[76] That Gutenberg considered himself an injured man is clear from statements which occur in both J. F. FAUST’S and ARNOLD DE BERGEL’S accounts. The former states that Gutenberg was greatly angered by the lawsuit, and not only refused to be present at the close of the proceedings, but afterwards left Mentz for Strasburg, where he established a printing office of his own. This is not exactly correct; but as it shews the belief that existed in the Faust family, it is probable that he may have supplied Mentelin, the first printer there, with types and material to commence with. Bergel states, that when the originator of the contract (Faust) began to see some hopes of gain, he raised a discord which led to a rupture: that Gutenberg protested the strife was unjust, but the upshot was a separation, each one trusting to himself and his own press. The following lines shew this, and hint also at the belief that the tribunal before which the lawsuit was tried, was under influences adverse to Gutenberg; the old grudge of Burgher _versus_ Noble, still making itself manifest. “Hic dum cernebant raras procedere merces, Sanxerunt dextris foedera pacta suis: Quæ Deus, aut fortuna dabit, communia sunto, Æqualis nostrum sitque laboris onus. Foedera sed lucri raro concordia nutrit, Indiga sunt pacis dissidioque patent. Sit postquam autores quæstus spes cepit habendi, Ad lites vertunt pectora capta leves. In partes abeunt, sinceraque pacta resolvunt, Et promissa cadunt, irrita fitque fides; Cuilibet ut propriis serviret pergula prelis, Et sibi multijugas quisque pararet opes. Non tulit injustas mens Gutenbergica rixas, Testatur Superos foedera rupta Deos. Caussa fori tandem pavidi defertur ad ora; Scribitur ac illis dica nefanda fori. Tempore sed longo res est tractata dicaci Lite, hodie pendet judicis inque sinu.” _Encomion Chalcographiæ_, v.v. 245-263. [77] The division of the plant seems to have been made with judicial fairness. A portion of the original implements or utensils were assigned to Faust, and according to the testimony of J. F. Faust of Aschaffenberg, they remained for a length of time in the possession of the family (see note, p. 167). Bergel, or Bergellanus, who published his _Encomion Chalcographiæ_ in 1541, and was for fifteen years a corrector of the press in a printing establishment at Mentz, states, in the Dedication of his work to the Archbishop Albert of Brandenberg, that “several very old instruments were seen by him at Mentz, which the citizens informed him had been used by Gutenberg in the art;” from which it may be inferred, that they were either preserved among the muniments of the city, or by some of Gutenberg’s family connections. [78] Also spelt Hombracht, and Hoemborch.