The “scandal” of his life as it appeared to the Fanatics; displeasure of a Catholic contemporary; reports carried to the Court of King Ferdinand; moral circumspection imposed on Luther by his situation: “we are a spectacle unto the whole world.” Flight of Catherine von Bora and the Nimbschen nuns; the “delivery” of other convent-inmates elsewhere; Luther’s intercourse at Wittenberg with the escaped nuns; his allusions to them. His joke about his “three wives”; urges the Archbishop of Mayence to wed, the latter’s retort and Luther’s offer “to prance along in front” as an example to His Grace. Some characteristic extracts from his letters to intimates. Melanchthon shocked at Luther’s behaviour and jests. Dungersheim on Luther’s doings in the “herd of runaway nuns.” Eck on Luther’s character and conduct. Luther’s sermons on self-control, devil’s chastity, etc. “On Conjugal life.” Luther’s disregard for decency unmatched by any writer of his age. His description of King Henry VIII. Rebuked by contemporaries for his incessant recourse to invective _pages_ 129-157 4. FURTHER TRAITS TOWARDS A PICTURE OF LUTHER. OUTWARD APPEARANCE. SUFFERINGS, BODILY AND MENTAL. General descriptions of Luther’s personal appearance. His reputed portraits not good likenesses. Effect of anxiety and overwork on his nervous system. Discussion of the question whether Luther suffered from the venereal disease so common in his time; the newly discovered letter of the physician Rychardus in 1523 regarding Luther’s indisposition. Luther’s fits of depression; he relieves his feelings by greater violence in his attacks on the Church of Rome, religious vows, the Popish Mass, and the foe within the camp; Satan raging everywhere; the end of all not far off. He invites Amsdorf to come and comfort him, being “very sad and tempted”; falls into a fainting-fit when alone at home; recovers his composure under the cheering influence of music; requests Senfl of Munich to set to music a favourite anthem _pages_ 157-172 CHAPTER XIV. FROM THE PEASANT-WAR TO THE DIET OF AUGSBURG (1525-1530) _pages_ 173-399 1. LUTHER’S MARRIAGE.