Note 1260 — Chapter XVIII · (continued 2)

Ellinger, loc. cit., p. 433. Cp. Melanchthon to Johann Sturm, August 28, 1535, “Corp. ref.,” 2, p. 917: The Court had prevailed on him not to leave Wittenberg, chiefly because it regarded his presence as indispensable owing to his power for mediating: “me putant aliquanto minus vehementem aut pertinacem esse quam sunt alii.” He regrets, with a hint at the Luther-enthusiasts, the “democratia aut tyrannis indoctorum” prevalent in both Catholic and Lutheran camps.... “Non dissimulo evectos etiam esse nostros interdum [Greek: hyper ta eskammena], et multa mitigavi.”