GERMANY: Magic at Hamburg

Once there were dread Magicians who sold to unscrupulous Knights charms guaranteed to render them invisible. Assume for an instant that such a charm could work. Then an army of knights so provided might walk boldly & unseen into the City of Hamburg, select 11 victims at random, and plunge invisible but deadly swords through their hearts. Perhaps the invisible knights would round out a day of ghoulish sport by maiming 200 more unsuspecting men, women & children. Such fiends would delight to steal upon a wedding...

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