...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every...

...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vchme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every...

...right hand upon a naked sword and halter, pronouncing after the court the following adjuration ' ' I promise on the holy marriage that I will from henceforth...father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire aud windy from all that ' H e wns farther obliged to swear that he would ever to the best of hi:; ability,...

...Fehm-gerichte, — an oath binding me ' by the death which God endured on the cross, to keep the holy secrets from wife and child, from father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and wind, from all the sun shines on, or the rain falls on, from all between sky and ground, and especially from the man...

...Fehm-gerichte, — an oath binding me ' by the death which God endured on the cross, to keep the holy secrets from wife and child, from father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and wind, from all the sun shines on, or the rain falls on, from all between sky and ground, and especially from the man...

...President of the Assembly ; — " I promise, on the holy marriage, that I will from henceforth aid, help, and conceal the holy Fehms, from wife and child, from...and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and Christianity having maintained powerful pre-eminence for more than six centuries, and having carried...

...president of the assembly : — " I promise, on the holy marriage, that I will, from henceforth, aid, help, and conceal the holy Fehms, from wife and child, from...ground, especially from the man who knows the law ; and I will bpng before this free tribunal, under which I sit, all that belongs to the secret jurisdiction...

...Knowing (Wissen.de) or Fehmenotes. It was only these last who were admitted to the secret-tribunal. The initiation of a schoppe was attended with a good...ground, especially from the man who knows the law, and * This word, which cannot be adequately translated, is the low-Latin Scabini, the French Echevins....

...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother— from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every...

...sword and halter. and repeat the oath of membership. This was, that he would keep inviolably secret from wife and child, from father and mother, from...rain covers, from all that is between sky and ground, the mysteries of the holy Vehnigerichte; that he would bring the knowledge of every crime he could...