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    DOMESTIC LIFE OF GERMAN LADIES. 103

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    Duke more May Phili morning Frederick the Upri " in ht of 1535 with Bavaria , the at , Heidelberg Princess , second company son Dorothea , to of honor the , daug Elector the hter nuptials of Palatine Chris of - ,

    p g , three tian which II hundred . stood , king the royal of Denmark magnificent and noble . guests Down castle to the of meet the slope electors and of welcome the palatine Geisberg the , bride rode , on . retainers must

    A brave show nobles and ladies with their countless have glittering made with , as they the gayest rode three trapp abreast ings , the throug unnumbered riders h all the clad town in , black their sparkling velvet horses ,

    in countless the sunshine plumes ; waving and these in the by breeze no means , on disp such layed occasions jewels by the massive ladies gold alone , chains for all great the German golden nobles les wore with fiery ruby eyes , diamond

    crossesand , magnificent necklaces eag of precious stones . Out they rode to burg a hers ' very , with unmusical their wives uproar and daug of trumpets hters lining and th kettle e way -drums the half ; - the fed

    ragged populace all astir and agape to see the show . About , a mile from Heidelberg the duke's procession met castle that _where of she the had princess rested ,

    which had been formed at a neighbouring fair the previous irl in her nig ei ht hteenth after the year fati was gues attired of her in journey cloth of . gold The , and bride rode , a

    a white g palfrey with g crimson velvet , trapx _^ ings . On her right and left rode the "bride-leaders , a queen and a duke ; her close governess behind , som then e

    in came staid Denmark elderl a bevy y transp lad of fair y of lanted young the Danish with maidens their court , princess th e followed daug into hters a of forei noble gn country families ; ;

    velvet they all trapp wore , ings black . Imag velvet ine and how were the mounted trumpets on roared white al palfreys ; i and htd those f with

    strong- German voices rent the sky as Duke Frederick gerom

    Domestic Life Of German Ladies. 103

    DOMESTIC LIFE OF GERMAN LADIES . 103

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/31/