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Note 1 — Section 162. A ROYAL JUDGMENT.

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= his.

[2] an, with the Dat. of the def. art. The words ‘upon — Elizabeth’ must be placed before the supine. Comp. App. § 1.

[3] We lament the death of the two boys so dear to us, wir beweinen den Tod der beiden uns so teuren Knaben.

[4] to disguise oneself in man’s clothes, sich als Mann verkleiden.

[5] = a pair.

[6] sich begeben, insep. comp. str. v. refl.

[7] Here place the adverbs ‘soon after’.

[8] öffentlich.

[9] to make one’s way, sich einen Weg bahnen.

[10] to shoot a person, auf einen schießen.

[11] entfiel ihr.

[12] Construe accord. to S. 55, N. 1, and S. 4, N. 4, (man).

[13] Vorfall, m.

[14] ließ sie den Mann vor sich führen.

[15] Use the 2nd pers. pl. (Ihr) here and in the following passages, since that was the pronoun generally used in addressing persons in olden times.

[16] to seek to kill a person (or to attempt a person’s life), einem nach dem Leben trachten.

[17] to put a person to death unjustly, einen ungerechterweise hinrichten lassen.

[18] This caused the death of our child, dies kostete unserem Kinde das Leben. The insertion of the adv. auch after the verb ‘caused’ would considerably improve the German rendering.

[19] to excite a person to revenge, einen zur Rache antreiben. Use the Impf.

[20] verfahren.

[21] begnadigen, v. tr.

[22] Bürgschaft, f.

[23] a — conditions, eine bedingungsweise Begnadigung.

[24] Gnade, f.

[25] hinsichtlich, followed by the Gen. The words ‘to (auf) your gratitude’ are best placed at the end.

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