Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . mperor, laycopies of a number of Luthers books. Before suchan audience, aware of the unequal terms upon whichhe would be compelled to plead his cause, andthoroughly unacquainted with the mode of pro-cedure, it is not surprising that at first his embar-rassment was manifest. The program had beenarranged by Aleander. A jurist from the retinueof the Elector of Treves, whose name by a singularcoincidence was that of Luthers lifelong opponent,Dr. John von Eck, had been selected to representthe Emperor. Without the priv
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . mperor, laycopies of a number of Luthers books. Before suchan audience, aware of the unequal terms upon whichhe would be compelled to plead his cause, andthoroughly unacquainted with the mode of pro-cedure, it is not surprising that at first his embar-rassment was manifest. The program had beenarranged by Aleander. A jurist from the retinueof the Elector of Treves, whose name by a singularcoincidence was that of Luthers lifelong opponent,Dr. John von Eck, had been selected to representthe Emperor. Without the privilege of any argu-ment, Luther was to answer categorically two ques-tions, and was addressed accordingly, first in Latinand then in German: Martin, the Emperor hassummoned you hither to answer, first, whether youhave written these books and others published underyour name; and, secondly, whether you will recant,or abide by them ? Any purpose to charge Luther with the authorshipof what he had not written and to gain his admis-sion, was met by the interposition of Luthers legal. • \k iPROGENIES - DiVVy\\< Ql INIVS - SIC < CAROL\-5 • ILLEJ Imperii <caesar- o/mina- et- ora-tvlit. \ f, AET SvAE XXXI ||: ANN • M D ; XXXI ? ji;; ^ •^? ;.^.::::-/^^:,:::::: .:3 im^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : :::Z EMPEROR CHARLES V. FROM AN ENGRAVING BY BARTEL BEHAM, 1531. I52I] The Diet of Worms 189 adviser, Dr. Jerome Schurf, the Wittenberg Pro-fessor of Jurisprudence, who called out: Let thetitles be read. When this had been done, Lutheranswered in a low and scarcely audible voice, andwith a shaking of the head, betraying his embarrass-ment, that he had written them. His answer to thesecond question was, that since it concerned hissouls salvation, he must have time for considera-tion. The Emperor expressed the opinion that thequestion was one for which Luther ought to beprepared to make an immediate answer, but, afterconsiderable delay and consultation with his advisers,he granted Luthers request
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