hymns were written in the period 1588—1597. They number in the aggregate 558. However, the collection contains hymns which were admitted from manuscript S1, so that they were not all new hymns. Of the hymns which this collection comprises, 26 have appeared in print. Of these, some had been printed before the completion of the collection. In the years 1605 and 1606, the Prussian composer Hans Schults copied from this volume a considerable number of hymns which he set to music. According to a note contained in the manuscript, this collection originally comprised two volumes. Of the companion volume (II. Theil) the writer has nowhere else found mention. It is probably no longer extant. Most of the hymns contained in this collection were admitted into the three volumes which constitute the next three numbers in this series—a manuscript hymn-book in three Parts, quarto. (Royal Library, Berlin.)
IX. 1615.
Gsangbuch, Newer geistlicher | Lieder. | Zum erkandnus des Heylmachers Jesu Christj, | Fur die Xewe, von oben heraber wider- | geborne Kinder Gottes, wie geschrieben | stchet. Esa: 54. Joh : 3. 6. Deine Kin- | der werden alle von Gott gelert sein, | Wer es nun hdret von meinem vatter, | und lernt es, Der kompt zu mir &c. | I. Theil. | Ist etwan ein newe Creatur, In Christo, | So ist das alt vergangen, Sihe Ich | machs alles New. 2. Cor : 5. | Es ist Alles New worden. Apoc : 21. | Der Naturlich Mensch vernimpt nichts vom I Geist Gottes, es ist im eine thorheit, vnd | kan es nicht erkennen, Denn es muss geistlich | gerichtet sein. I. Cor: 2. | Durch Daniel Sudermann.
Manuscript in quarto. 1044 pages. This is the first of three volumes which constitute chronologically the third collection of Sudermann hymns. We shall designate these volumes S111a, S111b and S111c respectively. The collection was probably completed 1615—possibly later. Immediately preceding the hymns is an extension of the title, from which it appears that Sudermann intended at this time to issue in printed form a complete collection of his hymns. About one-third of the space of the first volume is devoted to hymns for children, with such marginal notes as "Kinderlieder" and "Zurkinder leer." The total of hymns in this volume is 780, of which 39 have appeared in print. (Royal Library, Berlin.)
