[440] Non duxi uxorem ut diu viverem, sed quod nunc propiorem finem meum suspicarer. L. Epp. iii. 32.
[441] Monachus cum vestali copularetur. M. Ad. Vit. Luth. p. 131.
[442] Quot Antichristorum millia jam olim habet mundus. Er. Epp. p. 789.
[443] Erasmus adds, alluding to reports spread by Luther's enemies that he had not been married more than a fortnight when his wife was already brought to bed of a son; "Partu maturo sponsæ vanus erat rumor." Ibid. pp. 780, 789.
[444] Οτι πσευδος τουτο και διαβολη εστι. Corp. Ref. i. 753, ad Camerarius.
[445] Πασα σπουδη και ευνοιαΠασα σπουδη και ευνοια. Ibid.
[446] And he adds: Offenditur etiam in carne ipsius divinitatis et creatoris. L. Epp. iii. 32.
[447] This letter is dated October 21, 1525. Catena mea simulat vel vere implet illud Genes. 3. Tu dolore gravida eris. Ibid. 35.
[448] Mir meine liebe Kethe einen Hansen Luther bracht hat, gestern um zwei. Ibid. 116. June 8, 1526.
[449] Rommel's Urkundenbuch, i. 2.