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NOTE 4.
↑ Arthur’s Chase. Certain sounds heard in the air, supposed, by superstitious people, to be made by a hunting party of the condemned souls of the guilty, led by an evil spirit.
NOTE 5.
↑ Behemoth. For an explanation of this monster, we refer our readers to the Scriptures.
NOTE 6.
↑ Man and Mouse. A familiar expression in Germany, signifying all together.
NOTE 7.
↑ Friend Hein. A German name for Death.
NOTE 8.
↑ Whose office it was to present her with water. It was the duty of one of the court ladies to present the sovereign with water.
NOTE 9.
↑ Our chaste ancestry. In Germany, as in other countries, at an early period, love before marriage was held indecorous.
NOTE 10.
↑ The history of the Seven Sleepers is known everywhere. See the Holy Writings of the Patriarchs.
NOTE 11.
↑ Pathmos, instead of cavity. Pathmos is one of the Icarian, islands, where, in a cavern, St. John wrote the Apocalypse. From
