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Orthography question

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Although the article is named "Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost", the comma after the "Ach" is absent from all the sources except for one of the Bach versions. Are there any sources for the original 1561 lyrics, perhaps a facsimile of an early or original publication, that can determine what it is? The complete hymn lyrics printed in the article don't use the comma.

I noticed this in the DYK hook for this article; the English translation also does not include a comma after the first word, and the German and English should really match in this regard, since it's the same rhetorical gesture—the comma indicates at least a brief pause or breath before continuing in either language. I'm happy to have this either way, but it should have a basis and be consistent. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:20, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

→ Taken all of the examples over different centuries together, I'd move this Wikipedia article about the hymn to Ach lieben Christen seid getrost. --Francis Schonken (talk) 20:20, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]