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Lit., “Bohemian Villages,” i.e., with unpronounceable names. ↩ + 

William, Duke of Aquitaine, and afterwards a Saint noted for the acerbity of his penances. ↩ + 

A proverb: on Saint Gertrude’s day spinning ceases and garden-work begins. ↩ + 

Viz. ihnen den Hintern zu lecken. ↩ + 

The commandments are here numbered according to the Roman arrangement, but the meaning is obscure. ↩ + 

The hermit. ↩ + 

I.e. full of innocence. ↩ + 

Given as an example of a Roman of luxurious tastes. ↩ + 

Refers to an episode omitted in this translation. ↩ + 

Allusion to a cruel practice in use in falconry. ↩ + 

Proverbial: an allusion to a popular story. ↩ + 

Lit. there are folk dwelling beyond the mountains too. ↩ + 

I.e., he was bewitched. ↩ + 

Hessian General. ↩ + 

It is difficult to translate the German expression. Probably this word, meaning a maritime trader in illicit wares, represents it best. ↩ + 

Obscure lines: many of the expressions in this chapter are now inexplicable. ↩ + 

He wrote the words down as he was told as if they meant the judge’s mother. ↩ + 

The cuirass would be well lined to prevent chafing. ↩ + 

Some 120 years before. ↩ + 

Besieged by the Spaniards from 1601 to 1604. ↩ + 

A kind of Eldorado. ↩ + 

The famous cavalry commander of the Imperialists. ↩ + 

The musketeer supported his piece on a prop or stake. ↩ + 

See chap. III. ↩ + 

Viz. Lippstadt. ↩ + 

The initials only of the name are given in the original. ↩ + 

The pastor was “Reformed” (i.e. Calvinist). ↩ + 

I.e., at the Antipodes: “at the other end of the world.” ↩ + 

Referring to a body of Breton troops sent by Richelieu to help Guébriant. They turned out worthless. ↩ + 

“Bearskinner” was the troopers’ name for a malingerer. It was taken from a very old legend. ↩ + 

The allusion is to the escape of the robber-knight, Eppelin von Gailingen, from the Castle of Nuremberg. ↩ + 

In 1063 the retainers of the Bishop of Hildesheim and the Abbot of Fulda fought in church at Goslar, and much bloodshed ensued. ↩ + 

Act as a usurer or cheat. ↩ + 

He may possibly mean the three old fortifications of which ruins still remain: Schwaben-, Schweden-, and Alexander-schanze; all of which are close to his favourite spa at Griesbach. ↩ + 

See chap. XI above. ↩ + 

This was “Courage,” the heroine of some of Grimmelshausen’s later romances. ↩ + 

Unknown. ↩ + 

The jest is now unintelligible. ↩ + 

It was really Christian of Brunswick, marching to join Mansfeld. ↩ + 

“Goblin” or rather “bogey” lake. ↩ + 

D’Enghien. ↩ + 

A hedge schoolmaster. ↩ + 

Offa. Offenburg. ↩ + 

Baiersbronn. ↩ + 

Literally “a Bohemian ear-picker.” ↩ + 