An anthology of German literature

Note 9 — From Rebhun’s ‘Susanna,’ Act III, Sc. 4: Having been menaced with death by the wanton judges, Susanna tells her father, mother, and sister of the infamous plot.62

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Duke Ulrich of Würtemberg (1487-1550) was a passionate lover of the chase. To please the emperor he married an unamiable Bavarian princess, though he was in love with Elizabeth of Brandenburg.

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