▁G ymnasium ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁univers ities ▁of ▁G ron ingen , ▁Le iden , ▁Leipzig ▁and ▁W itten berg . ▁In ▁ 1 6 4 0 ▁he ▁found ▁employ ment ▁as ▁t utor ▁to ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁Duke ▁August ▁the ▁Young er ▁of ▁Braun sch weig - L ü ne burg ▁( 1 5 7 9 – 1 6 6 6 ), ▁including ▁August ' s ▁he ir , ▁Anton ▁Ulrich ▁( 1 6 3 3 – 1 7 1 4 ). ▁Sch ott el ius ▁wrote ▁several ▁plays ▁for ▁his ▁pup ils ▁to ▁perform , ▁some ▁with ▁musical ▁accompan iments ▁composed ▁by ▁August ' s ▁cons ort , ▁Soph ie ▁Elisabeth , ▁or ▁in ▁one ▁case ▁by ▁Heinrich ▁Sch üt z ▁( 1 5 8 5 – 1 6 7 2 ). ▁In ▁ 1 6 4 6 ▁he ▁married ▁Anna ▁Marg are te ▁Ele on ore ▁Cle ve , ▁but ▁she ▁died ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁His ▁second ▁wife , ▁whom ▁he ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 9 , ▁was ▁Anna ▁Marg are te ▁Sob be . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 6 4 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 6 5 0 s ▁Sch ott el ius ▁rose ▁to ▁prominent ▁administrative ▁positions ▁at ▁court . ▁He ▁also ▁had ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁magnific ent ▁du cal ▁library ▁at ▁Wolf en b ütt el , ▁and ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁res ide ▁in ▁that ▁town ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Sch ott el ius ▁quickly ▁established ▁himself ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁