NothingbutburntvillagesandblackwallsforSchwerin，inthatCony—Hillquarter，andallround；andRothsaluteshimwithonetwenty—fourpounder，whichdidnohurt。Andsothecannonadebegins，Sunday，15th；andintermittently，onbothsidesoftheRiver，continues，alwaysburstingoutagainatintervals，tillWednesday；amerepreliminarycannonadeonSchwerin’spart；
makingnoise，doinglittlehurt:intendedmoretoterrify，butwithouteffectthatwayonRothortheTownsfolk。ThepoorBishopdid，ontheseconddayofit，comeout，andmakeapplicationtoSchwerin；waskindlyconductedtohisMajesty，whohappenedtobeoverthere；waskepttodinner；andeasilyhadleavetoretiretoFreywalde，aCountry—Househehas，inthesafedistance。
[Helden—Geschichte，i。683。]Therelethimbequiet，welloutoftheseconfusedbatteringsandburningsofproperty。
\"HisMajesty’sHead—quarterisatOttmachau，butintwohourshecanbehereanyday；andlooksintoeverything；sorrythatthecannonadedoesnotyetanswer。Andremnantsofsuburbsarestillcracklingintoflame；highCountry—HousesofKreuzherren，ofJesuits；afanaticpeopleseeminglyallsetagainstus。’IfNeissewillnotyieldofgood—will，needsisitmustbebeatentopowder，’
wrotehisMajestytoJordaninthesecircumstances，aswereadabove。Rothissorrytoobserve，thePrussianshavestillonegoodBishop’s—mansion，inaplacecalledtheKarlau（Karl—Meadow），withtheBishop’swinterfuelallreadystackedthere；butstrivestotakeorderaboutthesame。