[Footnote 1]: The Burmeister is the chief magistrate or mayor of a town, while the Amtshauptmann is the chief magistrate of a bailiwick or whole district.
[Footnote 2]: The Schult (Bailiff) is in a village what the Burmeister, or Mayor, is in a town.
[Footnote 3]: Levy en masse.
[Footnote 4]: In Mecklenburg there are no bakers in the villages; but each village has one or two ovens where the whole community can do their baking. These ovens stand by themselves out in the open fields, and look at a little distance like small hillocks. They are covered with grass, and are lined inside with large stones. They are so large that a man can get in at the mouth with ease, and lie there in hiding. As there is no chimney, the heat naturally remains in them a long while.--Translator.
[Footnote 5]: Been under fire.--Transl.