Sidonia The Sorceress, vol 2 | Page 2

that was left, and likewise broke into the church and stole the _Vasa Sacra;_ also what more befell us.

CHAPTER VIII
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How our need waxed sorer and sorer, and how I sent old Ilse with another letter to Pudgla, and how heavy a misfortune this brought upon me.

CHAPTER IX
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How the old maid-servant humbled me by her faith, and the Lord yet blessed me, His unworthy servant.

CHAPTER X
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How we journeyed to Wolgast, and made good barter there.

CHAPTER XI
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How I fed all the congregation--Item, how I journeyed to the horse-fair at Gützkow, and what befell me there.

CHAPTER XII
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What further joy and sorrow befell us-Item, how Wittich Appelmann rode to Damerow to the wolf-hunt, and what he proposed to my daughter.

CHAPTER XIII
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What more happened during the winter--Item, how in the spring witchcraft began in the village.

CHAPTER XIV
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How old Seden disappeared all on a sudden--Item, how the great Gustavus Adolphus came to Pomerania, and took the fort at Peenemünde.

CHAPTER XV
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Of the arrival of the high and mighty King Gustavus Adolphus, and what befell thereat.

CHAPTER XVI
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How little Mary Paasch was sorely plagued of the devil, and the whole parish fell off from me.

CHAPTER XVII
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How my poor child was taken up for a witch, and carried to Pudgla.

CHAPTER XVIII
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Of the first trial, and what came thereof.

CHAPTER XIX
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How Satan, by the permission of the most righteous God, sought altogether to ruin us, and how we lost all hope.

CHAPTER XX
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Of the malice of the Governor and of old Lizzie--Item, of the examination of witnesses.

CHAPTER XXI
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De confrontations testium.

CHAPTER XXII
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How the _Syndicus Dom._ Michelson arrived, and prepared his defence of my poor child.

CHAPTER XXIII
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How my poor child was sentenced to be put to the question.

CHAPTER XXIV
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How in my presence the devil fetched old Lizzie Kolken.

CHAPTER XXV
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How Satan sifted me like wheat, whereas my daughter withstood him right bravely.

CHAPTER XXVI
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How I received the Holy Sacrament with my daughter and the old maid-servant, and how she was then led for the last time before the court, with the drawn sword and the outcry, to receive sentence.

CHAPTER XXVII
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Of that which befell us by the way--Item, of the fearful death of the sheriff at the mill.

CHAPTER XXVIII
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How my daughter was at length saved by the help of the all-merciful, yea, of the all-merciful God.

CHAPTER XXIX
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Of our next great sorrow, and final joy.

BOOK III. Continued.
FROM THE RECEPTION OF SIDONIA INTO THE CONVENT AT MARIENFLIESS UP TILL HER EXECUTION, AUGUST 19TH, 1620.
VOL. II.

CHAPTER IV
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_How Dorothea Stettin is talked out of the sub-prioret by Sidonia, and the priest is prohibited from visiting the convent._
If Sidonia could not be the pastor's wife, she was determined at least to be sub-prioress, and commenced her preparations for this object by knitting a little pair of red hose for her cat. Then she sent for Dorothea Stettin, saying that she was weak and ill, and no one took pity on her.
When the good Dorothea came as she was asked, there lay my serpent on the bed in her nun's robes, groaning and moaning as if her last hour had come; and scarcely had the sub-prioress taken a seat near her, when my cat crept forth from under the bed, in his little red hose, mewing and rubbing himself up against the robe of the sub-prioress, as if praying her to remove this unwonted constraint from him, of the little red hose.
After Dorothea had inquired about her sickness, she looked at the cat, and asked wonderingly, what was the meaning of such a strange dress?
Illa.--"Ah, dear friend, it was dreadful to my feelings to see the little animal going about naked, therefore I knit little hose for him, as you see; indeed, I am often tempted to wonder how the Lord God could permit the poor animals to appear naked before us."
_H?c_ (extending her arms for joy, so that she almost tumbled back off the stool).--"Oh, God be praised and thanked, at last I have found one chaste soul in this wicked world! (sobs, throws up her eyes, falls upon Sidonia's neck, kisses her, and weeps over her:) ah yes, one chaste soul at last, like herself!"
_Illa._--"True, Dorothea, there is no virtue so rare in this evil world as chastity. Ah, why has the Lord God placed such things before our eyes? I never can comprehend it, and never will. What a sight for a chaste virgin these naked animals! What did the dear sister think on the matter?"
_H?c._--"Ah, she knew not what to think, had asked the priest about it."
_Illa._--"And what did he say?"
_H?c._--"He laughed at her."
_Illa._--"Just like him, the lewd, hypocritical pharisee."
_H?c._--"Eh? she was too hard on the good priest. He was a pure and upright servant of God."
_Illa._--"Ay, as Judas was. Had not sister Dorothea heard----"
_H?c._--"No; for God's sake, what? The dear sister frightened her already."
_Illa._--"First, you confess that the priest laughed when you talked about chastity?"
_H?c._--"Yes, true, ah, indeed true."
_Illa._--"Then