Transcriber’s Notes: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Bold text is surrounded by equal signs: =bold=. THE FRIAR OF WITTENBERG [Illustration:(colophon)] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO THE FRIAR OF WITTENBERG BY WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS AUTHOR OF “A FRIEND OF CÆSAR” “GOD WILLS IT,” ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1912 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1912. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS PROLOGUE AT THE COURT OF HIS HOLINESS CHAPTER PAGE I. A ROOM IN THE VATICAN 1 II. MARIANNA 14 III. THE FEAST AT THE VILLA FARNESINA 26 IV. THE JUDGMENT OF LEO DE’ MEDICI 38 BOOK I THE AWAKENING V. I COME TO SCHLOSS REGENSTEIN 49 VI. ILSA OF THE HARZ 59 VII. WHAT BEFELL AT SCHLOSS BLANKENBURG 73 VIII. I HEAR JOHN TETZEL 86 IX. I HEAR MARTIN LUTHER 98 X. THE HAMMER STROKES 114 XI. I COME TO MAINZ 125 XII. THE VOICE OF ITALY 131 XIII. THE CALL FROM THE NORTH 139 BOOK II THE STRUGGLE XIV. HOW I LEFT PALAESTRO 151 XV. WHAT I FOUND IN THE NORTH 170 XVI. THE GREAT WORD AT LEIPZIG 185 XVII. DR. LUTHER GIVES COURAGE 196 XVIII. I HEAR OF ILSA 207