I wish that he should honor the new name, and prove himself a true nobleman.

Ludwig Ebenstreit must give up, or sell, without delay, his banking business, as I cannot permit a nobleman to continue the business of citizen, and remain a merchant.

A nobleman must either be a soldier or a landed proprietor; and if your future son-in-law will not be either, he can live upon his income, which must indeed be ample.

But I command him to spend it in the country, not go to foreign countries to spend what he has gained in the country.

If he should do it, it will not be well with him, and he shall be brought back by force.