[1] In this edition, I, 337 ff.
[2] Enders, II, 414; Smith, _L.'s Correspondence_, I, No. 266.
[3] Enders, II, 424.
[4] See below, p. 62.
[5] See letter of June 7th to John Hess, Enders, II, 411; Smith, I,
No. 265.
[6] Published at Rome 1519; printed with Luther's preface and notes,
Weimar Ed., VI, 328ff.; Erl. Ed., op. var. arg., II, 79 ff.
[7] _Weimar Ed._, VI, 329.
[8] See Enders, II, 415, 443; Smith, Nos. 269, 279, and documents in
_St. Louis Ed._, XV, 1630 ff.
[9] See Kostlin-Kawerau, _Martin Luther_, I, 308 ff., and _Weimar
Ed._, VI, 381 ff.
[10] See Luther's letters to Lang and Staupitz, who wished to have the
publication withheld (Enders, II, 461, 463).
[11] _Clemen_, I. 362.
[12] Below, pp. 65-99.
[13] See _Weimar Ed._, VI, 397.
[14] See title _B_, _ibid_., 398.
[15] Printed as an appendix in _Clemen_, I, 421-425.
[16] So it was called by Johann Lang (Enders, II, 461).
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN NATION
CONCERNING THE REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN ESTATE
1520