Here, oddly enough, the spell of the Wild Margrave weakened in the presence of his portrait, which signally failed to justify his fame of furious tyrant.

That seems, indeed, to have been rather the popular and historical conception of him than the impression he made upon his exalted contemporaries.

The Margravine of Baireuth at any rate could so far excuse her poor blood-stained brother-in-law as to say: "The Margrave of Ansbach...

was a young prince who had been very badly educated.

He continually ill-treated my sister; they led the life of cat and dog.