imperial free city?
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