| | | [135] _Kehrberg’s_ Description of Königsberg, _i. e._ Neumark, | | 1724, 4to. p. 240. | | | | [136] So says the Polish historian _Dlugoss_, loc. cit., while most | | of his contemporaries mention only the poisoning of the wells. It | | is evident, that in the state of their feelings, it mattered little | | whether they added another still more formidable accusation. | | | | [137] In those places where no Jews resided, as in Leipsig, | | Magdeburg, Brieg, Frankenstein, &c., the grave-diggers were accused | | of the crime.—V. _Möhsen’s_ History of the Sciences in the March of | | Brandenburg, T. II. p. 265. | | | | [138] See the original proceedings, in the Appendix. | | | | [139] _Hermanni Gygantis_ Flores temporum, sive Chronicon | | Universale—_Ed. Meuschen._ Lugdun. Bat. 1743. 4to. p. 139. Hermann, | | a Franciscan monk of Franconia, who wrote in the year 1349, was an | | eye-witness of the most revolting scenes of vengeance, throughout | | all Germany. | | | | [140] _Guid. Cauliac._ loc. cit. | | | | [141] _Hermann._ loc. cit. | | | | [142] _Albert. Argentin._—_Königshoven_, loc. cit. | | | | [143] _Dies was ouch die Vergift, die die Juden döttete._ “This | | was also the poison that killed the Jews,” observes _Königshoven_, | | which he illustrates by saying, that their increase in Germany was | | very great, and their mode of gaining a livelihood, which, however, | | was the only resource left them, had engendered ill-will against | | them in all quarters. | | | | [144] Many wealthy Jews, for example, were, on their way to the | | stake, stripped of their garments, for the sake of the gold coin | | that was sewed in them.—_Albert. Argentinens._ | | | | [145] Vide preceding note. | | |