IN MEMORIAL J. Henry Senger K7r»s /<: e tfotfye'jg finabmjajjn, '0 htj dapete AvOpioiros ov Traidevercu. 9Som 33ater f)ab' ic$ bte ©tatur, De« SebenS ernfieS gu^rcn; UJon 2flutterc$en bic Su^natur $>te Suft 311 fabuttren. EonDon : C. J. CLAY and SONS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AVE MARIA LANE. tfambrtofle : DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO. %tiv}iQi F. A. BROCKHAUS. |)ttt ||«ss juries. V-Vl-l^ (1749—1759) GOETHE'S BOYHOOD BEING THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ARRANGED AND ANNOTATED > WILHELM WAGNER, Ph. D. LATE PROFESSOR AT THE JOHANNEUM, HAMBURG. EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. GDambrfoge : AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1889 [All Rights reserved.'] IN MEMORIAM ' '^mlmtjse: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY., M.A. AND SONS, ATfTHB UW*VERS;TY PRESS. Sim 28. Sluguft 1749, SttittagS mit bem ©torfenfc^tage 3n>61f 1 / fam id) in granffurt am 9Jtain auf bie 233elt 2 . SBenn man 3 fid) erinnern ttnft, ftaS un$ in ber friifjften 3ett ber Sugenb begegnet ift, fo fommt man oft in ben gall 4 , baSjenige, \va$ ttrir son Slnbem gefyort, mit bem ju Kexmfy fetn, n>aS tirir nnrf(td) au3 eigner anfcfyauenber 5 (Srfafyrung beft^en. Dfync alfo fjieruber eine genaue Unterfucfmng an* jujieflen, tteld)e ofjnefyin 6 $u ntd^t^ fufjren fann, bin id) mit bett>u£t, baf tt>ir in einem alten «§aufe nwfynten, welded eigentlid) au3 ^ei burd)gebrod)enen 7 ^paufem beftanb. (Sine tfjurmartige 8 Xxcppc fitfyrte ju un$ufammenl)angenben 9 3im* mem, unb bie Ung(eid)f)eit ber ©todtoerfe ttar burd) ©tufen au$gegtid)en 10 . gur un6 £inber, eine jungere ©cfwfter 11 unb mid), ttar bie untere tteitlauftige 12 ^au^flur ber liebfte s Jtaum, tt?eld)e neben ber Sfjure ein groped IjoljemeS (Sitter werf 13 fjatte, ttoburd) man unmittelbar mit ber Strafe unb ber freien Suft in SSerbinbung fam. (Sinen [eleven 93o* getbauer 14 , mit bem fciele £aufer t>erfei)en ftaren, nannte man ein ©eramS 15 . 2)ie grauen fajkn barin, urn $u naljenunb^u ftridfen; bie £od)in la3 16 tfyren ©alat; bie $lafy barinnen befprad)en fid) tton bafyer mit einanber, unb bie ©trafien gettamten baburd) in ber guten 3af)r^eit ein [lib:? Itd)e3 2lnfef)en 17 . 9Kan fufjlte fid) frei 18 , inbem man mit bem 926554 2 5 4u6 meinem Sekn. £>effent(id)en ttertraut tt)ar. ©o famen aud) burd) biefe ©eramfe bie £inber mit ben 9tad)bartt in 33crbinbung, unb mid) gewannen 1 brei gegemiber wofjnenb? Sritber son Dfy ' fenftein, l>inter(afferte ©ofyne be3 tterftorbenen ©d^ultfjetfen 2 , •gar lieb"uub'' befc^aftigten unb necften fid) mit mir auf ' 9Mne$ : SSateteJ '-Stutter, bet ber nnr etgentlid) im «§aufe tt>of)nten 3 , (ebte in einem grofen 3intmer Ijinten t)inau6 4 f unmittelbar an ber <£jau6flur, unb ttnr pflegten unfere ©ptete bte an ifyren ©effel, ja, tt>enn ftc franf tt>ar, bte an ifjr 23ett f)in 5 au^ubefjnen. 3d) erinnere mid) ifyrer gleid)fam 6 ate eineS ©etfteS, ate einer fd)onen, [)agem r , immer mi$ unb reinlid) gefteibeten gran, ©anft, freunbltd), ttoljtoottenb ift (ie mir im @ebad)tni£ geblieben. 2Bir fatten bie Strafe, in tteld)er unfer $au$ tag, ben <£nrfd)graben 8 nennen fjoren ; ba ttrir aber tteber ©raben nod) £irfd)e fafyen, fo ftoflten ttnr biefen SluSbrucf erflart ttnffen 9 . Wan erjciljlte fobann, unfer §au3 ftefye auf einem 9taum, ber fonft au$ erljatb ber ©tabt getegen, unb ba, tto je£t bie ©traj? e fid) beftnbe, fei eljemate ein ©raben gettefen, in tt>etd)em eine 2fajal)l £irfd)e unterfjalten ttorben 10 . 9ttan f)abe biefe £f)iere f)ier beftafyrt 11 unb genafyrt, n>eil nad) einem alten £erfom* men 12 ber ©enat alle 3af)re einen £irf$ offentlic^ serfyeifet 13 , ben man benn 14 fur einen fo(d)en Sefttag t)ier im ©raben immer $ur £anb gefyabt, ttenn au$ 15 auSwarte giirften unb Slitter ber ©tabt ifyre 3agbbefugni£ 16 tterfiimmerten 17 unbftorten, ober tt>o$l gar 18 geinbe bie ©tabt etngefcfyloffen ober belagert Ijtelten. 35ie3 geftef un6 fejjr, unb ttnr tt>unfd)ten, eine fold)e $af)me 2Bi(bbaf;n 19 n>are aud) no$ bei 20 unfem 3eiten ju fefyen gettefen. 3m jtt)citcn ©toe! befanb fid) ein 3wnmer ; tt)eld)e$ man @rfie3 93u$. 3 ba6 ©artcnjtmmcr nannte, tioetl man fid) bafelbft burd) wenige @ettad)fe t>or bem genfter ben SRangel eineS ©artenS $u erfe^en gefud^t Ijatte. 3)ort war, tine i# fyeranwu^S, mem tiebfter, $vax ntd)t irauriger, aber bod) fef)nfud)tiger Slufent* f)a(t\ Ueber ©arten t)inau3, uber ©tabtmauem unb SButte falj man in eine fd)one frud)tbare ©bene; e£ ift bie, fteld)e ftd) na$ £oc$ji tyinjieljt. £>ort lernte i$ ©ommer^eit 2 gewofynltd) meine Sectionen, toartete bie ©ewitter ab 3 unb fonnte mid) an ter untergefyenben Sonne, gegen tt)e(d)e bie genfter gerabe gerid?tet waren, nid?t fatt genug fefyen 4 . 2)a id) aber $u gfeid)er Szit bie 9?ad)barn in ibren ©arten roan* beln 5 unb tf)re Slumcn beforgen 6 , bie tfinbct frielen, bie ©efeflfcfyaften fu$ ergefcen 7 faf), bie ffcgelfugeln rotten unb bie Jfegel fallen fyorte, fo erregte bieS frufjjettig in mir ein ©efufyt ber (Sinfamfeit unb einer barauS entfpringenbcn ©efynfucfyt, baS, bem son ber SRatur in mid) gelegten (Srnften unb 2lljnung&>oUen 8 entfpted)enb, feinen (Sinflup gar balb unb in ber gotge 9 nod) beutlid)er jeigte. 3nnerf)alb beS ^aufcd sog meinen 33(icf am SWciften eine 9teil)e romifd)er ^rofpecte 10 auf fid), mit tt>eld)en ber SSater 11 einen 9Sor(aa( auSgefd^mudft fjatte, geftod?en 12 tton einigen gefd)icften SSorgangern 13 be3 ^iranefi 14 , bie fid) auf 2lrd)i* teftur unb ^erfpectfoe »ot)l tterftanben 15 unb beren -ftabel 16 fef)r beutlid) unb fdnx^bar tft. $ier faf) i<$ tagltcfy bie $iaj}a bel $opolo 17 , baS Solifeo 18 , ben ^eterSplafc, bie $eter3fird?e 19 son aufkn unb tnnen, bie Gmgeteburg' 20 unb fo mand)e£ Slnbere. 35iefe ©eftatten brucf ten fid) tief bei mir ein, unb ber fonft fefjr lafcnifdbe 21 SSater Jjatte tt>of)l mand)ma( bie ©efattigfett 22 , eine 33efd)reibung be3 ©egenftanbeS ttemefymen 3U laffen. (Seine SSorliebe fur bie ttalientfd)e ©prac^e unb fur SlUeS, roa3 fid) auf jcneS Sanb be$ief)t, roar fefjr auSge* 1 — 2 4 5fu6 meinem Sebm. (proven 1 . (Sine Heine SKarmor* unb 9taturalienfammlung, bte er von border mitgebrad)t, $eigte er unS and) mand)mal t>or, unb einen grofen £f)eit feiner 3ett ttertoenbete er auf (eine ttalienifd? t>erfa^te 9Wfebefd)reibung, beren 2lbfd)rift unb Stebactton 2 er eigenfyanbig, fyeftfteife 3 , langfam unb genau auSfertigte. ©in alter Ijeiterer italtenifd)er ©prad)meifter, Oio&inajjt genannt 4 , tt>ar ifym baran 5 beljilflid). 2lud) (ang ber 2l(te nid)t iibel, unb meine SRuttcr mufte fid) bequemen 6 , t£)it unb fid) felbft mit bem £(attiere tagtid) $u accompagniren 7 ; ba id) benn ba3 Solitario bosco ombroso 8 batb fennen (ernte unb au^wenbig ttmfte, efje id) e6 fcerftanb. 9JMn SSater wax xiberfjau'pt let)rf)after 9 Stfatur, unb bei (einer (Sntfernung tton @efd)aften 10 oolite er gem ba^jenige, \va$ er ttmpte unb ttermod)te n , auf Slnbere ubertragen. ©o fyatte er meine SKutter in ben erften Safyren iljrer SSerfjeira^ t[)ung jum fleif igen ©d)reiben angeljaften, ttne ^um filacer* fpieien unb ©ingen ; toobei fie fid^> genottjigt fat), aud) in ber italienifd)en ©prad)e einige £enntnif unb notfybiirftige 12 gertigfeit $u ertterben. (ktt>6f)nUd) fjielten ttnr un6 in alien unfern greiftunben 13 $ur ©ropmutter, in beren geraumigem SBofynjimmer n>tt t)inlanglid) u $la£ ^u unfern ©pteten fanben. ©ie tvu$te unS mit allerlet £leinigfeiten $u befd)aftigen unb mit allerlei guten SSiffen $u erquicfen. 2ln einem 2Beif)nad)t6abenbe jebod) fe£te fie alien ifyren 2Bofjltf)aten bie £rone auf 15 , inbem fie un$ ein ^uppenfpiel 16 sorftellen Iie£ unb fo in bem aften £>aufe eine neue 2SeIt erfd)uf. 2)iefe6 unerftartete ©d)aufpiel $og bie jungen ©emutfier mit ©ettalt an fid) ; befonberS auf bm ifrtaben mad)te e3 einen fefyr ftarfen Sinbrucf, ber in eine grope, langbauembe SBirfung nad)f(ang 17 . 3)ie fleine 33u£)ne mit ifyrem ftummen $erfonal 18 , bie man grjle* 23u$. 5 un$ anfangS nur ^orgesetgt f)atte, nad)f)er aber gu eigner Uebung imb bramatifd)er Selebung 1 iibergab, mujjte un$ fttnbem urn fo t>iel tt>ertf)er fein 2 , ate e$ baS le^te SSerma^ nif unferer guten ©rojjmuttcr War 3 , We balb baraitf burdf? gunefymenbe 5?ranft)eit unfern 2htgen erft entgogen imb bann ffir immer burd) ben Sob entriffen tt>urbe. 3()r 2ibfd)eiben 4 war fur bie gamUie son befto grof eret 23ebeutung, ate e3 eine ttollige SSeranberung in bem Suftanbe berfetben nad) fid) jog. ©0 lange bie ©ropmutter lebte, Ijatte mcin SSater fid) gefyiitet, nur ba6 SRinbejle im «£>aufe gu tferanbcrn 5 ober ju erneuern; aber man tt>u£te ttofjl, bafj er fid) gu einem ^auptbau 6 sorbereitete, ber nunmefyr and) fogleid) ttorge* nommen 7 fturbe. 3n granffurt, role in mefyrern 8 alten Stabten, Ijatte man bei 2luffiil)rung f)o(gcrner ©ebiutbe 9 , urn *pia£ 10 gu gewinnen, fid) erlaubt, nic^t allein mit bem erften, fonbern and) mit ben folgenben Stocfen 11 tibergubauen 12 ; \vo> burd) benn 13 freilid) befonber3 14 cnge (Strafen etn>a3 2)uftere£ unb 2lengftlid)e3 15 befamen. Snblid) gieng ein @efe£ burd) 16 , baf, tt)er ein ncurt £au3 son ®runb auf 17 baue, nur mit bem erften ©tocf itber ba$ gunbament fjerauSrucfen bitrfe, bie ubrigen aber fenfrecfyt auffuf)ren miiffe 18 . SD?ein 93ater, urn ben sorfpringenben Staitm im gtteiten Stocf audi) nid?t aufgugcben, wcnig befummert 19 urn aufereS ardf?iteftontfd)e3 Slnfcljcn unb nur urn innere gute unb bequeme @inrid)tung beforgt, bebiente fid), tx>ie fcfyon mefyrere ttor ibm getijan, ber 2hteflud)t 20 , bie oberen Sfyeite beS #aufe3 gu unterftiitsen 21 unb son unten fyerauf einen nad) bem anbern tteggunefymen unb baS -JJeue gteid)fam eingufcfyatten 22 , fo baf, n>enn julcfct gennffermafen 23 ntd)te son bem SUten iibrig blieb, ber gang 24 neue 23au nod) immer fur eine 9ieparatur gelten fonnte. 2)a nun alfo ba£ (Sinreifen unb 2lufrid)ten aflmafilidb 6 Stite meinem Seben. gefd)af), fo f)atte mem SSatcr fid; sorgenommen, nid)t aite bem <£)aufe )U tt>eid)en, urn befto beffer Me Stuffiest $u fufjrcn unb Me Slnltftung geben §u fonnen : benn aufs Sec^nifcbe 1 be$ 23aue3 serftanb er fid) gan$ gut; babei ttollte er aber and) feine gamilie nid?t t>on fid) taffen. Staff neue (Specie war ben Stnbern fefyr iiberrafd)enb unb fonberbar. 2)ie 3immer, in benen man fie oft enge genug gefyatten unb mit n>enig erfreulid^em 2 Semen unb 2lrbeiten geangftigt, bie ®ange 3 , auf benen fie gefyielt, bie SBanbe, fur beren diem lid)feit unb (Srfyaltung man fonft fo fel)r geforgt, 2ltte$ bad t>or ber §acfe 4 bed SDtaurerS, fcor bem S3ei(e bed Bitnmer^ mannS 5 fallen $u fefyen, unb $toar son unten fyerauf, unb inbeffen oben auf unterftiiftfen 23alfen, gteid)fam in ber Suft $u fd)tt)eben unb babei immer nod) $u einer gewiffen Section, $u einer beftimmten Slrbeit angel)alten $u tterben — biefeS Silled brad)te eine SSerttnrrung in ben jungen ffityfen J)ert>or, bie fid) fo leid)t nid)t toieber tnS ®leid)e fe^en lief. 3)od) ttmrbe bie Unbequemlid)feit t>on ber 3ugenb 6 toeniger em* pfunben, weil if)r ettoaS mefyr Spielraum 7 ate bteljer unb mand)e @elegenl)eit, fid? auf 33alfen $u fd)aufeln 8 unb auf 33rettern $u fd)nringen 9 , gelaffen warb. ^artnarfig fe£te ber SSatcr bie erfte 3ctt feinen ^?(an burd); bod) a(6 julefct aud) bad 3)ad) tljettoeife abgetragen 10 nmtbe unb of)ngead)tet n ailed iibergefpannten 12 2Bad)3tud)c3 son abgenommenen Xtytten 13 ber 9tegen bte $u unfem 23etten gelangte, fo entfc^lof er ft<$, obgteicfy ungern 14 , bie ftinber wf)toollenben 15 greunben, n>el^e fi$ fd)on fritter ba$u erboten fatten, auf eine 2>dt tang $u iiberlaffen unb fie in eine 5ffenfli#e ©d)ule $u f^irfen. Urn biefe 3ei* war e6 eigentlid), baf id) meine SSaterftabt juerji gewafyr 16 nmrbe: nne id) benn nad) unb nad) immer (SrfteS 33ud?. 7 freter 1 unb ungefjinberter, tfyette atlein, tfyeife mtt muntern ©efyielen 2 , barin auf unb ab ttanbelte. Urn ben ©nbrucf, ben biefe ernften unb nmrbigen Umgebungen auf mtd? marten, etnigermafkn mit$utf)ei(en, muf* id) fyier mtt ber ©d)ilberung meineS @eburt3orte$ sorgreifen 3 , ttne er ftd) in feinen t>erfd)iebenen Xtjtikn allmafylid) t>or mtr entttndfelte 4 . 2lm Siebften fpagierte id) auf ber grofen 9J?ainbriicfe. Sfjre Sange, if)re geftigfeit, if)r gute£ 2tnfeljen mad)te fie $u einem bemerfenStoertfjen 33aitn>erf 5 ; aud) ift e£ 6 au3 fuiljerer 3eit beinalje ba6 ein^ige 2)enfmal jener 93orforge, n>elc^e bie mlU licfye Dbrtgfett ifyren Silrgern fd?ulbig ift. 2)er fd)ime glu£ auf unb abwartS 509 meine 23licfe nad) fid) 7 ; unb wmn auf bem 33riicfenfreu$ 8 ber gclbene <§>af)n im @onnenfd)ein glance, fo war e3 mir immer eine erfreulid)e (Smpfmbung. ©ettofynlid) ttarb atebann burd) ©ad)fenf)aufen fpajtert unb bie Ueberfafyrt fur einen £reu$er 9 gar beljaglid) 10 genoffen. 5)a befanb man fid) nun ttneber bieSfeitS, ba fd)lid) man $um SEetnmarfte 11 , bettnmberte ben 9)ied)ani3mu3 ber 5ft:af)ne 12 , mnn SBaaren auSgelaben ttmrben ; befonberS aber unterfyielt un$ bie Slnfunft ber 9Karftfd)tffe 13 , wo man fo manner (ei unb mitunter fo feltfame giguren au^fteigen faf). ©ieng e3 nun in bie ©tabt herein, fo warb jebeqeit ber Saalfyof 14 , ber wenigftenS an ber (Stette ftanb, wo bie 33urg ifaifer S?ar(3 be3 @ro§en unb feiner 9iad)folger geftefen fein fotlte, ef)r* furd)t&)otl gegruft. 9Jlan fcerlor fid) in bie alte ©etterbftabt 15 unb befonberS 9JJarfttage3 16 gem in bem ®ettmf)l, baS ftd) urn bie Sartt)o(omau3fird)e 17 fyerum tterfammelte. <§>ier fjatte fid), son ben friiljften S^itett an, bie 9J?enge ber SSerfaufer unb Cramer ubereinanber gebrangt, unb wegen einer fold)en 33efi£naf)me fonnte nid)t leid)t in ben neuern Stitm eine geraumige unb fyeitere Slnftalt 18 *|3la§ finben. 2)ie 23uben 8 2lu6 meinem %thcn. bed fogenannten ^farretfen 1 ttaren un$ ffinbern fef)r bebeutenb, unb ttnr trugen mand)en 33af$en 2 £)in, urn unS farbige, mit golbenen Steven bebrucfte 33ogen anjufd^affen. 9lur felten aber mod)te 3 man fid) fiber ben befd)ranften, ttollgepfropften unb unrein(id)en SKarftylaj} fyinbrangen. ©o ertnnere td) mid) and), bap id) immer mtt Gmtfefjen sor ben baranftopenben engen unb f)h$ lichen gleifd)banfen 4 geflcf)ert bin. 2)er 9i6merberg 5 ft>ar ein befto angenefjmerer ©pa^ierptat^ 6 . 3W<$td arcfytteftonifd) 7 (SrfyebenbeS war bamald in granf* furt $u fet)en : Silled beutete auf eine langft ttergangene, fur ©tabt unb Oegenb feljr unrufyige 3ctt. 5|}forten unb £fjurme, ft>eld)e bie @ren$e ber alten 8 ©tabt be$eid)neten 9 , bamt toeiterljin 10 abermate $forten, Sfjurme, 9Jtauem, Srucfen, ffiBalle, ©raben, tt>omit bie ncue ©tabt umfd)(offen ttxir, 2l(Ie0 fprad) nocfy $u beutlid) au3 n , bap bie 9tfotf)tt>enbig; fett, in unrufyigen Stikn beta @emeintt>efen ©td)erf)eit $u t>crfd^affen, btefe 2lnftalten f)ert>orgebrad)t, bap bie jpi&fce, bte ©trapen, felbft bie ntmn, breiter unb fcfyoner 12 angelegten, aHe nur bem 3ufall unb ber SBtttfur 13 unb feinem regelnben ©eifte if)ren Urfyrung ^u banfen 14 fatten. Sebeutenb blieb fur unS bad 9iatf)fjau3 15 , ber Corner genannt. 3n feinen untern gett>Mbaf)nlid;en 16 fallen ser* loren 17 toll und gar ju gerne. 2Bir t>erfd)afften un$ Sintritt in baS grope, i)od)ft einfad)e ©effion^immer 18 bed 9latf)c$. 23t3 auf eine gettnffe $bf)t getafelt 19 , waren ubrigenS bie SBanbe fo tine bie SBolbung 20 tt>eip unb ba6 ®an^ ofyne Spur son SJtaleret ober irgenb einem S3ilbn>erf. 9?ur an ber mittetften SBanb in ber $olje lad man bie fur^e 3nfd)rift : (SineS SftannS 9iebe 3ft fetned attamtd 9lebe: Wan foil fie biUig f)i)ren 23eebe 21 . SrfieS S3uc^. 9 5ftad) ber altertfjumlidjjften 1 2lrt toaren fur Me ©Itcber bieferJBerfammtung 23anfe ringSumtjer an ber SSertafetung 2 angebracfyt unb urn erne ©tufe son bem SSoben erl)of)t. 2)a begriffen 3 wir leid)t, tt>arum bie Diangorbmmg unfereS Senate nad) Sanfen eingetfyeilt fei. 93on ber Sfjiire linfer 4panb* bte in bte gegenuberftefjenbe 5 @cfe, ate auf ber erften Sanf, fafen bie ®3>6ffen 6 , in ber ®rfc (elbft ber ©d&ultljeif 7 , ber ein^ige, ber ein fleineS 24fd)d)en 8 t)or fid) ijatk; ju feiner Sinfen bte gegen bie genfterfeite 9 fapen mmmeljr 10 bie §erren ber jtteiten 23anf ; an ben genftern t)er 309 fid) 11 bie britte 23anf, n>eld^e bie §anbfterfer einnafjmen 5 in ber Sftitte beS <5aal$ ftanb ein £ifd) fiir ben $rotoMfiil)rer 12 . SBaren nnr einmal im Corner 13 , fo mifd)ten toir un3 aucf; tooljP 4 in ba3 ©ebrange ttor ben burgemeifterlicfyen 15 Slubien* 3en. 2lber groferen 9tei$ l)atte 2ltte3, tt>a3 fid) auf 2Baf)l unb ftrommg ber ftaifer be$og. 38ir ttwf^ten un3 bie @unft ber ©cfyliejkr 16 $u tterfd)affen, urn bie neue, Ijcitre, in greSco gemalte, fonft burd) ein ©itter fcerfd)loffene 5faifertreppe 17 Ijinauffteigen $u burfen. 2)a3 mit $urpurtapeten unb mm* berlid) tterfd)norfelten ©olbletften ^ersterte 23af)t$immer 18 flo^te un$ (Sl)rfurd)t ein. 3)te £f)ftrftucfe 19 , auf n>e(tf;en Heine ftinber obcr ©enien, mit bem faiferlid)en Drnat be< fleibet unb belaftet 20 mit ben Dietc^infignien, eine gar ttum bertid)e gigur fpielen 21 , betrad)teten ttnr mit grower Slufmerf* famfeit unb Ijofften ttofjt and), nod) einmal eine St ronung mit 2lugen $u erleben 22 . 2tu3 bem gro^en 5?aiferfaale fonnte man un3 nur mit fe(}t ttieler 9Jtiif)e ttieber f)erau£bringen, toenn e$ un3 einmal geglurft war, ljinein$ufd)lupfen 23 : unb \v>ix fjielten benjenigen fiir unfem tt>af)rften greunb, ber un£ bei ben 23ruft* bilbern 2 * ber fammtlid)en Sfatfer, bie in einer geftiffen <£)6ljc umtjcx gemalt ttaren, tt)x>a$ 'tton if)ren %bakn er^afylen moc^te 25 . io 2lu3 meinem Seben. SSon i?arl bem ©rojjen 1 tternafymen tt>ir mand)e3 9Jtar$en* fjafte 2 ; aber ba3 <£)iftorifd);3ntereffante fur un3 fteng erft mit Siubofyf) son §ab3burg 3 an, ber burd) feme SSJtannljeit fo grofen 93ernnrrungen 4 ein @nbe gemacfyt. 2lud) 5farl ber SSterte 6 309 unfre Slufmerffamfett an fid). 2Bir fatten fd)on son ber golbnen 33utte unb ber peinlicfyen *§>ategerid)t3orb* mmg 6 gefyort, aud) ba£ er ben granffurtern %e Slnfyang* Ud)feit an feinen eblen ©egenfaifer 7 @untf)er von ©d)tt>ar^ burg nid)t entgdten 8 KcfL 9Jlarimtltanen 9 Ijorten ttnr ate emeu 3fenf$en* unb 33iirgerfreunb loben, unb baf* son tfym propfje^eit toorben, er fterbe ber le£te 5?aifer au$ einem beut* fd&ett «£jaufe fetn; n>eld)e£ benn aud) letber eingetroffen 10 , inbem nacfy feinem £obe bte 2Baf)t nur gvoifd^en bem itonijj t>on ©panien, if art bem gunften 11 , unb bem i?onig son granfreid), gran$ bem (Srften 12 , gefdjwanft f)abe. Sebenf* lid) 13 fugte man bin$u, baf nun abermalS erne fold)e 2Bct6fa^ gung ober ttielmefyr SSorbebeutung umgcfye 14 : benn c3 fet augenfallig 15 , ba£ nur nod) *pia$ fiir ba3 23itb ©trteS 18 £aifer3 iibrig bletbe; etn Umftanb, ber, obgteid) grtfaUtg fd)einenb, bte ^atriotifd)gefinnten 17 mit Seforgnij? erfiiUe. 2Benn ttnr nun fo etnmal unfem Umgang fyielten 18 , tter* fepen tt>ir aud) nid)t, un3 nad) bem 2)om $u begeben unb bafelbft ba6 @rab jene3 brazen, son greunb unb geinben gefcfya^ten ©untfter 19 $u befudjen. 2)er merfrtmrbtge Stein, ber e$ eljmate bebecfte, ift in bem Sfyor aufgertd?tet. 3)ie gleicfy baneben beftnblic^e S^fire, tte(d)e tn$ Sonctoe 20 ftifyrt, btieb unS tange serfd)(offen, bi3 ttrir ettbltc^ burd) bie obern SBefyorben aud) izn ©ntritt in biefen fo bebeutenben Drt $u erlangen ttmflten. SlUein ttnr fatten beffer getfjan, iljn burd) unfere (SinbilbungSfraft 21 , vote btefyer, au^umalen : benn ttrir fanben biefen in ber beutfd)en @ef$id)te fo merfnnirbigen (Me* 33ud). n 9?aum, n>o bie mad)tig|1en gurften 1 fid) ju einer §anb(ung tton folder 2Bid)tigfett $u tterfammeln pflegten, fetneSftegS nmrbig 2 au6gqtett, fonbem nod) obenein 3 mit 23alfen, ©tan* gen, ©euiften 4 unb anberem fold^en ©efperr 5 , ba3 man bet ©ette fe£en ^olfte, serunftaltet 6 . 2>efto mefjr nxarb unfere @inbilbung3fraft angeregt unb ba3 §er$ un$ 7 erfyoben, ate tt)ir fur$ nad)f)er bte (Srlaubnif* erljielten, betm 23or$eigen ber golbnen 23utfe an eintge ttornefjme gremben auf bem 5Rat^ ftaufe gegennxirtig $u fein. §atte man in einer [eleven :patriotifd)en 33efd)ranfung 8 faum etn fyatbeS 3al)r fyingebracfyt, fo txaten fd)on bie SReffen 9 mieber etn, ftelcfye in ben fammtltcfyen itinberfityfen 10 jeber^ett eine unglaublicfye ©aljrung 11 f)err>orbrad)ten. Sine burcfy (Srbauung 12 fo dieter 33uben inner[)alb ber Stabt in fteniger 3ett 13 entfpringenbe neue Stabt, baS SBogen unb Sreiben 14 , ba3 Slblaben unb 2lu3pacfen ber SBaaren erregte son hn erften SKomenten be6 SenntftfeinS an eine unbe^inngltd) 15 tljatige Dteugierbe unb ein unbegren^teS SSerlangen nacfy ftnbifcfyem 23efi& 16 , baS ber Jfrtabe mit toacfyfenben 3af)ren 17 , balb auf biefe, balb auf jene SSeife, nne c3 bie ifrafte jtfrte* fleinen 23eutete erlauben wollten, $u befriebigen fud^te. 3u* gleid) aber bilbete fid) bie SSorfteUung Don bem, \va$ bte SKelt 2llle$ 18 fyersorbringt, toaS fie bebarf unb ttxaS bie 23en)oljner ifjrer tterfefytebenen Xljeile gegen cinanber 19 auSwedjfeln. S)iefe grofen, im griifyjafjr unb £erbft eintretenben @po$en ttatrben burd) feltfame geierlid)feiten angefiinbigt, tt>eld)e urn befto nmrbiger 20 fcfyienen, ate fie bie alte Stit, unb ftaS son bort fyer nod) auf un$ gefommen, lebfyaft fcergegenttartigten 21 . 2lm ©eleitStag 22 tt>ar ba3 gan^e SSolf auf ben Semen, brangte fid) nad) ber gafyrgaffe, nad? ber Srittfe, bte uber ©acfyfem fyaufen 23 IjinauS ; atle genfter waren befefct 24 , oljne bap ben 12 Stu6 metnem Se6en. Sag uber 1 wad 23efonbere3 fcorgieng ; Me Sftenge fd^ictt nur ba $u fein, urn fi$ ju brangen, unb bie 3uf$auer, urn ficfy unter einanber $u betradjjten : bemt bad, ttorauf e3 etgentlicfy anfam 2 , ereignete fid) erft 3 mit finfenber 9{ad)t unb ttmrbe mefyr geglaubt a(6 mit Slugen gefefyen 4 . 3n jenen altern unrufyigen Stittn 5 namlidj, tt>o cm 3eber nad) Selieben 6 Unrest tfyat, ober nad) Zuft bad 9ied?te 7 beforberte, ttmrben bie auf bie SJieffen 3tef)enben *£janbel3leute 8 von SBegelagerern 9 , eblen unb uneblen ©efd)led)t3, voiUfurltc^ geplagt unb geptacft 10 , fo baj? gitrften unb anbere mad^tigc ©tanbe bte 3fjrigen mit gewaffneter «§anb n bid nad) %xanb furi geleiten liejkn. *£)ier tootlten nun aber bie 9teic^ ftabter fid) felbft unb ifjrem ©ebiet nid)t$ ttergeben 12 ; (ie jogen ben 2tnfomm(ingen entgegen: ba gab cd benn mancfymal ©treitigfeiten, ttne fteit jene ©eteitenben Ijeranfommen, ober ob fie ttoijl gar 13 ifyren ©ntritt in bie ©tabt neljmen Knit* ten. 2BeU nun Mefe3 nid)t allein bei £anbel& unb SKefge^ fd)aften ftattfanb, fonbern and), wcnn f)of)e ^erfonen 14 in £rieg& unb grieben^eiten, ttoqiiglid) aber $u 2Baf)ltagen 15 , fid) fyeranbegaben, unb cd aud) ofterS $u £fjatlid)fetten fam 16 , fobalb irgenb ein ©efolge, baS man in ber ©tabt nid)t bulben oolite, fid) mit (einem «£>errn Ijeretn^ubrangen begefjrte : fo waren geitfyer 17 baritber manege 3Serf)anblungen gepflogen 18 , td waxtn ttiete SJeceffe 19 be$()alb, obgleid) ftetS mit beiberfeitigen 93orbel)alten, gefd^toffen worben, unb man gab bie ^offnung nid)t auf, bm feit 3af)rljunberten bauernben 3tt# 20 enblid? einmal bei^ulegen, aid bie gan$e Slnftalt, mdfyalb er fo lange unb oft feljr fyeftig gefitfjrt 21 woxbm wax, beinaf) fur unnii£, wenigftenS fur iiberfliiffig angefefjen tterben fonnte. Unterbeffen ritt bie biirgerlid)e Sattaflerie in meljreren 2lb> tljeilungen, mit ben Dberfyauptern 22 an %er ©pi£e, an jenen @rjie$ 23u$. 13 Sagen ju serfd)iebenen £f)oren fyinauS, fanb an einer getoiffen ©telle einige better ober <£mfaren ber pm ©eteit bered)ttgten 9teid)6ftanbe, bie nebft if)ren . 2lnfut)rern tt>ot)l empfangen unb betoirtfyet 1 tturben ; man aogerte 2 bis gegen Slbenb unb ritt a(3bann, faum son ber ttartenben Stfienge gefefyen 3 , $ur ©tabt t)erein ; ba benn manner biirgerlid)e JRetter tt>eber fein $ferb nod) fid) fetbft auf bem *JJferbe $u erfyalten 4 t>crmod)te. 3u bem Srucfcntljore 5 famen bie bebeutenbften 3uge herein, unb beSwegen tt>ar ber Slnbrang bortfyin am ©tarfften. @an$ ju(e|t 6 unb mit (infenber -ftac^t langte ber auf gleid)e SBetfe geleitete 9fiirnberger 5pofttt>agen an, unb man trug ficfy mit ber 9iebe T , eS mtiffe jebeqeit 8 , bem ^crfommen gemap, eine atte grau barin fi&en; toe^ljalb benn bie ©trafenjungen 9 bet Slnfunft be3 SBagenS in ein gettenbeS 10 ©efc^rci au3$u* bred)en pflegten, ob man gtetcfy 11 bie im SBagen fifcenben *Jkffagiere fetneSmegS mefyr untcrfc^etben fonnte. Un* glaublid; unb nnrftid) bie ©inne tternnrrenb 12 war ber 2)rang 13 ber 5Kenge, bie in biefem Slugenblicf burd) baS Sriicfentfjor fyerein bem SBagen nad;ftur$te, be&wgcn 14 aud) bie nad)ften «§>aufer son icn 3ufd)auem am 9Jleiften gefud?t wurben. Sine anbere, nod) fciel fettfamere geicrlid)feit, toe(d)e am fyellen £age 15 ba3 publicum aufregte, tt>ar baS $feifergerid)t. @$ erinnerte biefe Geremonie an jene erften 16 3^iten, too bebeutenbe ^anbeWftabte fid) »on ben 3Wen, tx>el<^e mit £)anbel unb ©etoerb in g(eid)em 9Jtaa£e junafymen, too nid)t 17 $u befreien, bod) toenigftenS eine 9ftttberung berfelben ju erlangen fud)ten. 3)er £aifer, ber tfyrer beburfte 18 , ertljeilte eine fold)e greifjeit ba, too e3 son if)tn abljieng, getoofynltd) aber nur auf ein Saljr, unb fie mu^te baljer jafyrlid) erneuert toerben. 3)iefe6 gefd)alj burd) fymbolifd)e ©aben, toeld)e bem 14 2Iu6 metncm Seben. faiferlid)en Sdjmltfyetfkn 1 , ber and) ttof)l gelegentlid? 2 Ober* $5Uner fein fonnte, sor ©tntrttt bcr S3artt)o[omau9Jteffe ge* brac^t nmrben, unb jtt>ar be$ 2Inftanb£ ttegen 3 , ftenn er mit ben @d)i>ffen $u ©eric^t fap 4 . 31$ ber @d)ultf)ei£ fpaterf)in nid)t mefyr t>om $aifer gefeitf 5 , (onbern von ber Stabt fetbft gen>a£)lt mtrbe, befyiett er bod) biefe 93orred)te, unb fottot)! bie 3t>Kfreif)eiten 6 ber ©tabte, ate bie Seremonten, ftomit bie Stbcjcorbneten r>on SBormS, 9tumberg unb 2Ut;33amberg biefe uratte 7 Sergiinftigung anerfannten, n>aren bte auf unferc 3etten gefommen. 3)en Sag vox SJtarta ©eburt 8 tt>arb ein offentticfyer @erid)tetag angefunbtgt. 3n bem grofkn ffaifer* faale, in einem umfd)ranften 9 9taume, fafen er{j&f)t 10 bte ©cfyoffen, unb etne Stiife f)of)er ber @d)ultf)eif2 in ifyrer SJiitte ; bie von ben ^arteien besolfmacfytigten 11 ^rocuratoren unten ^ur redden ©eite. 2)er 2Ictuariu$ fangt an, bie auf biefen Sag gefparten 12 ti)id)tigen Urt£)ctle laut t>or$utefen : bie ^rocuratoren bitten urn Slbfdjrift, appelUren, ober tva$ fte fonft $u tfjun notfyig finben. 2luf einmal melbet eine numberlicfye 13 SWufif gleid)fam bie Slnfunft 'ooriger 14 3at)rfjunberte. @3 finb brei ^feifer, beren einer cine alte ©d)almei 15 , ber anbere einen 23a$, ber britte einen ^ommer 16 ober §oboe blaft. Sie tragen blaue, mit ©olb serbramte 17 Mantel, auf ben Slermetn bie 9?oten be* feftigt, unb ijaben ba3 $aupt bebecft. @o ttaren fie auS ifjrem ©aftfyaufe, bie ©efanbten unb ifyre Segleitung Ijinterbrein 18 , tyuntt 3^t)^ 19 auSge^ogen, fcon (Sinf)eimifd)en unb gremben angeftaunt, unb fo treten fie in ben ©aal. 2)ie @erid)te; nerfyanbhmgen Ijaften inne, ^feifer unb 23egteitung bleiben vox ben ©cfyranfen, ber Slbgefanbte tritt ijindn unb ftellt fid) bem ©d)ult£)eij3 en gegeniiber. 3)ie fymboIifd)en ©aben, fteld)e auf baS ©enauefte nad) bem alten »§>etfommen geforbert torn* IgrjlcS Sucf>. 15 ben, beftanben gettiSfynlid) in folctyen SBaaren, ttomit Me barbringenbe ©tabt 1 t>or$uglid) $u Ijanbetn pflegte. 3)er ^feffer gait gteid)fam fur alle SBaaren, unb fo brad)te aud) l)ier ber Slbgefanbte einen fd)6n gebred)felten f)oljernen 5pofal mit Cpfcffer angefullt 2 . tteber bemfelben (agen ein $aar §anb* fd)uf)e, numberfam gefd)li£t, mtt ©eibe befteppt unb bequaftct 3 , ate 3eirfKrt einer geftatteten unb angenommcnen SSergun^ ftigung, beffen fid) aud) tt)of)l ber ftaifct felbft in gennffen gatlen bebiente. 3)aneben fat) man ein tteifkS ©tabd)en 4 , mlti)£$ connate bei gefe£ltd)en unb gerid)tlid)en «£>anbtungen nid)t leid)t fe£)(en burfte. $3 waren nod; einige Heine ©ilber* mitn^en 5 fyin^ugefugt, unb bie ©tabt 28orm3 brad)te einen alten gil^ut, ben (ie immer ttneber einlofte 6 , fo ba£ berfelbe Biele Safjre ein 3?uge biefer Keremonien getoefen. 9iadf;bem ber ©efanbte feme Slnrebe gefyalten, ba6 @efd)enf abgegeben, tton bem ©d)ultl)eif3en bie S3erfid)enmg fort* bauernber 33egunftigung empfangen, fo entfernte er fid) au3 bem gefd)loffenen £rcife ; bie $feifer bliefen, ber 3ug gieng ab, ttne er gefommen n>ar, ba6 ©ertc^t tterfolgte feine @e* fd^afte, bis ber jtteite unb enblid) ber britte ©efanbte eingefufyrt ttmrben ; benn fie famen erft einige 3eit nad) cinanber, tljeite bamit baS SSergnugen be$ ^ublicum^ langer baure, tfyeilS aud) tteil e3 immer biefelben altertf)umlid)cn SBirtuofen 7 toaren, wcld)e 9turnberg fur fid) unb feine SDtitftabte 8 $u unter fatten unb jebe3 3al)r an Dxt unb ©telle 9 $u bringen iibernommen f)atte. SSir if inber ttaren bei biefem %c\k befonberS intereffirt, mil e3 un3 nid)t toenig fc^mcic^elte, unfem ©rof&ater an einer fo efjrenttollen ©telle $u fefyen, unb toeil nrir gettoljnlid) nod) felbigen £ag 10 tfyn ganj befd)eiben ju befud)en pfiegten, urn, toenn bie ©rof mutter ben ^feffer in iljre ©ettmr^laben 11 1 6 2lu3 meinem Seben. gefdjmttet fyatte, einen Secret unb ®tabd)en\ em $aar §anb; fd)ul) 2 ober etnen alten 9laber*2l[bu6 3 gu erf)afc^)en. SJian fonnte fid) btefe fymbolifd)en, ba3 2lltertf)ttm gleicfyfam f)er< twrgaubernben 4 Geremomen nid)t erflaren laffen, ofyne in ttergangene 3afjrf)unberte ftieber guriicfgefuf)rt $u tterben, ofyne fid) nad) Sttten, ®ebraud)en unb ©efinnungen unferer SItoorbern 5 ju erfunbigen, bie ftd) burd) ttueber auferftanbene ^feifer unb Stbgeorbnete, ja burd) f)anbgreiflid)e unb fur un6 befi^bare ®abcn auf elite fo nnmberltd)e 2Betfe ttergegen* wartigten. ©eleven alteljrfturbigen geierlid)feiten folgte in guter SaljrSjett manned fur un$ ftinber fuftreid)ere 6 geft auf erfyalb ber @tabt unter freiem §immel. 2ln bem red)ten Ufer beS SRaittS untertt>art£ 7 , ettt?a eine (jalbe Stunbe fcom £f)or, quillt em ©d)tt)efelbrunnen 8 , fauber eingefaft unb mit uralten Stnben umgeben 9 . 9fid)t fteit bason ftef)t ber §cf ju ben guten Seuten 10 , efymalS em urn biefer £luette ttnllen zxbaute$ ^ofpital 11 . 2tuf im ©emeintoeiben 12 umfyer tierfammelte man gu etnem gettnffen Sage beS 3af)re3 bte 9imb£ie{)f)eerben au3 ber 9kd)barfd)aft, unb bte §irten fammt ifyren 9Mbd)en 13 feterten em lanblid)e3 gfefi, mtt JEanj unb ©efang, mtt mandjerlei Suft unb ttnge^ogenljeit 14 . 2luf ber anbem (Settc ber ©tabt fag em afjnlid)er, nur groferer @emeinbepla& 15 , gteid)fal(3 burd) etnen Srunnen unb burd) nod) fd)onere SSttDen gegtert. 2)ortljin trieb man $u SPfmgflen bte ©d)af* fyeerben, unb $u g(eid)er 3eit 16 (tep man bte armen fcer< b(eid)ten 17 SBatfenftnber au$ iljren 9JJauern 18 in3 grete; benn man foflte 19 erft fyater auf ben ©ebanfen geratfyen, baf* man fold)e fcerlaffene ftreaturen 20 , bte fid) etnft burd) bte SBelt burdfeufyelfen genotfjigt ftnb, fritf) mtt ber SBelt in 2?erbinbung bringen, anftatt fie auf eine traurige SBeife $u (Srftee 93u$. 17 fjegen 1 , fte liebcr glcicf) $um 3)ienen unb 3)u(ben 2 gen.u>f)nen miiffe unb alte Urfad) 3 fjabe, fie son £inbe$beinen an* fo* n)cf)( p^fifd) ci(6 moralifd) jit fraftigen. 35te Slmmen unb 9Jtagbe, tt)eld)e ftd) felbft immer gern einen ©pajiergang bereiten, tterfefylten ntc^t, son ben friifyften Stikn, un3 an bergteid^en Drte 5U tragen unb $u fufjren, fo bap biefe lanb* lichen gefte tt>of)l mit $u ben erften Stnbrudfen geljoren, beren id) mid) ertnnern fann. 3)a6 §au6 war inbeffen fertig gettorben, unb $ftar in $iemlid) fuqer 3«t/ n>eit alleS ttofjl itberlegt, t>orbercitct unb fur bie notfyige ©elbfumme 5 geforgt ttar. SBir fanben un* nun 2lKe ttneber serfammelt unb fiifjlten un3 befyaglid) 6 : benn ein n>ofjlau6gebad)ter $(an, ttenn cr auSgefuljrt baftefyt, (apt 2tHe^ ttergeffen, tt>a^ bie SRittel, urn ju biefem 3^>ccf $u ge* langen, UnbequemeS mogen geljabt Ijaben 7 . 3)a3 §au3 wax fur eine ^tir>attt)of)nung geraumig genug, bureaus fjetl unb Ijeiter 8 , bie Steppe fret, bie SSorfale 9 lufttg, unb jene 2lu3fid)t iiber bie ©arten au3 mefjrcren genftern bequem $u geniepen. 2)er innere 2lu6bau, unb tt>a3 jur SSoHenbung unb 3ierbe 10 get)ort, toarb nad) unb nad) t>oUbra(^>t unb biente jugleid) pit 23efd)aftigung unb $ur Unterfyaltung. 2)a3 ©rfte, tt)a6 man inDrbnung bradjjte, wax bie 33iicf)er* fammlung 11 be$ 93ater3, son n>elc^er bie beften, in gran$* ober «£>albfran$banb 12 gebunbenen 93ud)er bie SBanbe feineS 2lrbcit6* unb ©tubier$immer3 fd)mudfen follten. ©r befap bie fcfyonen fyotlanbifd)en 2Iu$gaben ber latemifdjen ©d)riftftelkr 13 , wdfyt er ber aupem Uebereinftimmung tt>egen fammtltd) in Guart an$ufd)affen fud)te; fobann SStele^ n>a^ fid) auf bie romifd)en 2tnttquttaten unb bie elegantere 3uri3pruben$ 14 be$ief)t. 2)ie t>or$uglid)ften itatienifc&en 3)id)ter fefjlten nid)t, unb fur ben £affo 15 bejeigte 16 er eine grope SSorliebe. 2)ic beften neuften G. b. 2 1 8 SluS metnem Seben. Sieifebefdjretbungen tt>aren and) fcorfyanben, unb er felbft mad)te ft$ ein SSergnugen barauS 1 , ben $ty$kx unb 9lemei$ 2 3U beridjtigen unb ^u crganjcn. 9ttd)t tteniger Ijatte er fic^> mtt ben notfjigften £itf$mitteln umgeben, mit 28orterbitd)ern au$ tterfcfyiebenen ©:pracl)en 3 , mtt Sfteatlerifen 4 , baf man fid; alfo nad) Selieben 9?atfj$ 5 erfyolen fonnte, fo tt)ie mtt mand)em Slnbern, \x>a$ $um -Rufcen unb SSergnitgen geretd)t. 2)ie anbere «£)alfte biefer 23ud)erfammlung, in faubern ^ergamentbanben mtt fefyr fd)im gefcfyriebenen SEiteln, warb in etnem befonbern SWanfarb^immer 6 aufgeftellt. 3)a3 9?ad^ fcfyaffen 7 ber neuen 23ud)er, fo tt>ie ba3 33inben unb (Stnreifjen 8 berfelben betrieb er mtt grower @elaffen()eit 9 unb Drbnung. 2)abei fatten bie geteljrten 2ln$eigen 10 , ttelcfye biefem ober jenem 2Serf befonbere 93or$uge beitegten, auf if)n grojjen (SinflujjL Seine ©ammtung juriftifd)er SMffertationen tot* meljrte \\6) ityxlid) urn eintge 23anbe. SunSoft aber nmrben bie ©emaibe, bie (onft in bem alten §aufe jerjireut f)erumgef)angen, nunmefyr jufammen an ben SBanben eineS freunbltd)en 3immtr0 neben ber Stubierftube, alle in fti&warjen, mit golbenen <2tabd)en soet^ jierten 9iat)men, fymmetrifd? angebrac^t. SRein SSater fyatte ben ©runbfafc, ben er ofterS unb fogar letbenfc^aftlic^ au6* fprad), baf man bie (ebenben 2Relfiet befefyaftigen unb tteniger auf bie abgefefyiebenen ftenben 11 folle, bei beren ©<$afcung fel)r tttel 93orurt()eiI mit uitterfaufe. ©r f)atte bie 93orftettung, baf e$ mit ben ©emalben twflig \vk mit ben 9ft)etntt)einen befefyaffen fet, bie, n>enn ifjnen gletd) 12 ba8 Sifter einen ttor* jugltti&en SBcrtf) beilege, bennod) in jebem folgenben 3af)re ebenfo ^ortrcfflid^ al3 in ben flergangenen fimnten Ijemr* gebrad)t tterben 13 . s 3?acf; SScrlauf einiger 3^tt fterbe ber neue 2Betn and) ein alter, ebenfo foftbar unb ttielieicfyt nod; SrfieS 93ud). 19 fd)matfljafter. 3n biefer SDteinung beftatigte 1 er fid? vox* $uglid(? burd) bie 33emerfung, bap meljrere atte 33ilbcr fyauptfdcpd) baburd) fiir bte Siebfyaber einen gropen 2£ertf) $u erfyalten fcfytenen, roeil fie bunffer unb brauner gettorben unb ber f)armonifd)e Son etneS (eleven 23ilbe$ ofter^ 2 gcriifjmt wurbe. SQtetn SSater tterfid)erte bagegen, cS (ei ifym gar nid)t bange 3 , bap bie neuett Silbet fiinftig nic^t and) f$n>ar$ tt>erben fottten; bap (ie aber gerabe baburcfy gctoonnen, oolite er nid^t ^ugeftefjen. 9D?an fcfyritt auf biefe SBetfe mit 93o(lenbung ber iibrigen Simmer nad) ifjren £erfd)iebenen 23eftimmungen toeiter 4 . 9fceinltc$feit unb Drbnung f)errfd)ten im ©an^en; »otjfigK($ trugen grope Spiegelfd)eiben 5 bag Sfyrige $u einer ttollfom; menen §el(igfeit 6 bei, bie in bem alten §aufe auS mef)veren Urfad)en, junad&ft aber and) n>cgen meift runber genfter* fd)eiben 7 gefefylt fjatte. 2)er SSater jeigte fid) fetter, tt)ei( if)m 2lfle3 gut gelungen nxtr; unb ttxire ber gute «§umor nid)t mand)mal baburd) unterbrod)en worben, bap nid)t immer ber gleip unb bie ©enauigfeit 8 ber §anbtterfer feinen gorbe* rungen entfprad)en, (0 fjdtte man fein glutf(id;erc3 Seben benfen fonnen 9 , $umal ba mand)e3 ®uk tljeilS in ber gamtlie (elbft entfprang, tfyeitS if)r son aupen $uflop. 3)urd) ein auperorbenttid)e3 SBeltereignip 10 ivurbe jebocfy bie ©emutt^rnfye 11 be6 £naben jum erftenmal im Siefften 1 " erfd)iittert. 21m erften SRo&embet 1755 creignete fid) ba3 ©rbbeben tton Siffabon unb tterbreitete iiber bie in grieben unb 9tuf)e fd)on eingettoljnte SSelt 13 einen ungefjeuren ©d)redfen. (Sine grope, prad)tige 9?efiben$ 14 , $ug(eid) «£>anbel& unb <§afenftabt, n>irb ungetoarnt 15 t>on bem furd)tbarften Ungliicf betroffen. Die Srbe bebt unb fc^n>anft, baS Steer brauft auf, bie Sd)iffe fc^tagen jufammen 16 , bie ^aufer jiirjen 20 2lu3 meinem £eben. ein, $ttd)en unb Sfjutme bauibet f)et, bet fontglid)e *)3ataft Sum Sfjeil ttntb 1 som SKeere &erf($lungen, bie geborfieue (Srbe fcfyeint gtammen ju fpeien; benn ubetall melbet fid) 9?aud) unb 33tanb in ben 9tutnen. ©e<$jigtaufenb 9Jfenfd)en 2 , einen 2lugenblidf ^uset nod) tuljig unb befyagtid), gefjen mit einanbet ^u ©tunbe, unb ber glud(td)fte barunter ift bet $u nennen, bem feine (Smpftnbung, feme 23efinnung itbet ba6 ttnglucf mef)t geftattet 3 ift. 2)ie glammcn ftuttfyen fort 4 , unb mtt ifynen toutfyt cine @c^aat [onft fcetbotgenet 5 obet butd) btefeS ©retgnif in gteifjeit gefeftfet 93etbted)et. 3)te unglucfltd;en tfebttggebltebenen finb bem *Raube, bem SJtotbe, alien 9Jti^anb(ungen blofgeftellt 6 , unb fo be* fyauptet fcon alien ©eiten bte $latux ifjte fd)tanfentofe SBillfut. ©djmellet ate bie 9tad)tid)ten l)atkn fd)on Slnbeutungen 7 son biefem 25otfall fid) butd) gtofe Sanbfttecfen 8 t>erbreitet; an fctelen Dtten waxen fd)tt)ad)ete @tfd)uttetungen ^u set* fpiiten, an mand)en £luellen, befonbetS bm fyetlfamen, etn ungett)ofjnlid)e3 3nnef)alten ^u bemetfen gen>efen 9 : urn befto grower ttat bte SBitfung bet 9tad)tid)ten fetbft, n>elc^e ex\t im Slllgemeinen, bann aha mit fd)tedflid)en @in$elt)eiten fid) tafd) tizxbxateten. «£netauf lief en eS bie @otte£futd)tigen nt$t an 33ettad)tungen, bte *)3f)itofopf)en nid)t an Stoftgtitnben, an ©ttafptebigten bte @eiftltd)feit nid)t feljlen. ©o ttieleS gufammen tid?tete bte 2lufmetffamfett bet SBelt eine 3eit lang auf biefen tyunft, unb bie butd) ftembeS Ungtitcf aufgetegten ©emiitljet ttmtben butd) ©otgen fur fid) felbft unb bie 3ijtigen urn fo mefyt geangftigt, ate itbet bie toett* fcetbteitete SBitfung btefet ©rplofton son alien Dxkn unb (Snben immet meljtete unb umftanblic&ete 10 5ftad)ttd)ten ein* liefen. 3a, DieUeid^t §at bet 2)amon beS ©d)tetfen$ ju ©rfteS 33u$. 21 feiner Stit 1 fo fc^nell unb (0 macfytig feine ©chatter uber bie @rbe tterbreitet. £)er folgenbe ©ommer gab etne nafjere ©etegenljeit, ben ^ornigen ©ott, son bem ba6 2l(te Seftament (0 siel iiberliefert, unmittelbar fetmert $u lernen. Unt>erfef)en3 2 brad) ein $a* getoetter fyerein unb fcfyfug bie neuen ©piegelfcfyeiben ber gegen 2(benb 3 getegenen <§>interfeite be3 £aufe3 unter Conner unb 33(i$en 4 auf baS @ett)a(tfamfte sufammen, befdfyabigte bte neuen SKobeln 5 , fcerberbte einige (debate 6 Silver unb fonft wertfye 3)inge unb ttxtt fur bte ftlnber urn fo furd)terUd)er, ate baS gan$ auper fid) gefefcte £au6gefinbe 7 fie in einen bunflen @ang mit fortrif unb bort auf ben £nieen (iegenb burd) fd)redflid)e3 ©efyeul unb @efd)rei bie eqiirnte ©ottijeit $u tterfoljnen glaubte; inbeffen ber 93ater, gan$ allein gefa^t 8 , bie genfterflugcl 9 aufrij5 unb auSfyob; woburd) er $n>ar manege 6d)eiben rettete, abcr aud) bem auf ben 4?agel fotgenben 9tegenguf 10 einen befto offnem 2Beg bereitete, fo baf man ftd) nad) enbtic^er (Srfjofung 11 auf ben SSorfalen unb Sreppen tton flutljenbem unb vinnenbem Staffer umgeben fat). ©old)e 93orfalle, voie ftorenb fie aud) im ©atyen waren, unterbracfyen bod) nur wentg ben ©ang unb bie golge 12 be$ Unterrtd)t6, ben ber SSater felbft un3 ifinbern $u geben fid) einmal 13 ttorgenommen. @t fyattz feine Sugenb auf bem 5?oburger ©^mnafium 14 $ugebrad)t, tt)eld)c3 unter ben beut* fd)en Sefjranftatten eine ber erften ©telkn einnaf)m. (Sr fjatte bafelbft einen guten ©runb in ben ©prad)en unb toaS man fonft $u einer gelefjrten Sr^iefjung red)nete, gelegt, nad)fjer in Setp^ig fic^> ber 9ied)t3ftiffenfd)aft befiiffen 15 unb jute^t in ©icfkn promosirt 16 . ©eine mit Srnft unb gleif serfage 2)iffertation: Electa de aditione hereditatis, n>trt> ttoc^ tton ben 9ied)t3lef)rern 17 mit Sob angefufirt. (§3 ift ein frommer 2Bunfd) 18 after SSater baS, \va$ ifenen 22 2lu6 metnem Seben. felbft abgegangen 1 , an ben ©ofjnen realifirt 2 gu feljen, fo oljngefaijr 3 ate tterm man gum gn>eitenma( lebte uni> bie Srfafyrungen be3 erften 2eben3(aufe6 nun erft red?t nu£en 4 ttollte. 3m @efiif)l feiner 5?enntniffe, in ®ett>ij*tjett etner treuen SluSbauer unb im SKi^traucn gegen bie bamaligen Secret, naf)tn ber ffiater fid) ttor, (eine £inber felbft $u unter* rid^tcn unb nur fo&tel, ate e3 nJtfyig fc^ien, eingelne Stunben burd) eigentlidje Sef)rmciftcr 5 gu befe£en. 3)teinem SSater war fein eigner Seben&jang bte bal;in 3tcmltc^ nad) SBunfd) gelungen; td) follte bcnfelbcn 233 eg geljcn, abcr bequemer unb voeiter 6 . @r fc^a^te meine ange* bornen ©aben urn fo mefjr. ate fie if)m mangeften: benn er fyatte SltteS nur burd) unfagtid)en 7 gleifc 2lnf)altfamfeif 8 unb 2Bieberf)o(ung erttorben. ©r ^crfid^crtc mir 5fter$, fritter unb fpater, im @rnft unb @d)er$ 9 , ba£ er mit meinen 2ln* lagen 10 fidf? gang embers ttnirbe benommen unb nid)t fo lieberlid) 11 bamit nuirbe gettrirt£)fd)aftet 12 Ijaben. £)urd) fc^neto ©rgreifen, SSerarbeiten unb geftfyaften 13 entttmd?3 id) fef)r balb bem tinterrid)t, ben mir mein SSater unb bie iibrigen 2el)rmeifter geben fonnten, ofjne baf id) bod) in irgenb ttxx>a$ begrunbet 14 getoefen ttare. 2)te ©rammatif miffid mir, toeil td) fie nur ate ein ttnKfitrlid)e3 @efe£ anfal); bie 9?egeln fd)ienen mir lad)er(id?, toeil fie burd) fo fctele 2tu3naf)men aufgefyoben 15 wurben, bie id)alle nneber befonberS (ernen follte. Unb tt>are nid)t ber gereimte cmgefjenbe 8a* teiner 16 getoefen, fo fjatte e3 fd)limm mit mir auSgefefyen; bod) biefen trommelte unb fang id) mir gem ttor. So l)attcn ttrir aud) eine @eograpf)ie in fo(d)en @ebad)tnif^erfen 17 , too unS bie abgefd)madftefien 18 9ietme ba3 gu 23ef)altcnbe am beften einpragten, j. 23. Dber,§)ffel 19 ; toiel SWoraji gjtad&t ba$ gute Sanb »erf>aft 20 . 6rfte3 23u$. 23 2)ic 6prad)formen unb ^SBenbungen 1 fapte id) leid)t; fo and) entttndfelte id) mir fctmell, \x>a$ in bem 33egriff ciner ©ad)e lag. 3n rfjctortfc^ett 3)ingen, (%ieen 2 unb ber* g(eid)en fyat e3 mir 9?iemanb $ur>or, ob id) fd)on ttegen ©pracfyfefyler oft t)tntanfte()en mupte. @old)e Sluffafce ttarcn e3 jebod), bie meinem 23ater befonbre greube marten, unb n>egen bcren er mid) mit mand)em fur einen Jfnaben be* beutenben @elbgeftf)enf betoljnte. Wltin SSater lefyrte bie ©defter 8 in bemfelben Simmer 3tatienifd), wo id) ben ScttariuS auSftenbig 3U lemen Qatte, 3nbem id) nun mit meinem ^5enfum balb fertig ttar unb bod) [till fi^en foflte, fjord)te id) iiber ba6 23ud) weg 4 unb fapte ba$ 3talienifd)e, ba6 mir a(6 cine luftige Slbfteic^ung 5 bc£ 2atetnifd)en aufftet, fefyr befyenbe 6 . Slnbere grii^citigfeiten 7 in 2lbfid)t auf 8 @ebad()tmp unb (Combination Ijatte id) mit jenen ftinbem gemein 9 , bie baburd) einen friifjen 9tuf erlangt fyaben 10 . 3)e$l)alb fonnte mein SSater faum erftarten, bte id) auf Stfabemie 11 gefyen n>iirbe. elc^e id) wafytn nnirbe; nur gegen ©ottingen f)atte er, id) tt)eip ntd)t toarum, eintge Slbneigung, ^u meinem Seibttefen; benn id) fjatte gerabe auf biefe tttel Sutrauen unb grope ^offnungen gefefct gerner er^af)Ite er mir, bap id) wad) 2Bei$(ar 14 unb 9tegen& burg 15 , ntd^t tteniger nad) SBien unb tton ba nad) Staflen gef)en foCte; ob er gletd) nneberfyolt beljauptete, man mitffe $art3 ttorauS 16 fefyen, Weil man au$ Statien fommenb ficfy an nid)t$ mef)r erge£e. 24 2tu6 meinem Men. SHefeS 5Karc^en meineS fiinftigen SugenbgangeS 1 lief id; mir gem ttneberfjolen, befonberS ba e6 in eine Srja&hmg son 3ta(ien unb jule^t in eine 23efd)reibung son 9teapel auSlief. @ein (onftiger ©rnft unb £rotfenf)eit 2 fd)ien fid^ jeber^eit aufeulofen unb ^u beteben, unb fo erjeugte fid) in un$ £inbern ber Ieibenfd)aftUd)e SBnnfd), and) biefer ^arabiefe tljeUljaft 3 ^u tterben. 28ir ifnaben fatten eine fonntagtid)e 3ufammenfunft, fto jeber tton if)m felbft t>erfertigte SSerfe probuciren 4 folfte. Itnb f)ier begegnete mir et)x>a$ 2Bunberbare3, wa$ mid) fef)r lange in Itnruf) fefcte*. 3Reme @ebid)te, n>te fie aud) fein molten, mufite id; tmmer fur bie beffern fyalten. Slttein id) bemerfte batb, bap meine SSJiitmerber, tt)etd)e fefjr lafyme 2)inge t>or^ bracbten, in bem gleid)en gafte ftaren unb fid) nid)t ft>eniger biinften 6 ; ja, n>a$ mir nod) bebenflid)er fc^ien, ein guter, obgteicl) ju fotd)en Slrbeiten ttbllig unfaljiger iEnabe, bem id) itbrigenS gettogen ttar, ber aber feine 3teime fid) fcom £of* meifter 7 mad)en Kef, fjielt biefe nid)t aftein fur bie allerbeften, fonbem toar ttbflig uber^eugt, er ijabe fie felbft gemad)t; n>ie er mir, in bem fcertrauteren 33erf)altnifi, ttorin id) mit tfjm ftanb, jeber^eit aufrid)tig betjauptete. 2) a id) nun fold)en 3rrtf)um unb SBafynftnn offenbar ttor mir faf), fte( e3 mir eineS 3^age6 aufS §er^ 8 , ob id) mid) t>ielleid)t felbft in bem gall befanbe, ob ntc^t jene @ebid;te nnrflid) beffer feien ate Me meinigen, unb ob id) nid)t mit 9ied)t ienen 5frtaben eben* fo toll ate 9 fie mir florfommen 10 mod)te? 2)iefe3 beunrufyigte mid) feljr unb lange &it: benn e3 mar mir burd;au$ un* muglid), ein aupereS iEcnn^eic^en 11 ber 2Baf)rl)eit 3U ftnben; ja, id) ftocfte fogar in meinen <£)er$orbringungen 12 , bte mid; enbltd) Seic^tftnn unb @elbftgefiif)l unb $ule£t eine *pro* bearbeit berufyigten, bie m$ Server unb ©tern, ftelc^e auf ©vfleS 23ud). 25 unfere ©d^crjc aufmerffam gen>orben, auS bem Stegreif 1 aufgaben, wobei i$ gut beftanb unb allgemcineS Sob bason* trug. 3Ran ljatte $u ber 2 Sett nod; feine 33ib(iotf)efen fur ifinber seranftattet. SDie 2l(ten fatten felbft nod; Iinb(id?e @efin* nungen unb fanben eS bequem, iljre eigene 35i(bung ber 9?ad)fommenfd)aft mttjutfjetlen. Stufer bem Orbis pictus be6 2Imo3 SomeniuS 3 tarn unS fein 23ud) biefer 2lrt in bie 4?anbe; aber bie grofe goliobibel, mit ihtpferntton 9JJerian 4 , warb Ijaufig son unS burdjjblattert; ©ottfriebS Sljronif 5 , mit ihipfern beSfelben SWeiftcrS, beleljrte un$ son ben merfnmr* btgften gaHen ber 2Beltgefc#tc#te; bie Acerra philologica 6 ti)at nod) allertei gabeln, SJtytljologieen 7 unb ©eltfamfeiten t)in3U; unb ba id) gar balb bie Ot>tbtfc^en 9Sem>anb(ungen 8 gett)af)r ttmrbe unb befonberS bie erften S3iic^er fleipig ftubirte, fo wax mem jungeS ©efyirn fd)nell genug mit einer SOlaffc tton SSttbern unb 23egebenf)eiten, son bebeutenben unb awn* bevbaren ©eftalten unb (Sreigniffen angefullt, unb id) fonnte uiemafe lange SBeile 9 Ijaben, inbcm id) mid) immerfort 10 befd)aftigte, biefen ©rtterb ju tterarbeiten, ju ttneberfjolen, nneber fjerttoqubringen 11 . Sincn frommern fitt(id)em CSffect, ate jene mitunter 12 rof)en unb gefaf)rlid)en 2l(tertf)umli($feiten 13 , mad)te genelonS Selemad) 14 , ben id) erft nur in ber 9teufircfyifd)en Ueberfe^ung Fennen (ernte, unb ber, aud) fo unttoUfommen uberliefert, eine gar (life unb tt>of)lt[)atige SBirfung auf meitt ©emutf) aufkrte. 2)af 9?obinfon 6ru(oe 15 fid) jeitig angefd)loffen, liegt ttofjl in ber 5Ratur ber ®ad)e; baf bie 3nfel gelfenburg nid)t gefefylt fyahc, laft fid) benfen. Sorb SlnfonS 9ieife urn bie SBelt 16 tterbanb ba3 SBiirbige ber 293af)rf)eit mit bem *)3fjantafiereid)en be$ SRard&enS, unb inbem nnr biefen treff(id)en ©eemann mit 26 2Iu6 meinem Seben. ben ©ebanfen 1 begleiteten, ttmrbcn ttir mit in atte SBelt 2 f)tnau^gefuf)rt unb fcerfud)ten, tfym mit unfern gingern auf bem @lobu3 gu folgen. 2Bie etne gamilienfpagierfafjrt 3 tm ©ommer burd) ein plo£lid)e3 ©emitter auf etne f)odf>ft tterbrief lid)e 4 2Beife geftort unb etn frofjer 3uftanb in ben tt)ibern>artigften \>ertt>anbelt ttnrb, fo fallen and) bie ifinberfranffjeiten unerttartet in bie fcfyonfte 3af)r^eit 5 be3 §riif)leben3 6 . SJitr ergieng e3 and; nid)t anberS. 3d) l)atte mir ekn ben gortunatuS mit feinem ©ecfel unb 2Bunfc^[)iitlein 7 gefauft, ate mid) ein 9Jti^bel)agen 8 unb ein gieber tiberftel, tt>oburd) bie $ocfen 9 fid^> anfitnbtgten. 2)ie ©inimpfung berfelben 10 ftarb bet unS nod) tmmer fur fef)r problematifd) 11 angefefyen, unb ob fie gteid) populare @d)riftfteller fd)on fa^Uc^ 12 unb einbringlid) empfofyten, fo gauberten bod) bie beutfd)en Slergte mit einer Operation, tt)cldf)e ber -JJatur ttorgugreifen 13 fdfnen. ©pecutirenbe Snglanber famen bafyer aufS fefte £anb 14 unb tmpften, gcgen 15 ein anfcf)nlid)e3 «§onorar, bk £tnber folder ^erfonen, bie fie n>of)ll)abenb unb frei flon 93orurtf)eif fanben. 2)ie 5Kef)rga£)l jebod) war nod) immer bem alten Unveil 16 au^gefe^t; bie 5Jranff)eit ttmtfyete burdfy 17 bie ^amilien, tobtete unb entftellte siele £inber, unb ttenige ©tern ttagten tf, nad) einem SJJittel gu greifen, beffen n>at)rfd^eittlic^e ^iilfe bod) fc^on burc& ben ©rfolg mannigfaltig 18 beftatigt ttar. 3)a6 Uebel betraf 19 nun aud) unfer £au3 unb itberftet mid) mit gang befonberer «£)eftigfeit. 2)er ganje ^orper tt>ar mit Slattern uberfaet, ba3 @efid)t gugebedft, unb iti) lag mefyrere £age blinb unb in grojkn Seiben 20 . 9Jlan fud^te bie m5gtid)fte Sinberung 21 unb tterfprad) mir golbene Serge 22 , mnn td) mid) ruljig tterfjalten unb i>a$ Uebel nid)t burd) Sieiben unb $ra£en fcermefjren ttollte. 3d) getoann e3 23 iiber mid); inbeffen f)ielt man un$, 6rftc6 33u#. 27 nad) berrfd)enbem 93orurtl)eil, (0 warm ate moglid) unb fcfyarfte 1 baburd) nur ba$ Uebel. ©nblid), nad) traurig verfloffener 3ett 2 , fiel e6 mir tine eine 9Ra$fe vom @eftd)t, oljne baf bie Slattern eine ftdfytbare Spur auf ber «£>aut ^urudgelaffen 3 ; after bie 33i(bung war merflid) veranbert. 3d) felbft war jufrteben, nur wieber baS £age£licl)t $u fefyen unb nad) unb nad) bte fledige $aut ju verlieren; aber Slnbere waren un* barmfjeqig genug, mid) ofterfl an ben vorigen Suftanb 3U erinnern; befonberS eine fefjr lebfjaftc Sante, bie fritter Slbgotterei 4 mtt mir getriebcn tjattc, fonnte mi$, felbft nod) in fpatern 3al)ren, felten anfefyen, ofyne aufljurufen : *Pfui! 93ctter, Wte garftig 5 ift @r 6 geworben! 2)ann eqal)lte fte mir umftanblic^, wie fie (id; fonft an mir erge£t, welded Sluffefjen fie erregt, wemt fte mid) umfyergetragen ; unb fo erfufjr id) friib$eitig, bap lift* bte 9Jtenfd)en fur ba$ SSergniigen, baS wir if)nen gewafjrt fjaben, fefjr oft empftnblid) bitten (affen. 2Seber von Sftafern, nod) SBinbblattern, unb wie bte Oualgetfter 7 bcr 3ugenb Ijcifen mogen, blieb id) verfd)ont, unb jebeSmal Verfid)erte man mir 8 , e3 ware ein @(ucf, baf biefeS Uebel nun fur immer vouiber fci ; aber leiber brol)te fcfyon wteber ein anbreS im §intergrunb unb rudfte fjeran. 23ei ®elegenf)eit biefeS gamilienleibenS 9 will td) aud) nod) eirte^ 23ruber3 gebenfen, Weld)er, urn brei Satyr jungcr afe id), gteictyfalte von iener SInftedung ergriffen wurbe unb ntdtyt Wenig bavon litt. @r war von garter SRatur, ftill unb eigenfinnig, unb wir fjattm niemate ein eigentlic^eS 33ertyaltnip jufammen 10 . $lud) uberlebte er faum bie J^inber* jatyre 11 . Unter metyrern nactygebornen 12 @efd)wiftern, bie gleid)falte nictyt lang am %zbm blieben, erinnere id) mid) nur eineS fetyr fd)onen unb angenetymen SJJabctyenS, bie 13 aber aud) balb verfd)wanb, ba wir benn nad) SSerlauf einiger 28 Slu6 meinem Seben. Safyre, id) unb meine @d)n>efter, unS allein ubrig faljen unt) nur urn fo inniger unb liebettoller serbanben. 3ene SfranWjeiten unb anbere unangeneljme ©tbrungen ttmrben in iljren Solgen boppelt laftig: benn mein 93ater, ber fid) einen geftiffen @rjtel)img& unb Unterrid)t3falenber gemad)t $u i)aben fd)ien, n>olfte jebeS 23erfaumni$ unmittelbar ttrieber einbrtngen 1 unb belegte bie ©enefenben 2 mit boppelten Sectionen, tt>eld)e $u leiften mtr jit>ar nid)t fd)n>er, aber in fofern befd)tt>erttd) ftel, al6 e6 metne innere (§ntft>idf(ung, bie eine entfd)iebene 9ttd)tung genommen fyatte, auffjielt unb gennffermaj^en ^uriicfbrangte. 93or biefen bibaftifd)en unb pabagogifd)en 35ebrangniffen fluc^teten voir gett)i>l)nlid) ju ben ©rojkltern. 3f)re SBoljmmg lag auf ber griebberger @affe unb fd)ien efjemaB eine 33urg gettefen $u fein : benn tt>emt man Ijeranfam, (at) man nid)t3 ate ein grofeS £f)or mit 3wnen, n>elc^e$ $u beiben ©eiten an gVDei 9?ad)barf)aufer jitejSL Zxat man Ijinein 3 , fo getangte man burd) einen fd)malen ®ang enblicb 4 in einen jtcmlid^ breiten «g)of, umgeben son ungletd)en 5 ©ebauben, n>eld^e nunmeljr alle $u Siner 2Bof)nung t>ereintgt tt>aren. ©eftofynlid) eilten nrir fogteid) in ben ©arten, ber fid) anfefynlid) 6 lang unb breit Jjinter ben ©ebauben t)in erftrectte unb fefjr gut unterfyalten 7 wax; bie ©ange meiftenS mit Stebgelanber 8 eingefaft, ein Xtjtxl be3 9iaumS ben S?ud)engett)ad)fen, ein anbrer ben SSIumen geftibmet, bie ttom griifyjafjr bte in ben §erbft in reid)tid)er 2Ibtt)ed)3(ung bie 9?abatten 9 (o n>ie bie 23eete f^miicften. 2)ie tange, gegen 9Jtittag gerid^tete SDlauer wax $u tt)of)l ge^ogenen ©palier^firfic^baumen genuijt 10 , fcon benen un6 bie fcerbotenen $rud)te ben ©ommer iiber gar appetitlid) entgegenreiften. 3)od) ttermieben ttnr lieber biefe ©eite, Wtil Wix unfere @enafd)igfett u £)ier nid)t befriebigen SrfteS Surf). 29 burften, unb winbten nm $u ber entgegengefeftfen, wo eine unabfefybare ■ 9Ieif)e 3d)amti& unb Stad)elbeert>ufd)e unferer ©ierigfeit eine gotge son (Srnten bi3 in ben §erbft eroffnete. 9?id)t njcniger wax un3 2 cin alter, I)of)er, fteittterbreiteter SlJlaulbeerbaum bebeutenb, fott>of)l ftegen feiner %xufytc, al3 aud) mil man un3 er$af)tte, baf tton feinen Slattern bie @eibetttt>firmet ftd) ernafyrten. 3n biefem frieblid)en Pettier 3 fanb man jeben Slbenb ben ©rof^ater mit bef)aglid)er @efd)aftigfeit 4 eigenfjanbig bie feinere Dbft* unb SMumenjucfyt beforgenb, tnbep etn ©artner bie grobere Slrkit t>errid)tete. 2)ie ttielfad)en Semufyungen, tocldje notfyig finb, urn einen fd)imen 9MfenfIor 5 ju crfyalten unb $u wmefyren, liefj er fid) mentals flerbricfen. Sr felbft banb forgfaltig bie 3>wige ber ^firftc^baume fac^erarttg 6 an bie Spalicre, urn einen rcid)ltd)en unb bequcmen 2Bad)3tf)um 7 ber gritd)te ju before bem. 2)a3 Sortiren ber 3tt>iebeln fcon Sufyen, feyadnttyn unb r>crtt>anbter @emad)fe 8 , fo n>te bie Serge fur 2lufben>al> rung berfelben uberliej* er SKiemanben ; unb nod) erinnere id; mid) gem, nne emfig er fid) mit bem Dculircn 9 ber r>erfd)iebenen Siofenarten befd)aftigte. 2)abet $og er, urn fid) fcor ben 3)ornen ju fd)u|3cn, jene altertljumlicfyen (ebernen <§anbfd)uf)e an, bie ifjm beim $feifergerid)t jaljrlitf) in triple 10 uberreid)t nntrben, fyoratt cS ifjm be3f)alb niemate mangelte. So trug er aud) immer einen talara[)nlid)en Sd)lafrocf, unb auf bem JQaupt eine faltige fd)u>ar$e <2ammtmu£e, fo ba£ er eine mittlere ^erfon $tt)ifd)en 2llcinou3 unb £aerte$ n fyattc ttorftellen fonnen. SItte biefe ©artenarbeiten betrieb er ebenfo regelmafng unb genau ate 13 feine 2lmt3gefd)afte : benn elj er fyerunterfam, fiatte er immer bie 3iegiftranbe feiner ^roponenben 13 fur ben anbern Sag in Drbnung gebrad)t unb bie 2lcten gelefen. 30 Stud meincm Seben. Sbenfo fuljr er SRorgenS aufd 9iat()f)auS, fyetfte nad; feiner Siucffeljr, nitfte 1 (Jictauf in feinem ©rof^ftufyl 2 , itiib (o gieng 2ttle3 cincn Sag n>ie ben anbern. (§r fyrad; iwnig, geigte feine ©pur ©on ^efttgfett; id; erinnere mid; nid;t, Ujn ^ornig gefefyen $u f)aben. SllleS, toad iC)rt umgab, ftar attertfyiimlid;. 3n feiner getafelten ©tube fyabe id; niemald irgenb cine ■Reuerung n>at)rgenommen. Seine 3Sib(iotl)ef entljielt aufer jurifttfd;en 333 erf en nur tie erften 9ieifebefd;retbungen, ©ee* fafjrten unb Sanber^Gmtbecfungen. Ueberfyaupt erinnere id; mid; feined 3uftanbe3, ber fo n>ie biefer bad Oefuljl etned um)erbritd;lid;en 3 griebcnd unb einer eungen 3)auer gegeben tyatte. 2Bir waren auf gar mannigfalttgc SBeife befcfyaftigt unb unterfyatten, man n>ir bie an einen Sftaterialienfyanbler 4 9Jle(ber tterf;eirat[)ete jn>eite Zcfykx befud;tcn, beren 2Bo!}* nung unb Sabcn mitten im lebfyafteften, gebrangteften 5 Xtyilt ber ©tabt an bem STOarfte lag. $kx faljcn wix nun bem @ett>uf)( unb ©ebrange, in n>eldf;e3 ix>tr und fd)euten $u ttertieren 6 , fefyr sergmiglid; 7 au$ ben genftern $u; unb ftenn und im Saben unter (o fciclerlet SBaaren anfanglid; nur bad ©uftyolj unb bie baraud bereiteten braunen geftempeften 3elt(ein 8 ttor^uglid; intereffirten, fo nutrben wix bod; allmaf)(id; mit bee gtofen SRenge son ©egenftanben befannt, tt>eld;e bei einer fold;en ^anblung au& unb einfliepen 9 . 2)iefe £ante tt>ar unter ben @efd)ttnftern bie tebfyaftefte. SBcnn meine 9Jtutter in jimgern Saljren fid; in reinlid)er ffiletbung, bei einer jterlid^en tt)eibfid;en Slrbeit, ober im Sefen eined 33ud;ed geftel 10 , fo fut)r jene in ber 9fad)barfd;aft umf)er, urn fief) bort serfaumter Jfinber an^uneljmen, fie ^u marten, in fdmmen unb Ijerumjutragen, ttne fie ed benn and; mit mir eine gute SBeile 11 fo getrieben. 3ur Stit 6ffentlid;er geier(id;feiten, \m ©rfted 23ud). 31 bet ffronungen, Wax fie ntd^t $u §aufe $u fatten. Site Reined £inb f$on Ijatte fie nad) bem bei foW)en @e(egenf)eiten auSgeroorfenen @elbe gef)afd)t, unb man erjafclte fid): ttne fie einmal eine gute ^artie 1 beifammen gefyabt unb fold^ed »et» gnuglid) in ber flaxen £anb befd)aut, f)abe if)r einer 2 bagegen gefd)lagen, ttoburd) benn bie wot)lern)orbene $5mtz auf einmal vertoren gegangen. SRic^t weniger nwfte fie fid) &fel bamit 3 , baf fie bem $orbeifa£)renbcn iEaifer ffarl bem ©iebenten 4 , n>af)renb eined Slugenblicfd, ba ailed 9Solf f<^>tt>ieg, auf cinem ^rallfteine 5 ftefyenb, ein fyeftiged SSteat in bie Svutfcfye gerufen unb if)n fceranlaft t)abc, ben £ut ttor il)r abjujictjen unb fur biefe fecte 2lufmerffamfeit gar 6 gnabig $u banfen. 2lud) in il)rem $ar urn fie f)er Silled bctoegt, lebendluftig unb munter, unb itrir Sinber finb ijjr mancfye frot)e ©tunbe fd)utbig gemorben 7 . 3n einem rufyigern, aber aud) iljret 9tatur angemeffencn Suftanbe befanb ftd) eine $tt)eite JEante, tteldje mit bem bei ber ©t ftatf)arinen^ird)e angeftellten ^farrcr ©tarf !ocrf)eiratf)ct war. (£r (ebte feiner ©efinnung unb feinem ©tanbe gemaj* fef)r cinfam unb befap eine fd)one 33ibliotf)ef <§>ier lernte id) $uerft ben joiner fennen, unb $tt)ar in eittet ))rofaifd)en Ueberfefcung, nne fie im fiebenten £l)eil ber burcfy «£jerrn son Soen beforgten neuen ©ammlung ber merfnmr* bigften 9ieifegcfd)id)ten, unter bem Sitet: £omerd 33efd)rei- bung ber (Sroberung bed trojanifd)en 9ieid)d, ju ftnbcn ift, mit Jhipfem im franjofifc^en Sfjeaterftnne 8 ge^iert. 2)iefe Silber scrbarben mit bermapen bie Ginbtlbungdfraft, ba£ td) lange 3eit bie §omerifd)en £elben mir nur unter biefen ©eftalten fcergegemvartigen 9 fonnte. 2)ie 33egebenfjeiten felbft geftelen mir unfaglid); nur fjatte id) an bem SBerfe fet)r au^ufe^en, bap ed und son ber (Sroberung £roja'd feme 9ta$rid)t gebe 32 2lu6 meinem Seben. unb fo ftuntyf 1 mit bem £obe §eftor6 enbtge. 50?eirt £)f)etm, gegen ben id) btefett Sabel auferte, fcernneS mid) ouf ben aSirgtl, mlfyex benn metner gorberung sollfommen ©emige that 2 . ghxettes §tttlj. 2ltte3 btef)et Sotgetragene 1 beutet auf jenen glucfltc^en unb gemad)licl)en 3uftanb, in ttelcfyem fid) bie Sanbet ftafyrenb eineS langen griebenS beftnben. 9itrgenbS aber gcnteft man eine fold^e fcfyime 3^it tooljl mit groferem 33el)agen, ate in Stabten, bie nad? tfjren eigenen ©efefcen leben, bie grop genug finb, eine anfef)nlid)e 9Jtenge 23urget $u faffen, unb wofyl 2 gelegen, urn fte burd) ^anbel unb 2Banbel 3 gu bereid)em. grembe finben if)ten @ett>inn, ba aite* unb ein$u$iefjen 4 , unb finb genotfytgt 93ortf)eil $u bringen, urn SSortfjeil $u erlangen. 23ef)ertfd)en fold)e ©tabte and) fein tteiteS ©ebiet 5 , fo fonnen fie befto mefyr im 3'nnern 2Bot)^ Ijabigfeit 6 bett>irfen, toetl if)re SSer£)altrtiffe nad) aufen fie nid)t ju foftfpieligen Untetneljmungen ober Sfjeilnafjmen 7 setpfltd)ten. 2luf biefe SBeife kerflop ben gtanffuttetn toaljtenb meiner St inbfyeit eine 9teif)e glucflid)er Safyre. Stber faum fyatte id; am 28. Sluguft 1756 mein fiebenteS 3af)r jurticfgelegt, ate g(eid) barauf jener n>eltbefannte if rieg auSbrad), tt)eld)er auf bie nad)ften fieben Safjre metneS &bm$ aucfj gropen Sinflup tjabm foUte. griebtid() ber 3weite, iftmig twt ^tettfen, war mit 60,000 SJfann in (£ad?fen eingefallen, unb \tatt einer ttotgangigen 8 5Weg3erflatung folgte ein 9JJanifeft, nne man g.b. 3 34 2Iu6 meinem Sekn. fagte, son ifym felbfl tterfaft, ttetd)e3 Me Urfad)en entfytelt, bie t[)tt £U einem [eleven ungeljeuren 1 (5d)ritt bettogen unb bered)tigt. 3)ie SBelt, Me fid) nid)t nur ate 3ufd)auer, fonbern aud) ate 9ttd)ter aufgeforbert fanb 2 , fpaltete fid? fogteid) in %mi *Jkrteien, unb unfere gamitie it>ar ein 23t(t be$ grofen ©an^en. 5D?ein Orojfyater, ber ate Setoff son granffurt uber Stanj bem ©rften 3 ben £ronung6£)immel 4 getragen unb fcon ber £aiferin eine gett)id)tige 5 golbene ftcttt mit iijrem Sitbnip erljatten fjatte, tt>ar mit einigen ©d)ttriegerfof)nen unb Xbfy tan auf 6ftreid)ifd)er ©cite. SUlein 23ater, fcon £arl bem ©iebenten $um faiferttd^en 9tat() ernannt unb an bem ©d)icffa(e MefeS unglitcflid)en 9Konard?en gemutfylid) 6 ttjtiU neljmenb, neigte fid> mit ber fleinem gamitienljalfte gegen *Preu£en. @ar balb nmrben unfere Sufammenfunfte, bie man feit mefyreren Safyren ©onntagS ununterbrod)en fortge* fe&t Ijatte, geftort. 2)ie unter $erfd)nnigerten gevr>i>i)ntic^en s 3ftif fjelligfeiten 7 fanben nun erft eine gorm, in ber fie ftd) au3fpred)en fonnten. $Ran ftritt, man liberwarf ficfr 8 , man fd)rt)ieg, man brad) (o3 9 . 2)er ©roftoater, fonft ein fyeitrer, rugger unb bequemer Sftann, toarb ungebulbig. 3)ie grauen fudf;ten ttergebenS ba$ geuer $u titfd)en 10 , unb nad) einigen unangenefymen ©cenen blieb mein SSater $uerft au$ ber ©efellfd&aft 11 . $lun freuten tt>ir un3 ungeftort ju §aufe ber preujnfd)en ©iege 12 , tt)eld)e gen)i)f)n(id) burd) jene leibenfd)aft* lid)e Xante mit grofem 3ubet fcerfiinbigt ttmrben. 2We3 13 anbere 3ntereffe mufte biefem tt)eid)en, unb ttrir brad)ten ben Ueberreft 14 be3 3af)re3 in beftanbiger Agitation 15 ju. 2)ie 33efitmat)me son 3)re3ben 16 , bie anfangltd)e SJtajngung be$ 5?6nig6, bie 3tt)ar (angfamen, aber ficfjem gortfd)ritte, ber ©ieg bet 2ott>oft$ 17 , bie @efangennef)tnung ber ©acfyfen ftaren fur 3tt>ette6 33ud;. 35 unfere ^artet ebenfo ttiele Sriumpfje. 2llle3, tt>a$ jum 2?or* tljeil ber ©egner angefiifjrt toerben fonnte, ttmrbe geiaugnet ober serfleinert; unb ba bie entgegengefe^ten 1 gamilienglieber ba$ ©leic^e tf)aten, fo fonnten fie einanber nic^t auf ber ©irafk begegnen, of)ne bap e3 «§anbel fefcte, tine in Borneo unb Suite 2 . Unb fo toar id) benn and) 5|3reufnfd), ober urn rid)iiger ju reben, grt|tfd) 3 gefinnt : benn toaS gieng un3 $reuf en an ! 63 mar bie 33erfonlid)fett be£ gropen £6nig6, bie auf atte @emutl)er ttnrfte 4 . 3d) freute mid) mit bem SSater unferer Siege, fd)rieb fefjr gem bie ©iegSlieber ab, unb faft nod) lieber bie ©pottlieber auf bie ©egenpartei, fo plait 5 bie Keime and) fein molten. Site altefter Snfel unb 5|3atf)e 6 ijatk id) feit meiner Jfmbfyeit jeben Sonntag bet ben Orofeltem gefpeift 7 : e3 toaren meine sergniigteften ©tunben ber gan^en SBoc^e 8 . Slber nun oolite mir fein 33iffen mefjr fd)metfen : benn id) mupte meinen £elben aufS @raulid)fte serleumben l)oren. §ier ftefyte em anberer 233inb, f)ier flang ein anberer Zon, ate 5U «£)aufe. 2)ie 9Jeigung, ja bie 93erel)rung fur meine @rof eltem nafjm ab. Set ben ©tern burfte id) nid)te batton ern)at)nen; id) unterlief e3 au$ eigenem @efuf)( unb and) Weil bie Gutter mid) getoarnt Ijatte. £)aburd) wax id) auf mid) felbft $urudfgett)iefen, unb id) fieng nun, toegen griebrid)6 be6 Smikn, bie ®ered)tigfeit be$ *)3ublicunte $u be^meifeln an. 2)ie gropten unb augenfalligften 9 SSerbienfte tourben gefd)mal)t unb angefeinbet, bie tjoc^ften £f)aten, too nid)t geiaugnet, bod) toemgftenS entftellt unb tterfleinert; unb ein fo fd)nobe3 Unrest gefd)af) bem ein^igen, offenbar iiber alle feine Scitgenoffen erljabenen 9Jianne, ber taglid) bettne3 unb bartljat, tt)a$ er ttermoge; unb bie$ nid)t zttva »om ^3obel, 36 2lu$ meinem Sekn. fonbern son ttorjugltd)en -Kannern, toofur id) bod) 1 metnen ©rofttater unb meine Dfjetme $u fatten Ijatte. S)af e3 ^arteten geben fonne, ja, baf er fcttjl $u etner ^artet gefjorte, bason Ijatte ber ihtabe Wnen 23egriff. (Sr glaubte urn fo fciel meljr 9ied)t ju Ijaben urtb feme ©efinnung fur bie beffere erHaren ju biirfen, ba er unb bte @(eid)gefinnten 2 Smarten £(jerefien, iljre ©d)onf)eit unb ubrigen guten (§igenfd)aften ja getten lief en 3 unb bem 5fatfer granj feme Sudeten* unb ©elbliebljaberei better aud) nid^t tterargten 4 ; bap @raf £)aun 5 mand)mat eine ©d)(afmu£e gefoeigen nntrbe, gfaubten fie serantttorten $u fonnen. £)b nun g(etd) bie meiften ftd) biefer tt)id)tigen, in ber geme sorgefjenben Sreigniffe nur $u einer leibenfd)aftlid?en Unterfjaltung bebienten, fo toaren bod) aud) anbere, tt)etd)e ben Smft biefer 3eiten ttofjl einfafjen unb befiird)teten, bap bei einer £f)eilnaf)me $ranfreid)3 6 ber £rieg6fd)aupla£ fid) aud) in unfern ©egenben auftfjun fonne 7 . 9Jtan Ijielt un6 ifinber mefyr ate btefjer ju £aufe unb fuc^te un3 auf mand)ertei 2Beife $u befd)aftigen unb ju unterfyatten. 3u fotd)em (Snbe Ijatte man baS son ber ©rof mutter Ijinterlaffene ^uppenfyiel 8 toieber aufgeftellt, unb $wax bergeftalt einge* rid)tet, bap bie 3ufd)auer in mcinem @iebe($immer fi§en, bie fpielenben unb birigirenben ^crfonen aber, fo ttne ba$ Sweater felbft ttom ^?rofcenium an, in einem Sftebensimmer $la£ unb 9taum 9 fanben. iDurd) bie befonbere SScrgum ftigung, batb biefen, batb jenen ifnaben ate 3uf$auer ein^ulaffen, erftarb id) mir anfangS ttiele greunbe; allem bie Unrulje, bie in ben ^inbern ftedft 10 , lief fie ntc^t (ange gebulbige 3ufd)auer bleiben. ©ie ftorten ba$ Spiel, unb tt)ir muf ten un$ ein jungereS publicum au6fud)en, baS nod) aHenfalte 11 burdj Stmmen unb SKagbe in ber Drbmmg 3»ctte« 93u$. 37 geljalten Herbert fonnte. 2Bir fatten ba^ urfpriirigftc^e ^auptbrama, ttorauf Me *PuppengefeHfd)aft etgent(icJ) em* gerid)tet tt>ar, au&Knbig gelernt unb fiiJjrtett e3 anfangS aud) au6fd)liej3ttd) auf; allein bteS ermubete im6 balb, ttnr tteranberten bie ©arberobe 1 , bie $)ecorattonen, unb wagten un3 an serfd)iebene ©tutfe, bte freilid) fur einen fo fleinen ©$aup(a£ $u weittauftig 2 ttaren. 3d£) fyatte fruf) geternt, mit 3itfel unb Sineal 3 umjugefyen, tnbem iify ben gan^en ltnterrid)t, ben man im$ in ber ©eometrie ert^etlte, fogfeicJ) in baS £f)&tige serttanbte 4 , unb ^awenarbeiten 5 fonnten micfy f)o$lic§ befc^aftigen. 2)0$ bfieb i$ nic^t bei geometrifcfym tforpern, bei 5?aft$en unb fallen 3)ingen ftefjen, fonbern erfann mix artige 6 Sufifjaufer, n>eld^e mit $i(aftern, greitre^en unb flaxen 2)a$ern au6ge* (d;murft nntrben; woson iebod) ttenig $u ©tanbe fam. 28eit bef)arrli$er 7 fyingegen tt>ar icfy mit #ulfe unferS 23ebienten, eineS ©d)neiber3 son *Profeffion 8 , eine DWft* fammcr au^uftatten, mlfy ju unfern ©c()au* unb Srauer* fpielen bienen follte, bie ttir, nacfybem tt>ir ben ^uppen iiber ben £opf gcn>ac$fen ttaren 9 , felbft aufjuffl^rcn Sufi fatten. SRetnc ©efpielen tterfertigten fid) jwar aud? fo(d)e ^uftungen unb I)ielten fie fur ebenfo fd)im unb gut a(S 10 bie meinigen; allein id) fyatte e3 nid)t bei ben 33eburfniffen einer ^erfon beftenbcn laffen, fonbern fonnte me()rere beS fleinen §eere£ mit aKertei 9?equi(iten auSftatten unb mad)te mid) bafyer unferm fleinen ifreife immer notfjmenbiger. 2)ap fottfc ©piete auf ^3arteiungen, @efed)te unb (Serfage Ijinttnefen unb geftoljnlid) aud) mit £anbeln unb SSerbrufji ein fd)recf* li^ed (Snbe nafymen, (&ft fid) benfen. 3n fotd)en gatlen (jielten gettoljnltd) gettriffe beftimmte ©efptelen an mir 11 , anbre auf ber ©egenfeite, ob e$ gleid) ofter manc^en *)}artei< 38 2lu$ meinem Seben. n>e$fet gab. ©n ein^iger ftnabz, bm td) ^tylabeS 1 nennen null, serlief nur em enigma! 2 , t>on ben anbern aufgef)e£t, meine tyaxtti, fonnte e$ aber faum eine 5Ktnute au$f)alten, mir feinbfelig gegeniiber ^u ftefjen; n>tr fcerfofjnten unS unter flieten Sljranen unb Ijaben etne ganje SBeUe 3 treulid) ju* fammengefjalten. £)en Siigen unb ber SSerftellung tt>at td) abgenetgt unb itberljaupt feine6tt)eg$ teidf?tfinnig; fctetmeljr $eigte ftd) ber innere @mft, mit bem td) fd)on friifj mid) unb bie 28elt betrad)tete, aud) in meinem 2leu^iern, unb td) toarb, oft freunbiid), oft aud) fpottifd), iiber eine gen>iffe 2Btirbe berufen 4 , bie id) mir i)erau$naf)m. 2)enn ob e3 mir gn>ar 5 an guten, au6gefud;ten 6 greunben nidfyt fet)(te, fo n>aren n>tr bod) immev bie SKinber^af)! 7 gegen jene, bie unS mit rofjem 9Jtutf)ttnllen an$ufed)ten 8 ein SSergniigen fanben unb un6 fretlid) oft fel)r unfanft au6 jenen mard)enf)aften, felbftgefalligen Sraumen aufwecften, in bie ftix un$, td) erfinbenb, unb meine ©efpielen tfyeihteljmenb, nur alfyugem ttertoren. Nun ttmrben ttrir abermate gewafjr, baf man, anftatt fid) ber 2Betd)lid(?feit unb pf)antaftifd)en SSergniigungen 9 Ijin^ugeben, toof)t eljer Urfad)e fjabe, fid) afyufyarten, urn bie unfcermetblid)en Uebel entmeber $u ertragen, ober ifjnen entgegen $u toirfen. 5)a id) tton einem fotdfjen 2eiben6tro£ 10 g(eid)fam ^rofeffion mad)te, fo nmd)fen bie 3ubringlid)fetten ber anbem; unb nue 11 eine unartige ©raufamfeit feine ©renaen fennt, fo \vu$tz fte mid) bod) au$ meiner ©renje fyinau^utreiben. 3d) er^afjte einen gall \tatt ttteler. 2)er 2ef)rer war eine Stunbe 12 nid)t gefommen; fo (ange ttnr 5Einber alle beifammen ttaren, unter* fyielten tt)ir un$ red)t artig; ate aber bie mir SBoljtootlenben, nad(?bem fie lange genug getoartet, fjinweggiengen unb id) mit brei SKijMollenben 18 allein blieb, fo batten biefe mid) ju 3tt>eite3 23u$. 39 quaten, ju befdjamen 1 unb ju Dertreiben. ©ie fjatten mid) etnen Slugenblicf im Simmer tterlaffen 2 unb f amen mit Diutljen jurflcf, Me (ie fid) au$ einem gefc^toinb jerfd^nittenen 33efen ^erfc^afft fatten. 3<$ mcrftc it)re Slbfidfjt, unb n>eil id) bad (Snbe ber ©tunbe natye glaubte, (0 fejjte id) and bem ©tegreife 3 bet mir feft, mid) bid jum @lodfenfd)(age nic^t ju tt>ef)ren. ©ie ftengen barauf unbarmfjer^tg an, mir bie Seine unb SBaben auf bad ©raufamfte $u peitfd)en. 3$ ruljrte mid) nid)t, fufylte aber balb, baf* id) mid) t>erred)net 4 Ijatte, unb baf* ein fold)er ©corners bie 9JJinuten feljr fcerlangert. SDtit ber 2)u(bung ttud)$ meine 2Butf) 5 , unb mit bem erften ©tunben* fcfylag 6 fufjr id) bem einen, ber fid)'d am SBenigften tterfaf) 7 , mit ber §anb in bie 9tatfenl)aare unb jiurjte tfjn augenblidfltdf? §u SSoben, inbem id) mit bem ifnie (einen 9iucfen brucfte 8 ; ben anbem, einen jungeren unb fd)tt)ad)eren, ber mid) son Ijinten anftel, jog id) bei bem itopfc burd) ben 2lrm unb erbroffelte if)tt faft, inbem id) if)n an mid) prefte. 9hm n>ar ber lefcte nod) ubrig unb nid)t ber fd)wad)fte 9 , unb mir blieb mtr bie linfe §anb ju meiner 9Sertf)eibigung. Slllein id) ergriff tf)n beim tfteibe, unb burd) eine gefd)idfte SBenbung »on meiner ©eite, burd) eine ubereitte tton feiner brad)te td; tf)n nieber unb ftief tljn mit bem @efid)t gegen ben Soben. ©ie lte£en ed nid)t an 23ei£en, £ra£en unb Sreten fefjlen; aber id) Ijatte nur meine 9tad)e im ©inn unb in ben ©liebern. 3n bem 93ortfjeit, in bem id) mid) befanb, ftief* id) fie ttrieber* fyolt mit ben J?opfen jufammen. ©ie erfyuben 10 $ule&t ein entfe£lid)ed S^ergefd^rei 11 , unb ttur faljen und balb son alien §audgenoffen 12 umgeben. 2)ie umfjergeftreuten 9?utf)en unb meine Seine, bie id!) tton ben ©trumpfen entblof te, jeugten balb fur mid). 2D?an befjielt ftd) bie ©trafe sor unb lief mid) aud bem £aufe; id) erflarte aber, baf id) fiinftig bei ber 40 Sttte meinem Seben. geringften 33eteibigung einem ober bem anbern Me Slugen au3fra§en, Me Dfjren abreifen, tto ni$t gar if)n erbroffefn ttmrbe. iDtefer SSorfaH, ob man ifjn gleid), n>te e6 in finbif^en £)ingen ju gefcfjefjen ^pflegt, balb toieber ttergaf unb fogar belacfyte 1 , ttar jebod) Urfacfye, baf* bie gemeinfamen ttnterrid)t& ftunben (eltener tturben unb sute^t gan$ aufljorten. 3$ wax alfo ttneber ttie t)orf)er meljr mS §au6 gebannt, tt>o idf? an meiner ©deeper (Sornelia, bie nur ein 3af)r fteniger fafyk ate Hft eine an 2lnnefjmticf?feit immer tt>ad)fenbe ©efettfdjjaf* terin fanb. 3d) ttnfl jebod) Mefen ©egenftanb nid)t fcerlaffen, ofjnc nod; einige @efd)icl)ten ju er^aljten, ttne manc^erlei Unange* nefymeS mir tton meinen Oefptelen begegnet: icnn ba6 ift ja eben ba$ 2efjrreidl)e folder ftttltc^en 9Jitttf)ei(ungen, ba$ ber 2Renf<$ erfaljre, n>ie e3 Slnbern ergangen, unb tt)a3 and) er r>om Seben $u erftarten fyabe, unb ba£ er, e6 mag fid) ereignen n?a6 tt)il(, bebenfe, MefeS n>iberfa{)re tfym ate 9JJenfd)en 2 unb nid)t ate einem befonberS @(ucflid)en ober Vtnglucftid)en. ■Rufct ein folded Stiffen nid)t t)iel 8 , urn bie Uebel $u *ea» metben, fo ift e3 bod) feljr bienlid), ba£ ttnr un3 in bie Suftanbe finben 4 , (ie ertragen, ja (ie iiberttrinben (ernen. ©ettoalt ift efyer mit ®ett>alt $u fcertreiben; aber ein gutgefinnteS, $ur Siebe unb £f)etlnaljme genctgteS £inb mi$ bem £of)n unb bem bofen SBiften ftenig entgegen$ufe£en. 2Benn id) bie £f)atlid)feiten meiner ©efeflen fo jiemlid) 5 ab^ufjalten tt)uj3te, fo wax id) bod) feine3*oeg3 ifjren ©tid)e* (eien 6 unb SJiifkeben 7 gettad;fen, n>eil in fold)en gaflen ber* jenige, ber fid) fcerti)eibigt, immer tterlieren muf. ©6 ttmrben alfo and) Slngrtffe btefer 2lrt, in fofern fie ^um 3om rei^ten, mit £f)tyfifd)en Sfraften jurutfgettnefen, ober fie regten ttmnber* 3>seite$ 23u$. 41 fame 1 Setrad)tungen in mir auf, bie benn nid)t ofyne golgen bletben fonnten. Untcr anbem SSor^ugen mipgimnten mir Me Uebehsottenben and), bap td) mir in einem 93erf)altnip geftet, Welches au6 bem ©djmlttjeipenamt meineS ©ropsaterS fiir bie gamilie entfyrang: benn inbem er ate ber erfte unter feineS ©leic^en 2 baftanb, fyatte biefeS bod) aud) auf bie ©efc nigen nidfyt gertngen (Sinflup. Unb ate id) mir etnmal nad) gefyaltenem ^feifergeridjte 3 cttva$ barauf ein^ubilben fd)ien, meinen ©ropsater in ber 9Jtitte be3 2d)offenratf)3, eine aterlid^er @eite f)infef)en, tt)eld)er ©aftgeber 6 $um 2Seibenf)of geftefen unb tsoljt an bie Sljronen 7 unb Stamen feinen Slnfprud) gemad)t t)atte. 3d) ervotcberte barauf, bap id) bason feine&segS befd)amt fei, mil gerabe barin baS 4?errltd)e unb (Srfjebcnbe unferer 93aterftabt beftelje, bap alte Surger fid) einanber gleicfy fyaltcn 8 bitrften, unb bap einem ieben feine Sljatigfeit nad) feincr 2lrt forberlid) unb efyrensolt fein fonne. (§3 fei mir nur (eib, bap ber gute 5Jtann fd)on fo lange geftorben: benn id) f)abe mid) and) iijn perfimtid) $u fennen 9 6fter3 gefefynt, fein 23tlbnip sielmate betrad)tet, ja, fein @rab befud)t unb mid) toenigftenS bei ber 3nfd)rift an bem einfad)en ©enfmat feineS soriibergegangenen DafeinS gefreut. 2d) fjatte son meinem ©ropsater tsentg reben fyoren, auper bap fein 23ilbnip mit bem meiner ©ropmutter in einem 93efud)$immer 10 be6 alten £aufe3 gefjangen fyatte, n>e(d)e betbe, nad) ©rbauung be3 ntnm, in einer obern hammer aufbetoafyrt tsurben. 9»ein« ©ropmutter mupte 11 eine fefyr f^one grau getsefen fein, unb son gleid)em Sitter mit if)rem SJianne. 3)od) tsenbe id) tieber meinen 33(idf son ienen fd)onen 42 2hte meinem Men. 3etten f)hweg: benn fter ttare im ©tanbe, fcon ber gutte 1 ber ifinbfyeit ttnirbig 2 $u fpredjen! 2Bir ftnnen bie fleiuen ©efc^o^fe, bte ttor un$ Ijerumttxmbelrt, nicf)t anberS ate mtt SSergmigen, ja mit 23ettmnberung anfeljen : benn meift $erfyred)en fie meljr, ate fie fjalten, unb e6 fd)emt, ate ftenn bte -ftatur unter anbern fd)efmtfd)en ©treid)en, bte fie un3 ftrielt, audi) f)ier fid) gan$ befonberS t>orgefe^t 3 r un$ jum 33eften $u Ijaben. Die erften Drgane, bie fie Sftnbern mit auf bte 28e(t gicbt, finb bem nad)ften unmittetbaren Suftanbe be3 @efd()o:pf6 gemaf ; e$ bebient ftd) berfetben ftmft* unb anfyrud^toS 4 , auf bie gefdf?idftefte SBeife ju ben nad)ften $>mdcn. 3)a3 5?inb, an unb fur fid) betrad)tet, mit feine$ ®(etd()en unb in ©e^iefjun* gen, bie feinen SJraften angemeffen finb, fd)eint 5 fo serftanbig, fo tternimftig, ba£ nid)t3 bruber gef)t 6 , unb ^ugleid) fo be< quern 7 , fjeiter unb gewanbt, baf man feine fteitere Silbung 8 fur baSfelbe tt)imfd)en mod)te. 2Biid)fen bie £inber in ber 2lrt fort 9 , ttne fie fi<$ anbeuten, fo fatten ttnr tauter @enie6 ; aber ba3 3Bad)6tf)um ift nid)t blop ©ntwicHung ; fcon man* er fein, fie mit 3Merlafftgfett 10 fcorauS $u tter- funben j bod) fann man Ijinterbretn 11 ttol)( bemerfen, ti>aS auf ein £unftige3 Ijingebeutet f)at. ^ter mu£ td) bemerfen, tt>eld)en ftarferen Sinftuf nad? unb nad) bie 5Weg6begebenf)eiten auf unfere ©efinnungen unb unfere £eben3tt>eife au6iibten. 3)er ruf)ige 33itrger fteljt $u ben grofen SBeltereigniffen in einem ttmnberbaren 93erlja(tmfL ©d)on au$ ber Seme regen fie if)n auf unb beunruljigen if)n, unb er fann fid) 3wette3 93ud). 43 felbft Wnn fie ifjrt nid)t beriiljren, eineS Urtljeite, einer Sfjeitnaljme 1 ntc^t entfjalten. ©djmell ergreift er eine ?£artei, nad)bem 2 if)tt fein Sfjarafter ober aufkre SIntaffe beftimmen. 9iuon greunbcn unb geinben nnrfltd) $u leiben, oft mefjr son jenen ate tton biefen, unb er toeif* toeber, tt>ie er feine 9?eigung, nod) tine er feinen 33ortf)eiI toafyren 4 unb erfjalten foil. 3)a3 3af)r 1757, baS ttnr nod) in fcollig burgerlid)er 5 9luf)e t>erbrad(?ten, ttmrbe bemungeacfytet 6 in grower ©emiitf)^ betoegung t>ertebt. 9?eid)er an 23egebent)eiten ate biefeS toar tnetleid)t fein anbereS 7 . 3)ie ©iege, bie ©roptljaten, bie Ungliidtefdlle, bie SBieberljerftellungen fofgten auf einanber, tterfcfylangen fid) unb fd)ienen fid? aufoufyeben ; immer aber fc^tt>ebte bie ©eftalt griebri^, fein 9tame, fein 9iuf)m, in 5?ur$em ttneber oben. iDer GmtfjufiaSmuS feiner SSereljrer ttarb immer grower unb belebter 8 , ber §af feiner getnbe bitterer, unb bie 93erfctneben()eit ber 2lnfid?ten, tt)eld)e felbft gamilien gerfpaltcte, trug nid;t toenig ba$u bei, bie ofjnef)in fd)on auf mand)erlei 2Beife tton einanber getrennten 23urger nod) mefyr $u ifoliren 9 . 2)enn in einer ©tabt tx>ie granf* furt, tt)o bie 9ieligionen bie @imt)ol)ner in bret ungletd)e SKaffcn tljeilen 10 , too nur toenige banner, felbft son ber ljerrfd)enben n , $um Regiment 12 gelangen fonnen, mu£ e$ gar mand)en SBofjtljabenben unb Unterrid)teten geben, ber ficfy auf ftd) gurucfgiet)t unb burd) ©tubien unb £iebfjabereien 13 fid) due eigne unb abgefd)loffene 6riften$ bilbet. Sftein SSater fyatte, fobalb er son 9teifen jurutfgefommen, 44 2lu$ mcinem ScBcn. nati) feiner etgenen ©tnneSart 1 ben ©ebanfen gefajjt, ba$ er, urn fid? $um £)ienfte ber ©tabt faf)ig ^u mad)en, einS ber fubalternen Slemter iibemefjmen unb fotdfyeS of)ne ©molu* mente 2 fuljren ttofte, ttenn man e$ fljm ofyne 23aflotage ubergabe. ©r gtaubte nad) fetner ©tnneSart, nad) bem 23egriffe, ben er tton (id; felbft Ijatte, im @efuf)l feineS guten SBillenS, eine fotd)e SluSjetd&nung $u tterbienen, Me frettid) toeber gefe^lid) nod) fyerfommlid) 3 war. 2)af)er, ate ifym fein @efud) abgefd)(agen ttmrbe, gerietf) er in Slerger unb 3Rtfc mutt), serfdom: 4 , jemate irgenb eine ©telle an$unef)men, unb urn e6 unmogticfy ju mad)en, fcerfctyaffte er fid) ben Kfjarafter 5 eineS faifertid)en StatljeS, ben ber ©d)u(tf)eif unb bie atteften ©cfyoffen ate einen befonbern (Sfjrentitel tragen. 35aburd) fyatte er fid) $um @teid)en ber Dberften gemad)t unb fonnte nid)t mtfjt son unten anfangen. Derfelbe 23ett)eggrunb fufyrte tf>n aud) ba$u, urn bie altefte £od)ter be$ ©d)ultf)ei{5en $u werben, ttoburd) er aud) auf biefer ©eite t>on bem JRatije au3gefd)loffen ttarb. ©r gefyorte nun unter bie Surucfge^o^ genen, tt>eld)e niemate unter fid) eine ©ocietat 6 mad)en. ©ie ftefyen fo ifotirt gegen einanber vt>te gegen ba3 ©an^e, unb urn fo meljr, ate fid) in biefer 2lbgefd)iebent)eit ba$ ©gentljumltctye ber Kfjarafter 7 immer [proffer au3bi(bet. SWcitt aSatcr mod)te 8 fi($ auf Stetfert unb in ber freien SBelt 9 , bie er gefefjen, tton einer etegantem unb liberatern 10 2eben3tt>eife einen 23egriff gemad)t Ijaben, ate fie ttiefleid)t unter feinen 9Jiitburgern getyofjnlid) tt>ar. 3fjm feljlte feine ber @igenfd)aften, bie $u einem red)t* lichen unb angefeljenen 25urger geljoren. Stud) brad)te er, nad)bem er fein $au$ erbaut n , feine 93efi£ungen tton 12 jeber 2Irt in Drbnung. Sine t>ortrefflid)e Sanbfartenfammfung ber ©d)enfifd)en unb anberer bamate t>orjuglid)er geo* 3tt>eite$ 23u$. 45 grapljtfd)en Slitter, jene obemaljnten ' 23erorbmmgen unb SKanbate, jene 23itbniffe, eitt (2d)ranf alter ©eftefjre 2 , em @d)ranf merftturbtger 93enetianifd)er @(afer 3 , 23edf)er unb ^3ofa(e, 5ftatura(ien, ©(fenbeinarbeiten, 33ronjen unb ijunbert anbere 3)inge wurben gefonbert 4 unb aufgeftelft, unb id) t>erfe£)(te ni$t, bet fcorfattenben Stucttonen 5 mir jeberjett etntge Sluftrage $ur 93ermef)rung be$ SSorfjanbenen ju er* bitten. 2Iu3 ber $erne mad)te ber 9tame 5? toipftocf 6 aud) fd)on auf un$ erne gro£e SBtrfung. 3m Slnfang tounberte man fid), tt>ie ein fo t>ortreff(id)er 9JJann (0 ttmnberlid) fyeifkn fonne 7 , bod) getooljnte man fid) balb baran unb bad)te ntd^t meljr an Me Sebeutung biefer ©tylben. 3n metneS 93ater8 33ibIiotfjef Ijatte id) bidder nur bie frufjeren, befonberS bie ju (einer 3ett nad) unb nad) tjeraufgef ommenen 8 unb gerufym* Un 2)id)ter gefunben. Sllfe biefe fatten gereimt 9 , unb metn 93ater l)ielt ben Sieim fur :poetifd)e SKSerfe unerlaplid). Gantfc 10 , ^ageborn 11 , £)roUinger 12 , ©etlert 13 , Sreuj 14 , jailer 15 ftanben in fd)imen grait3banben in einer Dieifje. 2ln biefe fd^toffcn fid) 9leufird)£ Setemad? 16 , SfoppcnS befreiteS Serufatem n unb anbere Ueberfefcungen. 3d) Ijatte biefe fammttid)en 33anbe t>on 5Jinbfjeit auf 18 fieijng burd)* gelefen unb tbeitoeife memorirt 19 , ftcf (jalb id) benn $ur Un* terljaltung ber @efellfd)aft ofterS aufgerufen tturbe. Sine serbrief lid^e 20 @pod)e im ©egentljeil eroffnete fid) fur mei* nen SSater, ate burd) 5fIopftocf6 SReffiaS SSerfe, bie if)m feme 35erfe fd)ienen, ein ©egenftanb ber 6ffentlid)en 23ett>unberung wurben. @r felbft f)atte ftd() toofyt geljittet, biefeS SSerf anjufd)affen ; aber unfer «£)au3freunb, 9iatf) ©d)ne iber, f<$tt>ftqte eS ein 21 unb ftedfte e$ ber Gutter unb ben tf in* bem ju. 46 2lu3 meinem Seben. Sluf biefen gefc^aft^tl)attgcn x SSftann, tt)eld)er wenig la$, fyatte ber SfteffiaS gleid) bet feincr Srfd)einung 2 einen mad); tigen ©nbrucf gemac^t. 2)iefe fo natiirlid) auSgebrucften unb bod) fo fdjon fcerebelten frommen ©efitljte, biefe gefallige (Sprac^e, ftenn man fie aud) nur fur l)armonifd)e *)3rofa gelten lief, fatten ben ubrtgen^ trocfnen @efd)aft$mann fo gettonnen, baf er bie $et)n erften ©efange, benn t>on biefen ift eigentlid) bte 9tebe, ate baS f)errtid)fte SrbauungSbud) 3 betrad)tete unb fold)e3 alle 3af)re einmal in ber Sf)artt)od)e 4 , in n>clc^cr er fid) tton alien @efd)aften $u entbinben 5 ttufte, fur fid) im Stiffen burcftlaS unb fid) baran fur$ gan^e 3at)r erquicfte. 2lnfang6 bad?te er feine ©mpftnbungen feinem alten greunbc mit$utf)etlcn ; allein er fanb fid) fcfjr beftuqt 6 , ate er eine unfjeilbare Slbneigung sor einem SBerfe von fo foftlid)em ©eljalt, ttegen einer, tt>ie e3 ifjm fd)ien, gteid)gultigen au^ern gorm, gett)a(jr tterben mu£te. @3 feljlte, trie fid) leid)t benfen laft, nid)t an SBieberljolung be3 ®efyrad)3 uber btefen ©egenftanb; aber beibe Xtjtik tnU fernten fid) immer tteiter von einanber 7 , e$ gab fyeftige ©cenen, unb ber nad)giebige 9Rann lief fid) enblid) gefallen 8 , von feinem SieblingStterfe $u fd)tt)eigen, bamit er nidjt ju* gleid) einen Sugenbfreunb unb eine gute ©onntagSfu^e 9 tterlore. ^rofel^ten 10 ju ma$en ift ber naturlid)fte 2Bunfcfy etrte^ jeben Sftenfdjen, unb ttue fefyr fanb fid^> unfer greunb im Stiffen betofynt, ate er in ber iibrigen gamilie fur feinen <£>eiligen u fo offen gefinnte ©emitter entbecfte. 2)a3 ©rem* plar, ba$ er jal)rli$ nur eine 28o$e braud)te, war unS fur bie ubrige 3eit gettibmet 12 . 2)ie Sautter f)ielt e$ tjetmlid), unb ttir @efd)ttnfter bemad)tigten un3 beSfelben, ttann tt)ir fonnten, urn in greiftunben, in irgenb einem SBinfel 3tt)cite6 23u$. 47 serborgen, bie auffaftenbften ■ SkUm au3ti>enbig ju Icrncn 2 unb befonberS bie jarteften unb fjeftigften fo gefc^)Vt>inb ate moglid) in£ @ebadj)tnip gu faffcn. ^ortia'3 JEraum 8 recittrten toir urn bie SBctte, unb in ba$ tt)t(be t>cr3n)etfc{nbe ©efprad) 3n>tfc^en Satan imb Slbrame* (ed), fteld;e in$ rotfje ?Dleer gefturjt worben 4 , fatten n>ir un3 gctijeilt. 3)ic erfte 9to0e, ate bte gewaltfamjlc, war auf mein Sfjett gefommen 5 , bte anbere, urn ein n>enig f(ag(id)er, ubewafym meine ©defter. 2)ic wed^felfcitigcn, jtt>ar gra^ lichen, aber bod) ttoijlflingenben 23ertt>unfd)ungen floffen nur fo »om SWunbe, unb ttnr ergriffen jebe ©elegenfjeit, un^ mit biefen f)6llifd)en 6 9ieben3arten $u begruj^en. @3 war ein ©amftagSabenb 7 tm SBinter — ber SSater liejji fid) immer bei £id)t rafiren, urn ©onntagS frulj fid) gur 5?ird)e bequemlid) 8 angiefjen $u fonnen — ttnr fafen auf einem ©d)eme( Winter bem Dfen unb murmelten, tt>aljrenb ber Sarbier einfeifte, unfere f)erfommli$en 9 g(ud)e jtemltc^ letfe. $lun fjatte aber SIbrameled) ben (Satan mit eifernen £anben ?u faffen, meine ©x^tt>efter pacfte mid; gett)a(tig an unb recittrte, $war leife genug, aber bod) mit fteigenber 8eibenfd)aft : £ilf mir ! id) flefye bi$ an, id) Uk, foenn bu e3 forberft, Ungeljeuer, bic^> an ! 93ertt>orfner, fd)tt>ar$er 33erbred)er, *g>ilf mir ! id) leibe bie $ein be$ rad)enben ettngen £obe$ !... SSormate fonnt' id) mit Ijeijkm, mit grimmigem «£>afie t>ic^> fyaffen ! 3e&t sermag Utft nid)t meljr! Stud) bieS ift fted)enber 3ammer 10 ! 33tef)er wax alleS teiblid) 11 gegangen; aber (aut, mit furc^ter* liefer ©timme, rief fie bie fo(genben SBorte : D fine bin id) $erma(mt !... 48 3tu3 meinem Scbcn. 2)er gute SljirurguS 1 erfc^raf unb gof bem 93ater ba$ ©eifenbecfen in bie 23ruft. 2)a gab e6 einen grofkn Slufftanb 2 , unb eine ftrenge Unterfud)ung ttarb gefyalten, befonbet'3 in 33etrad)t be6 UnglutfS, ba$ Ijatte entftc[)en fonnen, mnn man fdjon im 9£afiren begriffen gettefen toare. Urn alien 33etbad)t be$ 9Jtutf)ttnllen$ »on un$ afyulefynen, befannten voir un$ $u unfern teuflifd)en 9Men, unb ba3 Ungtiicf, ba$ bie ^erameter angerid)tet fatten, wax jit offenbar, ate bap man fie nicfyt aufS 5fteue Jjatte sertufen 3 unb tterbannen follen. ©o pftegen £inber unb SSolf ba$ ©rope, ba$ ©rfyabene in ein ©piel, ja in eine $offe $u setttanbeln; unb n>ie fotlten fie aucfy fonft im ©tanbe fein, e$ au^ufyalten unb $u ettragen ! grittes §urlr. £)er 9teujaf)r3tag tt>arb $u jener 3cit bur$ kn alL gemeinen Itmlauf 1 son perfonlidfjen ©lucfnrunfd^ungen fur bie ©tabt feljr betebenb. SBc-r fonft nid)t leicfyt auS bem £aufe Earn, tt>arf fid) in feine beftett tfleiber 2 , urn fflonncm unb greunben einen Slugenbltcf freunblid; unb £>i>fltdg> $u feitt. giir un$ ffinbcr war befonberS bic geftlicfyfeit in bcm •§aufe be3 ©rojftaterS an biefem Sage ein f)6d)ft ernmnfti&ter 8 ©enuf. 5Wit bem fruljjien SKorgen ftaren bie (Snfel fc^on bafelbft 4 tterfammeft, urn bie Srommetn, bie £oboen unb iEIarinetten, bie ^ofaunen unb 2>inhn, toie fie ba3 SttUitar, bie ©tabtmufici unb mx fonft alleS 6 ertonen lie£, jit fcer< neljmen. SHe ^erfiegelten unb uberfcfyriebenen 9?euiaf)t$; gefc^enfe nmrben son ben itinbern unter bie geringern 6 ©ratulanten au3getf)ei(t, unb tt>te ber Sag ttmcfys, fo t>er* mefyrte fid) bie Slnjaljl ber ^onoratioren 7 . ©rft erfd&tenen bie SSertrauten unb SSewanbten, bann bie unkxn ©taatS* beamten j bie £erren ttom Siatfye fetbft t>erfef)(ten nidbt, invert ©d)ultf)eif $u begrujkn, unb eine au$ertt>al)lte Sfajaljl ttmrbe StbenbS in 3immcm bert)irtf)et, tt>eld)e ba3 ganje 3a£)r iiber faum fid) offneten 8 . 3)ie Morten, 33i3cuitfud?en, 3Kar$i})ane 9 , ber fu£e SBein iibte ben grcften dtd^ auf bie Sfinber au$, g.b. 4 So 2lu3 meinem Seben. tto^u nod) fam, bap ber ©d)ultf)eip fo ttne bie beiben Surges meifter au3 einigen ©tiftungm 1 jaljrlid) d\x>a$ ©itber^eug ert)telten, n>eld^e^ benn ben (Snfeln unb ^Sat^ert nad) einer gen>tffen Stbftufung t>cref)rt ttarb; genug, e3 fcfjfte biefem Sefte im 5f(etnen an nid)t3, ttaS bie gropten $u t>erf)errltd)en pjlegt 2)er 9?eujaf)r3tag 1759 fam ljeran, fiir un3 ivtnber ervx>unfc^t unb ttergmigtid) 2 nne bie ttorigen, aber ben attern ^erfonen bebenHid) unb al)nung3solI 3 . 2)tc 2)utc$m&rfd&e ber gran^ofen tt>ar man $tt>ar gett>ofmt, u.nb (ie ereigneten ftd) ofterS unb Ijauftg, aber bod) am fyauftgften in ben [efcten Sagen be6 ttergangenen 3afjre3. 9kd) alter reid)3ftabtifd)er ©itte :pofaunte ber Sfjiirmer be3 ^aupttfyurmsy fo oft Sruppen fyeranrucften, unb an biefem 9?eujaf)r3tage oolite er gar nid)t aufijoren 5 , toetd)e$ ein 3eid)en tt>ar, bap gropere *£)eere3$uge son mefjreren ©eiten in 93ett>egung feten. SQixh lid) jogen fie and) in groperen ?Kaffen an biefem £age burd) bie ©tabt; man lief, fie sorbetyaffiren $u fefjen. ©onft tt)ar man gettoljnt, bap fie nur in fktnen ^artieen burd)* marfd)irten ; biefe aber ttergroperten fid) nad) unb nad), ofyne bap man e$ tterljinbern fonnte ober oolite 6 . @enug, am 2. Sanuar, nad)bem eine Solonne burd) ©ad)fenf)aufen fiber bie 23riicfe burd) bie Safjrgaffe bi6 an bie Sonftablertt)ad)e gelangt war, mad)te fie <£>alt, liberftaltigte ba$ Heine, fie burd)fiif)renbe 7 Sommanbo, naljm 33efi& »pn gebad)ter 2Bad)e, $og bie 2>tik l)inunter, unb nad) einem geringen SBiberftanb mupte fid) aud) bie «§aupttt>a$e ergeben 8 . 2tugenbtitf6 9 ttaren bie frieblid)en ©trapen in einen 5?rieg6fd)auplai$ ttewanbelt. 2)ort tterfjarrten unb bbouafirten 10 bie Zxnppm, bte burd) regelmapige (Sinquartierung fiir iljr Unterfommen geforgt tt>are. 'DrttteS 33u<#. 51 5)tefe unerttartete, feit ttieten 3af)ren unerljorte Sap brucfte Me befyaglicfyen 1 SSiirgcr gewatttg, tmb 9ftemanb 2 fonnte fie befc^n>erltc^er fein ate bem 93ater, ber in fein faum ttollenbeteS §au3 frembe mUitarifd)e 33ettof)ner aufnefymen, ifynen feme tt>of)faufgepui$ten unb meift tterfd)(offenen ©taat3* dimmer 3 einraumen unb baS, tta$ er fo genau $u orbnen unb $u regieren pftegte, frember SBittfitr pretegeben fottte; er, oljnefyin preufifd^ gefinnt, fottte fid) nun son granjofcn in feinen Simmern belagert fdjcn: e3 tt)ar ba3 Sraurigfte, fta3 il)m naif) feiner 2)enftt)eife 4 begegnen fonnte. 2Bare e3 if)m jebod) mog(id) gettefen, bie ©ad)e (eid)ter $u neljmen, ba er gut fran^ofifd) fprad^ unb im %ebcn fid) ftofjf mit 993urbe unb SInmutf) betragen fonnte, fo Ijatte er ftd) unb un6 manege triibe @tunbe erfparen mogen 5 ; benn man quartierte bet un$ ben £onig3lieutenant 6 , ber, obgleid) SRUttarperfon, bod) nur bie ©toifoorfatte, bie Streitigfeiten $tt)ifd)en Solbaten unb 33iirgern, @d)u(benfad)en unb ^anbel ju f$(id)tcn 7 $aite. @3 war @raf £t)orane, son ©raffe in ber ^rottence, untoeit SIntibeS, gebiirtig, eine tange fjagre ernfte ®efta(t, baS @efid)t burd) bie Slattern feljr entftettt, mit fd)ti)ar$en feurigen Slugen, unb son einem ttmrbigen, ^ufammenge- nommenen 8 33etragen. @(eid) fein (Sintritt toar fur ben <£)au$bett>of)ner giinftig. SJtan fyrad) tton ben t>erfd)iebenen 3immern, tte(d)e tljeite abgegeben tterben, tljeite ber gamilie tterbtetben fottten, unb ate ber @raf ein ©emalbe^immer ertoafynen t)orte, fo erbat er fid) gleid), ob e3 fd)on 9 9kd)t tt>ar, mit iterjen bie 23Uber ttenigftenS f!iid)ttg ju befet)en. @r f)atte an biefen 2)ingen eine iibergrof e greube, be^eigte 10 fid) gegen ben if)n begfeitenben SSater auf ba6 SSerbinbli^fte, unb ate er tternaljm, baf bie meiften 5fiinft(er nod) lebten, fid) in granffurt unb in ber 9tad)barfd)aft auffyielten, fo W> 4—2 52 2lu$ meinem Seben. ficf)erte er, ba£ er ntd)te meljr ttmnfd)e, ate fie balbigfi fennen ju lemen unb fie $u befcfydftigen. 2lber aud) biefe 2Innafjerung fcon ©etten ber ihmjl ttermod^te nid)t bic ©efinnung meineS 93ater3 $u anbern, nod) fciticn 6f)arafter $u beugen. @r lief gefc^ef)en, ft>a$ er nid)t tterljinbern fonnte, fjieft ftd) aber in unnnrffamer 1 ©ntfernung, unb ba$ 2luperorbent(id)e, n>a3 nun urn i£)n ttorgieng, toar ifjm bte auf bie geringfte £(einigfeit uner* traglid). @raf Sfjorane inbeffen betrug fid) mufterfjaft. 9Jid)t einmat feine Sanbfarten ftollte er an bie SEanbe genagelt fyaben, urn bie neuen Sapeten nic^t $u tterberben. Seine Seute waren gettnanbt, [till unb orbentlid) ; aber freitid), ba ben ganjen Sag unb einen Xijdl ber 9kd)t nid^t 9iufje bei ifym wart, ba ein £Iagenber bem anbern folgte, Slrreftanten 2 gebrad)t unb fortgefitfyrt, alle Dfficiere unb Slbjutanten vox* getaffen ttmrben, ba ber @raf nod) iiberbieS tag(id) offene Safel 3 f)ie(t : fo gab e3 in bem mafng grof en, nur fur eine gamilie eingerid)teten 4?aufe, ba$ nur dm burd) aHe ©totf* toerfe unserfd)(offen burd)gefjenbe Sreppe Ijatte, eine 23ett)e^ gung unb ein ©efumme ttne in einem S3ienenforbe, obg(eid) SltteS feljr gemafigt, ernfifjaft unb ftreng ^ugieng. 3um SSermittfer gn> ifc^ert einem t>erbrief3ltd)en, tagttd) meljr fid) t)typod)onbrifd) qualenben £au3fjerrn unb einem $tt)ar tt)of)(tt>olIenben, aber fefjr ernften unb genauen 9Jii(i* targaft 4 fanb fid) g(ucflid)ettt>eife ein bel)aglid)er 3)o(metfd)er, ein fd)oner, ttoljlbeleibter, f)eitrer SJJann, ber 23iirger fcon granffurt tear unb gut fran^bfifd) fprad), fid) in 2ltte6 $u fc^idfen ttmfte 5 unb mit mand)erlei Heinen Unannefjmltd)* feiten nur feinen Spaf trieb 6 . 3)urd) biefen batte meine Gutter bem @rafen if)re Sage bei bem ©emiitfj^uftanbe 2>ritte* 33u$. 53 iljreS ®atkn fcorftetlen laffen; er fjatte bie ©adje fo fliigUd) 1 auSgemalt, ba£ neue nod) nid)t einmal gan$ etngert^tete <§)au3, bte naturltc^e 3urudfge3ogenf)ett beS 23efi£er3 2 , bte 53efd)aftigung mit ber @r$ieljung feiner gamilie, unb tt>a6 fid) alleS fonft nod) fagen lief, $u bebenfen gegeben, (0 ba£ ber @raf, ber an fetner ©telle 3 auf bie f)od?fte @ered)tigfeit, Unbefted)(id)feit unb ef)rent>otten SBanbel 4 ben grofUen erbrud)lid) geJjalten i>at SJMne 9JJutter befaf etntge ffenntnif be3 3talienifd)en, tt>e(d)e ©prad)e itberljaupt 9tiemanben 6 tton ber gamtlie fremb war ; fie entfd)to£ fid) bafjer fogleid) granjoftf^ ju lemen, ju tt>eld)em 3wetf ber 3)olmetfd)er 7 , bem fte unter biefen ftur* mifd)en (Sreigniffen ein 5finb au3 ber Saufe geljoben f)atte 8 , unb ber nun and) ate ©ettatter $u bem §aufe etne boppeltc 9Mgung 9 fpiirte, fetner ©esatterin jeben abgemitfigten 10 2lu* genbltcf fcfyenfte (benn er wofjnte gerabe gegeniiber) unb iljt ttor alien £)ingen biejenigen *pi)rafcn einlernte 11 , tt>e(d)e fte perfonltc^ bem @rafen ttorjutragen fjabe; toeld)e3 benn $um Seften 12 gerietf). 2)er @raf tt>ar gefd)meid)e(t t>on ber 9Ruf)e, tt)eld)e bte £au3frau fid) in ifyren Safyren 13 gab, unb tx>eit er einen fyeitem geiftreid)en 3ug in feinem Sijarafter ijatte, aud) eine gettriffe trodfne ©afanterie gern auSiibte, fo entftanb barauS ba3 befte SSertjaltrttf, unb bie serbiinbeten @ei>attern fonnten erlangen, n>a6 fie ftotlten. SBare e$, vote fdjon gefagt, moglid) gettefen, ben SSater $u erfjeitew, fo f)atte biefer tteranberte 3uftanb U)enig 25rudfenbe$ gefyabt. 2)er @raf ixbk bie ftrengfte Uneigennii^tgfeit ; felbft @aben, bie feiner ©telle gebu()rten y (cfjnte er ab ,♦ ba$ 54 2fa6 meinem Seben. ©eringfte, tta£ einer 23efted)ung f)atte atjnlid^ fef)en fonnen 1 , ttmrbe mit 3orn, ja mit Strafe tteggettnefen 2 ; fetrten Zcukn war aufs Strengfte befof)(en, bem <§)au3befit$er nify tie min* beften Unl often 3 $u madden. 3)agegen ttmrbe un6 £inbern reid)lid) tiom 9iacfytifd)e 4 mitgetljeilt. 23ei biefer ©elegentjeit mup td), urn t>on ber Unfdjmlb 5 jener 3^^en einen S3egriff 3x1 gebett, anfiifyren, bap bie Sautter un6 eine£ £age3 f)o$lid) 6 betriibte, inbem fie ba3 ©efrorene 7 , ba$ man un3 fcon ber Safel fenbete, tteggop, tt)eil e3 ifyr unmoglid) ttorfam, bap ber Sftagen ein ttafyrfyafteS 8 (Si6, tt)enn e3 aud) nod) fo burd)* §ucfert fei, ttertragen fonne. 2luper biefen Sedfereien, bie tx>ir benn bod) allmafjlid) ganj gut geniepen unb ttertragen lernten, baud)te eS un$ ftinbern and) nod) gar bef)ag(id), von Qmaum Sefjrftunben unb ftrenger 3ud)t einigermapen 9 entbunben ju fern. 3)e3 2$ater3 lible Saune naljm $u, er fonnte fid) nid)t in baS Unttermeibltd)e ergeben. 9Bie fefjr qualte er fid), bie SWutter unb ben ©eMtter 10 , bie 9iatf)3f)erren, alle feine greunbe, nur urn ben ©rafen to£ $u toerben ! 93ergeben3 ftellte man ifym fcor 11 , bap bie @egentt>art eineS fotd)en 9JJanne3 im 4?aufe, unter ben gegebenen Umftanben, eine tt>afjre 233opl)at fet, bap ein ett>iger 2Bed)fet, e6 fei nun son Dfficieren ober ©emetnen, auf bie Umquartierung be3 ©rafen fotgen ttmrbe. £ein3 von biefen Slrgumenten oolite bei ifjm greifen 12 . 35a$ ©egenttwrtige fd)ien if)m fo unertraglid), bap if)n fein Un* mutf) 13 ein ©cpmmereS, ba3 folgen fonnte, nid)t gett>af)r tt)erben liep. 2luf biefe SBeife ttarb feine £()atigfeit gelaljmt, bie er fonft Ijauptfacpd) auf un$ ju ttxnben gewoljnt wax. 2)a3, \va$ er un$ aufgab, forberte er md)t mefjr mit ber fonftigen ©enauigfeit, unb n>ir fucf;ten, ttne e$ nur moglid) fc^ien, ©rttteS 33u#. 55 unfere Sfougierbe an militarifd)en unb anbem 6ffcntlid)en 3)tngen gu befriebtgen, ntctyt aliein im £aufe, fonbem aud) auf ben ©trafkn, melcfyeS 1 urn fo leister angieng, ba bie Sag unb SRac^t unt>erfd)loffene £au3tf)ure son ©d)i(bmad)en befe^t mar, bte fid) urn baS ^iiu unb 293ieberlaufen 2 un< rufyiger itinbcr nid)t3 befummerten. 3)tc mand)er(ei 2lngelegenf)eiten, bte t>or bem 9itc§ter* ftuf)Ie beS ffomgSlieutenantS gefcpc^tet murben, fyatten baburd) nod) etnen gan^ befonbem $ei$, ba£ er einen eigenen 3 SBertf) barauf legte, feme @ntfd)eibungen sugleid) mit einer mitogen, getftreid)en, fyeitern 2Benbung $u bcglcitcn. 2Ba3 er befall, mar ftreng gered)t; bte 2lrt, mie er e6 au& briicfte, wax launig unb pifant 4 . @r fc^ten fid) ben <$e?jOfl son Dffuna 5 jum 23orbilbe genommen $u Ijaben. @3 fcer* gicng faum ein Sag, baf ber 2)o(metfd)er nicfyt 6 cine ober bie anbere fo(d)e SInefbote un3 unb ber Gutter $ur 2luff)eiterung erj&Jjfte. @3 tjatte biefer muntere 9JJann eine Heine ©amm>- lung folder @atomonifd)en 7 (§ntfd)eibungen gcmad)t; id) erinnere mid) aber nur be6 SinbrudfS im Slttgemeinen, ofjne im @ebad)tni£ ein SefonbcreS 8 mieber $u ftnben. 3)en munberbaren Gfjarafter be3 ©rafen lernte man nad) unb nad) immer mefyr fennen. 3)iefer 9J?ann wax fid) felbft (einer (Sigenfjeiten aufS beutltcfyfte bemuft, unb n>ett er gemiffe 2>titen fyaben mod)te, mo it)tt eine 2Irt son Unmutfy §typod)onbrie, ober mie man ben bofen iDamon nennen foil, iiberftel, (o $og er fid) in fold)en ©tunben, bie fid) mand)mal $u Sagen serlangerten, in (ein 3immer jurudf, fal) Sftiemanben ate feinen Jfammerbtener unb mar felbft in bringenben gatten nid)t ^u bemegen, ba£ er 2lubten$ gegeben Ijatte 9 . ©obalb aber ber bofe @eift fcon ifjm gemid)en mar, erfd)ten er nad) mie fcor, mttb, fyeiter unb tljatig. 2lu6 ben 9teben feineS 56 Slu6 meinem Sekn. SEammerbtenerS (Saint 3ean, eine6 Heinen Ijagern SJianneS son muntrer ©utmiitljigfett 1 , fonnte man fd)(iefj en, ba£ er in fruf)ern 3af)ren, son folder Stimmung ubertoattigt, grofeS Ungtiicf angerid)tet unb fid) nun ttor af)n(td)en 2lbtt>egen 2 , bet einer (o n>i$tigen, ben Slirfen aller SBett au$gefe£ten ©telle, ju fyiten ernftlid) t>ornefjme. ■ftun aber fd^ctnt eS notfjtg, umftanblidjer 3 an^etgen unb begreiflid) $u mad)en, n>ie id) mir in ber fran$i>fifd)en ©prad)e, bie id) bod) nid)t gelernt, mit mefyr ober weniger 23equemlid)fett burd)gef)olfen. 2lud) f)ier fam mir bie ange* borne ®aU $u ©tatten, baf id; leid)t ben @$all unb iflang einer @))rad)e, iljre Seftegung, tljren Accent, ben Son, unb tta3 fonft von au^ern ©gentl)umlid)feiten, faffen fonnte. 2lu3 bem 2ateinifd)en ttaren mir t^tele SBorte befannt ; ba3 3ta(ienifd)e t>ermtttelte nod) meljr, unb fo fjorc^te id) in fur^er 3eit »on Sebienten unb Solbaten, @d)i(btt)ad)en unb 23efud)en (o ttiel I)erau3, baf id) mid), tto nid)t inS ©efprad) mifd)en, bod) toenigftenS ein3e(ne gragen unb 2lnttt>orten befteljen fonnte 4 . Siber biefeS wax alleS nur ftenig gegen 5 ben 2Sortf)etf, ben mir ba6 Sweater bxad)k. SSon meinem ©rojmter fyatte id) ein ftreibittet erfjalten, beffen id) mid), mit 3Bibertt>itten meineS 23ater# 6 , unter bem Seiftanb meiner Gutter, tagttd) bebiente. £ier fa£ id) nun im parterre 7 ttor einer fremben 33uf)ne unb $a$te urn fo mef)r auf 33ett)egung, mimifd)en 8 unb 9iebe4lu6brucf, ate id) n>emg ober nid)t3 von bem fcerftanb, tt>a6 ba oben gefyrod)en ttmrbe, unb a(fo meine Unterfyaltung nur fcom ©eberbenfyiet unb ©prad)ton nefymen fonnte 9 . 3Son ber ifomobie tterftanb id) am m* nigften, n>eit fie gefd)tt>inb gefprod)en ttmrbe unb fid) auf 2)inge be3 gemeinen 10 SebenS be^og, beren SluSbuicfe 11 mir gar nid)t befannt ttaren. S)ie Xragobie fam feltner t>or, 2)ritte3 S3uc^. 57 unb ber gemeffene ©d)ritt, bag Saftartige ber SKeranbriner 1 , bag Sltfgemeine be3 2Iu3brudf3 2 marten fie mir in jebem ©inne fa£lid)er. (§3 bauerte nid)t (ange, fo nafym id) ben Siacine 3 , ben id) in mehteS 93ater$ SMMiottyef antraf, $ur 4panb unb bedamirte mir bie ©tiidfe nad) tf)eatra(ifd)er 2Trt unb SBcifc, tt>ie fie ba3 Organ meineS Di)x$ unb baS it)m fo genau tterwanbte ©prad)organ gefaft f)atte, nut grower Sebfjaftigfeit, ofjne ba£ id) nod) eine ganje 9tebe im 3u* fammenf)ang f)atte tterftefyen fonnen. 3a, id) tcrnte ganje ©tellen au&wnbtg unb recitirte fie, tt>ie ein cingelernter ©prad)soget 4 . 3)a3 serfiftcirte fran$ofifd)e Suftfpiel tt>ar bamate fefjr beliebt; bie ©tudfe son 2)e3toud)c3 5 , SJlari* xtaux 6 , 2a Gfjauffee 7 famen Ijauftg ttor, unb id) erinnerc mid) nod) beutlid^ manner d)arafteriftifd)en gtguren. SSon t)cn 9Jtotiere'fd^en 8 ift mir weniger im ©inn geblieben. 2Ba3 am meiften Sinbrucf auf mid) mad)te, war bie §typer* mneftra son £emierre 9 , bie ate ein ncuc$ ©tiicf mit ©orgfalt aufgefiiljrt unb ttneberfjolt gegeben ttmrbe. <£)od)ft anmutfjig war ber (Sinbrucf, ben ber Devin du Village 10 , Rose et Colas 11 , Annette et Lubin 12 auf mid) mad)ten. 3d) fann mir bie bebanberten 13 Suben unb 9J?abd)en unb if)re 33ett>egungen nod) jefct ^urudfrufen 14 . @3 bauerte nid)t lange, fo regte fid) ber 293unfd) bei mir, mid) auf bem Sweater 15 felbft um$ufcl)en, tt>oju fid) mir fo manner (et @e(egenf)eit barbot. 2)enn ba id) nicfyt immer bie gan^en ©tiicfe au3$ufyoren 16 ©ebulb Ijatte unb mand)e 3?it in ben SorriborS, aud) tt>of)( bei gelinberer 3af)r6$eit 17 ttor ber £f)ur, mit anbern ifinbem meineS 2Uter3 allertei ©ptele trieb, fo gefettte fid) ein fd)oner munterer ifrtabe $u unS, ber $um Sweater geljorte unb ben id) in mand)en fleinen 9iolfen, obttofjl nur beilauftg 18 , gefe&en fiatte. Wlit mir fonnte er 58 5lu6 meinem ZtUn. fid^ am beften fcerftanbtgen, inbem id) mem gran^ofifd) bei ifjm geltenb $u madden 1 nmfte; unb er fmtyfte fid) urn fo mefjr an midi} 2 , ate fein 5fttabe feineS 2l(ter3 unb feiner Nation beim Sweater ober fonft in ber 9?afje ti>ar. SBir giengen and) aufjer ber £ljeater$cit ^ufammen, unb fetbft tt>afyrenb ber 93orftettungen Kefi er mid) felten in 9htf)e. @r war ein attertiebfter fteiner 2luffd)neiber 3 , fc^njafete d)ar* mant 4 unb unaufljor(id) unb n>ufte fo tuel tton feinen Slbenteuern 5 , <§)anbe(n unb anbern ©onberbarfeiten ^u er^afylen, ba£ er mid) auferorbentlid) unterljielt unb id) tton U)m, ttaS ©prad)e unb SJtittfjeilung burd) biefelbe betrifft, in sier 2Sod)en meljr lernte, ate man fit$ fyatte sorftellcn fonnen; fo ba£ 9tiemanb ttmffte, n>ie td) auf einmal, gleicfyfam burd) Snfpiration, $u ber fremben <3prad)e gelangt ftar. @3 nxU)rte nify iange, fo entfyann fid) aber fur mid) ein eigneS unb befonbreS Sntereffe. 2)er junge 2>erone3, fo ttntl id) ben Sfttaben nennen 6 , mit bem id) mein 93er* fyattnif immer fortfefcte, war auper feinen 2luffd)neibereien ein ifrtabe tton guten Sitten unb red)t artigcm Setragen. ©r mad)te mid) mit feiner ©d)tt>efter Mannt, bie ein paar 3al)re alter ate ttnr urtb ein gar angeneljmeS 9Jlabd)en war, gut gewad;fen, son einer regelmajngen 23i(bung 7 , brauner garbe, fd)tt>ar$en £aaren unb Slugen; if)r gauges 23etragen tjatte tt\x>a$ Stilled, ja SraurtgeS. 3d) fud)te if)r auf atte SBeife gefattig ju fein; atlein icfy fonnte it)re Slufmerffamfeit nid)t auf mid) tenfen. 2lHe tf)eatra(tfd)e Sttannigfalttgfeit 8 fonnte jebod) un6 £tnber nid)t immer im ©d)aufpielf)aufe feftfjatten. 2Bir fyielten bei fd)i>nem 2Better t>or bemfelben unb in ber Stalje unb begiengen atterki Xfyoxtyiten, tt>e(d)e befonberS an ©onn* unb gefttagen feine3tteg$ $u unferm Sleuf em :pafc ©ritteS 23ud). 59 ten 1 : benn id) unb meineS @teid)en erfd)ienen alsbann, ben «£>ut unterm 2lrm, mit etnem fleinen £)egen, beffen 33iiget 2 mit eater gropen feibenen 23anbfd)(eife gegicrt toar. (Stnft, ate ttnr eine gan^e 3?it unfer SBefcn getrieben unb DeroneS fid) unter un$ gemifd)t fjatte, fiet e3 biefem ein, mir $u be* tljeuern, id) f)atte tfjn beleibigt unb mfiffc ifjm Satisfaction geben. 3d) begriff $tt>ar nid)t, ttaS ifjm SInlaf geben fonntc, lief mir aber (eine SluSfortcrung gefallen 3 unb oolite gtcJjeit. @r tterftcfyerte mir aber, e3 fei in fold)en gatlen gebraud)tid), baf man an einfame Derter gelje, urn bie ©ad)e befto be* quemer au3mad?en 4 $u fonnen. SBir serfiigten unS beSfjalb Winter einige ©d)eunen unb ficllten unS in gefyortge *)3ofitur. 2)er 3tt>cifampf erfolgte auf eine etwa6 tljeatralifd)e SBeife 5 , bie ivlingen flirrten, unb bie ©tope giengen neben au$ ; bod) im geuer ber Slction blieb er mit ber @pi$e feineS 2)egen3 an ber SBanbfd^Ieife mcineS 23iigcl3 Ijangen. ©ie n>arb burd)bof)rt, unb er tterfid)erte mir 6 , bap er nun bie ttotlfom* menfte Satisfaction Ijabe, umarmte mid) fobann, gleid)fatl3 red)t tt)eatra(ifd), unb ttnr giengen in baS nad)fte JfaffeetyauS, urn unS mit einem ©lafe SJtanbelmUd) 7 son unferer @e* mutf)3bett>egung $u erfyolen unb ben alien greunbfd)aft3bunb nur befto fefter $u fd)tief en. 9tun fefylte e$ son bem erften £age ber 33efi£nef)mung 8 unferer ©tabt, jumat 9 ifinbern unb jungen Seuten, nid)t an immertoafjrenber 3erftreuung. Sweater unb Salle, ^?araben 10 unb £)urd)marfd)e jogen unfere Slufmerffamfeit f)in unb f)er. Die lectern befonberS naljmen immer ju, unb baS ©olbaten* leben fd)ien unS gan$ luftig unb ttergmiglid). 2)er 2lufentf)alt be6 £onig6lieutenant3 in unferm $aufe t>erfd)affte un$ ben 93crtfjetl, alle bebeutenben *]3erfonen ber franjofifd)en Slrmee 11 nad) unb nad) 3U fet)ert unb befonberS 60 2lu6 meinem Seben. bte Srften 1 , bercn Sftame fd)on burd) ben 9iuf $u un# ge* fommett wax, in ber 9?af)e $u betradjten. ©o faljen nnr tton Sreppen unb ^obeften 2 , gteid)fam ttne son ©alerieen, feljr bequem bte ©eneralitat 3 bet un6 t>orubergef)n. 93or Slllen erinnere id) mid) be3 ^rin^en ©oubtfe 4 ate eineS fatten teutfeltgen 5 £errn; am beutlid)ften aber be3 SWarfc$att$ t>on 23rogUo 6 ate etneS jungern, nid)t grofen, aber tt>ofj(ge* i>a\xkn, lebfjaften, geiftreid) urn fid) blicfenben, befyenben 7 9JJanne3 @r tarn mefyrmate 8 jum 5?onig3tteutenant, unb man merfte wofy, bap t>on tt)id)tigen 2)ingen bie 3iebe wax. 2Bir fatten unS im erften 93ierteljaf)r ber (Sinquartierung faum in biefen neuen Suftanb gefunben, ate ftyon bie yiafyxifyt fi$ bttttW serbreitete: bie 2UIiirten 10 feien im Slnmarfd?, unb #erjog gerbinanb son 33raunfd)tt)eig n fomme, bie gram gofcn ttom 9Wain $u ttertreiben. Sftan fjatte t>on biefen, bie fidj femes befonbern £rieg3g(ucfe$ rufjmen 12 fonnten, ntd)t bie gropte 13 SSorftellung, unb feit ber ©d)lad)t son ^opbad) glaubte man fie $erad)ten $u burfenj auf ben §er$og ger> binanb fefcte man ba$ gropte SSertrauen, unb alle preufnfd) ©efinnten ertt>artetm mit ©ef)nfud)t iljre 33efreiung tton ber btefyerigen Safi. 3Rettt 93ater wax etwa$ Ijeiterer, meine Gutter in ©orgen 14 . ©ie wax Hug genug, emsufefjen, baf ein gegenwartigeS geringeS Uebel letd)t mit einem grofen Ungemad) sertaufd)t fterben fonne: benn eS $eigte ftd) nur aliju beut(id), bap man bem ^er^og ntc^t entgegen geijen, fonbern einen Slngrijf in ber Stfafje ber ©tabt abtoarten tterbe. (Sine 9tiebertage ber gran$ofen, eine $lud)t, eine 9Sertf)eibigung ber ©tabt, waxt e3 aud) nur, urn ben 9iudf$ug $u becfen unb urn bie Sriidfe $u beljalten 15 , ein 23ombarbe* ment 16 , eine ^tiinberung, 2ltte3 ftellte fid) ber erregten @in< 3)ritte$ 23ucJ). 61 btlbung^Fraft bar unb mad)te beiben ^Sarteien 1 ©orge. SJieine SRutter, tt>e(d)e 2ll(e3, nur nid£)t bte Serge ertragen fonnte 2 , lte£ burd) ben 2)otmetfd)er ifjre gurd)t bet bem ©rafen anbringen 3 ; worauf fie bie in (eleven gatten ge* braud;lid)e 2lntU)ort erfjtelt: fie fotle gan$ rufyig fein, e3 jet nicfytS $u befiird)ten 4 , fid) iibrigenS [till fatten unb mit s Jliemanb son ber ©ad)e fpred)en. 9JJef)rere Sruppen ^ogen burd) bie ©tabt ; man erfufjr, ba$ fie bet Sergen 5 §alt marten. 3)a3 Jtommen unb ©eijen, ba$ 9teiten unb Saufen ttermefjrte fid) immcr, unb unfer £au3 tt>ar Sag unb 9?ad)t in Slufruljr 6 . 3n biefer 3eit t)abe id) ben 9Karfd)att S3roglio ofter cjcfcfycn, immer Ijeiter, ein trie ba3 anbre 9JtaI an ©eberben unb Sctragen t>cUtg g(eid), unb e3 ()at mtd) aud) nac^ljer gefreut, ben 9Jtann, beffen ©eftalt einen fo guten unb bauerljaften Sim brucf gemad)t Ijatte, in ber @efd?td)te ruljmlid) 7 ern>af)nt $u finben. ©o fam benn enbttd), nad) einer unrufyigen Gfjartt)od)e 8 , 1759 ber Sfjarfreitag fjeran. Sine grope ©title tterfiinbigte ben naljen ©turm. Un6 tftnbem toar tterboten, au$ bem £aufe $u gef)en ; ber 93ater Ijatte feme 9iuf)e unb gieng au$. 2)ie ©c^Iac^t begann ; id? ftieg auf ben cberften SBoben 9 , too id) gmax bie ©egenb ju feljen tterijinbert toar, aber ben 2)onner ber Jfanonen unb bad Sftaffenfeuer 10 be3 fteinen ©etoefyrS red^t gut ttentetymen fennte. 9?ad) einigen ©turn ben faf)en n>ir bie erften 3eid)en ber ©d)lad)t an einer 9Jei()e 2Bagen, auf toe(d)en 23ertt)unbete in mand)erlei traurigen SSerftummelungen unb ©eberben fad)te n bei un£ fcorbeige; fafjren ttmrben, urn in ba$ jum Sa^aretf) 12 umgetoanbeite Siebfrauenf (ofter 13 gebrad)t ju toerben. ©ogleid) regte jldj bie $armf>er$tgfeit u ber SSurger. 33ier, S3ein, 23rob, ©elb 62 2lu$ metnem Seben. ttarb benjenigen f)ingereid)t, bie nod) etn>a3 empfangen fornix ten 1 . 2lte man aber einige 3ett barauf bleffirte 2 tmb ge* fangne £)eutfd)e unter biefem 3ug gettafyr ttmrbe, fanb ba3 SRltfeib feme ©ren^e, unb e3 fd)ien, ate tooUte Seber fid) son Slttem entblofen, tt>a£ er nur 33ett)egtid)e6 befaf, urn feinen bebrangten 3 2anb3(euten bei^uftefjen. 2)iefe ©efangenen ftaren jebod) 2ln$eid)en einer fur bte Slftiirten ungliicf(id)en @d)tad)t. Sftein 93ater, in feiner $artei(id)feit gan$ fid)er, bap biefe geftinnen ttmrben, l)atte bte leibenfd)afttid)e 93ern>egenf)eit 4 , ben gef)offtcn ©iegern entgegen $u geljen, ofjne ju bebenfen, baf* bie gefd)lagene ^artei erft uber ifjn rt)egflief)en mupte. @rft begab er fid) in feinen ©arten box bem griebbcrger 5 Sljore, wo er SltteS einfam unb rufyig fanb ; bann ttagte er fid) auf bie 23om* fjeimer 6 ^eibe, n>o er aber batb tterfd)iebene ^erftreute 9?ad)* pg(er unb £ro£fned)te anfid)tig 7 ftarb, bie fid; ben ©paf mad)ten, nad) ben ©renjfteinen ju fd)ie{5en, fo bap bem neugierigen 28anberer ba3 abprallenbe 8 23lei urn ben Stotf faufte. ©r f)ielt e$ be3f)a(b bod) fur geratfjner, gururf^uge^en, unb erfut)r bei einiger 9tad)frage, tt)a3 if)m fd)on ber (2$att be3 Seuern^ 9 ijhtte Har mad)en follert, bap 2llle6 fur bte gran^ofen gut ftelje unb an fein 2Bei$en )U benfen fet. 9iad) §aufe gefommen, soil Unmutf), gerietf) er beim @r* blidfen ber sernmnbeten unb gefangenen £anb$(eute ganj au$ ber gett>ol)nlid)en gaffung. 2lud) er lief ben 93orbet$ief)en* ben mand)erlei Spenbe 10 reid)en; aber nur bie 3)eutfd)en foltten 11 fie erfyatten, n>elc^e6 ntd)t immer moglid) tt>ar, n>eif ba$ 6d)tcffal greunbe unb geinbe $ufammen aufgepacft 12 fyatte. 3)tc Gutter unb ttnr tfinber, bie voir fd)on frufjer auf be$ ©rafcn'SBort Qthaut 13 unb beSfjatb einen jiemlic$ be* 2)ritte$ 33uc#. 63 rufjigten £ag f)tngebrad^t tjattm, waren f^oc^ftd^ 1 erfreut; ttnr tt>iinfd)ten unferm SSater gleid)en ©faubm unb g(cid)e ©efinnung, ttnr fd)meid)e(ten iljm, ttaS tt>ir fonnten 2 , ttnr baten iljn, etwaS ©petfe 5a ftd) 311 neljmen, bte cr ben ganjen Sag entbeljrt 3 fjatte ; cr t>ertt>eigcrtc unfre Siebfofungen 4 unb jeben @enuf unb begab fid) auf feitt Simmer. Unfre grcubc n>arb inbeffen nid)t geftort ; bie @ad)e wax entfd;teben 5 ; ber SimigSIieutenant, ber biefen Sag gegen feme ©eftoljnfjeit ju SPfcrbe gettefen, fefjrte enblid) 6 gurucf ; fetne @egentt>art $u «£)aufe wax notljiger ate je. 293 ir fprangen tfjm entgegen, fitjften feme ^anbe unb bejeigten 7 ifjm unfere grcube. @S fc£;icn U)m fefjr ju gefatten. „2Bof)l 8 !" fagte er freunblid)er ate fonft, „id) bin aud) urn euerttoillen 9 ttergnugt, liebe itinbcr ! " @r befall fogleid), un$ Sutfertoerf, fiipen 233ein, iiberfyaupt ba3 33efte ^u reid)en, unb gieng auf fein 3immcr, fdjort son einer gro^en Sttaffe 2)ringenber, gorbernber unb SSittenber umgeben. SBir f)ielten nun cine ftjilid&e Sottation 10 , bebaucrten ben guten 11 SSater, ber nid)t Xi)dl baran neljmen modjte 12 , unb brangen in bie Gutter, ifjn fjerbei $u rufen ; fie aber, f(uger ate voir, toufte toofjl, n>te uncrfreu(id) ifjm fo!d)e ®aben fein toiirben. Snbeffen f)aite fie etftaS Slbenbbrob 13 jured^t gemadjt unb Ijatte if)m gern eine portion auf ba$ Simmer gefd)icft, aber eine fo($e ttnorbmmg u (itt er nie, and) nid^t in ben au$ erften galten ; unb nad)bem man bie fiifkn ®abm bei Seite gefc^afft 15 , fuc^te man if)n $u bereben, fyerab in ba3 gett>bljntid)e ©peife^immer $u fommen. (Snblid) liejji er fid) bettegen, ungem 16 , unb ttnr a^mkn 17 nid)t, tt)etd)e6 Unveil ttnr if)m unb m$ bereiteten. 2)ie Xxfypt lief fret burd)3 gan^e §au3 an aUcn SBorfalen sorbei. 2Der SSater mupte, inbem er Ijerabftieg, unmittelbar an be3 Orafen 64 2hte meinem £eben. Simmer t>orubergef)en. @cm SScrfaal ftanb fo softer 1 Ztutc, bap ber @taf fid? entfc^tof, urn 9Jtef)rere3 auf etrnnat ab$u* tf)un, Ijerau^utreten ; imb biep gefd)al) (eiber in bem Sfugen* blicf, ate ber SSater Ijerabfam. £)er @raf gieng iljm fyeiter entgegen, begriipte ijjn imb fagte: „ 3f)r toerbet unS imb end) ©Kief ttimfd)en, bap biefe gefaf)rlid)e ©ad)e fo gtudfltd^ abgelaufen 2 ift." — £eine$n>ege6 ! t>erfe£te mein 23ater mit Sngrimm 3 ; id^ vootlte, (ie f)dtten eud) $um Seufel gejagt 4 , unb ttenn id) ljatte mitfafyren 5 follen. — 2)er ®raf fytett einen Slugenbttcf imte, bann aber fuf)r er mit SButf) auf: „3)iefe3 fol(t iljr bttpen!" rief er; „3f)r foftt nid)t umfonft ber gered)ten ©ad)e unb mir eine fold)e 33e(eibigung jugefugt ijaben ! " £)er SSater ttar tnbep getaffen 6 l)eruntergeftiegen, fe£te fid) ju unS, fd)ien fjeitrer ate btefjer unb fteng an $u effen. 233ir freuten un3 bariiber unb tvupten nid)t, auf toetdje bebenflid)e SBeife er fid) ben Stein ttom «£)eqen gcmal^t Ijatte 7 . ftutj barauf ttmrbe bie Gutter IjerauSgerufen, unb ttnr fatten grope Suft, bem SSater au^uplaubern, was un6 ber @raf fur ©lipigfeiten 8 tterefyrt Ijabe. 2)ie 9Jtutter tarn nic^t ^urudf. Gmblicf) trat ber 2)oImetfd)er herein. Sluf feinen SBinf fd)icfte man un$ $u 33ette ; eS ttar fd)on }pat, unb ttnr gefjord)ten gem. 9tad) einer rufyig burd?fd)(afenen 9?ad)t 9 erfufjren n>ir bie geftaltfame 23ett>egung, bie geftern Slbenb ba3 |)au6 erfd)iittert tjatte. £)er ^onig^lieutenant f)atte fog(eid) bcfof)(en, ben 93ater auf bie 9Bad)e 10 $u fufjren. 2)ie (Subaltemen 11 ttntpten tt>of)(, bap if)m niemate $u ttnber* fpred)en tt)ar ; bod) fatten fie fid) mand)mal 2)anf tterbient, tt>enn fie mit ber 2lu3fuf)rung ^auberten. 2)iefe ©efinnung ttntpte ber ©chatter iDo(metfd), ben bie @etfte6gegentt>art niemate tterUep, aufS £ebf)aftefte bei iljnen rege ^u mad)en 12 . 2)er tumult mar of)nef)in fo grop, bap eine 3*>genmg fid) 2)utte3 23u$. 65 t>cn felbft fcerftetfte 1 unb entfd)ulbigte. (§r f;atte meine stutter IjerauSgerufen unb ifjr ben 2lbjutantcn gleicfjfam in bie «§anbe gegeben, bap fie burd) Sitten unb 23orftettungen nur 2 einigen 2luffd)ub ertangen mod)te. @r felbft eilte fd)nett fjinauf $um ©rafen, ber fid) bei ber gropcn 23ef)err* fd)ung feiner felbft 3 fog(eid) in3 innere 3immer $urutfge$ogen fyatte unb baS bringenbfte @efd)aft lieber cinen Slugenblicf ftocfen lief, ate bap er ben eternal in iljm etregten bofen ■JKut!) an einem Unfc^ulbigen gefiif)(t 4 unb eine feiner SBurbe nad)tf)et(tge @ntfd)eibung gege ben ijatte. 2)ie Slnrebe be£ 3)olmetfd)er3 an ben ©rafen, bie giifyrung bc3 gan$en @efprad)3 5 fjat un6 ber bicfe ©esatter, ber fic$ auf ben gliicflicfyen ©rfofg nid)t toenig $u ®uk tljat 6 , oft genug nneberljolt, fo bap id) fie au$ bem @ebad)tnip kOO^I nod) auf$eid)nen fann. 3)er 3)o[metfd) Ijatte gewagt, ba$ Cabinet ju eroffnen unb fjinein^utreten, eine ^anblung, bie f)od)ft tterpimt 7 toar. „2Ba$ ftollt 3f)r?" rief iljm ber ©raf jornig entgegen, „4?inau3 mit (Sud)! ^g>ier Ijat 9?iemanb ba$ 9ied)t, fyereinju* treten, ate Saint Sean 8 ." ©o fyaltet mid) einen Slugenblicf fur Saint Scan, tterfefcte i>er ©ofatetfd). „2)a$u geI)ort eine gute 9 SinbttbungSfraft. Seiner 10 jtoei madden nod) nid)t einen, ttne 3(jr feib. (Sntfemt @ud) !" <£)err ©raf, 3fjr tjabt eine grope ®aU t>om <£)immcl empfangen, unb an bie appellire id). „3f)r benft mir ju fd)meid)eln! ©laubt nid)t, bap c£ Sud) gelingen tt>erbe." 3f)r fjabt bie grope ®ahc, £err ©raf, and) in Slugen* blidfen ber 2eibenfd)aft, in Slugenblidfen be$ 3orn^ bie ©efin* mmgen Sfnberer anjufyoren. g. b. 5 66 2fu6 metnem Sebcn. „28of)l, n>oI)I! SSon ©efinnungen ift ebcn Me SKebe, Me i$ ju Icmge angef)ort f)abe. 3d) tt>cifi nur $u gut, baf manunS Ijter ntc$t liebt, bajj unS Mefe 93iirger fc^eel anfel)n\" Sttid&t aCfe ! „ ©eljr Mele ! 2Sa6 ! bicfc Stabler, 9?eid)3ftabter pollen (ie feitt ' ? 3J)ren 5?aifer fyaben (ie wtykn unb fronen fefyen, unb ttenn biefer, ttngercd)t angegriffen, feine Sanbcr ju ttertteren unb einem Ufurpator 3 $u unterliegen ©efaljr lauft, mnn er gfudflid^erweife getreue Sltliirte finbet, bie ifjr ©elb, if)x Slut $u feinem 93ort§eil sertoenben, fo toolfen fie bie geringe Safi nid)t tragen, bie ju tfjrem Zl)dl 4 fie trifft, baf ber 9ieid)3feinb 5 gebemutf)igt tterbe." grciticf; fennt 3f)r biefe ©efinnungen fdjon lange unb fjabt fie ate ein weifer SKann gebulbet; aud) ift e3 nur bie geringere 3^f)t 6 . SBemge, ttcrblenbet 7 burd) bie glan^enben (Sigenfd)aften beS geinbeS, ben 3ljr ia felbft ate einen auper* orbentlid)en SRann fc^at^t, ttenige nur, 3f)r n)if3t eS ! „ 3a tt)o[jl ! ju lange t)abe td) e3 gettmft unb gebulbet, fonft fjatte biefer fid) ni$t unterftanben 8 , mtr in ben be* beutenbften Slugenbliden foldje Seleibigungen in$ @efid)t ju fagen. ©$ mogen fein, fo fciel iljter pollen 9 , fie follen in biefem iljrem Wfjnen 3te^rafentanten geftraft werben unb fid) merfen 10 , U)a3 fie ju erwarten Ijaben." 9?ur 2luffd?ub, £err @raf ! „3n getinffen 2)ingen fann man nicf)t ju gefdjtoinb t>er* fatjren." 9tur einen fur^en 2luffd)ub ! „5ftad)bar n ! 3fyr bmtt mt$ ju einem fatten ©$ritt 12 §u tterleiten ; e$ foil @ud) nid)t gelingen." SBeber tterleiten ttill td; ©ud) ju einem fallen ©d)ritt, nod) fcon einem fallen jurucffyatten ; (Suer (Sntfd)(uf ift 2>titfe8 33u$. 67 gercd)t : er gejtemt x bem $ran$ofen, bem 5Eontg6(tcutenant ; aber bebenft, bap 3fjr and) @raf £(jorane feib. „£>er f)at f)ter nid)t mitjuftrcti&en 2 ." SJton foUte ben brasen 9Kann 3 bo$ auc# f)orcn. „9hm, tta$ tt>urbc cr bemt fagen?" 4?err 5Eonig3tieutcnant ! nntrbe er fagcn, 3f)r fjabt (ange nut (0 &iet bunHen 4 , ummlligen, ungcfd)icften ffltafc fd)en ©ebulb geljabt, ttenn fie e$ @ud) mtr nid)t gar ju arg marten 5 . S5tefcr ljat'3 freitid; fcfjr arg gcmad&t ; aber gctx)innt e3 uber (Sucf) 6 , §crr 5?onig3lieutcnant ! unb jebet* maim votrb Sud) beSroegcn foben unb preifen. „3f)r n>tft, bap id) Sure ^oflcn 7 mand)mal leiben farm ; aber mipbraud)t nic^t mem 2BoI)ht>olfen. 2)iefe fOTenfdjjen, (inb fie bemt gan$ wblcnbct 8 ? fatten ttrft bie @d)(acbt fcerloren, in biefem Slugenblicf was ttmrbe i()r 6d)irffat fein? 933 tr. fdjlagen un3 bte ttor bie Stjore, nrir fperren bie Stabt, nur Ijaltcn, ttnr ttertijeibigen im8, urn unfere 9tetirabc 9 fiber bie Sriicfe JU becfen. ©laubt 3fjr, bap ber geinb bie «§anbc in ben Scroop gelegt l)atte 10 ? (Sr n>trft ©ranaten unb n>a$ er bei ber §anb n f)at, unb fie $unben, ti>o fie Fonncn. SMcfet ■«§au$kftfcer ba, n>a8 ttntt er 12 ? 3n biefen Bimmcrn f)ier plafcte 18 jei3t u>o()t cine geuerFugel, unb cine anbere folgte f)interbrein ; in biefen 3immem, beren ttermafebeitc 14 *)3eFing* Xapckn id) gefd)ont, mid) genirt f)abe, meine Sanbfarten nid;t 15 aufjunageln! 2)en ganjen Sag 16 fatten fie auf ben iJnieen liegen folten." SBie ttiele fyabm ba3 getf)an ! „©ie ijhtten foflen ben (Segen fur un6 crfteJjen, ben ©eneralen unb Dfficieren mit (Sfyrcn* unb $reuben$eid)en, ben ermatteten ©emeinen mit Srquicfung entgegen geljen. Wnftatt beffen wrbirbt mir ber ©ift 17 biefeS $arteigeifte6 bie S— 2 68 2tu^ meinem Sefccn. fd)imften, glucflicfyften, burd) fo *otct ©orgcn unb Slnftren* gungen erttorbenen Slugenbticfe meincS %cbm$ ! " (S3 ift eitt ^arteigeift ; abcr 3fjr tterbet if)tt burd) bie S3eftrafung biefed Cannes nur ttermefyren. 3)ic mit if)m @leid)gefinnten werben (Sud) ate einen £tyrannen, ate emeu 33arbaren auSfcfyreien 1 ; fie Herbert ifjtt ate einert 9Jiartyrer betracfcten, ber fur bie gute ©ac$c gelitten fjat; unb felbft bie anber£ ©efinnten, bte jeftt feine ©cgner finb, Herbert in if)m nur ben SKilbutget fefjen, fterben tfjn bebauern unb, inbem fie (Surf; dlcfyt geben, bennod) ftnben, bap 3f)r $u Ijart serfafjren fctb. f , 3d) {)a6e (Sud) fc^on ju lange angeljort j mad)t, bap 3ljr fortfommt ! " So fyort nur nod) McfcS! 33ebenft, bap c3 ba$ ttneir* fyortefte ift, U)a3 biefem 9Jtanne, ft>a3 biefer gamilie begegnen fonnte. 3f)r fyattet nid)t Urfad)e, tton bem guten SBillen be$ <£>au$f)crm erbaut 2 jit fein; aber bie #au6frau ift alien (Suren 2Bunfd)en ju&orgefommcn 3 , unb bie tfinber f)aben (Sud) ate ifjren Dfjeim betrad)tet 4 . 9Jtit biefem ein^igen @d)(ag werbet 3f)r ben grieben unb boi ©turf biefer 23of)nung auf cwtg $erftbren. 3a, id) fann ftofyt fagen, eine 33ombe, bie h\$ $au$ gefatten wave, n>urbe nid^t gropere 93erouftungen barin angerid)tet f)aben. 3d) Ijabe (Sud) fo oft fiber (Sure gaffung bettmnbert 5 , Sjm ©raf ; gebt mir bie&nat ©etegen* t)eit, (Sud) an^ubeten 6 . ©in tfrieger ift cf)rtt>urbtg, ber fid) felbft in geinbeS $au$ ate einen ©aftfreunb betxafykt ; fjier ift fein geinb, nur ein SBerirrter. ©ettnnnt eS iibcr (Sud), unb e$ voirb (Sud) $u exigent Diufjme gereid)en ! „ 2)a3 miipte ttmnberlid) jugel)en," aerfefcte ber @raf mil einem 2ad)eln. 9tur ganj naturlic^, ertoieberte ber Solmetfd&cr. 3$ SDritte* 33uc§. 69 fyabe Me $rau, bie £inber nid)t $u Suren guf en gefd)idft : benn id) tteip, bap (Sud) fold^e ©cenen tterbriepltd) (tub ; aber id) ttntt Gatd) bie grew, bie ifinber fd)ilbem, n>ie fte @ud) banfen: id) tx>itt fie @ud) fd)ilbern, nrie fie fid) $eitleben3 tton bem £age ber @d)(ad)t bei Scrgcn unb son Surer ©ropmutf) an biefem £age unterfyalten, fine fie c3 ftinbent unb £inbe^ finbem er$af)len unb aud) gremben if)r Sntereffe fur (Sud) ein$uf(open VDtffen : eine «§anbhmg biefer 2lrt fann nid)t untergeljen ! „3l)t trefft meine fc^n>ac^e (Seite nid)t\ £)o[metfd)er. 2(n ben 9?a$rufjm pfleg' id) nicfyt $u benfen, ber ift fur 2tnbere, nid)t fur mid); aber im Shtgenblicf rcc^t $u tfyun, meine $flid)t nid)t ju tterfaumen, meincr (Sfyre ni<$t$ $u fcergeben, ba3 ift meine ernef)men. (£0 mxb bie @ad)e bcigelegt, unb tt>ir feierten ben anbern 9Jtorgcn, bei ben Ueberbteibfetn ber geftrigen 3ucfergefd)enfe, ba3 23oriibergef)en eine6 UebelS, beffen 2ln* b^l)en tt)ir gliicf lid) t>erfd)lafen 5 fatten. of)l natf) einer guten unb g(udf(id)en <§>anblung $u tf)un ^flegt, ttnfl id) nic^t entfd)eiben ; ttenigftenS Ijat er bei SBieberer^afjlung berfetben 7o 2Iu3 meinem Seben. mcrnalS Mritrt 1 . ©enug, biefer JEag bunfte i(jm, fo nne ber forgensollfte, fo and) ber g(orreid;fte feincS SebenS. S>et SbnigStieutenant n>ot>ntc nod; immcr in unferm §aufe. (5r Ijatte fein Setragcn in nid;t$ geanbert, befonberS gegen un$ ; afletn e3 war merf(id), unb bet ©ettatter 3)ol* metfefy nntpte eS unS nod; beutlid^er 511 mad)cn, bap cr (cin 2(mt nid)t mefyr mit bcr §eiterfeit, nicfyt mefyr mil bem Sifct »ertt>altete nne anfangS, obgteid; immcr mit berfclben 9?ed;t* fd;affen()eit nnb Sreue. ©ein SBefen nnb Setragcn, ba$. efyer einen Spanier ate cinen granjofen anfunbigte 2 , feine Saunen, tie bod; mitnnter (Sinfiup auf ein @efd;aft fatten, feine Unbicgfamfcit gegen bie Umftanbe, feine SRetjbarfeit ' gegen 2lUe3, ttxiS feine $erfonober Sljarafter 3 berufyrte, btefeS jufammen mocfyte tijn bod; juweilen mit feinen SSorgefe^ten in Conflict bringen. #teju tarn nod;, bap er in einem £)uelf, Mty& fid; im Scfyaufpiel entfponnen fyatk, ttcmnmbet nmrbe unb man bem £onig3lieutenant xibel nafjm, bap er felbft eine tterpimte 4 ^anblung ate oberfter ^olijeimeifter 5 begangen. Sfflfe* bicfcS mocfyte, nne gefagt, \)a$u beitragen, bap er in fid) gcjognet 6 kbk unb I)ier unb ba ttiel(eid;t mriu ger energifd; wrfuljr. (Sr ttertiep bie Stabt unb cr[;ie(t ftufemwife 7 nod) &e?# fd;iebene Sfjargen 8 , boc^ tote man f)orte, nid;t $u feiner 3ufrieben()eit. @r Ijatte inbep ba3 SSergnugen, bie fo emfig tton ii)m beforgten ©ematbe in bem ©d;(offe feineS SBruberS glutflid; angebrad)t jit fetjen, fd;rieb einigemale, fenbete 9ftaape unb liep tton ben oben genannten tfimftlern 33er* fd)iebene3 nad;arbeiten. (Snblid; tternaljmen ttnr nid;te n>eiter t>on tf;m, auper bap man un3 nad; meijreren Saljren tter* fid;ern oolite, er fei in SBefiinbien, auf einer ber frattj&x fifefyen iMonieen, ate ©outterneur geftorben. NOTES. Title. The motto prefixed by Goethe to his autobiography is derived from the fragments of Menander, a Greek comic poet who flourished in the second half of the fourth century B.C. (see Co?nic.gr.fragm. ed. Meineke IV - 35 2 )'> Hugo Grotius, a famous Dutch scholar of the seventeenth century, has thus expressed this line in a Latin verse : male eruditur tile qui non vapulat It should of course be understood here in a wider sense as applied to the 'sweet uses of adversity'. I have followed the example of Mr G. H. Lewes in adding Goethe's well-known lines as an appropriate motto of the experiences of his boy- hood. fca8 5ul;ren = tte Sprung, 'the guidance'; compare the phrase, cr \\\§xt cin gittcS Sefccn, he leads a good life. tic Sroljnatut is a compound far more expressive than tic fro^c Sflatuv would be; it denotes a cheerful, merry temper. — The dim. SMttercfycn expresses affection. Though in the record of his life Goethe speaks of his father much oftener than of his mother, it is well known that he cherished and loved his mother with much greater affection. It may almost be said that the elaborate description he gives of his father's manners and intentions conveys an impression as if Goethe in his later years, when he came to write his life, endeavoured to do justice to a father whose severe and austere rule had been distasteful to the im- petuous boy. fafcuttren, lit. 'to invent fables', is used in a wider sense of poetic invention. 72 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. Grjie* Sue!;. Page i. i. mit tern ®tocfenfd;Tage Sroitff, when the clock was just striking twelve; precisely at 12 o'clock. 2. We say both auf and in tic SBett fommen. — We may add that Goethe's parents had been married on Tuesday, the 20th August, 1748, when his father was thirty-nine, and his mother eighteen years old. 3. The sentence begins with the general pronoun man, but goes on in the pronoun of the first person plural, wit. Though it would, per- haps, have been preferable to say at once toenn totr ung crinnern toottcn, we should observe that Goethe varies his style in this manner in more than one passage, and there is indeed a certain ease, if we may say so, a grata neglegentia, in this construction which does not disgrace a great writer. 4. in cinen 5att fommen, to come into a position. 5. anfetyewen means 'to behold', to look at something with much attention ; hence the adj. cmftyoatty, that which becomes quite clear on ocular inspection, lucid; er §at uns bie <&atyt mit »ief 2lnfdjauttcJj!ctt au«etnanber gefefct, he has explained the subject with much lucidity, very clearly. Slnfcfyauenbe ©rfatytung may, therefore, be translated by 'direct experience'. 6. ctynefjtn, as it is, after all. 7. burcfygefcrocfjen, 'broken through'; doors had been broken through the intervening middle wall, and the two adjoining houses had thus been thrown into one. Observe the difference between burcfyBrectyen (v. trans., id; fcrecfye burd; in the original, mechanical sense) and butd;&red;en (id> butd/ore'efyc which is used metaphorically); the first forms the past participle butcfygeBrodjen, the second burcfy&rocfyen, though this may also be formed from burd;Bred;en ; e.g. Grimm explains the present passage in his Worterb. 2, 1592 by adding man fjatte bie SBcinbe burd;Brcd;en, and ib. 1 59 1 he quotes from Goethe: bie Itytt SJicmcrede burd/6rod;en jeigt einen amnuttyig fcefd;atteten Sfajieitftfc, 'an aperture broken (made) in the farthest Bk. L] NOTES. 73 edge of the wall shows a pleasant seat shaded by acacia-trees'. But it is only possible to say, cr §at atte ©ctyranfen te8 SlnfianteS turcfyfcroctyen, 'he has broken through all restraints of decency', because this is metaphori- cal ; and again, in the reflective, the only possible form is turctygefaoctycn, e. g. tcr 2)ieb Jjat fid? rutctygcBrcctyen, ' the thief has broken out.' 8. tijurmarttg, lit. 'tower-like' ; the stair-case was spiral, as is often the case in towers. 9. unjufammcn^&ngcnb, 'disconnected', i.e. the rooms were not on the same level. 10. auSgleicfyen, lit. 'to make even', is often used metaphorically of 'smoothing over' a difficulty or 'remedying' a defect. 11. cine iungcre @cfytveftcr: Goethe's sister Cornelia, who will be mentioned again below, was born on Dec. 7, 1750; she married a clergyman, Schlosser, in 1773 (Lewes b. Ill ch. 4) and died in 1777 (ib. b. iv ch. 6); in 1779 Goethe, who was then travelling with his friend Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, visited her grave at Emmendingen (ib. b. v ch. 3). She was a gentle creature, and very dear to the poet's heart. 12. roettlduftig, very extensive, spacious. In this word the t before the suffix is not justifiable on etymological grounds, and indeed the more correct form remains teettlAujtg; but besides Goethe, such writers as Klopstock, Lessing, Wieland, and others have used the form with the t. 13. ®ittcrtoerf, lit. 'framework'; (Sitter is, perhaps, more frequently used of an iron trellis-work, an iron gate. There is also another form, ©citter, which evidently approaches the English gate. 14. SSogctfcaucr, 'bird-cage'. The word 23auer (commonly «., less correctly n.) is the same as the E. bower: M.H.G. der btir, A.S. bur, in Gothic probably bdurs, from the verb bduan 'to build'. It will thus be seen that the word originally denotes a kind of aviary, in which the birds can build their nests. 15. 'In one corner of the hall there is a kind of lattice, opening by an iron or wooden grating upon the street. This is called the Gerams etc' Lewes, Life of G. b. I ch. 2. This peculiar Southern word consists of the common prefix gc + Siafymtn 'a frame'; v. Loeper quotes the cognate words £)fengcram3 (from Kurz) and ©ifenfremg (from B. Auerbach). 16. lefen is used in the sense commonly borne by the compounds Mefen, auSfcfen, 'to pick'. 74 GOETHE S BOYHOOD, [Bk. I. 1 7. cm fufcttctyeS 2lnfefjcn, a southern look ; the streets then resembled the streets of a southern town, where much business is transacted out- side and in the open air, while in northern towns all is limited to indoor life. 18. fief? fret fufjfen, to feel free and easy. Page 2. 1. Itek gmunnen, to become fond of some one. — gar is more collo- quial and affectionate than fcfyr. I. ©dniltfyeijj denotes the highest magistrate of the city — of the dignity itself we shall hear more below. ' The word is a genuine old Teutonic term, derived from ©djutb (O.H.G. scult) and the verb fycifkn, orig. one who orders that duties be fulfilled. 3. In E. we should say, 'in whose house we properly dwelt', or rather 'whose house it properly was in which we dwelt'. Comp. the phrase fci Semantcn juv 2)Jtctr;e wo(;nen, 'to rent a house (or tene- ment) of some one'. — Goethe's grandmother, Cornelia, was 81 years old at the time of the birth of our hero. 4. fyinten fyinaug, looking towards the back. 5. fyiit is, strictly speaking, unnecessary, but it enforces the meaning of Ml much in the same way as usque does that of ad. 6. gtetdifam, as it were, if I may say so. 7. $ager is more than 'thin' or 'spare'; it means 'tall and thin' 8. £trfcfygrabcn, not 'Stag-Ditch', but rather 'Stag-Foss', ©rafccn meaning the 'moat defensive of a town'. This old moat had been dried up in 1333, and converted into a kind of park, in which deer were kept. The custom mentioned by Goethe was abandoned about the year 1556. 9. 'We wished to get an explanation of this expression.' 10. unterfyalten, to keep, maintain. Observe the omission of the verb feten or to arm II. fcetoafyren, to preserve. The technical expression for this is, however, 'tyegcn'. 12. fcaS «£erfommett, the tradition, custom. 1 3. Observe the full form of the past participle, instead of which it would, however, be more common to say serfyetft. The verb serfpeifen means to eat deliberately and in a dignified manner, while effen is the same process in its everyday aspect. Bk. I.] NOTES. 75 14. teim is in reality a mere expletive; we may, however, translate 'thus, therefore'. 15. ttKim and;, even if, though. 16. Sacjb&efugmjii, right of chase. 17. fcerfummcvn, to injure, to spoil; from Summer, sorrow, grief. 18. toofyi gar, it might be, even. 19. cine jal;me SBitbBatyn, a park of tame deer. (The 'Zoological Gardens' opened at Frankfort-on-the-Maine in 1856 may now be said to fulfil this desideratum?) 20. It is, perhaps, more usual to say, ju unferen 3citcu or iu unferct 3ctt. Page 3. r. The boy was fond of this room, because it awakened in his breast longings (Sef;nfud;t) for the open country that could be espied from it. 1. ©ommcr^eit is a somewhat rare employment of the accusative, instead of jur (Scmmcrjctt (omitting also the 8 in the compound). Sanders ( Wbrterb.) quotes from Bahrdt (a writer of the eighteenth century) : nuc @ommct«jcit wurtcn fie auf ten ftctcit $Mafc gcfuT;rt, 'only in summer-time were they led out into the open space'; and from Zinkgraff (17th cen- tury) : cut Sctyalf giemj SSintcrSjcit ubet fcie ®af, 'a roguish fellow was walking across the road in winter-time '. 3. era ©enntter tfttoattra, to wait until a thunder-storm is over, ah* in the compound means ' to the end '. 4. fief) an etn>a3 fatt fcf;en, to look one's fill at something, to satisfy one's self with looking at something. 5. tocmfcetn = uifhuantem, to walk (pace) up and down (for the sake of enjoyment and recreation). 6. fcefevgett is said emphatically of ' tending' the flowers. 7. fid; erejefcen, ■ to enjoy oneself, is now commonly both spelt and pronounced with an b instead of e ; but we have thought it right to preserve Goethe's own mode of spelling, which is, moreover, borne out by etymological reasons. 8. The student will do well to observe that Goethe is fond of using the neuters of adjectives instead of abstract nouns — which is indeed a peculiarity of the German language as well as of the Greek (to KaXov, tag &£kovtL ye dufxy. 15. toofytroottent, kind. 16. etrociS getoafyr toerben, to become aware of something ; to become actually acquainted (familiar) with something. Page 7. 1. tmmer freier, with ever increasing freedom. 2. ter. ©eftnete, a playfellow. The prefix ge* is, as usual, the same as co and con, 'he who plays with another'. G. B. 6 82 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 3. mit cttoag ttotgrctfcn, to anticipate something. 4. The present editor feels all the more interest in explaining the descriptions of Frankfort localities, as his own boyhood was spent in that city, and as these names remind him of many happy hours, and, above all, of his own school-time. 5. The great bridge over the Maine, which connects Frankfort with the suburb of Sachsenhausen, was built in the year 1342; it rests on 14 arches, is 945 feet long, and 27 \ feet broad. From it a splendid view up and down the river may be obtained. 6. e8, i.e. fca§ S3aun?crf ; it might also have been fie, sc. tie SSrucfe. 7. Observe the prepos. nadj, in place of which most Germans would probably have written auf. But Goethe means to express that the eyes of the beholder follow the course of the river, hence the river draws the eyes after it. 8. 23rucfenfreu$ (a compound omitted in Grimm's Worterb), the cross erected on the bridge. The golden cock has occupied a place on the bridge ever since the earliest times, though it is difficult to settle what it is meant to indicate. It had been gilt anew in 1750, and has since then remained in the same state as when Goethe admired it. 9. ein Jtreujer is (or was) a small silver coin, worth \ of a penny. The name is derived from the cross which appeared on the earliest coins of this description, which were struck in the Tyrol in the 14th century. 10. gar fcefjagticfj, with very great enjoyment (23e^agen). 11. fcer SSetnmarft is before St Leonard's gate, close to the Maine, so-called because wine was always sold and drunk there. 12. ter .Rratyn, the crane, is seen on the ancient plans of Frankfort. 13. fcaS 2flarftfcfyiff appears to have been a very primitive communi- cation by river with the cities of Hochst and Mayence. It has, of course, long since ceased to ply on the river. 14. fcer ©aalfyef is still one of the most conspicuous buildings by the riverside. Lewis the Pious, who erected the original building, lived in it during the winter of 823, and Charles the Bald was born in it. The Carlovingian, Saxon and Hohenstaufen Emperors often resided in this palace, but in the 17th century it fell into private hands, and was magnificently rebuilt at the beginning of the 18th century. 15. ©emerbfiabt, 'the merchant's town', the original and oldest part of the town in which most business is transacted even now, and in which the half-yearly fairs are held. Bk. L] notes. s 3 i 6. 9)Jarfttacjc3 is the genitive of time, used adverbially, like 3lbcnt£, 2)iorcjcn3 and many others. We might also say, an cincm 3)tcirfttage. 17. St Bartholomew's is more commonly known as ter $>om. Part of the great tower (which had never been completed) and of the build- ing itself was seriously injured by a fire in August 1867. 18. 5lnjtalt means in the first place 'arrangement', then also more commonly 'institution, establishment'; here we should translate it as equal in sense to SSeranjialtung, (Sinricfjtung, 'arrangement'. Page 8. 1. tag $farrcifcn denotes the part adjacent to the Dom on the town- side, where an iron gate appears to have once shut in the cemetery which originally surrounded the church. 2. tcr JBafccn was an old coin = 4 tfrcujcr; Grimm explains it 'num- mus ursi typum gerens', from the bear which appeared on the earliest coins of this kind, struck at Berne. This coin is but very rarely seen nowadays. 3. mocf)te man is not the same as fonnte man ; the little people did not often feel inclined to push their way through the crowded and dirty market-place. 4. gtcifcfyfranfe, shambles, meat-stalls. These stalls which excited Goethe's horror and disgust more than a hundred years ago, continued to disgrace the city of Frankfort a few years ago when I last visited it, nor do I doubt their still being there. We boys often passed them with much disgust on our way to school. 5. fcer JKomcrfcerg. is a large place not far from the Maine, with the elegant -Dttcctaifitefje on the south side, and the JRomer (or Townhall), in which there is also the Emperors' Hall (tfaiferfaat) with the full-length portraits of all the German Emperors from Conrad I. down to Franz II. The name is most probably derived from the fact that the Roman Emperors of the German nation first presented themselves as such from the balcony of the Corner. 6. ©pajtcrptafc, a place for walking, a promenade. 7. ardnteftimifcfy is the adv., which it would, however, be impossible to render in English by one word. We may translate: 'architecturally speaking', or 'in the way of architecture'. 8. aft denotes the old city, such as it was founded originally. It was subsequently extended and enlarged. Hence we find in many German towns separate parts designated as 2Utfktt and Steujtatt. 6—2 8 4 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 9. fcqeicfytten, lit. 'to serve as a token (3eicf?en) of something'; hence, to define, designate. 10. tteiterfym should be taken in its original local sense : 'farther on'. 11. * All still showed (but) too plainly.' 12. breiter and [carter are adverbs: 'the new streets which had been laid out so as to be broader and more beautiful'. 13. bte SBtftfitr, lit. 'arbitrariness'; personal fancy, caprice. 14. In this phrase we commonly use the compound : (£tnem (or einct ©adje) feinen llrfprung setfcanfen. 15. $atf>t)au8, 'Townhall', hdtel de ville. The German name in- dicates that the City- Council (ber 9tatlj>) holds its meetings in the building. 16. geruitfbafynlicfy, 'vault-like'. (Bin @eroolbe is a vaulted room or hall. 17. The expression ftc^j serltercn ('to lose one's way') is of course somewhat exaggerated instead of meandering or wandering about. 18. Instead of the half- foreign compound, Goethe might have said ©ifcunggsimmet. But he seems to have preferred the pedantic appella- tion actually applied to the room at that time. 19. get af eft, 'panelled'. 20. StBoIbung, vaulted (arched) ceiling. 2r. Goethe has quoted the inscription from mere recollection. It actually runs as follows : (StynS marts rebbe cirt Ijatbe rebbe man fal fte bttlid) »err)dren bebe. 'One man's speech is half a speech; they should in justice both be heard.' The corresponding Latin maxim audiatur et altera pars is well-known. Page 9. 1. aftertpmticyft, 'most antique'. 2. SSettafehmg, lit. the 'over-panelling', the inseparable prefix set* being in many cases the same as 'over', both in sense and origin. 3. begrctfen, to comprehend, understand. 4. ttnfer £anb is an adverbial use of the genitive, = ItnfS, or jut Stnfen, 'to the left'. Compare what follows directly afterwards. 5. The more usual expression is, bte gegenuber liegenbe ©cfe. 6. bcr afrgfrurg'. 4. The 'great disorders' alluded to are the troubles of the period called 'the interregnum' (1250 — 1273), in which the 'robber-knights' (JRauBrittcr) had carried on their depredations without the least fear of punishment. 5. Rail IV. (1346 — 1378) of the House of Luxemburg, King of Bohemia and Emperor of Germany, had determined the mode of election of his successors in the famous act called tic goffcene 23utte, a copy of which is still shown at the Corner. This document dates from the year 1356, and has received its name from the golden capsule attached to the parchment. 6. Goethe makes a strange mistake in ascribing the 'order of criminal law' given by the Emperor Charles V. (15 19 — 1556) to Charles IV. who lived nearly two centuries before. For the exact sense of the adj. £cinttcfy, see our note on Hermann and Dorothea 1, 73. 7. cin ©egenfatfer, an Emperor elected in opposition to another. Giinther von Schwarzburg was opposed to Charles IV. in 1349, but died very soon afterwards on June 19 of the same year, not without a sus- picion of having been poisoned. He lies buried in the Dom at Frankfort. 8. (Sinen ettt)a3 entgetten taffen. to visit something on some one, make him suffer for it. The verb entgetten is generally construed with the accusative of the person: e.g. Scfy taffc e3 bid) nicfjt entgetten. But Loeper quotes two instances of the dative, one from Lessing : 2Carum fofl id? mctner ©efttnfctyeit feine ©to&tyeit entgelten laffen? and another from Bk. L] NOTES. 87 Thiimmel : ten (Bnhtn eutgeften tafftn. In the Frankfort dialect, the dative is very commonly used after entgcltcn. 9. Maximilian I. of the House of Habsburg, the grandfather of Charles V., reigned 1493 — 15 19. He is commonly called tcr Ic&te fitter. 10. Observe the quaint omission of the final verb ift 1 1. Charles V. was the son of Philip of Habsburg and Johanna of Castille, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. He had become king of Spain in 15 16. 12. Francois I., king of France, 1515 — 1547» the powerful and valiant adversary of Charles V. 13. betenfucfy, lit. thoughtfully; with some anxiety. 14. umgel)cn, lit. to go about, to circulate. 15. Compare the expression, eg fattt in tic 9lugen, it strikes the eye. Hence augenfalftg is 'obvious'. 16. (SineS is spelt with a capital, because it denotes 'only one'. — In Goethe's boyhood there seemed to be only room left for one more portrait, that of Joseph II. By removing a clock between the windows, room was made for Leopold II., and subsequently even Franz II. was provided with accommodation. But now the hall is actually quite full. 17. tic *patriotifcfygcfinntcn, men of a patriotic mind. 18. fctnen llmgang fatten, to make one's circuit. 19. The sepulchral monument of Giinther was not seen by Goethe in its original place, i.e. the choir of the Dom, but in a place by the side of the choir, to which it had been removed by Charles VII. in 1743, in order to gain more space in the body of the church. It is for this reason that Goethe uses the expression etymatS directly afterwards, as the stone had been removed from the grave itself. 20. Conclave is the Latin term, a German equivalent of which would be tic 2BaI)(fapette. 21. ©infctitunggfraft, 'imagination'. Instead of this German term, we often use the foreign word tic $$antafte. Page ii. 1. tic mficfyttgjtcn fturfien should be understood of the most powerful princes of the Holy Roman Empire, i. e. the electors. 2. ttjurtig, becomingly, in a manner suitable to the importance of the place. 3. cfcencin, 'moreover'; i.e. besides its being not at all properly decorated. 88 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. 1. 4. ba8 ©eriift, a scaffold. 5. bag ©efpcrr, is the collective of ©barren, a beam, a rafter. The word is not very common. 6. serunfiatten, to disfigure. 7. This is a good instance of the peculiar German use of the dative of the personal pronouns equivalent to a possessive. Goethe might also have said unfer -§erj in the same way as he has unfcre ©in&Ubnnggfraft before, but he preferred to vary the construction. 8. In E. we might invert the relation of the words by translating 'narrow patriotism'. The expression means properly that there was something patriotic in thus limiting oneself to the accurate study of one's native town. 9. bie 2ftefje means (1) 'the mass' (from the expression 'ite, missa est concio'), (2) a great market, fair (F.foire); an intermediate sense 'a feast-day' (which explains the transition from (1) to (2) has now gone out of use. 10. in ben fdmmtftctyen Jtinberf ityfen = in ben Atyfcn fammttictycr .fttnber. n. ©Sprung, lit. 'fermentation', is often used metaphorically, like the English word. 12. tie ©rfcauung is (r) originally: building up; (2) metaphorically: edification (of the soul). Here it appears, of course, in its original sense. 1 3. A more usual phrase is in f urjer or in gcringcr 3eit. 14. SBogen is frequently used of the waving and rolling of a large multitude. Sreifccn is 'the going on': compare toa$ treibjt bu ba? What are you doing there ? 15. unbejnnngucfy is an adverb, but in E. we shall prefer translating it, as if we had two adjectives before us. 16. finbtfcfyet SBcftfj denotes those things which children are fond of possessing. 17. mtt toactyfenben 3urbiger = el)mmtbtger, solemn, dignified. 2 1. sergegentoatttgen is to exhibit something as present which properly belongs to the past. 22. ba8 ©efeit, 'escort'; hence also the verb geletten. Bk. L] NOTES. 89 23. The 'Fahrgasse' leads from the 'Zeil' (the principal street of Frankfort) to the old bridge, and passing this, we reach the suburb of Sachsenhausen situated on the left side of the river Maine. 24. bcfcfct, * occupied' by lookers-on, spectators. Page 12. 1. ten Sag u6er = tr>atyrent te3 £ag8. 2. e3 fommt auf etrc>. an, something is of importance. Here we may translate 'that which was of chief importance to them'. 3. erfl corresponds to the English 'not... until'. — mit ftnf enter Sftacfjt, 'by nightfall'; thus we say tcr 2l6cnt and tie Stacfyt finft fjcrab. 4. The sense is ' it was more a matter of imagination than an actual beholding with eyes'. 5. The writer means the middle ages. 6. nacfy aSetieben, just as he pleased. (£& bcltc&t mir, I have a liking, a fancy. The expression nacfy Sufi (which follows directly) has the same sense. 7. tag 9tccfyt is a subst. 'right, law'; tag JKccfyte is originally an adj. and, being used as a subst., bears a wider sense: *aequum\ 8. It should be observed that the sing, is tcr «£>antclSmann, but in the plural we do not say ^antctgmdnncr. Compare our note on Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea, 3, 106 (2lrfccit«leute). 9. em SBegetagcrer, lit. a 'waylayer', a highwayman. 10. plagen unt placfen is an alliterative phrase which has to some extent a proverbial character. 11. mit getuaffneter £ant is a phrase which might, in a certain way, remind us of the Latin mantis in the sense of 'force' and 'power'; it means 'with an armed escort'. 12. id) cergcbe mir etro., I make some concession; properly, I give away something belonging to me. The citizens of the imperial town did not wish to make a concession that might be interpreted to involve some sacrifice of their rights and privileges — one of these being that no armed troops of another Estate of the Empire were to enter their territory. 13- gar, even. — (£einen ©intritt nef)men is a somewhat unusual phrase, instead of einjte^en. 14. tyofye $erfonen is a frequent expression to denote princes and other persons of rank. 15. In the word SBa^ttag we should take the second part not as 9 o GOETHE'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 'day', but as 'meeting'. Thus we say, cinen ©ertcfytgtag abtyalttn, to hold a court (of law). 1 6. @3 fommt ju SJjatttcfyfetten, the affair comes to blows. 17. jettfjer, 'some time since'. (Lit. c8 toat einc 3ctt fyer, tap man \Berimnbiungen g. f}.) 18. cine SSer^antfung fcflegcn, to carry on a negotiation. 19. (fcer) JRecef (from the Lat. recessus) is a law term meaning the same as the German word ^ergtetcfy. 20. 3nnft is connected with jroct ; compare the verb ftcty entjrceten, to (be divided by a) quarrel. (Stnen 3»ifi (or @trctt) fcetfegen, means to 'allay' a quarrel, to compose it. 31. We do not say cinen 3»ift fit^rcn, but we do say etncn (Strett, Jtampf, or $ro$efc fuljren. 22. Instead of the definite article, we should more commonly use the possessive pronoun ifyren. Page 13. 1. They were well (i. e. liberally) received and treated. 2. Instead of jcgcrn ('to delay'), another writer would perhaps have used roartcn in this place. 3. See the passage explained at p. 12, note 4. 4. We have here an instance of the figure called zeugma, i. e. one verb is made to govern two nouns, though properly only one of them agrees with it idiomatically. Here, e. g. , the phrase ftcfy auf bent $ferfce evfyatten is quite legitimate ('to maintain oneself on the horse'); but fetn $ferb edjalten would be quite different in sense from what is meant here. The fact is that we should rather understand fetn $fett fatten, 'to restrain (manage) one's horse'. The liberal welcome accorded to the guests had powerfully affected many a city knight's brains, and seriously interfered with his balance and firmness of grasp. 5. We might also say tnrcfy tag JBrucfent^or ^eretn, and this we read directly afterwards. 6. The very last of all. 7. aflan trdgt ftcfy mit fccr JRefce (fcem ®eritc$t, etnem ©etanfen) means that a rumoui, or idea, is entertained by the people. 8. feteqeit (adv.), always. 9. @trapenfungen are vulgar lads, and (so far as the expression is applicable to a German town) ' street- Arabs \ 10. getten is the same word as the E. yell. Compare also tie Hftacfo* Bk. L] NOTES. 91 tigaft, 'nightingale', this being the bird which utters its loud note ('yells') at night-time. See Aue, p. 234. 11. It might also be obgtcid? man, and this would be even more in accordance with common usage. 12. bi< finite sertotrrcnb, lit. confusing the senses, bewildering. This is a very strong expression. In the same sense, Schiller uses iBcfinnung raufcenb in his ballad £te tframdje be8 3&»fu8. 13. Instead of £>rang, it would, perhaps, have been more usual to say either bag ec Jpantfctyuty). 1 1. etne ©enmrjtate, a spice-box. Page 16. 1. The omission of the indefinite article cin before utten. Compare the use of the verb tulten in Herma?in and Dorothea 9, 117, 121. 3. Uvfacfy is more colloquial than Urfadje. 4. t>on JUntcSfcciiten an is another colloquial phrase, instead of which many writers would no doubt prefer »on il)rer ^int^eit an. 5. Instead of ©eltfummc, we may use the simple word tie Summc in exactly the same sense. 6. ftcfy fceljagttci) fasten, to feel at ease. The noun is tag SSe^agcn. 7. The usual order of words would be getyafct fyahen mcgen. 8. fyciter is a favourite word of Goethe's ; he uses it very frequently in Hermann and Dorothea, 9. SSorfate denotes the passages which are said to be airy. This use of the word SSorfaat is, as Loeper observes, Thuringian, and not of Frankfort origin. Bk. I.] NOTES. 95 10. Ornamentation and decoration. ii. Goethe uses the German 23iief;erfammhtng, instead of the foreign word tie Stbttotfjef. 12. granjbant, 'bound in calf. The literal meaning is, bound in the French manner, ftranj having here the same sense as in Sranunaim and gran^ofe. 13. There are two sets of Dutch editions which may be meant here: either the series issued by the famous firm of Elzevir, or the Variorum editions published by Blav and Wetstein. We are inclined to think that the latter are meant here, as they are often found in quarto, while the Elzevirs are famous for their smaller size. 14. The more elegant, not strictly technical parts of jurisprudence. 15. Tasso (Torquato), an illustrious Italian poet, the author of the greatest epic poem of Italian literature Gernsalemme liberata, bom at Sorrento 1544, died at Rome, Apr. 25, 1595. His love for the princess Eleanor of Ferrara forms the subject of a noble tragedy by Goethe. 16. For the verb Bejctgcn see our commentary on Hermann and Dorothea. Page 18. 1. 8 54- 6. etne 2Jianfarbe, an attic, so called from the French 'la mansarde', a raised roof; a word coined after the name of the architect, Francois Mansard (1598 — 1666). 7. £ftacf;fef;affen is a somewhat rare word, meaning continued ac- quisition or purchase. 96 GOETHE 'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 8. (£inrcu)cn, putting (the new books) into the proper row, arranging them. 9. ©etaffentyeit, quietness, composure. Goethe's father was method- ical in everything, and did not like to hurry himself with anything. 10. tie getel)rten 2ln$cigcn denotes the critical reviews which were at that time often published in journals bearing that title. Goethe him- self contributed to a journal called Sranffurter ©efefyrte Slnjeigen (see Hempel's edition of his works, vol. xxix), and there is still a respectable critical paper issued under the title of ©otttngcr ©etefjvte 3lnjcigcn. 11. In this sense the compound ttertuenten is perhaps even more common than the simple verb. 12. menn U)nen glcicfy = faenngtctcfy (although) ityncn. 13. Compare p. 17, n. 7, according to which the usual order of words would be tycrvorgefcracfyt toertcn fenntcn. Page 19. 1. fceftattgcn (lit. 'to steady') = 6efefttgcn, fccjtarfcn. 2. The compar. cfterS is frequently used in the sense of fe^r eft. 3. eg tft mir nicfyt bange, I am not afraid. So also the verb fcangen, cS fcangt mir, tcfy fcange um i^n. 4. Instead of the phrase employed by Goethe : man fctyritt . . . . mit 93ottentung ter iiortgen 3tmmer...n)ctter, a modern author would probably say fufyr mit ter 3SoKentung .... fort. 5. @ptegclfcf)ct6cn, panes of plate-glass. 6. -fceftigfeit strikes a modern reader as an obsolete word; we should probably prefer «§efte. 7. nxgen meift nutter ftenfterfctyctfcn = nKU tie genfterfctyctfcen meift runt gettKfcn nrnren. 8. ©cnautgf ett = ©orgfatt, genaue 5lrBett. 9. It would be more common to say ftcty tenfen, or if we omit the dat. of the personal pronoun, we should use ertenfen. 10. SBettereigmjj (a compound probably first formed by Goethe) means an event of universal importance, which affects and interests the whole world. 11. tie @emutfjgwl)e = ta8 rutytge ©ernut^. 1 2. Instead of im Stefften we should more usually employ flttfl SCieffle. 1 3. The world which had quite accustomed itself to rest and peace. 14. 0tefitenj always means in German a princely residence; e.g. Bk. I.] . NOTES. 97 SNirmjtafct ij* tie 9lcfibeit$ te§ ©roff;er$og3 »on £cf|"en. Hence also Sicfi* teitjftatt. 15. ttngetoarnt = olme cine vorfycrgegangenc SBarnung. 16. jufammenfcfylagen, here : to be dashed together. Page 20. 1. The more familiar arrangement would be ttnrb jum £$ctf. 2. The statement is exaggerated; according to Voltaire in his Precis du siec/e de Louis XV. (chap, xxxi): 'il y perit pres de 30,000 personnes'; but in his Art de verifier les dates he states the number as low as 1 5,000. See also Lord Mahon's History of Englatid, chap. xxxn. 3. gcftattct = oerftattct. 4. fortioiitfycn, to continue raging. In this way we may form a considerable number of compound verbs with fort, e.g. fortfcrennen, fort* Icucfytcn, fortgcfycn, fortfcfcn etc. 5. The words directly subjoined serve to explain that the ex- pression fonft tvrborgcn means here 'kept out of sight' by imprisonment 6. olofujcficUt = auggcfcfcr, prciSgcgcbcn. 7. SInbcutungcn, indications. 8. It is equally common to say Sanbcrftrctfen. 9. Alexander v. Humboldt says in his Kosmos (vol. I. p. 217): 'The great earthquake which destroyed Lisbon in 1755, was felt in the Alps, on the Swedish coast, in the Antilles, the great lakes of Canada, as well as in Thuringia, and in the plains of the north of Germany, in small inland waters of the Baltic plain. The springs of Teplitz dis- appeared for a time. Distant springs discontinued to flow. — It has been calculated that on Nov. 1, 1755, a space of the earth four times as large as the surface of Europe was shaken. ' 10. It would be more correct to say immcr md)r unb immcr umftanb* Udjere Sftactyricfytcti. — mcfjrcrc means 'several' {complures), mcfyr. 'more' (/>/ures). Page 21. 1. Goethe means 3a fciner anbeten 3cit. 2. wwerfctycnS, ■ suddenly ' = otyne bap man ufy beffen sevfe^en I;fittc. The expression is very common. 3. 5l6enb is more dignified than SODcftcn. In the same way, SKorgcn is used for £)ftcn, and 2Jiittag for <2uben. G. E. 7 98 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 4. We say more commonly imter Conner unb 23ufc, or JDonnem unb 23u§en (in which latter phrase we should see an instance of the infinitive used as subst. ). 5. The common modem form of the plural is tie SDiofcef (like the sing.), not tic 2ftofceIn. 6. fd;a|fcare = fi?jtbare. Directly afterwards toevtl;e = toerUpofle. 7. 'The servants quite beside themselves' with fright. A more usual phrase would be auper fid) gefcracfyt or geratf;cn. 8. fid; faffen, to compose one's mind ; gcfapt fein, to be calm, composed. 9. genficrfuiget denotes the two halves of the complete window, which are so made as to move sideways on their own hinges like folding- doors. 'English' windows are but rarely seen in Germany. Compare 2$fcjifigeL 10. 9iegengufi, torrent of rain. ((£'8 gtept vom dimmer, the rain comes down in torrents. ) 11. nod; enbftcfyer. (Srr^oumg = at3 man fid; enfcUd; (son tern ^ctyrecfen) er^olt ^atte. 12. bte Sotge ('sequence') denoting a methodical and connected series, is a favourite word of Goethe's; see Grimm, Worterb. 3, 1872 (4). 13. einrnat (or still more emphatically, nun einmat) may be translated 'once for all'; it expresses the fixed and constant purpose which cannot be shaken. 14. Coburg, the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg in Thuringia, a charmingly situated place. Goethe's father was entered in the books of the Coburg School in 1725, in his fourteenth year. 15. fid; eineS ©tubiumS kfleifjen is the technical and official phrase of pursuing a certain branch of study. 16. promottiren, to take a degree. 17. 9lcd;t3(etyrer, a professor of law; 9{ed;tggdel;rter, a jurist (in a wider sense). 18. ein frommer SKunfd; frequently denotes a wish highly laudable in itself, but not likely to be successful. Page 22. 1. c8 gef;t mir et)na$ ab, I am wanting in something. 2 . reattftrt = cernnrf Ud;t. 3. The form ungefafjt is more common in modern German. 4. nu^cn, 'put to use* (very common in the compounds au3nu$en and atmufcen); nit£cn, to be of use (with the dat.). Bk. L] NOTES. 99 5. etgentUcfye fie^rmeijter, professional teachers. 6. fcequemer and setter are adverbs. 7. unjagttcfy (lit. 'not to be said'), is always used in the sense of 'immense, very great'. 8. 2lnfyaltfamfeit seems to be a word of Goethe's coinage ; Grimm quotes a sufficient number of passages in which he uses it, most of them, however, from the Autobiography. A modern German would say SluSbctuer. 9. It is, perhaps, more idiomatic to say in (Srnft unb , see our note on Hermann and Dorothea, 2, 19. 7. Svufyjeitigfctten is an unusual plural = Safte (sBcifpicte) ctner ftu^jctttgcn (^nttoicf clung. Goethe formed the German word after the analogy of the Latin praecocitas, or rather the French precocite (compare a precocious boy, 'praecox ingenium'; lit. matured, cooked, by the sun before the usual time). 8. in 2lfrftcfyt auf=in 23eutg auf. 9. gcmetn = gemcinfd;aftttcf). 10. i.e. He fcafcurcfy in frufycr 3ugcnb Uxtymt getoortcn [int. 11. auf 2lfafcemte gcljen without the article is an unusual phrase; we say auf tic Unwcrfttfit gefyen, jur U. afcgetycn. 12. sc. tyatte. 1 3. The plural is usual in this phrase on account of the two chief branches of law : Roman Law and Canon Law. Hence also the title iuris utriusque doctor, Doctor of Law, LL. D. 14. Wetzlar (on the river Lahn) was at that time the seat of the 9ictd)3fammergerid>t. Goethe subsequently spent there a considerable time, and found the subject of his Werther at that place. 1 5. 9Jcgen36urg was the seat of the permanent Diet of the German Empire. 16. ttorau8 = im SBorauS, jucrjt. As one word, sorauSfe^en means 'to foresee '. Page 24. 1. Sugenfcgang is formed like SefccnSgang, p. 22, 1. 9. 2. According to the modern standard of correctness it ought to be unt> feinc fonjHge £roc? entyeit, on account of the difference of gender. But Goethe is frequently somewhat arbitrary in this detail. 3. ttyeti^aft (or more commonly ttyetf^afttg) governs the genitive, like particeps in Latin. Bk. I.J NOTES. io i 4. probuctren does not mean bring forth in this place, but 'show, exhibit' (like the English produce) ; but this is the rarer sense of the two. 5. More commonly in llnrulje uerfc^en. 6. Other phrases of the same meaning are ftcf> ntcfyt gctinger mc* I amen j ftcfy nicfjt toeniger cinHtteten. 7. More commonly ron fetnem <$ofmctficr. 8. c3 fvUtt mir (fefyroer) auf'3 ^crj is a colloquial phrase; lit. 'it op- presses my heart, it weighs upon my mind'. 9. It would be more correct to say toie. We should use aU after a comparative, and nrie with a positive. 10. ©8 fommt mir fo t»cr, it appears so to me. ir. tfenn$cic$en, lit. cm 3etdjen, n>cran Man ewe. £ac$p erfennt- .i good German rendering of the Greek criterion (Kpifrj,}idv).' - 12. £cn>orfaingungen is a German expression instead of the more usual foreign term, bte ^robucttoncn. Page 25. 1. au8 tern (stcgrcif may well be translated 'on the spur of the moment', seeing that <2tcgrcif originally denotes the stirrup, and that the phrase would thus mean 'without getting out of the stirrup'. It often means impromptu, ex improviso. 2. ber = btefcr. It should therefore be pronounced with greater emphasis than the article. 3. 'Orbis sensualium pictus, von Joh. Amos Comenius. Hoc est, omnium fundamental ium in mundo rerum et in vita actionum pictura et nomenclature.' Nuremberg, 1658. Comenius's original name was Komensky. His work has been frequently imitated and modernised, and is in one guise or other still in the hands of many children. 4. SDtcrian (Matthew) published in the seventeenth century many volumes of topographical engravings, works on geography, and collec- tions of plates in sacred history. 5. 'Jo. Ludovici Gottfridi fyiftoriftye Chronica, £)ber 23efcf>reuutng ber Surnemjfcn ©efefyicfyten, fo ftc$ »on ?lnfang ber SBett, pip auff unferc 3citen jugctragen: 9laty 2lujjt$cUung ber tier 9ftonarcfnen, unb fceigefugtct Safyrrcctynung, anp fleiffigfte in Drbnung gebrad)t, unb in 2Icf)t £l)etfe afcget^etfct ; mtt met fcfySnen (Sontrafatcturcn unb ©cfcfnctytmvijjtgen ^upffcrftucfen, gur Slnnxtfung ber JQtjtortett gejicret, an £ag gegefcn unb scrlcgt, butcfy Mathaeum Merianum. ©cbrucft iu granffurt am 2Ha!pn, 3n SBotffgang <§offmannc8 23ii($brucferet. 3m 3a$t nacfy (Sfyriftt ©cfotrt, m.dc.xxxxii.' fol. io2 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. I. 6. Peter Lauremberg's Acerra philologica, i.e. 200 auSettcfcne, nu§* licfye, Tufttge unb benfn>urtige «§tjtoricn unb S)i8curfe auS ten 6erul)mtcften grtcd;tfc$en unb tatetntfetyen ©crt&cnten jufammengefcracfyt. Sicked, 1633. In the later editions the number of tales was increased to 700. There is also an Acerra philologica by Ursinus, and the new Acerra phil. by Boysen, Halle, 1715 — 1723. 2 vols. 7. The plur. Stttyityotogtcn in the sense of 'mythological fables' is rather unusual. 8. Ovid's Metamorphoses. 9. There is also the compound Sangtixite, of the same meaning. 10. tmm effort = fortn)d6 tent. « *ir. • ttneber ^m^orMngen/to reproduce. Loeper appropriately quotes a passage in Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre (8, 6), in which an ancient library, m some c oM tastfe ,is described as consisting of etne fBiUl in ftolto, $tottfrieb$ (5#<.'ontf, jftr. S^nH Theatrum Europaeum, bie Acerra philo- logica, ©rtypfyti ntp unt) Slfcgott ftnb ? 5. gatfHg is a colloquial word, very common in the Frankfort dialect; it means the same as I)fifiltcfy. In old German SSctter is fre- quently used instead of S^cffe (nephew). So also in English cousin, e.g. our cousin Hamlet and our son. 6. The pronoun (5r is nowadays only employed in addressing persons of very inferior station. 7. £Utafgeijt, 'a tormenting (tricksy) spirit'. 8. SSerftcfyern takes both the dative and the accus. in this meaning, but with the accus. it also has the sense of insuring. 9. Samitienletben means here a disease befalling all the members of the family. The common sense of the word is an hereditary illness of a family. 10. 'We could never get to be on good terms.' 11. The brother here mentioned was called Hermann Jacob; he died at the tender age of six years and six weeks, and was buried on Jan. 13, 1759. 12. nactygefcoren means here 'born after the writer'. Bk. I.] NOTES. 105 13. tie is said in accordance with the natural sex, while according to grammatical gender it ought to be fcciS. See our note on Hermann and Dorothea, 5, 86 sq. Page 28. 1 . cin&ringcn = cinljoten, make up for. 2. = unS bet unfercr ©cnefung, or ttenn tvir f aum gencfen nxiren. 3. The author has varied the construction in order to avoid com- mencing a second sentence with a conditional clause and toeim. 4. entiid? appears to be used in its primitive sense, =am @nte; reaching the end of that narrow passage you would get into a court. 5. ungtetcfy, uneven, irregular. The buildings were of different height and architecture, not designed to harmonize with each other. 6. anfefyntief? is an adverb. 7. We also say, tcr (Marten ijt gut gcT;a(tcn. 8. taS JKefcgelantcr (a collective noun), 'vine trellises'. Loeper quotes from a poem £crbflgcful;l (Goethe's Works, Hempel's edition, vol. I. p. 54): fetter grunc, tu £aut\ 3lm 9lc&engctanber £ter. mem genjter fycrauf! 9. tie JRaBattcn is still a common expression of gardeners, denoting small beds on either side of the footpath, and before the larger beds, Fr. plate-bandes, and E. platbands. 10. Perhaps more commonly fccnu^t, or scrnxmfct. 1 1. ©enafctyigfeit is not the common term, but rather -^lafc^aftigfeit. Page 29. 1. For imafcfc^bat see Herm. and Dor. 1, 107 (imafcfefy li c$). 2. un3, in our estimation. 3. S)aS Uimcv is a peculiar adaptation of the French la riviere (Ital. riviera), which means the 'river-side', but has in German passed into the general sense of 'district', and in a limited acceptation 'a hunt- ing-district'. The word belongs to the earliest importations from the Romance languages, seeing that it is in Middle High German die riviere. 4. fcel)agiicf?e ©efctydfttgfcit is a phrase in Goethe's most racy style, one might almost say, a kind of oxymoron. 23cfjaglic$ ' comfortable ' almost suggests the idea of leisurely work, while ©cfcjjdfttafcit 'activity' implies, io6 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [F>k. T. after all, some bustling. A writer other than Goethe would probably have said in Bcf;aa,itd;cr ScfcfjAftuiung,. 5. cin Sftclfcnflor, a bed of flowering pinks. 6. facfjfrartig = nacf> 2Xrt tcr gdctycr. 7. 2Bacf;«tfium is more commonly used as a neuter, and so Goethe, too, has it in other passages; here the word has, moreover, the same sense as the infin. ta« 2Bacf;fcn. 8. The construction might also have been continued in accordance with the preceding nouns: ven rertoanttcn ®ctracf;fcn. 9. Oculircn, to inoculate. 10. Always three pairs at once. 11. Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, and Laertes the Hither of Ulysses — both well-known from Homer's Odyssey. In the 24th !»<»«>k of that poem, Ulysses goes to visit his old father, who has retired to a suburban estate, and finds him busily engaged tending his garden, with gloves on his hands (x«p*5as r iirl x € P^ /3ar«p ?pe/ca, w. 230). 12. More correctly nnc. 13. tic Btegiftanlc fcincr $roponcntcn, a book in which he used to register the things he proposed to do each day ('registrum eorum quae sibi agenda proponebat). Page 30. 1. nicfen is a familiar expression for having a short nap. 2. ©rojjjtutyt is used in the sense of ®ro§t>atcrfiuf;L 3. um)crbrud)ucf>, that which must never be broken. 4. 3Watcrtaltcnf»aiittcr, 1 druggist. This is in Germany quite distinct from a chemist's or apothecary's pursuit. The apothecary must have studied at a University, and is admitted by the State, while cin 2)ia» tcriaticnfulntlcr carries on his business without any previous examination or legal admission. 5. gctrAna,tcft = n)o ta8 gre§tc ©ctr5ngc n>ar, most crowded. 6. We should understand in njctcfjcS trir fefjeuten un3 pt scrlicrcn. Stcf> ttcrltcrcn means ' to lose one's self, one's way'; but fefjeuen is not commonly used nowadays instead of fief) fefjeucn. Loeper quotes from Goethe's eprucf;c, no. 583 : cin eft scrfemjter ®rci« fcf;cut ftcf; ju recUm'cn, in which sentence fief; belongs to toetrmen. 7. vergnuglicf; is less common than Mtgftigt S. 3vtttcin is a small round cake; tcr 3cltc is still used in Bavaria, V>k. II.] NOTE. 107 and appears also in Middle High German. The origin of the word is unknown. 9. aut» unb rinfltr^rn is a peculiar phrase for the outgoing and in- tng of articles of sale. 10. mcinc flutter gcjtd ft*, my mother was pleased with herself. M no doubt origina'Iy Compare se pi aire. 1 r. cine gutt ( = gtraumc) 2Bcilc, a considerable time. Page 31. 1. einc gutc fpartic, here: a good deaL 7. finer = urgent 3emant. 3. 3$ »cip mir vicl mit ctroaf, I boast of something. 4. Charles VII. (<•: was elected German Emperor in 1 he died 1745. 5. tin $raflflein, a corner-stone, commonly called (Jefftetn. Loeper quotes a place in which Goethe uses this word to translate the French la borne. 6. gat = fc v r is conversational. 7. finfc i|r. . . fc^ultig gcroortcn- mranfen I 8. Goethe apparently means to say im Sinnc tc« franjeftfe^en S^ratrrl. The characters of Homer's poems were doubtless represented in the costume of the age of Lewis XIV. 9. fi$ ttroai ttfrgegennrtrtigf n = ft<$ ctwal teB^aft (alt grgentoflrtig) ror* ftcu*cn. Page 31. 1. ftumpf seems to stand in the sense of 'abruptly '. 7. Cine m ®cnug« t v un = genugtn, satisfy. 3tt>elttf 33uc§. Page 33. 1. Boctngm is a more stately and solemn expression than erja$lcn or freri$ten. 7. Here toffl is actually the adverb of gut, while two lines before it was used in the sense of 'probably'. 3. Mantel unt SBantel is an almost proverbial expression, denoting activity and commercial pursuits. io8 GOETHES BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 4. We might also say Srcmfce ftnben, tajj e8 tf;t ©cnrinn ijt (u)ncn ©crutnn brtnot), ta auS* unb emjugetycn. 5. A shortened conditional clause = n>enn aitcty (although) f. St. f. n>. &. bctyetrfctyen. 6. SBofjnjabtgfctt is now a somewhat antiquated word = 2BoI)Ijtanb. 7. The plural fctc S3jeUnaf;men is not used now, but occurs in other places in Goethe and Schiller. 8. »organgt3 = »ortyergcI;cnfc, previous. Page 34. 1. ungcfjcuct is a strong word, 'monstrous' or 'atrocious'; to invade a country without a previous declaration of war seemed to be a flagrant violation of all established laws and rights. 2. The world was called upon to be not merely the spectator, but also the judge of this proceeding. 3. Franz I. (of Lorraine), husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, was recognised as German Emperor after the death of Charles VII., and reigned from 1745 till 1765. 4. £tmmct is sometimes used to denote a canopy, e.g. cut §tmmef6ctt, a canopy-bed. In the present passage, JtronungGfitmmct serves as a Ger- man rendering of the foreign word JBattacfnn, a canopy borne over the head of an emperor at his coronation. 5. genrictyttg is here used in its first sense, ' weighty ' = ffimx totcgenb ; it is, however, more frequently found in its metaphoric application as denoting something or somebody of weight, i. e. importance. 6. gemut^Iic^ here = in fctnem ®cmutl;e; as an adj. the word means ' easy-tempered, gooddiumoured '. 7. 2ftip$cfltgfcitcn = 3ertourfnif[e, ©trcittgfciten. 8. ftety ubcriucrfen, to quarrel. 9. The expression man fctynneg means that the person in question found it difficult to restrain the expression of his dissent, but at last all the anger kept back for some time broke forth — brad? foS. 10. tufcfycn or tufcfycn is an old word meaning to quiet, allay, suppress ; in Middle High German it is tiitzen; compare the English interjection tush, which means 'be quiet! don't speak of it'. 1 r. We also say son etn>a§ mcabtetbcn. 12. For the construction ficty ciner ©actye freuen see Aue § 347. 13. 2lUc8 — ictcS. 14. The usual expression is tor 3Reft be3 SatyreS Bk. II.] NOTES. 109 15. Slgttation is here employed in a passive sense, just as we say in English, 'a state of continued agitation' (i.e. of being agitated); in German the active sense is, however, more common. 16. Frederick II. occupied Dresden (the capital of Saxony) on Sept. 9, 1756. 17. In the battle of Lmvositz (October, 1756) Frederick beat the Austrian Marshal Browne. The capitulation of the 14,000 Saxons in the camp of Pirna was the immediate result of this victory. See Carlyle, Frederick the Great, book XVII. ch. 6 and 7. Page 35. 1. The members of the family who belonged to the opposite party (the Imperial side). 2. Compare the opening scenes of Shakespeare's tragedy. 3. ftrifctfefy, a ludicrous formation from the popular name of Frede- rick: fcer grojjc grifc. 4. toirfcn = (S'tnfIufl ctugn&cn. 5. )platt in the same sense as plat in French (tin plat sujef). 6. $atlje, here: godson. 7. fvctfen should here be taken in the limited sense of dining. 8. It would perhaps be more common to say in ttr gonjen 8Boc$e. 9. Compare the phrase, eg fdttt in tic 2lugcn (or in fca$ ?lua.c), lit. it strikes the eye, it is obvious. Page 36. 1. fcocty, after all. 2. Those of the same opinion (mind) with him. 3. Scty taffc cttvag gcltcn, I fully admit (allow) something. 4. Qincnt ctn)a8 scrargen, to grudge someone something. (Compare the verb, ftdf? ufcer ettoaS firgcrn. Both are derived from the adj. arg, from which also we get fcer Slcrgcr and bag 2lcrgcmip.) 5. Daun was a very able general, though he is here contemptuously styled einc @c$fafmu$c, 'a sleepy old fellow'. On June 18, 1757, Daun obtained a splendid victory over Frederick II. in the battle of Collin (Carlyle, book xvm. ch. 4), but on Dec. . 5 of the same year the Prussian king revenged himself in the battle of Leiithen {ibid., book xvm. ch. 10). 6. =fca granfrcitf; an tern Jvvtcge $U;eil ne^mc. 7. fcer .ftrteggfctyauplafc tljut fid) anf is a phrase clearly derived from a stage (Scjjciuplafc, comp. ©ctyanfcufyne) which opens to the view. no GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 8. See above, p. 4, 16. 9. $ia£ denotes merely the seats at a theatrical performance, Sutum expresses that there was sufficient room for the spectators to move and expand. 10. This is a colloquial phrase; eg fictft in tl)m, it is in his nature, it cannot be got out of him. 1 1. aftenfaftg, if need were. Page 37. 1. (SatteroBe, dresses. I. toetttaufttg, extensive. See note on p. 1, 12. 3. Compass and ruler. 4. in ta8 £lj>atige toertoenten is a peculiar phrase : 'to put into practice, to apply'. A more familiar expression would be in tic %ty\t umfefcen, iiBertragen. 5. $a}tyatBeiten ( = 2ltBeiten in $appe, pasteboard) would probably be more common than the form employed by Goethe. 6. asttg, neat, pretty. 7. BetyarrUcfy, constant, persevering. 8. son *J)rofcfjton, 'by trade'; this servant had originally been a tailor, but had given up his trade to become a footman. 9. (Srinem itBer ten $o)>f tuactyfen is an idiomatic expression denoting 'to outgrow somebody', to become too big for him. 10. More correctly nrie. II. We say also $u (or Bet) (Sincm fatten, or e$ nut (Stncm fatten. Page 38. 1. Pylades, the faithful friend of Orestes. Comp. Goethe's tragedy of Iphigenia. 2. More commonly etn etnjtgeS 2ft at. 3. erne ganje 28etle is a colloquial phrase : 'a considerable time'. 4. UcBer ettoag (or ftegen einer &atyt) ©inen Bernfen, lit. to call some- body to account for something, is a frequent expression for blaming or charging somebody with something. 5. oB-.-stoar, although. 6. auSgefuctyt, lit. exquisite, i.e. excellent. 7. 3J}mter$atyI = 2Jitnorit&t, which, being a foreign word, has been avoided by Goethe. 8. anfecfyten is a more general term than angreifen; it means in general to worry and annoy. Bk.IL] NOTES. hi 9. 23ergmigungcn does the duty of a plural of fca8 SSergniigen. 10. fcer. ScibenStrok, a new compound denoting Xxo§ gegen Seifcen. 11. hne = fca ja, since. 12. This is a very free use of the accusative. The usual phrase is cine ©tunbe gebcn, to give a lesson, and in accordance with this we find einc ©tunbe fommcn, to come for a lesson (in order to give it). The master missed his lesson. 13. 2)itpn)cttent is not a common expression; the usual term being boSnritttg or ubel gcftnnt. Below, p. 41, Goethe uses UebcuuoUcnfc. Page 39. 1. &efc$amen = fcefcfyimpfen. 2. The common phrase would be, fie fatten mid? e. 31. im 3tmmcr attcin getaffen. 3. The phrase au3 bem @tegtetfe has been previously explained (p. 25, n. 1). In the present place it means 'at the prompting of the moment'. 4. fid? ttcrredmen, to /?«Vcalculate. In this compound the inseparable prefix set* denotes something erroneous; compare Aue, p. 237 (5). 5. We should understand as if it were, \t mc(;r icj? ju fculfcen tyattc, tcfto mcfjr toud?3 mcine 2Butf?. 6. When the first stroke of the hour sounded. 7. c8 should in this phrase probably be taken as tantamount to a genitive, as we say fid? etncr ©actye nid?t »erfel;cn, not to look for some- thing. It would perhaps have been more correct to say, fid? tcffcn nid?t mfaf?. 8. triicfte = trictcr fcrucfte, ju 33eten vrcpte. 9. imt> nid?t is very emphatic here, =a6er nictyt. 10. Both erfyufc and ettyob are correct forms of the imperf. of crl?e6cn, though the latter is probably more usual nowadays. See note on Kohlrausch, p. 59, 3. 1 1. ,3eter is an exclamation denoting that violence is offered to some one. Hence jetcrn and geter fctyreten, and the subst. bag 3ctergefd?rci, a loud call for help. 12. £auggeno{Ten = £augfcen)oI)ncr, inmates of the house. Page 40. 1. QttxoaS Ulatyen = uUx etne @ac$e tactyen. 2. That it is merely the common fate of man to suffer such things, and that there is nothing exceptionally fortunate or unfortunate in his life. 1 12 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. 3. A shortened conditional clause, ^rocnn ctucfy etn fotctycg Stiffen ntctyi titel nufct. 4. ficf> in ctroaS fintctt, to rest content with something. 5. fo jtemticf), pretty well. 6. ©ticfyetcien, taunts (derived from ftccfyen, as if they were sharp, pointed words). 7. 3Rtfjrcbcn = miGn)oICcnfce (see p. 38, n. 13) JRcten, malicious words Page 41. 1. fount crfam, strange, peculiar. A more usual phrase would be, fie regten mid) ut founterfamen ^ctracfytungen an. 2. ' Primus inter pares.' 3. In common German, einmat (ctnft) nacfytcm tag ^fcifcrgcrtcfyt afr* geljalten foortcn roar. 4. gtetcfyfam, as it were. His seat was not a throne, but resembled one (gttcf) cincm Serene). 5. The expression is easily understood to be proverbial. The peacock is often used as the emblem of vain and shallow pride. 6. ©ajtge&er and ®afU;altcr are antiquated expressions, instead of which we now prefer ©afhmrtty. 7. The modern form of the plural is tie Sfjrcme, not tie Sfroaeit. In the present instance kronen seems to be preferred as rhyming with Jvfinicn. It should be added that the ordinary phrase is, etnen Slnfpruefy auf ctfoa3 macijen (or crljcfccn). 8. fatten = acfjten (compare in Latin habere — ducere, and so 'to hold' in English). 9. pcrfimticf), while he was still alive. 10. ta8 33cfud(jjimmcr, the drawing-room (into which visitors, SScfurt, are conducted). 11. muffen often denotes a cogent conclusion. Page 42. 1. tie ^ufle tcr tftntljctt means the abundant (plentiful) impressions of childhood. 1. rout-tig, becomingly, in a manner worthy of the subject. 3. sc. fjafce or $&tte. The phrase, ©tnen jum 23eftcn f;aben, 'to make fun of somebody', is conversational 4. The child uses the organs it has received from nature, without Bk. II.] NOTES. 113 any art and without much pretension, and yet in the way most con- ducive to its immediate purposes. 5. fcfyetnt = crfd;cint, appears. 6. Compare the Latin, ut nihil supra. 7. Easy (without an appearance of constraint). 8. S3iltung = 5lugbitbung. 9. fortmacfjfcn, to continue (go on) growing. 10. 3uttcrlat7u3fcit = akfolute ©icfycrfycit, so that we could rely upon his judgment (ficf> auf etn>. scrtaffen). 11. ' Post factum, eventum.' Page 43. 1. The indefinite article has here the same general sense as tvcjcnt etneS. 1. nacfybcm = ie nadjbcm, according as. 3. A shortened conditional clause = toenn .... riicfcn. 4. toafyren in its original sense, 'to guard, defend'. It is etymo- logically connected with guard (Ft. garder) ; compare also the compound k=tt)aljren. 5. fcurgerlicfye 9iulje denotes such quiet as the citizens of a large town generally enjoy. Compare the saying, $uf>e ift tic crflc 33urcjcrpflicf)t. 6. There is also another form, fccffcnungcacfytct, which is perhaps more correct. 7. In the year 1757 the numbers of Frederick's adversaries were strengthened by the addition of Sweden and the German Empire. The war against the French was carried on by Frederick's allies, the English and Hanoverian troops, while he himself defended his country against the Russians and Austrians. On May 6, the victory of Prague was obtained, though with the loss of Schwerin's valuable life, but on June 18, the Prussians were defeated in the battle of Collin, On Nov. 5, the French army was splendidly beaten in the battle of Rossbach. On Dec. 5, the Austrians were beaten at Leuthen, though the Prussian force amounted to scarcely one- third of the Austrian army. 8. belcbter is more emphatic than the ordinary term tcbfyafter. 9. A German word of the same sense is sereinjctn. 10. The three 'religions' represented among the inhabitants of Frankfort are the Lutheran, the Reformed or Calvinistic, and the Roman Catholic. In our own day we should have to add the Jewish persuasion, which is very largely represented in Frankfort now, and, G. B. 8 ii4 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. II. no doubt, was so then; but in those days the Jews were not counted, as they were restricted to the 'Judengasse', and did not mix with the rest of the population on equal terms. n. The predominant religious confession at Frankfort was and is the Lutheran. 12. gum Regiment = $ur $egterung. We also say an tic 9tcgtcrung, but only jur «§errftf)aft getangen. 13. Siebtyabcreteit, favourite pursuits. Page 44. 1. nacty feincv etgenen @innc$art, in harmony with his own way of thinking. 2. The foreign ©motumcntt is adopted as the legal and technical term. The same remark applies to the term 33attotage, 3. Neither legal nor traditional. 4. (£ttt>a8 serfctyrooren means to take an oath (vow) not to do some- thing. 5. (£t)arafter denotes a mere title, to which neither emoluments nor duties are attached. The verb verfc$affcn insinuates that this distinction could be procured by money. 6. There is no reason why the German ®cfe(lfd;aft should be avoided here. — Instead of macfyen, a verb perhaps more common in this phrase would be fcilten, or we should use the compound auSmactyen. 7. The modern form of the plural is tie (Sljarciftere. 8. mocfyte denotes a very probable hypothesis. 9. tic frcic 2Bclt means the wide world which is open to all. 10. liberal is used in the Latin sense of a style of living conducted on a more liberal (gentlemanly) scale. Compare 'a liberal education'. 11. This should be understood of the renovations previously de- scribed. 12. The preposition might be omitted. Page 45. 1. obertoft^nt is antiquated instead of o6en errofitynt. 1. More commonly ein @d>ranf soft atter ©erocfjte 3. Venetian glass is still famous for its wonderful finish and elegance. Bk.IL] NOTES. 115 4. fonbcrn=orbnen, to arrange separately (gcfonbcrt aufflcHcn). 5. More commonly, toenn einc Auction uorftet (ficf> eretgnete). 6. * The first German poet that discovered again a lofty theme for poetry, and thereby inspired even the great and the princes with reverence for the German language and mind, and filled the noblest of his contemporaries with admiration for his works, was Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock' (R. Boxberger), — born at Quedlinburg, July 2, 1 724, died at Hamburg, March 14, 1803. His principal work is the grand epic poem 2)er 9)Jefita8, in twenty cantos — a work, however, more praised and ad- mired than read. To the modern generation he is better known through his Odes, some of which belong to the finest prod actions of German poetry. 7. According to the Frankfort dialect, the poet's name resembles the word jtdtyfjtocf (there pronounced Jttopjtocf), a stick for hitting (ffofcfcn). 8. Ijerauffommcn is apparently used of poets who rise and acquire reputation. The term is not, however, very common in this sense. 9. All had employed rhymed metre. Klopstock wrote his poem in hexameter verse. 10. Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig von Canitz was born at Berlin, Nov. 27, 1674, and died there, Aug. ir, 1699. He is chiefly known as a lyric poet, but *his lyric poetry is cold and prosaic, and though planned in an intelligent manner, it lacks depth and power of sentiment ; it is easy to see that the utmost of his endeavour is to make rhyme and reason go together'. (H. Kurz.) 11. Friedrich von Hagedorn, bom at Hamburg on April 26, 1708, died there, Oct. 28, 1754. His poetry lacks depth and warmth, but his style is always clear and sprightly, and some of his poems are still read with pleasure. * Hagedorn is always natural and true, and chimes in the proper tune.* (Kurz.) 12. Carl Friedrich Drolunger, born at Durlach, 1688 — 1742, 'a poet remarkable rather for his sound theories on poetry than for any performances of his own.' (Kurz.) He was, however, opposed to the employment of rhyming verse in German. 13. Christian Furchtegott Gellert, born at Hainichen near Frei- berg on July 4, 1 7 16, died at Leipzig, Dec. 13, 1769 — one of the noblest men of his time. His fables and religious hymns still maintain their place in German literature, and some of the latter (notably the one beginning SOBte grofi ift fce8 Slttmficfjt'gen ®ute) are among the finest hymns of the German Protestant church. n6 GOETHE'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. IL 14. Friedrich Carl Casimir von Creuz, born at Homburg in the Taunus mountains, Nov. 24, 1724, died Sept. 6, 1770. His Odes were first collected in the Frankfort edition of 1750; they are melancholy in many places, and the author appears to have been influenced in them by the Night Thoughts of Young. 15. Albrecht von Haller, born at Berne, Oct. 8, 1708, died there, Dec. 12, 1777, a very learned man and excellent poet, though most of his works are now antiquated. 16. Neukirch's Telemachus has been mentioned in a previous note (p. 25, n. 14). 17. For Tasso's epic poem see p. 17, n. 15. 18. Another phrase is son Jtinfc^eit an. 19. Instead of memorireit, we might employ the German term auStuenbtg ternen. 20. * Full of annoyance. ' 21. etnfcfytnarjen, 'to smuggle in'; a word derived from t>te arje, which appears in German argot as early as the 14th century as a term for 'night'. The word is often used metaphorically of importing clan- destinely. Page 46. r. gefcfyaftgtf)attg = tf)fittg in ©efcfyaften, busy, active. 2. The first five cantos of Klopstock's Messiah appeared in 1 75 1. The first ten cantos appeared in two volumes 1755 and r 756. 3. ein @tbauung§6ucf), a book of devotions; erbauen is 'to edify'. 4. tie (Sfjartoccfje is the week before Easter, in which Good Friday (@f)arfrettag) is celebrated. Q$at corresponds to Old High G. chara, 'lamentation', the same word as the E. care, Anglos, cam. 5. entfcinfcen = fret macfjen, aMofen. 6. More commonly, er tear fel)r fceftuqt. 7. The more they discussed the subject, the greater their difference of opinion turned out to be. 8. He was at last content to... @r lafit eg ficty gefaflen means 'he puts up with it'. 9. ©onntagSfuppe is a quaint phrase denoting a Sunday dinner. An old-fashioned way of inviting for dinner is : tocllen @ie einen Soffet <&uppt mit un3 effen ? ro. $rvfelty'ten, 'converts', from the Greek wpoarjXvTos, lit. one who joins the faithful (d irpoaepxo^vos tols mar oh). Bk. III.] NOTES. 117 r 1. ^eiftgen is said in agreement with the ecclesiastic term 93rofeft>teu. The 'saint' in question is, of course, Klopstock. 1 2. The copy was at the service of the family for the rest of the year. Page 47. 1. auffattenfc, striking. 2. See p. 45. n - 19- 3. Portia's dream may be read in the Messiah vn. 366 — 497. Portia is the wife of Pilatus. 4. The passage here alluded to is in the tenth canto, v. 96 — 146. 5. 'Had fallen to my share.' Another phrase of the same sense is, rear mtr 311 £fyetl gcmorten. 6. fftltfty, because used by demons (Satan and Adramelech). Compare teufltfcfy, below. 7. ©amficig is the southern appellation, ©onnafccnb the one used in the north of Germany. Compare Fr. samedi= 'sabbati dies'. 8. fcequcmttcfy is the adv. of bcqucm; see Aue § 240, 2 b. 9. Ijcrfommucty, usual ; according to custom and tradition (<$crfommcn). 10. Instead of flecfyenbet, Klopstock subsequently adopted the read- ing Ijetrfcfjenfcer, which is now found in the editions. 11. kifcucfy, pretty well, tolerably. Page 48. 1. (SljirurguS is an honorary and complimentary title applied to a mere barber. It commonly denotes a surgeon. 2. 2luffianb, lit. a 'standing-up', denotes here 'a commotion'. 3. ttctrufen means 'to bring into bad repute', to decry. SDritteS 33u$. Page 49. 1. fccr Umfauf=fca8 Umljcrgefjen, circulation. 2. ficfy in Jtteitcr rcerfen is a common phrase instead of 'donning one's clothes'. Thus we say, ftc$ in fctncn fceflen @taat rcerfcn, to don one's best clothes. 3. ernmnfctyt, acceptable. 4. fcafetbft is somewhat antiquated instead of tort. u8 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 5. tver fonft afteg, whoever else — denotes that besides those men- tioned there was a considerable number of others not specially enu- merated. 6. Those of lower rank who came to congratulate and to receive their usual new year's gifts. 7. «§onotattoren is the technical designation of persons of rank and station in some town. 8. Rooms which were scarcely ever opened during the rest of the year. 9. QRarjifcait, 'march-pane', a very sweet kind of confectionery {panis marcidus?). Page 50. 1 . ©tiftung often denotes an endowment, an institution. 2. sergnugUdj, pleasurable. 3. 'Full of thought and foreboding.' 3l$ming$»ott is used em- phatically instead of »ott fcofer 5U;nungen. 4. The 'principal tower' of Frankfort meant here is the tower of the Dom or St Bartholomew's Church, bcr $farrt$urm. 5. It seemed as if he would never have done blowing his trumpet. 6. Goethe insinuates that the troops were allowed to enter the town with the connivance of the authorities. Modern research has proved that Goethe's own grandfather Textor was at the bottom of the whole transaction. 7. The small detachment which escorted them through the town. 8. The '(SonftaMcnuacfye', near the Bornheim Gate, was under the command of Major Textor, the Schultheiss's brother; the 'Haupt- wache' (at the upper end of the 'Zeil') under that of the Lieutenant von Klettenberg. 9. 2lugenBUcf3 (an adverbial formation from Slugen&lirf, compare £ag8, 9la$t8, etc.), 'in an instant'. 10. bisouafiren is a peculiar instance of an original German word having been modified by the French, and reimported into Germany : 'bivouac, a l'origine btvac t mot venu de l'allemand SSeimacfje, et introduit a l'epoque de la guerre de Trente ans '. A. Brachet, Diction, etym. de la langue francaise, p. 92. Page 51. 1. fcefjcigttcty expresses that the citizens were fond of their comfort, and discontented to have it disturbed by soldiers billeted upon them. Bk. III.] NOTES. 119 2. Sttemant is the dative, in which case we may also say Sfttcmauten. 3. @taatgjtmmcr = $runf$immer, rooms of state. 4. fo rote cr fid) tic ©acfje tacfyte. 5. mogen = fonnen. Or we may explain, fo ^Atte cr ficfy nnb ml meg ticker 2Bctfe manege trube ©tunte crfpart. 6. ter Jtoniggticutenant is very popular in Germany, both on account of Goethe's vivid description of his character, and of Gutzkow's drama which bears this title, and is founded on Goethe's account. 7. fcfylicfjten, 'to arrange', connected with fcfylcctyt and fctytictyt (E. slight)) compare the phrase fdjlecfyt unb rcefyt, * honest and right'. 8. jufammengenommen = juructtyattent, reserved. 9. ob e8 fcfyon = obfefyon eg. 10. We should now probably say cr §ctgtc ftc$ fetyr ocrbtntu$. Page 52. 1. unwirffam, without working or interfering himself, merely passive. 2. 2lrrcjianten is, strangely enough, used in a passive sense, meaning persons arresta/. 3. offene £afcl, access to which was open to all. 4. SMilttftrgafl = mtutfirifdjcr ®aft. 5. ftcfy in cine @ad?c fefyicfen, 'to adapt oneself to something'; compare the noun ta8 ©cfcfytcf and the adj. gefdjicft. 6. He could turn small annoyances into a joke. Page 53. 1. fliigticfy is the adv. of Hug, compare p. 47, n. 8. 2. The retirement which was in the nature of the master of the house. 3. an fcincr @cite = fetnerfettS, merely 'on his own part' (not as Mr Oxenford has it, 'in his capacity'). 4. aBantet is often used to denote the whole conduct of life. 5. In modern German, cinigc is but rarely used with the def. article, in which sense we now prefer tic roentgen. 6. SZtcmanten is the dative, in which case we may also say Stiemant (p. 51, n. 2), but should avoid the neologism Sltemantem. 7. SMmetfcfy and £>olmctfctyer are words of foreign origin, denoting an 'interpreter'; compare P olisht /i/macz. 8. (Bin JUnb au8 ter Jtaufe tyeben, lit. to hold a child over the baptismal 120 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. font, is a common phrase for standing godfather (or godmother) to a child. Hence (Scatter directly afterwards. 9. Sftetgung = <£tn* or Bunetgung ; he was now twice as favourably inclined to the family. 10. afcmiifngen, 'to spare, save'; compare the instance given by J. Grimm : bit tannft bid? toofyl einen 2lugenbucf »on bem ©dj^rctben abmiifngen, perhaps you may just spare a moment from your writing; and in the same manner Goethe says afle abjumufngenben Sage unb ©tunben in frcicr Suft jubrtngen, to spend all the days and hours he could spare in the open air (quoted by Grimm, Diet. I, 79). The expression is not however very common. 11. @inem ettoaS etntcrnen (or etnfhtbtercn) — Grineti etro. lefyrcn. The latter phrase is however expressive of methodical and theoretic teaching, while the one employed by Goethe denotes coaching and cramming. 12. We may also say ouf bag SSeftc. 13. Though she was already at an age when languages are not so easily acquired as in early youth. Page 54. 1. Presents which might possibly be interpreted as intending bribery. 2. tuegftetfen is a stronger expression than abrocifen or the mere •Dcrtucigcrrt. 3. lint often is merely a more emphatic word than tfoften. 4. 9ta$tif<$, the mensae secundae of the ancients; lit. that which comes after the proper dinner, the dessert. 5. Unfcfyutb = (S'tnf acf? fycit, simplicity. 6. fyvtylid), the adverb of l)od). 7. It is more usual nowadays to say ba8 (£i$. 8. toafjrfjaft = nrirf ticfy ; compare the French veritable. 9. etntgermaf en, to some extent. 10. ®e»atter (a word already employed before) denotes the kind interpreter. His proper name was Diene. 11. dtnem (ettoa3) tiorftctten or aSorftcflungen mactyen, to represent something to somebody (by adducing arguments and reasons). 12. 2>ag nnll nictyt feci il)m gretfen means 'it won't prevail with him, it is useless with him'. 13. Ummttb, 'ill-humour'. Bk. III. J NOTES. 121 Page 55. 1. As the relative refers to a complete sentence and not merely to one word, it would be more usual now to say roaS than roelcfyeS. 2. More commonly «$tn* unb «£erlaufen. 3. eigen = etgent$umUc$, fcefonber. 4. pifint preserves the trace of its foreign (French) origin (from piquant) in its accent which is always laid on the last syllable. 5. $>cr J?crjcg son Cfjuna was the famous, witty, and cruel viceroy of Naples in the beginning of the 17th century. His witticisms were greatly renowned at that time. 6. bafj nicf?t = ofyne bafj. Compare the Latin quin. 7. Compare 1 Kings iii. 16 — 28. 8. ctn !s8efonbere8, i. e. a special instance of his Solomonic judgments. 9. We might also have employed the simple infinitive (Sluticnj 511 gckn) without any difference in sense. Page 56. 1. Another writer would perhaps have said son muntcrcr, gutmutfyivjer Sftatur. 2. 2lfrft»eg is a path (2Bcg) which leads away (ah) from the true road, hence an 'aberration', a wrong step. 3. urn ft finb ticker, in a more circumstantial (detailed) manner. 4. gragen unt> 2lntraorten freftefyen is said after the analogy of the phrase cin Qtxamtn bejteljen, to pass an examination. Compare also f&intm tftcb' unb 9lnttoort ftefyen, to answer someone's (detailed) questions. 5. gegen, 'compared with'; a frequent meaning of this preposition. 6. mit SGBtbernnUen mcincS Waters is not a usual phrase, though readily understood. It expresses that his father did not exactly approve of the boy's using this free admission, but still did not actually forbid it ; in this way the phrase differs from the common (fcljr) gegcn ben SBtUcn mcineS SScrterS, which would involve actual disobedience to his father's explicit commands. 7. bag parterre is the only current term for the pit in a theatre. 8. mimifcfy, 'mimic', from the Greek fxifAeiadai, to imitate; hence also ber 9)iime, the actor, instead of the ordinary <£cfyauf>tetcr. 9. The only possible way in which the boy could derive amusement from the performance was by guessing at the meaning of the play by accurately observing the gestures and the inflexion of the voices and the tone of the actors. 122 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. io. gemetn = gcn)of;niicfy, 'everyday life'. ii. More commonly we should say fur ttetcfye (or toofiir) mtr tic SluSfcrucfe gar nidjt fcefannt rcaren. Page 57. 1. fcer 2Ucxanfcriner, le vers Alexandrin, is the common metre of French tragedy and comedy, e.g. Mais cependant ce jour il epouse Andromaque. The origin of this name is unknown. 2. ' The general character of the expressions'. 3. Jean Racine, born Dec. 22, 1639, died in 1699, perhaps the greatest of the French tragic writers {Andromaque 1667, Britannicus 1669, Iphigcnie en Aulide 1674, PJudre 1677, Athalie 1691), but also the author of a satirical comedy in the style of Aristophanes, Lcs Plaideurs (1668). 4. cin etngclerntcr ©prarfjoogct = ctn 35cget, ben man ba8 <2precfyen gefcfytt $at. See before (p. 53, n. 11) our note on etnterncn. 5. Nericault Destouches, born at Tours in 1680, died 1754. During his sojourn in England (1717 — 1722) he became familiar with English literature, and subsequently endeavoured to raise the moral tone of the French comedy of his time by his own productions. Com- pare Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgies p. 101 sq. (Hempel's edition). 6. Chamblain de Marivaux, 1688 — 1763, was likewise influenced by English literature. His journal Le Spectateur Francais was to some extent an imitation of Addison's Spectator. He wrote for the comic stage during nearly fifty years, his first piece dating from the year 171 2. The number of his comedies amounts to more than thirty, the most famous being Le Jeu de V Amour et du Hasard, La Surprise de VA7?iour, Le Legs, Les fausses Confidences, V Epreuve. His novels are still more famous : La Vie de Marianne, and Le Paysan Parvenu. See CEuvres choisies de Marivaux, 2 vols. Paris, Hachette, 1862. 7. La Chaussee, 1693 — 1754, 'ecrivait des comedies larmoyantes' (Demogeot, Histoire de la lit. franc, p. 505). 8. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Moliere, born at Paris, Jan. 15, 1622, died there, 1673. He was the greatest comic writer of French literature, and perhaps of all ages {Le Misanthrope, Tartuffe, VAvare, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Les Femmes Savantes). 9. Lemierre (1723 — 1793), po'ete et auteur dramatique ; compare Bk. III.] NOTES, 123 Demogeot 505, 694. His Hypermnestre was first acted in Paris in 1758, and was quite a novelty at Frankfort at the time spoken of. 10. Le Devitt du Village is an opera by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 — 1778), which was successfully performed at Fontainebleau in 1752 (Plotz, Manuel, p. 364). 11. The mention of Rose et Colas in the present place seems to be due to some mistake. The book of this little opera was by Sedaine, the music by Monsigny and Gretry. But it was not performed in Paris before 1 764, so that Goethe would appear to have first seen it at some subsequent period. 12. Annette et Lubin, comedie en un acte et en vers libres, melee d'ariettes et de vaudevilles, by Madame Favart, was not performed at Paris before Feb. 15, 1762, and appears likewise to be mentioned here owing to some mistake on Goethe's part. 13. frcbantern, to dress out in ribbons. 14. Compare the French phrase : je peux me les rappeler (instead of je tti'en sonviens), of which this would seem to be an imitation. 15. Sweater denotes here more particularly the stage, tie JMfyne. 16. In the phrase used in the text ganjen is properly speaking superfluous, as augfyoren by itself means to hear to the end. 17. We should commonly say, in fcer gelintercn 3af;rc£$cit. 18. bcHauficj = gelei}entUdj, casually. Page 58. 1. (SttuaS fcet ©inem gettenb macfjen, to employ something with some one, turn it to (good) account with him. 2. The expression is not a very common one. We should say nowadays, cr fcfyloj? fid? urn fo mcfyr an mid; an. 3. 2luffdmetfccr is a very idiomatic term for a braggadocio. The verb auffefyneiben is used in the same sense. 4. dormant ( = Fr. charmant) is conversationally used instead of the German cntjuctenb or retjenb. 5. Qlbentencr, 'adventure'; the two words being the same in origin, though the German is merely a corruption of the French ave?iture (in M. H. G. it is aventiure). 6. The name of Derones would seem to be a mere fiction. No family of that name has yet been traced in France. i2 4 GOETHE 'S BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. 7. 33tltung should be understood of bodily form. It is, however, more commonly used of mental culture (em Qftann t>on 23tttung., a well educated man). 8. The great variety of theatrical exhibitions and performances. Page 59. 1. They did not agree with our exterior. The children were dressed in their very best, and looked more like little men than children — according to the formal fashion of that time. Hence their childish conduct contrasted all the more with their stiff and stately appearance. 1. tct Sigel, the hilt. 3. id) laffe eg mir gef alien, I am satisfied to accept it, I am content. 4. augmacfycn or afcmacfyen, to arrange matters 5. On the stage, a duel is a mere pretence; the actors seem to hit, though they do not. Hence we read directly afterwards, tie ©tofje giengen neben auS, 'all the thrusts went sideways' without hitting (wrongly translated by Mr Oxenford : ■ the thrusts followed close upon each other'). 6. oetfUffCCX takes both the dative and accusative of the person, though the first is perhaps more correct. 7. >JRanbctmt(c$, almond-milk. 8. Ever since the French had taken possession of Frankfort. 9. {tonal =fcefont>etf, especially. 10. $araten, parades (of troops). ir. 9lrmee is often used in German instead of the genuine term, ta3 J&cec. Page 60. 1. tie (Men denotes the chiefs and leaders. 2. tie $otefte or ter $oteft, not a common word, is thus explained by Loeper : 'a landing, to which an open flight of steps, and frequently a double row, leads up; to be connected with Podium [iroMov, irovs); in the same sense we employ $eteft (pes). 1 3. tie ©cncralitdt, a collective noun = tie ©enerafe. 4. Soubise, a favourite of Mad. de Pompadour and her royal lover, Lewis XV., a general without any capacities, was beaten by Frederick the Great in the glorious battle of Rossbach, Nov. 5, 1757. Bk. III.] NOTES. 125 5. leutfcftg, affable. 6. Broglio (or Broglie) was a far better general than Soubise, but was frequently opposed and thwarted by him. He remained in Frankfort during three years. 7. beljent, agile. See our note on Hermann and Do?-othea, 2, 19. 8. mtfyxmaU (literally = me$r aU einmal), several times. The final 8 in this word is that which appears in so many adverbial formations, e.g. tingg, xttyti, IxnH, etc. 9. fcunfel is an adverb here; the news was circulated, but it was impossible to speak of it with certainty and publicity. 10. A German expression would be fcic 33crfcunbctcn. 11. Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, one of Frederick's generals, survived the Seven years' war a considerable number of years ; he was the commander of the Prussian army in the unfortunate battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806), and died shortly afterwards at Altona (near Hamburg), having been expelled from his capital by the victorious French. 12. For the genitive after reflective verbs, see Aue § 347. 13. ntcfyt fcte grofjte is somewhat ironical in the sense of cine nicfyt fcf;r groj}e = einc gtemltcty flcinc. 14. Instead of in <3orgen, Goethe might also have employed the adj. forgemwtf or beforgt. 15. bel;altcn = bc^au^tcn, to maintain possession of the bridge. 16. SBomfcatfcemcnt should be pronounced in the German manner in the first syllable, but in the French way in the last, which should also be accented. Page 61. 1. Both those who wished success to the French, and the adherents of the Prussians. 2. Compare Hermann and Dorothea^ 1, 159 2)ie a3 nnr fonnten = fimet roir nur fenntcn. 3. entbefyren takes both the genitive and accusative. 4. A more common phrase would be : cr entjog ficfy unfcrcn Sicbfcfun* gen, or cr ttetgerte fief), unfere Siebfofungen onjunctymen. 5. Observe the difference between tie <&cid)c to at and b. ©. nrnr* entfdjieben. The first is, V affaire etait decidee; the second, V affaire Jut decidee. 6. entlicfj denotes that his arrival had been anxiously waited for. 7. Instead of bejeigten, it might also be bejeugten : see, however, our commentary on Hermann and Dorothea. 8. 2BoI;l is intended to express the French eh bien. 9. In euertnriUcn the t is inorganic; comp. however mcinctn?cgen, tci* nctiuegen, etc. 10. QoUat\6n = maX)l, 2Ecu)tjcit. 1 r. gut is used to express compassion, like the E. ' poor dear*. 12. mocfyte : he did not feel inclined to partake of their collation. 13. fcaS 2lbentbrot> is a common term for * supper', also called ?lbcntefjcn. 14. Itnorfcnung is here not exactly disorder, but a mere deviation from the established order. 15. bet @eite fd;affcn = roegfefyaffen, put out of the way. 16. The position of ungern at the end of the clause renders it more emphatic. Another writer would probably have said aber or menn aud) ungern. 17. More commonly afjntcn. Page 64. 1. softer is a more conversational form of the prepositional use of the adj. than soil. 1. abtaufen, * come off, terminate, end ', is conversational instead of auSge^en. 3. Sngrtmm is stronger than ©rtmrn, and perhaps also involves the idea of smothered anger. 4. The expression is only conversational and very rude. 5. Compare the phrase air £ctte fafjren. i28 GOETHE S BOYHOOD. |Bk. III. 6. gctaffcu, ' composedly'; compare the line in Schiller's ballad, 3)er £anfcfcf?ufji : Unt> getaffcn fcrtngt er ken £antfctyu$ gurudf. 7. Compare the proverbial phrase, mtr ifl etn scrftecf en — tterfargen Heifcn. •2. nur = mtnt>cflen!?, njcntgitenS. 3. ' With that great self-command he used to have over himself/ 4. Comp. the familiar phrase, fetn 9Jiiitl)ci;cn an ©tnem fitfylen, to vent one's spleen (passion) on someone. SRttQ has here almost the same meaning as Unmutt) or 2cttcnfcf;aft. 5. In the same manner we say etn @efpr»lcty futyren, to carry on a conversation. % 6. Scty tfjue mir ttxvaS fcarauf ju ®ute, I am proud of this. 7. ©tttKTg vcrpi3nen, ' to forbid something on pain of...' (from the Lat. poena). 8. St Jean was Count Thorane's valet. 9. gut = ftarf, frdfttg. There was no doubt a considerable difference in outward appearance between the two men — perhaps a slim, spare Frenchman, and a somewhat bulky German. i o. Seiner is the genitive : two such as he. Page 66. 1 . fctycel denotes an oblique way of looking ; here • they look askance at us*. 2 They pretend to be citizens of an imperial town ? Bk. 1 1 1. 1 NOTES. 129 3. The usurper meant here is Frederick II. The 'faithful allies' of the endangered Emperor are, of course, the French. 4. ui u)rem £f)ctte = i§rc8 ZfytiU, i^rerfett^, in their turn. The burden of the French was, however, no slight one upon the city of Frankfort, as is amply proved by the accounts still extant in the city registers. 5. 3Reicr)8fetnb = Seinb bc8 9Retct)e«. The German Empire had also joined the alliance against Frederick. 6. Only the minority of the citizens detest the French and are opposed to the Emperor. 7. »erbtenbet is explained in our note on Kohlrausch, p. 4, 1. 8. ftct) unterjteI)en = roagen. 9. 4 Be they as many as they please.' 10. merf en merely means ' to perceive ' ; ftcr) (dat.) merf en is rather 'to remember', literally 'to make a mark' (' when found, make a note of it!'). 11. The familiar 9}acr;bar {voisin) denotes that the Count is ' coming round '. 12. cin falfcr)er @ct)ritt is said in imitation of the Fr. faux pas; the common German phrase is ctn ftetyltritt, or cine oerfer)rte J&antlung. Page 67. 1. er gejiemt is less common than er jtenu. 1. 3n einer er ^iicfjug. G. B. Q i 3 o GOETHES BOYHOOD. [Bk. III. io. Qu £<5nbf in ten @c$oo§ legcn is a conversational and proverbial phrase for sitting down and doing nothing. n. More usually, jur £ant. 12. Ce proprietaire-la que veut-il done ? 13. pla§te = witrbc platen, if we had been beaten and the enemy were throwing shell into the town. 14. ttermcitebett, 'confounded' — a strong expression not fit for the drawing-room. Comp. Latin maledieere, Fr. maudit. 15. nictyt is superfluous; it would be correct, if the thought were expressed in the following manner: micfy fo feljr gentrt Ija&e, tafj tcfy metne Sanbfarten ntd>t aufnagetn lief?. For the fact itself comp. above p. 52. 1 6. During the whole day of battle they ought to have been on their knees praying for our success. 17. Now more commonly tag ®tft. Page 68. 1. augfefyrcten =\>crfd)rcten, they will clamour against you as a tyrant and barbarian. 2. To feel edified by the good- will of the master of the house. 3. She has anticipated all your wishes. 4. It is very common in Germany for a friend of the house to be treated by the children as their ' uncle'. 5. More correctly, tc$ Ijabe (£ud> njegen ©uerer Saffung berounbert. 6. An imitation of the Fr. adorer. The interpreter is speaking throughout in the exaggerated style of French complimentary language. Page 69. 1. The Count means to say that vanity is not his weakness. (Srtroag treffen is 'to hit'. 2. unertuartet is an adverb. 3. ftcfy entfyaften is another of those numerous reflective verbs which govern the genitive. 4. Observe the preposition which is very idiomatic in this phrase, in English we should, of course, say into. 5. (Sttuag fcerfefytafen means to lose something by sleeping. Page 70. 1 . He never introduced any variations into his tale when repeating it. 2. A Spaniard's bearing is more stately, a Frenchman's more lively. Bk. III.] NOTES. 131 3. 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