Year 5334: The stargazers said that the planet Saturn was in a bad configuration, and from this they predicted evil and destruction for the Jews. And so it was, unfortunately, for in many places calamity, distress, and great destruction befell the Jews. In the province of Mehrrin, several souls were burned for the sanctification of HaShem, until the matter came before the pious Emperor Maximilian who investigated and found that the accusation against the Jews was false.

From his great righteousness and compassion, he took the remaining Jews, about two hundred, and saved them under his wings (Tzemach David, part 2).