Death to the maid | |
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der todt |
Death. |
The maid | |
die Junckfraw. |
the Maid. |
Death creeping up behind the young woman is a copy of the scene in Basel (pictured left). The same applies to Death's speech and the first two lines of the maiden.
At this point, Basel has some parallels with the dance in Bern (and thus also with Füssen):
Bern: Death to the maid |
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Tochter jetz ist schon hie die Stund, |
Daughter, the hour is already here now, |
Footnotes: (1)
Logically this honour belongs, not to the young woman, but to the first dancer in the procession. That's why Death has already promised this dance to the pope: »Ich mueß mit euch den vortanz hon«.