On the Restraint of the First Electors of Saxony in Adopting and Establishing Luther's Doctrine, Volume 2

...the memory of our ancestors, the very matter itself urges and demands that we do not allow the shades of those to be rashly disturbed, whose memory, because of their generous disposition, which embraced both divine and human honor, will cling not only in the discourse and minds of the Saxons, but also in those of almost all nations. Tiberius Caesar thought it of great importance that, whenever he should die, mention of him might be made without insult or slander, and that his allies and citizens might follow his deeds and the fame of his name with praise and favorable recollections. But if a Prince, stained by many vices, took thought for his memory after death, how much more justly should this be done for virtue, ennobled by many merits and the greatest of deeds? Solon certainly established and diligently cautioned by this law, which Demosthenes commemorates in his oration against Leptines, that the dead should not be attacked by the reproaches of slanderers. For the same reason, every excellent Saxon considers it his own business to protect and defend the reputation of his ancestors, which is superior to any species of eulogy or ambition. Certainly, we would incur the stigma of an ungrateful spirit if we were to let slip any opportunity to recount the virtues of the first Elector Princes of Saxony in our Academy, founded and amplified by the liberality and benefits of these Princes, in our Academy, which is the equally ancient and renowned guardian and nurse of the restored religion and doctrine, in our Academy, which inserts the virtue of its Princes