the truth of which mdictment we have ahsolate
knowledge. Therefore we admonish you to have
the Jews killed in honor of God, so that Chris-
tendom be not enfeebled by them. Whatever
responsibility you incur, we will assume with our
Lord the Emperor, and with all other lords.
Know also that we send to you Henry Schnetzen,
our Governor of Salza, who shall publicly accuse
your Jews of the above-mentioned crime. There-
fore we beseech you to help him to do justice
upon them, and we will singularly reward your
good wilL
Given at Eisenach, the Thursday after St. Walpurgis, under our secret seal.[1]
A COUNSELLOR (DIETHEB VON WERTHER).
Fit silence welcomes this unheard-of wrong !
So ! Ye are men — free, upright, honest men.
Not hired assassins ? I half doubted it.
Seeing you lend these infamous words your ears.
SCHNETZEN.
Consider, gentlemen of Nordhausen,
Ere ye give heed to the rash partisan.
Ye cross the Landgrave — well ? he crosses you.
It may be I shall ride to Nordhausen,
Not with a harmless script, but with a sword.
And so denounce the town for perjured vow.
What was the Strasburg citizens' reward
- ↑ This is an authentic document.
