Chronicles of
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共 163 题- CHRONICLES OF THE SCHOeNBERG-COTTA FAMILY
- BY TWO OF THEMSELVES.
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
- I.
- II.
- ERFURT, 1503.
- III.
- EISENACH, 1504.
- Accordingly, he said, quite suddenly, one day at dinner,--
- She was silent a little, and then she said,--
- Eva was silent a minute, and then she said,--
- I could make no reply.
- He mused a little while, and then he said--
- IV.
- ERFURT, 1505.
- V.
- Then, after binding up the arm, he turned to me and said,--
- I followed Eva. She was sitting with clasped hands in our room.
- Her lips parted slightly, and she murmured--
- She awoke quite collected and calm, and then she said quietly--
- When I saw him again that day, I said--
- VI.
- Then the prior replied,--
- The confessor said thoughtfully, when I suggested this--
- VII.
- I have never seen our father so troubled about anything.
- In the evening I said to her--
- Christopher said to me the other day--
- But Christopher is the worst, and he continued,--
- VIII.
- He does not attempt to combat my difficulties one by one. He says--
- After this silence, he spoke again and said--
- But Brother Martin declared it meaneth simply believing. He said,--
- BENEDICTINE MONASTERY IN LOMBARDY.
- BOLOGNA.
- ROME.
- IX.
- I was not at all reassured.
- X.
- ROME, AUGUSTINIAN CONVENT.
- XI.
- CISTERCIAN CONVENT, NIMPTSCHEN, 1511.
- I said, "I do not think it is wrong for you to think of him."
- XII.
- And Master Reichenbach says, "What he has promised he will do!"
- I am sure it is true. It is so good, it must be true.
- I must ask Dr. Luther.
- The question took me by surprise, and I could only say,--
- I could not say anything.
- But my tender-hearted mother said, laying my head on her shoulder,--
- XIII.
- NIMPTSCHEN, 1517.
- XIV.
- I left them to finish the discussion.
- As we returned from the church together, Gottfried said,--
- And when we described the sermon to our grandmother, she murmured,--
- And again:--
- XV.
- I suggested her returning to her kindred or entering a convent.
- I could not deny it.
- XVI.
- What impressed me most was the plain declaration:--
- I dressed the children early, and we went to my father's house.
- XVII.
- NIMPTSCHEN, 1520.
- SALVE CAPUT CRUENTATUM.
- XVIII.
- And he concluded,--
- XIX.
- And the soldier replied reverently,--
- I offered to show him my wares.
- Or when others said--
- I said it was and named the price.
- I ventured to ask if he had seen it before.
- BASEL.
- I drew out my last copy of the "Encomium of Folly."
- XX.
- TUNNENBERG, _May_, 1521
- He smiled, and said, kindly,--
- XXI.
- And Aunt Agnes said,--
- She shook her head and smiled through her tears, as she said,--
- XXII.
- Yes, Dr. Melancthon has told us how he toils and how he suffers at the
- And even our gentle mother said,--
- XXIII.
- XXIV.
- One morning it was,--
- To-day it was,--
- XXV.
- And Else said,--
- After a short silence, she began again with a smile,--
- XXVI.
- XXVII.
- XXVIII.
- I think it must bring blessings to any home to have such guests.
- XXIX.
- I could not help my eyes filling with tears.
- So after some little difficulty and delay, Bertha and
- XXX.
- Then Joachim Sack, one of his household, a Silesian, said,--
- Shortly after the dying prince said,--
- And Sack answered,--
- And once more he said,--
- The prince clasped his hands, and said,--
- Gretchen asked me in the evening what the hymn meant,--
- I told her it was the soul of the prince that thus journeyed hence.
- Aunt Agnes looked up quickly--
- Answer from the score of little hushed, yet ringing voices--
- Answer--"The Catechism."
- And Fritz's voice asked gently--
- Again--
- And again, on the Lord's Prayer, the children's voices began,--
- And when it was asked,--
- Softly came the answer,--
- XXXI.
- XXXII.
- To-day I have been sitting with Mistress Luther in the garden behind the
- XXXIII.
- WITTEMBERG, 1540.
- As she lay very ill, Doctor Martin said,--
- And as she lay in the bed, he said to her,--
- Said she, "Yes, dearest father; as God wills."
- Then said the father,--
- Then he turned away and said,--
- And among other things he said,--
- Then said Master George Roerer,--
- Then said Dr. Martin Luther,--
- The doctor repeated often, as before said,--
- Whilst she still lived, he said to her,--
- Then said Master Philip,--
- When she was laid in the coffin, Doctor Martin said,--
- And as he gazed on her lying there, he said,--
- They had made the coffin too narrow and too short, and he said,--
- Doctor Martin answered,--
- To others who came he said,--
- And as they returned from the funeral, he said,--
- Among other things, he said,--
- And again,--
- But he was alarmed at it, and said to others,--
- Some little time after her death, Dr. Martin Luther said,--
- And often at supper he repeated, "Et multipicata sunt mala in terris."
- In German,--
- To Jonas he wrote,--
- And again, to Jacob Probst, pastor at Bremen--
- And to Amsdorf--
- And to Lauterbach--
- WITTEMBERG, 1545.
- And I could only say,--
- XXXIV.
- XXXV.
- EISLEBEN, 1542.
- XXXVI.
- His first letter since leaving Wittemberg this time is addressed--
- And again--
- EISLEBEN.
- And again--
- XXXVII.
- EISLEBEN, 1546.
- Then he prayed fervently, saying--
- He answered by an audible and joyful "Yes!"
- XXXVIII.
- THE END.