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    IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 105

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    where , the famous tun is still a sight to see in one of the cellars . Kurfurst , ITerzog , Landgraf , Bitter , all are gone ; the castle itself remains is a heap to

    of ruins ; hut the great tun from which the red wine flowed , and show their what guests mighty Fifty men tables of the were bottle dail were spread those for old the electors wedding palatine * party

    . y bride throug and h a all whole the fortni ladies ght with at her Duke took Frederick their nieals ' s marriag by themselves _-e , but the in and

    another apartment . This was absolutely a _savage old custom , g we ine are , if glad you to find can , it a beg wedding inning to breakfast go out at , the or Reformation rather a series . Ima to of

    beam wedding beni - breakfasts _g-nantly from , without the head the bride of the ; mauve table no well ; no about -p pretty leased their bridesmaids mamma dress to with just h colorinkblueor

    enoug , p , , make it coquettish and charming * . No neat speeches and courteous healths ; but a good deal of deep drinking and great varieties of feudal

    service paid by one half of the guests to the other . Kurfurst before Johann the frowning Emperor darkl ' s y because an Duke office Albert he swears has set to be the his wild rig boar ht ;

    a margrave giving the proxy golden , wine-cup to Duke Eric ; Count Otto and Hitter Wilhelm fiercely disputing who holds the silver

    washin basin On the , rising and grand who from hall the the of towel the long , castle to protracted his to suzerain form revel the . all celebrated the company torch gathered -dance .

    ? bride shalling Two counts and the bridegroom paid guests feudal , four , and homag others two _-e others by by dancing arr b ang y following ing immediatel the dance them y before ; and all mar the the

    statel dancers dance bore as li it ghted wound wax in and tapers out . roun Imag d lofty ine hall the s p and ageant throug of h that tortuous y jewels blazing and , flashing to the uncertain light ; the

    _g-orgeous passages costumes ; , purple or crimson velvet flowered with gold , many colored satins and rich damasksand the northern bride

    , shining among them all , like one of King Solomon's rival lilies , in snow-white satin and silverwith the crown of pearls in her fair

    , tresses . The torch-dance closed with the beilager _, a ceremony always strictly observed , and which often lent its name to the

    wedding festival . The bride-leaders conducted the princess in her _wedding dress to a richly _decorated couch , the _diike was placed by

    her side in the presence of t' M guests ; they rose immediately , and , with the torch -dance and the beilagerthe marriage ceremonies were

    , com E p leted y next . day came the presentation of the morning-gifts (

    _jnorgengabe . ) The company assembled in the castle hall , where the princess sat on a raised daisunder a of cloth of gold . Duke

    Frederick first presented , his morning canopy gift to his bride , and after all the royal and noble guests had followed his examplethe dejmties

    , from different towns in Denmark and Bavaria made their offerings .

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    In The Sixteenth Century. 105

    IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY . 105

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/33/