No. 30 First of His Friends, See Frederic’s Princely Form Ward From the Sage Divine the Gathering Storm
Book IV. Line 157.
Frederic of Saxony, surnamed the Wise, was the first sovereign prince who favored the doctrines of Luther. He became at once his pupil and his patron, defended him from the persecutions of the pope, and gave him an establishment as professor in the university of Wittemburgh.