The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . lnumber. Perhaps the most drastic and 3et not overdrawndescription of German3^s condition is given by Scherrin his Cultiir mid Sittciigcschichtc^ wherein he states : The scum of Europes mercenary hirelings spreadover Germanys fertile plains, and there perpetratedthe most terrible martial tragedy which has ever beenrecorded upon pages in the histor
The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . lnumber. Perhaps the most drastic and 3et not overdrawndescription of German3^s condition is given by Scherrin his Cultiir mid Sittciigcschichtc^ wherein he states : The scum of Europes mercenary hirelings spreadover Germanys fertile plains, and there perpetratedthe most terrible martial tragedy which has ever beenrecorded upon pages in the history of nations. To the nameless licentiousness of the military cus-toms of that day must be added a repulsive senti-mentality combined with inhumanity, and an insanedesire to kill for the mere pleasure of murdering. The countless cases of arson, robbery and homi-cide, the slaughter of innocent children, the rapeof maiden and matron, often in view of the help-less parent or father, who had been previouslybound, maimed or mutilated; the massacre of thepopulation of entire towns which had been captured;the drenching of the populace with a villainous 129 Ursprung und wesen des Pietismus. Sachsse, Wiesbaden. iS84. 126 The Pennsylvania-Gcnnau Society. A Camp Scene During the Thirty Years War.(The Portable Prison in the I^eft Corner.) decoction of l3^e known as tlie so-called Scliweden-trank ; the merciless extortions, the wanton destrnc-tion of cattle, grain, crops and domiciles; all theseand similar tribulations fell to the lot of Germanyduring the eventful thirty years from 1618 to 164S. The armies upon either side were a mere rabbleand a gathering of outlaws, robbers and plunderers,who cared more to extort contributions from the de-fenceless peasant and helpless citizen than to face anarmed foe in the cause of the banners under whichthey fought. Female Harpies. 127 There was but little attempt at uniforming tlietroops, and with the exception of the French andHollanders, they were ne
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