Martin Luther,— 1. Sacred Song. 2. Letter on the Diet of the Jackdaws and Crows. 3. His Last Sermon. Ulrich Zwingle:— 1. A Poem on his Illness. 2. Criticism on Luther. Philipp Nicolai,—sacred songs. Justus Jonas,—sacred songs. Ulrich von Hutten,— 1. Letter to Franz von Sickingen. 2. Political poem. Sebastian Frank,— 1. Preface to his Germania. 2. Rudolf von Hapsburg. 3. Maximilian der Erste. 4. Fables. Burkard Waldis,—fables. Hans Sachs,— 1. Sacred Song. 2. Poem on the Death of Martin Luther. 3. Poem on the War. Petermann Etterlin’s Chronicle,—William Tell and Rudolf von Hapsburg. Ægidius Tschudi’s Chronicle,—William Tell. Paulus Melissus Schede. Johann Fischart,— 1. Exhortation addressed to the German people. 2. Das glückhafte Schiff. Georg Rollenhagen,—fable. Popular Books,— 1. Tyll Eulenspiegel. 2. Dr. Faust. Popular Songs. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. _Modern High-German:_— Martin Opitz, and the First Silesian School. Georg Rudolf Weckherlin. Anonymous Poem,—“O Ewigkeit.” Michael Altenburg’s Camp-song (Gustavus Adolphus). Johannes Heermann,—sacred song. Popular Songs. Johann Arndt,— 1. Sacred Song. 2. On the Power and Necessity of Prayer. Jacob Böhme, Mysterium Magnum. Johann Valentin Andreæ. Friedrich Spee. Julius Wilhelm Zinegreff. Friedrich von Logau. Simon Dach and the Königsberg School. Paul Flemming. Paul Gerhard. Georg Philipp Harsdörffer and the Nürnberg School. Johannes Rist. Andreas Gryphius,— 1. Sonnets. 2. From the Tragedy “Cardenio and Celinde.” Joachim Rachel,—satire. Johann Michael Moscherosch,—satires. Christoph von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus,—novel. Johann Balthasar Schupp,—on the German Language. Angelus Silesius. Hoffmannswaldau and Lohenstein,—Second Silesian School. Abraham a Santa Clara,—sermon. Philipp Jacob Spener,—on Luther. Gottfried Arnold,—sacred poem. Christian Weise. Hans Assmann von Abschatz. Friedrich R. L. von Canitz. Christian Wernicke. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz,—on the German Language. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. _Modern High-German:_—