[Footnote 40]: Even in the years 1602 and 1617; Ib., vol. iii, 1107.
[Footnote 41]: A well-known literary society.--Tr.
[Footnote 42]: Dietrich von Kracht, the Brandenburg colonel, was called in this society "the Biter;" his herb was the horseradish.
[Footnote 43]: This complaint may be found in "Imp. Sanct.," 9th Feb., 1684.
[Footnote 44]: For most of these details from the manuscript diary of an Austrian, Baron von Teuffel, in 1672 and the following years, the Editor has to thank the kindness of Graf Wolf Baudissin.
[Footnote 45]: Compare this with the Silesian Robinson, Oct. 8, 1723, vol. i., p. 16. The first part of this Robinsonade is a vivid sketch from the diary of a Silesian noble, which appears to be lost.
[Footnote 46]: P. Winckler, "The Nobleman," p. 510.
[Footnote 47]: We are averse to quoting the erotic books which corrupted German readers; we shall only mention a short and scarce tale, wherein some such orgies are described after the Dutch original: "The Perverted, but at the same time Converted, Soldier Adrian Wurmfeld von Orsoy," by Crispinus Bonifacius von Düsseldorp, p. 4. 1675. 4to.
[Footnote 48]: Pfeffersäcke, Pepper-sack, and Krippenreiter, a poor country Squire, who rides about living on the bounty of the gentry.--Tr.
[Footnote 49]: The Student's cap used in sham fights.