On the Life and Missions of Jacobus Andreae for the Reformation of the Lutheran Church, Part I

where he could devote himself to literature more conveniently, but he was not free from grave hardships. He was indeed not entirely abandoned or neglected by Ulricus, who had held him in high esteem. But since Ulricus’s expenses were frugal, and he was hiding with a meager diet at Twiela and later at Uracum, the Prince could scarcely sustain the life of a most deserving man. Lured by a splendid hope, Jacobus fell into the most serious straits, so that scarcely any other escape was open to him than to seek a living in exile outside his homeland.

Ulricus had indeed ordered Jacobus to withdraw to Tübingen and remain there until he could be notified of what needed to be done. Nor were funds lacking in the meantime by which he could sustain his life in some way from the money that Ulricus had willingly supplied before his departure. But when the funds soon failed, Jacobus did what the Duke himself had either commanded or benevolently granted. That is, he betook himself to the Prince’s court while he was staying at Uracum. There, having explained to Hormoldus and the pastor of Dettingen, who were then selected administrators of ecclesiastical affairs, where his own affairs stood and into what straits he had been reduced, he pleaded that the Prince’s will be fulfilled—just as Ulricus had most mercifully promised before his departure from the Stuttgart church, and at whose command he had betaken himself to Tübingen—so that they might alleviate his straits and supply him with necessities. For he stated that if they did not assist him, he could not continue to stay in Tübingen for long, but would instead have to seek his and his family’s safety outside the fatherland. This, he noted, was not an integral option for him, as he had been educated on a scholarship by the Prince’s liberality and had come to Tübingen by his same order.

But what did the administrators of ecclesiastical affairs say to this? They claimed they could provide no hope for supplying funds; he should go where he wished and seek an ecclesiastical pension elsewhere, and the Prince would not be indignant because of it. Having received this response, Jacobus, using the sagacity he possessed, through Caspar Gretterus,