Note 226-1 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Möser, Patr. Ph. IV, 7. On the feast of fools and the feast of asses of the middle ages, compare Dutillet, Mémoire pour sevir à l'Histoire de la Fête des Fous; D. Sacchi, Delle Feste popolari del medio Evo. During the latter half of the 16th century, the first Hannoverian minister received only 200 thalers salary and pieces of clothing, while the wedding of a certain von Saldern cost 5,600 thalers. (Spittler, Gesch. Hannovers, I, 333.)