Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3): Tales by Musæus, Tieck, Richter

PART II.

More than four centuries had elapsed since the Trusty Eckart's death, when a noble Tannenhaeuser, in the station of Imperial Counsellor, was living at Court in the highest estimation. The son of this knight surpassed in beauty all the other nobles of the land, and on this

account was loved and prized by every one. Suddenly, however, after some mysterious incident...