[1393] The fragmentary work, ed. E. Thiele in the “Neudrucken deutscher Literaturwerke,” No. 76, according to the Cod. Ottobon. 3029 in the Vat. Library. For an older ed. see “Luthers Werke,” ed. Walch, 14, p. 1365 f.—Cp. Luther’s praise of Æsop and hints on its use, in Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 379.
[1394] End of July, 1545, “Briefe,” 5, p. 753. See above, vol iii., pp. 280 f., 307.
[1395] Feb. 7, 1546, ib., p. 787.
[1396] Erl. ed., 32, p. 426. The Latin verses begin: “Dura lues pestis, sed mors est durior illa.” One may well ask whether the broadside, which bears no date, was not perhaps written in Germany by friends of Luther’s to afford a pretext for inveighing anew against the Catholics.
[1397] Mathesius, “Aufzeichn.,” p. 323 f., 12, 113.
[1398] Erl. ed., 61, p. 435.
[1399] Schlaginhaufen, “Aufzeichn.,” p. 115.
[1400] To Jonas, Feb. 25, 1542, “Briefe,” 5, p. 439.
[1401] Mathesius, ib., p. 113.
[1402] Ib., p. 384.