Sidonia The Sorceress V1
PREFACE
BOOK I. FROM THE RECEPTION OF SIDONIA AT THE DUCAL
COURT OF WOLGAST UNTIL HER BANISHMENT THEREFROM.
- CHAPTER I. Of the education of Sidonia.
- CHAPTER II. Of the bear-hunt at Stramehl, and the
strange things that befell there.
- CHAPTER III. How Otto von Bork received the homage
of his son-in-law, Vidante von Meseritz—And how the bride and
bridegroom proceeded afterwards to the chapel—Item, what strange
things happened at the wedding-feast.
- CHAPTER IV. How Sidonia came to the court at
Wolgast, and of what further happened to her there.
- CHAPTER V. Sidonia knows nothing of God's Word, but
seeks to learn it from the young Prince of Wolgast.
- CHAPTER VI. How the young Prince prepared a
petition to his mother, the Duchess, in favour of Sidonia—Item, of the
strange doings of the Laplander with his magic drum.
- CHAPTER VII. How Ulrich von Schwerin buries his
spouse, and Doctor Gerschovius comforts him out of God's Word.
- CHAPTER VIII. How Sidonia rides upon the pet stag,
and what evil consequences result therefrom.
- CHAPTER IX. How Sidonia makes the young Prince
break his word—Item, how Clara von Dewitz in vain tries to turn her
from her evil ways.
- CHAPTER X. How Sidonia Wished to learn the mystery
of love-potions, but is hindered by Clara and the young Prince.
- CHAPTER XI. How Sidonia repeated the catechism of
Dr. Gerschovius, and how she whipped the young Casimir, out of pure
evil-mindedness.
- CHAPTER XII. Of Appelmann's knavery—Item, how the
birthday of her Highness was celebrated, and Sidonia managed to get to
the dance, with the uproar caused thereby.
- CHAPTER XIII. How Sidonia is sent away to
Stettin—Item, of the young lord's dangerous illness, and what happened
in consequence.
- CHAPTER XIV. How Duke Barnim of Stettin and Otto
Bork accompany Sidonia back to Wolgast.
- CHAPTER XV. Of the grand battue, and what the
young Duke and Sidonia resolved on there.
- CHAPTER XVI. How the ghost continued to haunt the
castle, and of its daring behaviour—Item, how the young lord regained
his strength, and was able to visit Crummyn, with what happened to him
there.
- CHAPTER XVII. Of Ulrich's counsels—Item, how
Clara von Dewitz came upon the track of the ghost.
- CHAPTER XVIII. How the horrible wickedness of
Sidonia was made apparent; and how in consequence thereof she was
banished with ignominy from the ducal court of Wolgast.
BOOK II. FROM THE BANISHMENT OF SIDONIA FROM THE
DUCAL COURT OF WOLGAST UP TO HER RECEPTION IN THE CONVENT OF
MARIENFLIESS.
- CHAPTER I. Of the quarrel between Otto Bork and the
Stargardians, which caused him to demand the dues upon the Jena.
- CHAPTER II. How Otto von Bork demands the Jena dues
from the Stargardians, and how the burgomaster Jacob Appelmann takes
him prisoner, and locks him up in the Red Sea.
- CHAPTER III. Of Otto Bark's dreadful suicide—Item,
how Sidonia and Johann Appelmann were brought before the burgomaster.
- CHAPTER IV. How Sidonia meets Claude Uckermann
again, and solicits him to wed her—Item, what he answered, and how my
gracious Lord of Stettin received her.
- CHAPTER V. How they went on meantime at
Wolgast—Item, of the Diet at Wollin, and what happened there.
- CHAPTER VI. How Sidonia is again discovered with
the groom, Johann Appelmann.
- CHAPTER VII. Of the distress in Pomeranian
land—Item, how Sidonia and Johann Appelmann determine to join the
robbers in the vicinity of Stargard.
- CHAPTER VIII. How Johann and Sidonia meet an
adventure, at Alten Damm—Item, of their reception by the robber-band.
- CHAPTER IX. How his Highness, Duke Barnim the
elder, went a-hawking at Marienfliess—Item, of the shameful robbery at
Zachan, and how burgomaster Appelmann remonstrates with his abandoned
son.
- CHAPTER X. How the robbers attack Prince Ernest
and his bride in the Uckermann forest, and Marcus Bork and Dinnies
Kleist come to their rescue.
- CHAPTER XI. Of the ambassadors in the tavern of
Mutzelburg—Item, how the miller, Konnemann, is discovered, and made by
Dinnies Kleist to act as guide to the robber cave, where they find all
the women-folk lying apparently dead, through some devil's magic of the
gipsy mother.
- CHAPTER XII. How the peasants in Marienfliess want
to burn a witch, but are hindered by Johann Appelmann and Sidonia, who
discover an old acquaintance in the witch, the girl Wolde Albrechts.
- CHAPTER XIII. Of the adventure with the boundary
lads, and how one of them promises to admit Johann Appelmann into the
castle of Daber that same night-Item, of what befell amongst the guests
at the castle.
- CHAPTER XIV. How the knave Appelmann seizes his
Serene Eminence Duke Johann by the throat, and how his Grace and the
whole castle are saved by Marcus Bork and his young bride Clara; also,
how Sidonia at last is taken prisoner.
- CHAPTER XV. How Sidonia demeans herself at the
castle of Saatzig, and how Clara forgets the injunctions of her beloved
husband, when he leaves her to attend the Diet at Wollin, on the
subject of the courts—Item, how the Serene Prince Duke Johann
Frederick beheads his court fool with a sausage.
- CHAPTER XVI. How Sidonia makes poor Clara appear
quite dead, and of the great mourning at Saatzig over her burial, while
Sidonia dances on her coffin and sings the 109th psalm—Item, of the
sermon and the anathema pronounced upon a wicked sinner from the altar
of the church.
- CHAPTER XVII. How Sidonia is chased by the wolves
to Rehewinkel, and finds Johann Appelmann again in the inn, with whom
she goes away a second time by night.
- CHAPTER XVIII. How a new leaf is turned over at
Bruchhausen in a very fearful manner—Old Appelmann takes his worthless
son prisoner, and admonishes him to repentance—Of Johann's wonderful
conversion, and execution next morning in the churchyard, Sidonia being
present thereby.
- CHAPTER XIX. Of Sidonia's disappearance for thirty
years—Item, how the young Princess Elizabeth Magdelene was possessed
by a devil, and of the sudden death of her father, Ernest Ludovicus of
Pomerania.
- CHAPTER XX. How Sidonia demeans herself at the
Convent of Marienfliess—Item, how their Princely and Electoral Graces
of Pomerania, Brandenburg, and Mecklenburg, went on sleighs to Wolgast,
and of the divers pastimes of the journey.
- CHAPTER XXI. How Sidonia meets their Graces upon
the ice—Item, how Dinnies Kleist beheads himself, and my gracious lord
of Wolgast perishes miserably.
- CHAPTER XXII. How Barnim the Tenth succeeds to the
government, and how Sidonia meets him as she is gathering bilberries.
Item, of the unnatural witch-storm at his Grace's funeral, and how Duke
Casimir refuses, in consequence, to succeed him.
- CHAPTER XXIII. Duke Bogislaff XIII. accepts the
government of the duchy, and gives Sidonia at last the long-desired
proebenda—Item, of her arrival at the convent of Marienfliess.
BOOK III. FROM THE RECEPTION OF SIDONIA INTO THE
CONVENT AT MARIENFLIESS UP TILL HER EXECUTION, AUGUST 19th, 1620.
- CHAPTER I. How the sub-prioress, Dorothea Stettin,
visits Sidonia and extols her virtue—Item, of Sidonia's quarrel with
the dairywoman, and how she beats the sheriff himself, Eggert Sparling,
with a broom-stick.
- CHAPTER II. How Sidonia visits the abbess,
Magdalena von Petersdorf, and explains her wishes, but is diverted to
other objects by a sight of David Ludeck, the chaplain to the convent.
- CHAPTER III. Sidonia tries another way to catch the
priest, but fails through a mistake—Item, of her horrible spell,
whereby she bewitched the whole princely race of Pomerania, so that, to
the grievous sorrow of their fatherland, they remain barren even unto
this day.
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