Newe zeyttung, Wie zu Magdenburg ein Carmeliten Münch, auss der Sudenburg, der einen Christlichen Prediger, vor eyner gantzen Gemeyne hat liegen heissen, Von eynem Ersamen weysen Rat, der Alten stat, in gefencknus gezogen worden. : Reim weis gestelt.
Summary: Polemic ballad with a total of 142 rhymed lines, relating the story of a drunk Carmelite monk who attends a sermon preached outside the city by a righteous (Lutheran) pastor and who interrupts the preacher, accusing him of lying and misrepresenting Scripture. The people in response rise up and begin to beat him, almost killing him, but the monk is taken away and brought before the city council and the mayor who calls for calm and instructs that the monk should be locked up to await the executioner and thus be placed under God's justice rather than the mob's anger. The story concludes with a warning to the city to keep their dignity, not to give in to anger and to avoid the company of monks.
Signatures: A⁴ (A4 blank).
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Woodcut on title page, depicting a Carmelite monk.
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