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1535 LETTERS OF MARTIN LUTHER 323 with her Bible reading. But all the disturbance with that woman robbed her of eight days' time. Concerning your proposed transaction about the linen, she says you can easily guess what she would do in such a critical case, especially when she was so anxious to go on with her reading, and yet so afraid of losing this chance. My greetings to all your family. St. Martin's evening. Martin Luther. (Schatze.) 1536 The English Embassy sent by Henry VIII. still lingered in Wittenberg, and in May Biicer, Capito, Myconius, etc., also arrived, and the disputes concerning the sacrament were happily arranged, preachers of the one communion being accepted by the other, and both parties partook of the Lord's Supper together. On June 2 the Pope issued a Bull summoning a council for the following year, for the furtherance of peace, by extirpating heresy. Charles sent his Vice-Chancellor Held to Schmallcalden to gain over the Protestants, but he did not succeed. cccxxxvri To Veit Dietrich, Preacher in NCrnberg Congratulations upon his marriage. "January 14, 1536. Grace and peace in Christ ! We rejoice greatly, my Dietrich, over the welcome news of your marriage, and wish you much happiness. And yet not too much, so that should your bliss exceed the ordinary lot of husbands, you may not turn St. Paul into a liar, who snarls at us happy and complacent married men, and taunts us with the words, "Such shall have trouble in the flesh." If this should happen, and you find St. Paul has been nearer the truth than you desire, then show yourself to be a man who can bear with the faults of a wife, giving honour unto the wife, as St. Peter commands. Rather keep the little queen in a good humour than be always looking for righteous cause of anger against her. Still, you must not let yourself be treated any way. But why should I choose