"Foreigners," too, German-Anspach and other, were ill seen by the native gentlemen; yet sometimes got encouragement.

One Funccius, a shining Nurnberg immigrant there, son-in-law of Osiander, who from Theology got into Politics, had at last (1564) to be beheaded,--old Duke Albert himself "bitterly weeping" about him; for it was none of Albert's doing.

Probably his new allodial Ritter gentlemen were not the most submiss, when made hereditary?
We can only hope the Duke was a Hohenzollern, and not quite unequal to his task in this respect.

A man with high bald brow; magnificent spade-beard; air much-pondering, almost gaunt,--gaunt kind of eyes especially, and a slight cast in them, which adds to his severity of aspect.

He kept his possession well, every inch of it; and left all safe at his decease in 1568.