The Secret Chancellery of Anhalt

A Sincere Warning.

House and the number of the Catholic Estates Catholischen Stände, were one to slightly calculate the soldiers Kriegsvolck maintained and recruited until now, he would count far beyond 100,000.

What could have been accomplished with a united heart against the hereditary enemy The "hereditary enemy" (Erbfeindt) refers to the Ottoman Empire, seen as the primary external threat to Christian Europe. for the total restoration of the old Roman Empire Römischen Reichs! Instead, those who started this game have not achieved their intent at all, but have rather brought others to arms. This has caused the Christians Christen to attack and consume one another (as if they were the most terrible enemies) and to wash their hands and weapons in their own blood. One friend and Estate has turned against another; subjects have turned against the authority Obrigkeits set over them by God, and the authority has persecuted those who have risen up.

Regarding the unbelievable expenses Unkosten required and spent until now, it is unnecessary to make a formal accounting; every Estate, city, and community Commun knows how deep they have reached into their purse Seckel, armory, chest, or granary and supplies. It is clear how difficult it often is for one to recover, or for those—especially in the cities—who managed the business original: negotium and money to account to their lords, superiors, and com-