He himself made this epitaph, and had it placed on his Magdalen's
tomb:--
"Dormio cum sanctis hic Magdaleni Lutheri
Filia, et hoc strato tecta quiesco meo,
Filia mortis eram peccati semine nata,
Sanguine sed vivo, Christe, redempta tuo."[13]
[Footnote 13: A friend has translated it thus:--
I, Luther's daughter Magdalen,
Here slumber with the blest;
Upon this bed I lay my head,
And take my quiet rest.
I was a child of death on earth,
In sin my life was given;
But on the tree Christ died for me,
And now I live in heaven.]