▁acted , ▁Barbara ▁and ▁L ien hart ▁agreed ▁to ▁release ▁Els ▁from ▁her ▁deb ts ▁and ▁allow ▁her ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁bro th el , ▁on ▁the ▁condition ▁that ▁she ▁not ▁reve al ▁what ▁had ▁happened ; ▁having ▁left ▁N örd lingen , ▁Els ▁subsequently ▁went ▁to ▁Wei ßen burg ▁in ▁Bayern , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁eventually ▁track ed ▁down ▁after ▁the ▁investigation ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁N örd lingen . ▁ ▁Con sequ ences ▁of ▁the ▁investigation ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁inter rog ation ▁of ▁the ▁women ▁of ▁N örd lingen ' s ▁bro th el , ▁both ▁L ien hart ▁F ry erm ut ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Tar schen fe ind in ▁were ▁themselves ▁inter rog ated . ▁Barbara ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁causing ▁the ▁abort ion ▁of ▁Els ▁von ▁E yst ett ' s ▁child . ▁Although ▁N örd lingen ' s ▁town ▁law ▁contained ▁no ▁explicit ▁reference ▁to ▁abort ion , ▁conv ict ions ▁of ▁abort ion ▁in ▁German - spe aking ▁towns ▁in ▁the ▁fif teenth ▁century ▁usually ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁the ▁guilty ▁party . ▁Barbara ▁was ▁consequ ently ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁pill ory ▁before ▁being ▁brand ed ▁across ▁the ▁fore head ▁and ▁ban ished ▁across ▁the ▁Rh ine ▁in ▁perpet u ity . ▁▁ ▁L ien hart ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁his ▁post ▁as ▁bro th el - keeper ▁and ▁forced ▁to ▁swe ar ▁an ▁o ath ▁( the ▁Ur fe h de ) ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁ren ounced ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁take ▁ven ge ance ▁and