The brave, though unfortunate Duke, retired on this to Altona, a Danish town, from which he meant to embark for England; but his wound being inflamed by these untimely movements, he died ere a vessel could be prepared for him.

His son, considering him as murdered, vowed eternal revenge--and how he kept his vow, we shall see hereafter.

The Prussian nobility and gentry were treated on almost every occasion with like brutality.

The great Conqueror did not hesitate to come down from his dignity for the petty pleasure of personally insulting gentlemen, who had done him no injury except that of being loyal to their own prince.

The exactions of the victorious military were beyond all former example of licence; and studied contempt was everywhere mingled with their rapacity.