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The Secret Societies Of The Middle Ages
most part manufacturers and apprentices : men who aro sworn to a system—men who are totall y ignorant of the law , aud who , indeed , invert tho legal mode of proceeding . For the purpose of extorting confession torture is applied , and repeated without any fresh witnesses if it fail to produce tho required information ; and to such an extent has it been carried , that many persons , found innocent of the accusations brought against them , have died from tho consequences , if not under the infliction .
Muchisoncof tho many accounts of the atrocities practised under the sanction of the Yehmgerichte . Shocked at these enormous abuses , as well he mi ght be , the great elector , Frederick William , abolished in 1 G 50 the tribunal of Herforden , but still this monstrous jurisdiction was continued in some parts of Germany ; nor is it positively ascertained at what precise period the final suppression of the association took
place in every part of tho empire . It is conjectured by many , that the once formidable Inquisition took its rise from this society : it is certain , however , that in the present clay no traces of either association are to be found anywhere , ancl that their names only exist in the history of past ages .
Sympathy.
SYMPATHY .
BY CHARLOTTE . BI-OXTF .. I . THERE should be no despair for yen While mighty stars are burning : While evening pours its silent dew
, And sunshine gilds the morning . There should be no despair , though tears May floiv down like a river—Are not the best beloved of years Around your heart for ever .
II . Thoy Avccp , you weep—it must be so ; Winds sigh as you are sighing ; And winter sheds his grief in snow Whore autumn ' s leaves are lying . Yet these revive , and from their fate
Your fat . ' cannot be parted : Then journey on—if not elate , 13 c never broken-hearted .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Secret Societies Of The Middle Ages
most part manufacturers and apprentices : men who aro sworn to a system—men who are totall y ignorant of the law , aud who , indeed , invert tho legal mode of proceeding . For the purpose of extorting confession torture is applied , and repeated without any fresh witnesses if it fail to produce tho required information ; and to such an extent has it been carried , that many persons , found innocent of the accusations brought against them , have died from tho consequences , if not under the infliction .
Muchisoncof tho many accounts of the atrocities practised under the sanction of the Yehmgerichte . Shocked at these enormous abuses , as well he mi ght be , the great elector , Frederick William , abolished in 1 G 50 the tribunal of Herforden , but still this monstrous jurisdiction was continued in some parts of Germany ; nor is it positively ascertained at what precise period the final suppression of the association took
place in every part of tho empire . It is conjectured by many , that the once formidable Inquisition took its rise from this society : it is certain , however , that in the present clay no traces of either association are to be found anywhere , ancl that their names only exist in the history of past ages .
Sympathy.
SYMPATHY .
BY CHARLOTTE . BI-OXTF .. I . THERE should be no despair for yen While mighty stars are burning : While evening pours its silent dew
, And sunshine gilds the morning . There should be no despair , though tears May floiv down like a river—Are not the best beloved of years Around your heart for ever .
II . Thoy Avccp , you weep—it must be so ; Winds sigh as you are sighing ; And winter sheds his grief in snow Whore autumn ' s leaves are lying . Yet these revive , and from their fate
Your fat . ' cannot be parted : Then journey on—if not elate , 13 c never broken-hearted .