and manner that some
important secret which he had read in the stars was filling his mind.
They did not hesitate to inquire of him concerning it. Then Klingsohr
rose from his seat, and said, in a solemn tone:

"'"Know that, this night, a daughter will be born to Andreas the
Second, King of Hungary. Her name will be Elizabeth; and, for her
goodness and virtues, she will be canonized, in after time, by Pope
Gregory the Ninth. And this Saint Elizabeth will be the wife of Ludwig,
the son of your Landgrave Hermann."

"'This prophecy was at once communicated to the Landgrave, who was
beyond measure delighted thereat. And he altered his opinion concerning
the renowned master, whose mysterious knowledge had announced the
rising of so fair a star of hope. Wherefore he had determined that
Klingsohr should be conducted to the Wartburg with the pomp and
ceremony due to a prince.

"'Wolfframb thought that now, in all probability, the decision of the
singers' life-and-death trial would be postponed on this account,
especially as Heinrich of Ofterdingen had not made his appearance as
yet. But the knights said that the Landgrave had received news of
Heinrich's arrival, that the inner court of the castle was chosen as
the scene of the contest, and Stempel, the executioner from Eisenach,
ordered to be in attendance.

"'MASTER KLINGSOHR QUITS THE WARTBURG, AND THE
SINGERS-CONTEST IS DECIDED.

"'In a fair and lofty chamber of the Wartburg sate Landgrave Hermann
and Klingsohr in confidential converse together. Klingsohr again
assured the Landgrave that he had distinctly seen and carefully read
the meaning of the constellations on the previous night, and ended by
advising him to despatch an Embassy at once to the King of Hungary to
beg that the infant princess might be betrothed to his son, then eleven
years of age. This counsel pleased the Landgrave well, and, as he now
extolled the master's wisdom, Klingsohr began to discourse so
beautifully of the secrets of nature, and of the macrocosm and the
microcosm, that the Landgrave (himself not unversed in such matters)
was filled with the profoundest admiration.

"'"Master Klingsohr," said the Landgrave, "I would fain continue in the
enjoyment of your skilled and wise society. Leave the inhospitable
Siebenbuergen, and take up your abode at this Court of mine, where, as
you must admit, Art and Science are more highly prized and more truly
cherished th