is also sign’d and mark’d with a flourish, by the King’s own Hand. This Prince obtain’d of his Holiness by that holy Book, as a Reward, or a Congratulation, the glorious and well-deserv’d Title which cost him little, of DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.

“_Si quid Roma dabit, nugas dabit. Accipit Aurum. Verba dat. et._

“They shewed me the _German_ Bible which you mention; which they pretend was translated by _Luther_, and _Written by his own Hand_. But the Credit of that story is destroyed by the extraordinary prayer at the End of the Book, which is of the same Hand with the Rest, and cannot be the language of Luther. Thus it is in the Original:--

“O Gott, durch deine gute, Bescher uns Kleider und hute, Auch mentel und rocke, Fette Kalber und bocke, Ochsen, Schafe, und Rinder Viele weiber, wenig kinder Schlette speis und trank Machem einen das jahr lang.

“_That is, O God, be graciously pleas’d to grant us Clothes and Hats, Cloaks, and Gowns, fat Calves and Goats, Oxen, Sheep, and Bulls, many Wives, and few Children. Bad Meat and ill Drink make Life uneasy._ It must be acknowledged, that they who would persuade us that _Luther_ was the Author of this Prayer, must have had an earnest desire to make him pass for a _Debauchee_, but not to be believed.”