The Hans Sachs play (also Nürnberg) where we find "pox leber" in a similar expression is Der Bauer im Fegefeuer (1552). "May pox leber harm [person]". Basically "Curse her!". (In Sachs, the farmer curses at his wife).
It is a quarter century earlier than Sachs, but clearly belongs to the same context. Like Sachs' plays, this Dialogus is part of the wider genre of Reformation dialogue. Although I'm not sure if this one was also intended as a stage play, rather than a pamphlet.
It is a quarter century earlier than Sachs, but clearly belongs to the same context. Like Sachs' plays, this Dialogus is part of the wider genre of Reformation dialogue. Although I'm not sure if this one was also intended as a stage play, rather than a pamphlet.