The black death
Altenberg, April 24, 1578 1. Martha stood in front of the house. The Grape Church was eaten bald because of the nasty moth. Everywhere they spun their cocoons and the tree now looked covered in white. Martha was her father's maid. She was just 17 years old when she was still young. Her father was a widower and he owned the Altenberg sawmill. Martha should soon take his apprentice Karl Bärich as husband and it was fair because the two loved each other. Martha was raised in a German Christian way. Her mother had died in childbed and she had laid out this beautiful garden, Martha stood there plowing the vegetables for her stew. When, from a distance, she saw a figure approaching. When she saw the figure, she recognized a single man with blue lips and black tint on his face. He fell to the ground, panting, and stammered to himself. Martha hurried to his aid and God have mercy, what...