Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal

“ When the Emperor had heard these terrific tidings to an end—the death of his beloved young consort, of his lords and princes, the flower of his nobility and his knights—he made a loud exclamation of agony, repeated through his extensive palace and re-echoed by its walls. Then deep rage and indignation took possession of his soul; he made a terrific vow and swore, that his royal head should never again know repose, until he had bitterly revenged upon the Christian world, the base and cruel assassination of his consort and his subjects, by bloodshed, war, and desolation of its dominions. ”

“ A great many years ago there lived in the village at the foot of the mountain, one Peter, a goatherd. Every morning he drove his flock to feed upon the green spots that are here and there found on the mountain's side, and in the evening he sometimes thought it too far to drive his charge home, so he used in such cases to shut it up in a spot amongst the woods, where an old ruined wall was left standing, high enough to form a fold, in which he could count his goats and rest in peace for the night. ”

“ This being the case, the Emperor resolved that she should be accompanied by an imposing train of his tributary princes and nobility, all richly decorated with gold, silver and precious stones, and bearing numerous passports and credentials in order to facilitate the objects of the princess’s tour, and obtain for her the respect and admiration of the Christian world. These grand preparations being completed, the Empress, attended by a noble escort and supplied with rich gifts, set forth with a feeling of delight upon her tour into distant lands. ”