Prodromus or Advance Guard

original: "Prodromus Oder Vortrab." A "Prodromus" is a preliminary treatise or a forerunner to a larger work.

is accustomed to happen / original Latin: "ut iniquam fortunam, iniqua sequantur judicia" that unjust judgments follow an unjust fortune. For the opposing party does not stop there / continuing to uphold the injustice by force / but rather colors it / with a brilliant veneer / as if the sheep had muddied the water for the wolf A reference to Aesop’s fable where a wolf finds a flimsy excuse to eat a lamb; here, it suggests the Imperial side is blaming their victims for the conflict. / not allowing the matter to come to any hearing / or any defense / but it is immediately commanded: original Latin: "Sic volo, sic jubeo" "So I will, so I command." A phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, used here to describe the arbitrary, tyrannical power of the Emperor. Into the Ban and the Greater Ban. Ban and Greater Ban (Acht und Aberacht) This refers to the "Imperial Ban," a form of outlawry in the Holy Roman Empire. Being placed under the "Aberacht" meant one lost all rights, lands, and legal protections. For how the so-called Anhalt Secret Chancery A famous piece of Imperial propaganda published around 1621, which used intercepted letters to claim the Protestant princes were planning a revolution. / which, alongside many other various hateful and defamatory writings / against high Princely Persons / and other honorable people / is now frequently appearing in print / is fundamentally constituted / many sincere hearts notice and sigh over / who either know the nature of the matter / or through political understanding / and experience in Imperial law / recognize the lying slanders / and can distinguish white from filth. original: "weiß vom schmutzen dijudiciren," meaning to judge or distinguish truth from lies. The opposing party makes everything right / who pushes through with the sword and open force / original Latin: "victi autem contra ne hiscere quidem audent" "but the defeated, on the contrary, do not even dare to mutter," as the proverb goes. But when one day the time comes / and the mask of the so highly praised, alleged common good / and desired peace in the Empire / shall be pulled from those interested parties / then one will see all the more clearly / what may still be hidden from many now. Whether it is also fitting for German hereditary honor / when private letters are gathered together / spread in print original: "spargirt" / but not published original: "publicirt" entirely from beginning to end / as they were written / but rather