. Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 . one ever saw or heard of his being drunk. He livedin wedlock four years without children; but after theclose of the fourth year, which was 1497, on Thursdayafter Invocavit, his first son, Philip, our dear master andteacher, was born in Bretten, in the house of the father-in-law and grandfather, Hans Reuter. Thus God blessedthis pious and God-fearing man with the gift of a son,whom not one land, but many, yea, all Christendom, hasenjoyed and without doubt will enjoy to the end of theworld. Other children were born to George
. Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 . one ever saw or heard of his being drunk. He livedin wedlock four years without children; but after theclose of the fourth year, which was 1497, on Thursdayafter Invocavit, his first son, Philip, our dear master andteacher, was born in Bretten, in the house of the father-in-law and grandfather, Hans Reuter. Thus God blessedthis pious and God-fearing man with the gift of a son,whom not one land, but many, yea, all Christendom, hasenjoyed and without doubt will enjoy to the end of theworld. Other children were born to George and BarbaraSchwartzerd, as, in 1499, a daughter named Anna,who was married to Chilian Grumbach, and died inHeilbrbnn ; George, about four years younger thanPhilip, who became mayor of Bretten and wroteseveral histories; Margaretha, born in 1506, marriedfirst to Andrew Stichs, and, after his death, to theelectoral secretary, Hawerer, died in 1540; Barbara,born in 1508 and married to Peter Kecheln. Thegrandchildren were many, and all shared that divine C. R., 10: HOUSE IN BRETTEN IN WHICH MELANCHTHON WAS BORN. rsog] Birth and Early Years 5 blessing promised to them that love God and keepHis commandments. The fame of the Heidelberg armourer, asGeorge Schwartzerd was called, still grew, andforeign princes still sought to profit by his the Emperor Maximilian, the last knight,was holding a diet at Worms, he was challenged tosingle combat by a bold young Italian hero namedFandius Mandari. After he had assured himself ofthe rank and valour of his challenger, Maximilianordered a suit of armour from George Schwartzerd,entered the lists, and gained an easy victory. As aconsequence he was so much delighted with thearmour that he presented its maker with a coat ofarms, which represented a lion sitting on a shieldand helmet, holding tongs in the right fore-paw, anda hammer in the left. George Schwartzerd was retained in the service ofthe Emperor Maximilian until the breaking
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