Our Vindication (the Confession) has been presented to the emperor, and I herewith send it to you for perusal.

(If it had not been altered after Luther had seen and approved it, it would have been superfluous to send him another copy.) In my judgment, it is strong enough; for you will here perceive the monks depicted sufficiently.

Now, it appears to me, that before our enemies reply, we must determine, _what we will yield to them_ in reference to the 'eucharist in both kinds,' what touching matrimony (_celibacy_ of priests,) and what in regard to 'CLOSET MASSES.' In [sic] appears they are determined in no case to yield the last two." [Note 4] In a letter to _Camerarius_, [Note 5] he thus describes his condition: "My spirit is _filled with lamentable anxiety_, not for the sake of our cause, but on account of the indifference of our associates.

Be not concerned about me, for I commit myself to God.

But _something remarkable disturbs us_, which I can only tell you personally." [Note 6] To _Luther_, he writers [sic] on the 27th of June, "I cannot describe how deeply I was distressed, on reading in the letter of _Vitus_, (or Dietrich, a favorite of Luther, who remained with him at Coburg, as his associate,) that you are irreconciliably [sic] offended, because I do not write with sufficient frequency." "The condition of our affairs here is still such, that we spend the _greater part of our time in tears_.