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Excerpt from Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach und Gottfried von Strassburg: Eine Auswahl aus dem Höfischen Epos, mit Anmerkungen und Wörterbuch V. 216 '. Der Glaube, da6 der Aussats durch Meuschenblut, besonders durch das Blut unschuldiger Kinder, heilbar sei, ist alt und weit verbreitet, auch häufig als Motiv in Sagen an ewendet. Plinius beo richtet ghist. Nat. 26, 1, egypti peculiare boc malum( er Aussatz) et cum in reges incidiaset popalia funebre. Quippe in balneis solia temperabantur humauo sanguiue ad medicinam esm' etc. (paul, Einleitung zum armen Heinrich S. IV.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.