Chapter XXXVII: Afterword

The memoirs of the worthy Graf von Lichtenstein zum Regenstein place on the lips of Martin Luther various utterances for which this book is the only proof that he actually made them _at the time alleged_. It is inherently probable, however, that the memory of the narrator has not failed him, for there is often abundant witness that Luther expressed very similar sentiments at some other time and place, but under like conditions.

The modern reader of this book will of course make due allowance for the lack of historical perspective and for the possible personal prejudice of a writer who was an actual participant in the noteworthy scenes which he depicts. Certainly could one question the high-born narrator he would disclaim intention of casting fresh fuel upon theological conflagrations now so happily begun to smoulder, and he would profess that he had only desired to make real to us the wonderful personality of the friar of Wittenberg.

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been silently corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed and some silently added when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text and inconsistent or archaic usage have been retained.

Page 10: replaced “could not contravert” with “could not
controvert”.

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mercy”.

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Page 76: replaced “a beggering fee” with “a beggaring fee”.

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Page 98: replaced “lack a few” with “lack of a few”.

Page 118: replaced “sooner then I” with “sooner than I”.

Page 153: replaced “Petrarcha was” with “Petrarch was”.

Page 179: replaced “for you friend” with “for your friend”.

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Page 204: replaced “signori of vértú” with “signori of virtù”.

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Blankenburg”.

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