This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...them to expect. He bade his followers look up for that sign of God in the heavens which announced their invincibility, pretending to discover it either in a rainbow or a halo round the sun which was visible at the critical moment when the princes advanced to the attack. The peasants were protected by an entrenchment ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...them to expect. He bade his followers look up for that sign of God in the heavens which announced their invincibility, pretending to discover it either in a rainbow or a halo round the sun which was visible at the critical moment when the princes advanced to the attack. The peasants were protected by an entrenchment constructed of waggons and other impedimenta, a form of camp as old as the days of Tacitus and Hermann. The artillery of the princes tore a path through this obstacle, and the cavalry charged in upon the main body of the peasants. As they advanced, the peasants attempted to raise the hymn, "Come, Holy Spirit!" But their loose array was broken in a moment, and the battle soon became a massacre. More than half the number of the rebels were slain. Miinzer escaped from the field. His mania was cured, but the foxy cunning which was in the nature of the man survived. He crept into a house, got into bed, and feigned sickness. But he was taken, and most justly condemned to death. The delirium that had possessed him for years subsided, and the religion of his boyhood returned. He took the Sacrament in one kind, and died a Roman Catholic. There are things on which all comment is drowned in tears. Who can express the pathos of that hymn of the peasants, "Come, Holy Spirit!" as the horsemen dashed in upon them? That Miinzer made a poor end must not be held conclusive as impeaching his sincerity. He had a narrow brain to begin with; the agitation of the time intoxicated him; and when the visions of his frenzy vanished he awoke to the consciousness that he had been acting the madman. There was truth, doubtless, in his bitter answer to those who asked him why he had wrought such woe, that the peasants would have their way. The noble leader ...
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