| | | [115] _Albert. Argentinens._ Chronic. p. 149, in _Chr. Urstisius_. | | Germaniæ historicorum illustrium Tomus unus. Francof. 1585, | | fol.—_Guillelm. de Nang._ loc. cit.—Comp. also the Saxon Chronicle, | | by _Mattheus Dresseren_, Physician and Professor at Leipsig, | | Wittenberg, 1596, fol. p. 340; the above-named Limburg Chronicle, | | and the Germaniæ Chronicon, on the origin, name, commerce, &c., of | | all the Teutonic nations of Germany: by _Seb. Francken_, of Wörd. | | Tübingen, 1534, fol. p. 201. | | | | [116] _Ditmar_, loc. cit. | | | | [117] _Königshoven_, Elsassische und Strassburgische Chronicke. | | loc. cit. p. 297. f. | | | | [118] _Albert. Argentin._ loc. cit. They never remained longer than | | one night at any place. | | | | [119] Words of _Monachus Paduanus_, quoted in _Förstemann’s_ | | Treatise, which is the best upon this subject.—See p. 24. | | | | [120] _Schnurrer_, Chronicle of the Plagues, T. I. p. 291. | | | | [121] _Königshoven_, loc. cit. | | | | [122] _Förstemann_, loc. cit. The pilgrimages of the Flagellants of | | the year 1349, were not the last. Later in the 14th century this | | fanaticism still manifested itself several times, though never to | | so great an extent: in the 15th century, it was deemed necessary, | | in several parts of Germany, to extirpate them by fire and sword; | | and in the year 1710, processions of the Cross-bearers were still | | seen in Italy. How deeply this mania had taken root, is proved by | | the deposition of a citizen of Nordhäusen (1446): that his wife, | | in the belief of performing a Christian act, wanted to scourge her | | children, as soon as they were baptized. | | | | [123] _Königshoven_, p. 298: | | | | “_Stant uf durch der reinen Martel ere; | | Und hüte dich vor der Sünden mere._” | | |