| | | [108] _Richter_, loc. cit. | | | | [109] We shall take this view of the subject from _Guillelm. de | | Nangis_ and _Barnes_, if we read them _with attention_. Compare | | _Olof Dalin_, loc. cit. | | | | [110] Practica de ægritudinibus a capite usque ad pedes. Papiæ, | | 1486. fol. Tract VI. c. vii. | | | | [111] “Darnach, da das Sterben, die Geiselfarth, Römerfarth, | | Judenschlacht, als vorgeschrieben stehet, ein End hatte, da hub | | die Welt wieder an zu leben und fröhlich zu seyn, und machten | | die Männer neue Kleidung.” Limburger Chronik. p. 26. After this, | | when, as was stated before, the Mortality, the Processions of the | | Flagellants, the Expeditions to Rome, and the Massacre of the Jews, | | were at an end, the world began to revive and be joyful, and the | | people put on new clothing. | | | | [112] _Chalin_, loc. cit. p. 92. _Detmar’s_ Lübeck Chronicle, V. I. | | p. 401. | | | | [113] Chronic. _Ditmari_, Episcop. Mersepurg, Francof. 1580, fol. | | p.358.—“_Spagenberg_, p. 338. The lamentation was piteous; and | | the only remaining solace, was the prevalent anxiety, inspired by | | the danger, to prepare for a glorious departure; no other hope | | remained—death appeared inevitable. Many were hence induced to | | search into their own hearts, to turn to God, and to abandon their | | wicked courses: parents warned their children, and instructed them | | how to pray, and to submit to the ways of Providence: neighbours | | mutually admonished each other; none could reckon on a single | | hour’s respite. Many persons, and even young children, were seen | | bidding farewell to the world; some with prayer, others with | | praises on their lips.” | | | | [114] _Torfæi_ Hist. rer. Norvegic. L. IX. c. viii. p. 478. (Havn. | | 1711, fol.) _Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen, off dat | | tzytboich_, Coellen, 1490, fol. p. 263. “_In dem vurss jair erhoiff | | sich eyn alzo wunderlich nuwe Geselschaft in Ungarien_,” &c. The | | Chronicle of the holy city of Cologne, 1499. In this same year, a | | very remarkable society was formed in Hungary. |