[Notes: 9: _Gardez-vous(-en), follâtreau_ (from _folâtre_) ‘take care, nincompoop.’ 10: _Io ho ... diavoli_, ‘I have vanquished hell and all the devils.’ 11: _Per ... arroganza_, ‘to prevent this arrogant conceit from going further.’ 12: _Io ... furore_, ‘I breathe death and fury.’ 13: _Sprich ... Gruss_, ‘pray an Angelus’ (angel’s greeting, Luke i, 28), _i.e._ ‘attend to your devotions.’ 14: _Morbleu ... foi_, ‘Zounds! Behold me in a rage! Death and destruction! Faith, but I am angry.’ 15: _Questo capitano_, ‘that captain.’ 16: _Mon ... frère_, ‘my dear sir, my brother.’ 17: _Fratello ... illustrissimo_, ‘most renowned brother.’ 18: _Massacre et strage_, ‘slaughter and carnage.’ 19: _Magnifici ... heroi_, ‘magnificent and gentlemanly heroes.’ 20: _Les beaux esprits_, ‘fine spirits.’ 21: _Rencontre_, ‘meeting(s).’ 22: Dionysius is the servant of the governor, Cleander, before whose palace the captains have been brawling. 23: _Io ... meraviglia_, ‘I am petrified with amazement.’ 24: _Io ... lato_, ‘I take my sword from my side.’ 25: _Me voila_, ‘here I am.’ 26: _Comminciate di gratia_, ‘begin, please.’ 27: _C’est ... commencez_, ‘there’s too much talking; begin!’ 28: _La ... vuole_, ‘necessity commands.’ 29: _Patrone ... ingiusta_, ‘my good sir, this violence is very unjust.’ 30: _Signore ... gratioso_, ‘my gracious sir.’ 31: _Cujonen_, ‘scallywags.’ 32: _Basta ... istesso_, ‘enough of that.’] +LIV. SIMON DACH+ 1605-1659. Dach was a Königsberg schoolmaster who won considerable repute as a writer of religious and occasional verse. He is the earliest Prussian poet of any importance. The second selection shows what he thought of Opitz. His _Anke van Tharau_, though a wedding-song written by request (like many of Dach’s productions), is so fresh and hearty that Herder gave it a place among his folksongs. The text follows Oesterley’s edition in Kürschner’s _Nationalliteratur_, Vol. 30. +1+ +Abendlied.+ Der Tag hat auch sein Ende, Die Nacht ist wieder hier; Drum heb ich Herz und Hände, O Vater, auff zu dir Und dancke deiner Treu, 5 Die mich gantz überschüttet, Und für der Tiranney Der Höllen mich behütet. Dein Wort hat auch daneben Mein kranckes Herz geheilt, 10 Mir reichlich Trost und Leben In aller Noth ertheilt. Für solche Liebesthat Was soll ich dir erzeigen? Was Erd und Himmel hat, 15 Das ist vorhin dein eigen. Mein Herz sey dir geschencket, Das richt, o Gott, dir zu, Dass, was es nur gedencket, Sey nichts, als einig du. 20 Entzeuch es dieser Welt, Dass es aus diesen Tränen In deiner Freuden Feld Sich mög ohn Ablass sehnen.