The Protestant Exiles of Zillerthal Their Persecutions And Expatriation From Th
The Protestant Exiles of Zillerthal Their Persecutions And Expatriation From Th
Georg Friedrich Heinrich Rheinwald
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The place of burial was then discussed. If the deceased person had no property, leave was requested to bury him by another Protestant ; if this could not be, a piece of common ground, as in a wood, was selected. The policeman attended the funeral, and was rewarded with a florin. In this way the Protestants were protected from those disorders and disturbances which otherwise would have hap- pened. Such protection they thankfully acknow- ledged ; nevertheless, they complained bitterly of the proc...edure ; for at the grave they were never permitted to say aloud any prayers, nor, as they once wished, to sing Luther's Hymn, * and then * From a Catholic report : " Of any kind of tender regard for the bodies of the dead they know nothing. They use no prayers on such occasions, and only care to put the corpse 46 THE EXILES OF ZILLERTHAL. the policeman generally brought his dog with him into the funeral procession. We indeed behold in this, the most simple rights of humanity, in a re- volting manner, trampled under foot, but cannot so easily see what was meant by the presence of the dog.
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