Germany, Present, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Germany, Present, Vol. 2 of 2: And Past God be with you, good people, go and act your play, and if there be anything in which I may be of service to you, command me, for I will do it readily, having been from my youth a great admirer of masques and theatrical representations. - Don Quixote. 'On April 26, in the year 1322, ' says Johann Rothe in his 'Thuringian Chronicle, ' after Easter there was performed at Eisenach a dramatic representation of the "Ten Virgins, " five of whom were wise, and five foolish, according to the Gospel, as preached by Christ. And the Landgrave Frederick was present, and saw and heard how the five foolish virgins were cast out of eternal life, and how Mary and all the saints interceded for them in vain. Then he fell into great doubt, and was very wroth, and exclaimed: "What profit is there in the Christian faith if God will show no pity at the prayer of Mary and the saints?" And he went to the Wartburg, and was wroth five days, and the learned could hardly appease him and make him understand the purport of the Gospel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.