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Unknown · 1632

von Carthaus; his two lieutenants, Michael von Braun-?ret and Gerhard Stepperten; as well as the ensign, Peter Ruf-?fin; and six servants named Hans Wegel, Hans? Heinert, Wolff Feßer, Hans Fur, and Adolph Gerstück?; likewise several monks of St. Francis de observantiae of the Observant branch of the Mendicant Order; the new Abbot of Walkenried; the son left behind by the late Dr. Jobst? Helmsdorff, the Mainz Schultheiß official or magistrate at Er-?furt, also named Jobst; Dr. Johann? Schöneman, the son-in-law of the said Schultheiß, who had? succeeded to the office, but both had fled out of a bad conscience and gone to Göttingen; also several others? were taken prisoner; likewise three banners were obtained. There-?upon, on the 12th, on the Sunday of Esto mihi Quinquagesima Sunday, the seventh Sunday before Easter, a sermon was held in the Church of St. John? by the court and field chaplain, Mr. David Lippach?, Master of Arts. After its conclusion and the final thanksgiving, the Te Deum Laudamus Thee, O God, we praise was sung. From sev-?eral companies of musketeers, and from all the heavy and small? artillery pieces, very impressive salvos were fired three times. Afterward?, the following listed ammunition was found.
An ornamental horizontal divider composed of three rows of interlocking ring-shaped patterns.
2. Stone-guns cannons that fire stone projectiles, each of 18 pounds, five feet? in length.
2. Pieces cannons named Jupiter and Venus, each firing 30-pound? iron shot, the length 10 Werkschue work-feet, a local unit of measurement.