The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-14
hundred years afterward, blind, old, and
lost of wits, singing Handel in Windsor

lost of wits, singing Handel in Windsor
Tower.
William the Pious had fifteen children.
eight daughters and seven sons, who, as
the property left among them was small,
drew lots to determine which one of them
should marry and continue the stout race
OF the Guelphs. The lot fell on Duke
George, the sixth brother. The others
remained single, or contracted left-hand-
ofthose days. It is queer picture-that
of the old prince dying in his little wood
built capital, and his seven sons tossing
up which should inherit and transmit
the crown Of Brentford. Duke George,
the lucky prize-man, made the tour of
Europe, during which he visited the
court of Queen Elizabeth; and In the
year 1917 came back and settled at Zell.
for ecOnOmy's sake. And presently. in
due course, they all died-all the honest
dukes; Ernest, and Christian, and Au-
guStuS, and Magnus, and George, and
John-and they are buried in the brick
church Of Brenttord yonder, by thesandy
banks Of the Aller.
DR.. Vehse gives q pleasant glimpse of
the way Of life Of our dukes In Zell.
when the trumpeter on the tower has
blown" Duke Christian orders-viz.,
at nine o'clock In the morning and four
In the evening every one must be present
at meals, and those who are not must go
without. None Of the servants, unless
It has been q knavewho has been ordered
70 ride out, shall eat or drink In the
Kitchen OK cellar; OF, without special
leave, 6dder his horses at the princes
cost. When the meal Is served in the
COURTROOM page shall 60 around and
hSf1 ny,orv, ono "a 10 <s,,lo7 noN rrr9crY,,
foFbidding all cursing, swearing, and
rudeness; all throwing out Of bread,
bones, or roast, or pockefing Of the same.
Every morning, at seven, the squires
shall have their morning soup, along
with which, and dinner, they shall be
served with their under-drink-every
morning except Friday morning, when
there was sermon, andno drink. Every
evening they shah have their beer, and
at might their sleep-s1rlnk. The butler
10 especially warned not to allow noble
or simple togo into the cellar: wineshall
only be served at the princes or coun-
cilor's table; and every Monday, the
honest old Duke Christian orders the &C
counts shall be ready, and the expenses
In the kitchen, the wine and beer cellar,
the bakehouse and stable made out.
Duke George, the married Duke, did
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and wine, and the sermons. He went
about fighting wherever there was profit
to be had. He served as general in the
army Of the circle of Lower Saxony, the
Protestant army; than he went over to
the emperor and fought in the armies in
Germany and Italy: and when Gustavus
Adolphus appeared in Germany, George
took service as a Swedish general, and
seized the Abbey of Hildesheim as his
share of the plumber. Here, in the year
1641, Duke George died, leaving four
sons behind him, from the youngest of
whom descend our Royal Georges.
Under these children of Duke George,
the old God-fearing, simple ways Of Zell
appear to have gone out of mode. The
second brother was constantly visiting
Venice, and leading q jolly, wicked life
there. 1t was the most j0vial of all
places at the end of the seventeenth Gen.
tury; and military men, after campaign,
rushed thither, as the warriors of the
allies rushed to Paris in 1914, to gamble,
and rejoice, and partake Of all sorts of
goddess delights. This prince, then, low
Ing Venice and its pleasures, brought
Italian singers and dancers back with
demeaned himself by marryinga French
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Eleanor D'Olbreuse, from whom our
queen is descended. Eleanor hada pretty
daughter, who inherited great fortune,
which inflamed her cousin, George Louis
of Hanover, with desire to marry her
and so, with her beauty and riches she
came to sad end.
It is too long to tell how the four sons
of Duke George divided his territories
among them, and how, finally, they came
into possession of the youngest of the
four. In this generation the Protestant
faith was very nearly extinguished in
the family; and then where should we
in England have gone for a king? The
third brother also took delight in Italy,
where the priests converted him and his
Protestant chaplain too. Mass was said
In Hanover once more; and italian So
prani piped their Latin rhymes in place
OF the hymns which William the Pious
and DR.. Luther sang. Louis XIV. gave
this and other converts splendid PEN
sion. Crowds of Ffenchmen and bril-
liant French fashions came into his court.
It Is incalcnlable how much that royal
big wig cost Germany. Every prince imi-
tated the French king, and had his