828 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
“Germania”:—“Tutschland Jacob Wympfflingers von S'lett- 
stadt, zu Ere der Statt Straszburg vnd des Rinstroms, Jetzo 
nach 147 Jahren zum Truck gegeben durch Hansz Michel Mo- 
scherosch, Straszburg, 1648.” 
It appeared in the same year that the treaties of Muenster 
and Osnabrueck were signed and a war was terminated which 
had almost ruined Germany. The student of history will 
readily see that Moscherosch had probably more than one rea¬ 
son to call attention to this defense of Strasburg and the Al¬ 
sace in 1648, one hundred and forty-seven years after Wim- 
pfeling wrote it. He explains at length in his introductory re¬ 
marks what prompted him to publish the essay at this time and 
calls special attention to the fact that it is an exact reproduc¬ 
tion of the original essay by Wimpfeling. 
This reprint follows the original at the Royal Library at 
Berlin (Rh. 4902). Obsolete words have been explained in the 
footnotes. 
