Westerwald

He was frequently heard to say, when at play he was winning from the Landgrave, that the money afforded double satisfaction, as it was imperial coin.

his affinity with the elector of saxony whom gustavus had caused to treat with forbearance the landgrave was indebted for the favourable terms he obtained from the king who contented himself with the surrender of his fortress of russelheim and the promise of observing a strict neutrality during the war The counts of Westerwald and Wetteran also visited the king in Frankfurt to offer him their assistance against the Spaniards, and to conclude an alliance, which was afterwards of great service to him.

The town of Frankfurt itself had reason to rejoice at the presence of this monarch, who took their commerce under his protection, and by the most effectual measures restored the fairs which had been greatly interrupted by the war.

The Swedish army was now reinforced by 10,000 Hessians, which the landgrave of Kass commanded.