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diff --git a/43678-h/43678-h.htm b/43678-h/43678-h.htm index ba1d9cc..84bd4ba 100644 --- a/43678-h/43678-h.htm +++ b/43678-h/43678-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2), by Sir Walter Scott</title> <link rel="coverpage" href="images/title-page.jpg" /> <style type="text/css"> @@ -188,27 +188,10 @@ td {padding-left: 1em; </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43678 ***</div> <h1 class="pg">The Project Gutenberg eBook, Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2), by Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated by Ricardo de Los Rios</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2)</p> -<p> The Maiden of the Mist</p> -<p>Author: Sir Walter Scott</p> -<p>Release Date: September 9, 2013 [eBook #43678]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, VOLUME I (OF 2)***</p> <p> </p> -<h4 class="center">E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -417,7 +400,7 @@ with his work." The reason why he was better pleased may perhaps be gathered from his Journal (Feb. 17): "I called on Skene, and borrowed a volume of his journal to get some information about Burgundy and -Provence. Something may be made out of King René, +Provence. Something may be made out of King René, but I wish I had thought of him sooner." This is elucidated by a note of Mr. Skene's: "Sir Walter wished to see a paper which I had some time before @@ -425,9 +408,9 @@ contributed to the Memoirs of the Society of Antiquaries on the subject of the secret tribunals of Germany, and upon which, accordingly, he grounded his scene in the novel." Mr. Skene now suggested the introduction -of King René of Provence, as he himself could +of King René of Provence, as he himself could give topographical details. "He liked the idea much -... and the whole dénouement of the story was changed, +... and the whole dénouement of the story was changed, and the Provence part woven into it, in the form in <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_XI" id="Page_XI">xi</a></span> which it ultimately came forth" (Journal, ii. 235, @@ -510,7 +493,7 @@ which fell from the fingers of Sir Walter—</p> <p>Scott's imitators, in his lifetime, produced little or nothing of merit: he was, however, to leave successors, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_XIII" id="Page_XIII">xiii</a></span> -the author of "Vingt Ans Après" first and greatest; +the author of "Vingt Ans Après" first and greatest; the author of "Esmond"; the author, we may surely add, of "The Master of Ballantrae." Much as these differ from Scott, both in quantity and quality of genius, @@ -543,7 +526,7 @@ youth is youth, and men have yet a smack of it, we can be happy with Arthur Philipson in his duel, with Sigismund in the fight, with the cheery maid of Anne of Geierstein, and her honest ideas of love on first principles, -with that royal philosopher King René, with the +with that royal philosopher King René, with the sagacious loyalty of Oxford, and the manly patriotism of the peasant noble. That the conclusion is entangled, and the knots rather broken than disengaged, is no @@ -685,7 +668,7 @@ Afterwards, the selection was made by the Monks, but always with the assent of the Graff and of the 'Frohner.'</p> -<p>"The seat of judgment, the King's seat, or 'Königs-stuhl,' +<p>"The seat of judgment, the King's seat, or 'Königs-stuhl,' was always established on the greensward; and we collect from the context, that the tribunal was also raised or appointed in the common fields of the Gau, @@ -714,7 +697,7 @@ face of the sun.'<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class=" <p>"When a criminal was to be judged, or a cause to be decided, the Graff and the Free Echevins assembled -around the 'Königs-stuhl;' and the 'Frohner,' having +around the 'Königs-stuhl;' and the 'Frohner,' having proclaimed silence, opened the proceedings by reciting the following rhymes:</p> @@ -845,7 +828,7 @@ was of a feudal nature, and could be transferred by the ordinary modes of alienation; and if the Lord did not choose to act in his own person, he nominated a 'Freigraff' to execute the office in his stead. The -Court itself was composed of 'Freyschöppfen,' Scabini, +Court itself was composed of 'Freyschöppfen,' Scabini, or Echevins, nominated by the Graff, and who were divided into two classes: the ordinary, and the 'Wissenden' or 'Witan,' who were admitted under a strict @@ -998,7 +981,7 @@ to denounce the 'Leumund,' or manifest evil fame, to the secret tribunal. If the Echevins and the Freygraff were satisfied with the presentment, either from their own knowledge, or from the information of their compeer, -the offender was said to be 'verfämbt;'—his +the offender was said to be 'verfämbt;'—his life was forfeited; and wherever he was found by the brethren of the tribunal, they executed him without the slightest delay or mercy. An offender who had @@ -1198,7 +1181,7 @@ of Scottish independence.</p> <p>The reader who wishes to examine with attention the historical events of the period which the novel embraces will find ample means of doing so in the valuable -works of Zschokké and M. de Barante—which +works of Zschokké and M. de Barante—which last author's account of the Dukes of Burgundy is among the most valuable of recent accessions of European literature—and in the new Parisian edition of @@ -1414,7 +1397,7 @@ Lucerne, who received the tale from their fathers.</p> ascertained to be a youth from the Grisons country, who acted as their guide, so far as his knowledge of the mountains permitted. He said they -designed to go to Bâle, but seemed desirous to +designed to go to Bâle, but seemed desirous to travel by circuitous and unfrequented routes. The circumstances just mentioned increased the general desire to know more of the travellers and of their @@ -3548,7 +3531,7 @@ which you merchants introduce, yet I acknowledge that we simple mountaineers learn from men like you more of the world around us, than we could acquire by our own exertions. You are bound, -you say, to Bâle, and thence to the Duke of +you say, to Bâle, and thence to the Duke of Burgundy's leaguer?"</p> <p>"I am so, my worthy host," said the merchant—"that @@ -4461,7 +4444,7 @@ in fact, both at the battle of Freyenbach, but my brother was prevented from attempting the execution of his vindictive purpose by a wound from an arrow, which occasioned his being carried out of -the mêlée. I was afterwards in the bloody and +the mêlée. I was afterwards in the bloody and melancholy fight at Mount-Herzel, and that other onslaught at the Chapel of St. Jacob [<a href="#ednote_d" name="enanchor_d" id="enanchor_d" ><i>d</i></a>], which brought our brethren of Zurich to terms, and @@ -4787,7 +4770,7 @@ lost during the civil wars excited by his ambitious house will tempt him to exchange the soft beds of London, with sheets of silk and pillows of down, and the music of a dying lute to lull him to rest, -for the turf of France and the réveille of an alarm +for the turf of France and the réveille of an alarm trumpet."</p> <p>"It is the better for us should it prove so," said @@ -5481,7 +5464,7 @@ himself the destined avenger.</p> Alsatian territory [<a href="#ednote_f" name="enanchor_f" id="enanchor_f" ><i>f</i></a>] afforded him many opportunities for wreaking his displeasure upon the Swiss League. The little castle and town of Ferette, -lying within ten or eleven miles of Bâle, served as +lying within ten or eleven miles of Bâle, served as a thoroughfare to the traffic of Berne and Soleure, the two principal towns of the confederation. In this place the Duke posted a governor, or seneschal, @@ -5873,7 +5856,7 @@ lust of conquest and love of foreign luxuries!"</p> <p>The slow pace of the travellers, with various causes of delay which it is unnecessary to dwell upon, occasioned the deputation spending two -nights on the road before they reached Bâle. The +nights on the road before they reached Bâle. The small towns or villages in which they quartered, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">124</a></span> received them with such marks of respectful hospitality @@ -5916,7 +5899,7 @@ the Landamman's example in everything.</p> <p>It was, as we have already said, the third day <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">125</a></span> after the commencement of their journey, before -the Swiss deputation reached the vicinity of Bâle, +the Swiss deputation reached the vicinity of Bâle, in which city, then one of the largest in the south-western extremity of Germany, they proposed taking up their abode for the evening, nothing @@ -5929,7 +5912,7 @@ Lucerne, and other towns of Switzerland by mutual interests and constant intercourse. It was the object of the deputation to negotiate, if possible, a peace, which could not be more useful to -themselves than to the city of Bâle, considering +themselves than to the city of Bâle, considering the interruptions of commerce which must be occasioned by a rupture between the Duke of Burgundy and the Cantons, and the great advantage which @@ -5938,7 +5921,7 @@ situated as it was betwixt these two hostile powers.</p> <p>They anticipated, therefore, as welcome a reception -from the authorities of Bâle as they had +from the authorities of Bâle as they had received while in the bounds of their own Confederation, since the interests of that city were so deeply concerned in the objects of their mission. @@ -5967,7 +5950,7 @@ high cultivation, and adorned with cornfields and vineyards. The Rhine, a broad and large river, poured its grey stream in a huge sweep through the landscape, and divided into two portions the -city of Bâle, which is situated on its banks. The +city of Bâle, which is situated on its banks. The southern part, to which the path of the Swiss deputies conducted them, displayed the celebrated cathedral, and the lofty terrace which runs in @@ -5992,7 +5975,7 @@ hear, and make a suitable reply to, the hospitable invitation which they naturally expected to receive.</p> -<p>The message of the community of Bâle was, +<p>The message of the community of Bâle was, however, diametrically opposite to what they had anticipated. It was delivered with a good deal of diffidence and hesitation by the functionary who @@ -6001,12 +5984,12 @@ his commission, did not appear to consider it as the most respectable which he might have borne. There were many professions of the most profound and fraternal regard for the cities of the Helvetian -League, with whom the orator of Bâle declared his +League, with whom the orator of Bâle declared his own state to be united in friendship and interests. But he ended by intimating, that, on account of certain cogent and weighty reasons, which should be satisfactorily explained at more leisure, the -Free City of Bâle could not, this evening, receive +Free City of Bâle could not, this evening, receive within its walls the highly respected deputies, who were travelling, at the command of the Helvetian Diet, to the court of the Duke of Burgundy.</p> @@ -6015,7 +5998,7 @@ Diet, to the court of the Duke of Burgundy.</p> which this most unexpected intimation produced on the members of the embassage. Rudolph Donnerhugel, who had joined their company as they -approached Bâle, appeared less surprised than his +approached Bâle, appeared less surprised than his associates, and, while he remained perfectly silent, seemed rather anxious to penetrate their sentiments than disposed to express his own. It was @@ -6031,13 +6014,13 @@ Deputy of Schwitz looked anxiously on Arnold Biederman; and the Landamman himself seemed more moved than was usual in a person of his equanimity. At length he replied to the functionary -of Bâle, in a voice somewhat altered by +of Bâle, in a voice somewhat altered by his feelings:—</p> <p>"This is a singular message to the deputies of the Swiss Confederacy, bound as we are upon an amicable mission, on which depends the interest of -the good citizens of Bâle, whom we have always +the good citizens of Bâle, whom we have always treated as our good friends, and who still profess to be so. The shelter of their roofs, the protection of their walls, the wonted intercourse of hospitality, @@ -6045,11 +6028,11 @@ is what no friendly state hath a right to refuse to the inhabitants of another."</p> <p>"Nor is it with their will that the community -of Bâle refuse it, worthy Landamman," replied the +of Bâle refuse it, worthy Landamman," replied the magistrate. "Not you alone, and your worthy associates, but your escort, and your very beasts of burden, should be entertained with all the kindness -which the citizens of Bâle could bestow—But +which the citizens of Bâle could bestow—But we act under constraint."</p> <p>"And by whom exercised?" said the Banneret, @@ -6057,7 +6040,7 @@ bursting out into passion. "Has the Emperor Sigismund profited so little by the example of his predecessors"——</p> -<p>"The Emperor," replied the delegate of Bâle, interrupting +<p>"The Emperor," replied the delegate of Bâle, interrupting the Banneret, "is a well-intentioned and peaceful monarch, as he has been ever; but——there <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">129</a></span> @@ -6067,7 +6050,7 @@ state from Count Archibald of Hagenbach."</p> <p>"Enough said," replied the Landamman. "Draw not farther the veil from a weakness for which you -blush. I comprehend you entirely. Bâle lies too +blush. I comprehend you entirely. Bâle lies too near the citadel of La Ferette to permit its citizens to consult their own inclinations. Brother, we see where your difficulty lies—we pity you—and @@ -6088,7 +6071,7 @@ accommodation."</p> <p>"I do not refuse to occupy a place of security," said the Landamman; "for although the causing -us to be excluded from Bâle may be only done in +us to be excluded from Bâle may be only done in the spirit of petty insolence and malice, yet it may also, for what we can tell, be connected with some purpose of violence. Your provisions we @@ -6097,24 +6080,24 @@ feed at the cost of friends who are ashamed to own us unless by stealth."</p> <p>"One thing more, my worthy sir," said the -official of Bâle—"You have a maiden in company, +official of Bâle—"You have a maiden in company, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">130</a></span> who, I presume to think, is your daughter. There is but rough accommodation where you are going, even for men;—for women there is little better, though what we could we have done to arrange matters as well as may be. But rather -let your daughter go with us back to Bâle, +let your daughter go with us back to Bâle, where my dame will be a mother to her, till next morning, when I will bring her to your camp in safety. We promised to shut our gates against the men of the Confederacy, but the women were not mentioned."</p> -<p>"You are subtle casuists, you men of Bâle," +<p>"You are subtle casuists, you men of Bâle," answered the Landamman; "but know, that from the time in which the Helvetians sallied forth to -encounter Cæsar down to the present hour, the +encounter Cæsar down to the present hour, the women of Switzerland, in the press of danger, have had their abode in the camp of their fathers, brothers, and husbands, and sought no further @@ -6124,14 +6107,14 @@ women, and my niece shall remain with us, and take the fate which Heaven may send us."</p> <p>"Adieu, then, worthy friend," said the magistrate -of Bâle; "it grieves me to part with you +of Bâle; "it grieves me to part with you thus, but evil fate will have it so. Yonder grassy avenue will conduct you to the old hunting-seat, where Heaven send that you may pass a quiet night; for, apart from other risks, men say that these ruins have no good name. Will you yet permit your niece, since such the young person is, -to pass to Bâle for the night in my company?"</p> +to pass to Bâle for the night in my company?"</p> <p>"If we are disturbed by beings like ourselves," said Arnold Biederman, "we have strong arms, @@ -6145,7 +6128,7 @@ sentiments as well as mine own?"</p> <p>The other deputies intimated their assent to what their companion had said, and the citizens -of Bâle took a courteous farewell of their guests, +of Bâle took a courteous farewell of their guests, endeavouring, by the excess of civility, to atone for their deficiency in effective hospitality. After their departure, Rudolph was the first to express @@ -6161,7 +6144,7 @@ anger!"</p> another of the group—for several of the young men had gathered round their seniors, to hear the welcome which they expected from the magistrates -of Bâle.</p> +of Bâle.</p> <p>"No," replied Ernest, one of Arnold Biederman's sons, "they do not pretend that their own @@ -6253,7 +6236,7 @@ within. <p>The first occupation of our travellers was to find the means of crossing the moat, and they were not -long of discovering the <i>tête de pont</i> on which the +long of discovering the <i>tête de pont</i> on which the drawbridge, when lowered, had formerly rested. The bridge itself had been long decayed, but a temporary passage of fir-trees and planks had been @@ -6283,7 +6266,7 @@ Burgess of Soleure twinkled when he beheld the young men in the act of transferring the supper from the hampers and arranging it on the table.</p> -<p>"Well," said he, "these poor men of Bâle have +<p>"Well," said he, "these poor men of Bâle have saved their character; since, if they have fallen short in welcome, they have abounded in good cheer."</p> @@ -6320,7 +6303,7 @@ the ruins. <p>The greater part of the castle was much more wasted and ruinous than the portion which the -citizens of Bâle seemed to have destined for the +citizens of Bâle seemed to have destined for the accommodation of the embassy. Some parts were roofless, and the whole desolate. The glare of light—the gleam of arms—the sound of the @@ -6376,13 +6359,13 @@ themselves in the lower end of the same large apartment. Quantities of hay and straw, which were left piled in the wide castle, were put to the purpose for which undoubtedly they had been -destined by the citizens of Bâle, and, with the aid +destined by the citizens of Bâle, and, with the aid of cloaks and mantles, were judged excellent good bedding by a hardy race, who, in war or the chase, were often well satisfied with a much worse night's lair.</p> -<p>The attention of the Bâlese had even gone so +<p>The attention of the Bâlese had even gone so far as to provide for Anne of Geierstein separate accommodation, more suitable to her use than that assigned to the men of the party. An apartment, @@ -6408,13 +6391,13 @@ breviary.</p> <p>Those who first discovered this little place of retreat came back loud in praise of the delicacy of -the citizens of Bâle, who, while preparing for the +the citizens of Bâle, who, while preparing for the general accommodation of the strangers, had not failed to provide separately and peculiarly for that of their female companion.</p> <p>Arnold Biederman felt the kindness of this conduct. -"We should pity our friends of Bâle, and +"We should pity our friends of Bâle, and not nourish resentment against them," he said. "They have stretched their kindness towards us as far as their personal apprehensions permitted; @@ -6492,7 +6475,7 @@ purpose which brought us hither," said the literal Landamman. "But lay thee on thy pallet, Anne—take a morsel of food, and three drops of wine, and thou wilt wake to-morrow as gay as on a Swiss -holiday, when the pipe sounds the réveille."</p> +holiday, when the pipe sounds the réveille."</p> <p>Anne was now able to plead a severe headache, and declining all refreshment, which she declared @@ -6853,7 +6836,7 @@ violent action. The gateway in which the young soldier kept his watch seemed suddenly too narrow for him. He rushed across the temporary bridge, and hastily traversed a short space of ground in -front of the <i>tête de pont</i>, or defensive work, on +front of the <i>tête de pont</i>, or defensive work, on which its outer extremity rested.</p> <p>Here for a time he paced the narrow extent to @@ -7011,7 +6994,7 @@ man of honesty or honour."</p> anchored on a resolution which seemed unobjectionable, than his thoughts were again adrift. He reflected that Anne might have a desire to visit -the neighbouring town of Bâle, to which she had +the neighbouring town of Bâle, to which she had been invited the day before, and where her uncle had friends. It was indeed an uncommon hour to select for such a purpose; but Arthur was aware @@ -7020,7 +7003,7 @@ that the Swiss maidens feared neither solitary walks nor late hours, and that Anne would have walked among her own hills by moonlight much farther than the distance betwixt their place of encampment -and Bâle, to see a sick friend, or for +and Bâle, to see a sick friend, or for any similar purpose. To press himself on her confidence, then, might be impertinence, not kindness; and as she had passed him without taking @@ -7047,7 +7030,7 @@ as might have been natural for him to have done, are easily explained, on the supposition that his mortal frame shrank from an encounter with a being of a different nature. There had also been -some expressions of the magistrate of Bâle, which +some expressions of the magistrate of Bâle, which might apply to the castle's being liable to be haunted by beings from another world. But though the general belief in such ghostly apparitions @@ -7098,7 +7081,7 @@ patrol, and at the same time to send a relief to Arthur Philipson, whose watch on the bridge was now ended. This last fact was confirmed by the deep and distant toll of the Minster clock from -the town of Bâle, which, prolonging its sullen +the town of Bâle, which, prolonging its sullen sound over field and forest, announced that midnight was past.</p> @@ -7707,7 +7690,7 @@ to that effect."</p> is like to be brought to a bloody determination long ere we see the Duke of Burgundy's most august and most gracious countenance. That his -influence should be used to exclude us from Bâle, +influence should be used to exclude us from Bâle, a neutral town, and pertaining to the empire, gives us cause to expect the worst reception when we enter his own dominions. We have even reason @@ -7720,7 +7703,7 @@ we had, without question, been attacked in our quarters. But since we have escaped to-night, we must take care for to-morrow. For this purpose, a number of the bravest youth of the city of -Bâle, incensed at the pusillanimity of their magistrates, +Bâle, incensed at the pusillanimity of their magistrates, are determined to join us, in order to wipe away the disgrace which the cowardly inhospitality of their magistracy has brought on their native @@ -7814,7 +7797,7 @@ render you prompt assistance."</p> <p>"On these terms," said the Englishman, "I make my acknowledgments to these gentlemen of -Bâle, or whatever other country hath sent them +Bâle, or whatever other country hath sent them forth, and pledge them in a brotherly cup to our further and more intimate acquaintance." <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">174</a></span></p> @@ -7933,7 +7916,7 @@ nominal leaders of young men who seem well disposed to take their own road) that you expect an attack in the neighbourhood of La Ferette, and hope for assistance from some of the townsmen of -Bâle."</p> +Bâle."</p> <p>"Ay, truly," answered Donnerhugel; "and the Landamman would stop his journey till he despatched @@ -8909,7 +8892,7 @@ lived and conversed.</p> <p>In the merry dance she was so unrivalled in lightness and agility that her performance seemed -that of an aërial being. She could, without suffering +that of an aërial being. She could, without suffering from her exertion, continue the pleasure till she had tired out the most active revellers; and even the young Duke of Hochspringen, who was @@ -9608,7 +9591,7 @@ which may cause war, are alike ruinous to your purpose and mine. I confess to you frankly, that I am willing and able to pay a large ransom, and when you are departed I will negotiate for the -amount. I will abide in the town of Bâle till I +amount. I will abide in the town of Bâle till I have made fair terms with Archibald de Hagenbach; and even if he is the avaricious extortioner you describe him, he will be somewhat moderate @@ -9624,7 +9607,7 @@ move forward, the country will be again open to the devastations of the Burgundian Riders and Lanz-knechts, who will sweep the roads in every <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">221</a></span> -direction. The people of Bâle are unhappily too +direction. The people of Bâle are unhappily too timorous to protect you; they would yield you up upon the Governor's first hint; and for justice or lenity, you might as well expect it in hell as from @@ -9669,7 +9652,7 @@ said the Englishman. "But how can you dispense with the use of the creature? You have only one left."</p> -<p>"We can easily supply our want from Bâle," +<p>"We can easily supply our want from Bâle," said the Landamman. "Nay, we can make this little delay serve your purpose, Sir Englishman. I named for our time of departure the first hour @@ -9892,7 +9875,7 @@ Brisach at their leisure, I must transport my readers to the eastern gate of that small town, which, situated on an eminence, had a commanding prospect on every side, but especially towards -Bâle. It did not properly make a part of the +Bâle. It did not properly make a part of the dominions of the Duke of Burgundy, but had been placed in his hands in pawn, or in pledge, for the repayment of a considerable sum of money, due to @@ -9963,14 +9946,14 @@ ape the manners of gentlemen, and stuck by the flask till cock-crow?"</p> <p>"By my faith, it may well be," answered Kilian; -"the burghers of Bâle gave them full means +"the burghers of Bâle gave them full means of carousal."</p> <p>"How, Kilian?—They dared not offer hospitality to the Swiss drove of bullocks, after the charge we sent them to the contrary?"</p> -<p>"Nay, the Bâlese received them not into the +<p>"Nay, the Bâlese received them not into the town," replied the squire; "but I learned, by sure espial, that they afforded them means of quartering at Graffs-lust, which was furnished with many @@ -9978,14 +9961,14 @@ a fair gammon and pasty, to speak naught of flasks of Rhine-wine, barrels of beer, and stoups of strong waters."</p> -<p>"The Bâlese shall answer this, Kilian," said the +<p>"The Bâlese shall answer this, Kilian," said the Governor. "Do they think I am for ever to be thrusting myself between the Duke and his pleasure on their behalf?—The fat porkers have presumed too much since we accepted some trifling gifts at their hands, more for gracing of them, than for any advantage we could make of their -paltry donations. Was it not the wine from Bâle +paltry donations. Was it not the wine from Bâle <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">231</a></span> which we were obliged to drink out in pint goblets, lest it should become sour before morning?"</p> @@ -9994,7 +9977,7 @@ lest it should become sour before morning?"</p> said Kilian; "so much I can well remember."</p> <p>"Why, go to, then," said the Governor; "they -shall know, these beasts of Bâle, that I hold myself +shall know, these beasts of Bâle, that I hold myself no way obliged by such donations as these, and that my remembrance of the wines which I carouse rests no longer than the headache which the mixtures @@ -10003,18 +9986,18 @@ leave behind, for the next morning's pastime."</p> <p>"Your excellency," replied the squire, "will make it, then, a quarrel between the Duke of -Burgundy and the city of Bâle, that they gave +Burgundy and the city of Bâle, that they gave this indirect degree of comfort and assistance to the Swiss deputation?"</p> <p>"Ay, marry will I," said De Hagenbach, "unless there be wise men among them, who shall show me good reasons for protecting them. Oh, -the Bâlese do not know our Noble Duke, nor the +the Bâlese do not know our Noble Duke, nor the gift he hath for chastising the gutter-blooded citizens of a free town. Thou canst tell them, Kilian, as well as any man, how he dealt with the villains -of Liège, when they would needs be pragmatical."</p> +of Liège, when they would needs be pragmatical."</p> <p>"I will apprise them of the matter," said Kilian, "when opportunity shall serve, and I trust I shall @@ -10425,7 +10408,7 @@ thy eloquence to melt."</p> "that Agnes, daughter of the murdered Albert, after shedding oceans of blood in avenging his bloody death, founded at length the rich abbey of -Königsfeldt; and, that it might have a superior +Königsfeldt; and, that it might have a superior claim to renowned sanctity, made a pilgrimage in person to the cell of the holy hermit, and besought of him to honour her abbey by taking up his residence @@ -10599,7 +10582,7 @@ sinners since I could swing a scourge, lift a crowbar, or wield this trusty weapon; and who can say I ever failed of my first blow, or needed to deal a second? Tristrem of the Hospital, and his famous -assistants, Petit André and Trois Eschelles, are +assistants, Petit André and Trois Eschelles, are novices compared with me in the use of the noble and knightly sword. Marry, I should be ashamed to match myself with them in the field practice @@ -11246,7 +11229,7 @@ bearing which distinguish yonder fellow in the eyes of cravens like thee, it belongs to his country, not his rank. Thou think'st it is in England as in Flanders, where a city-bred burgher of Ghent, -Liège, or Ypres is as distinct an animal from a +Liège, or Ypres is as distinct an animal from a knight of Hainault as a Flanders wagon horse from a Spanish jennet. But thou art deceived. England has many a merchant as haughty of heart, @@ -11675,7 +11658,7 @@ the carnage afar off."</p> the outer side of the thicket a path, or rather a sheep-track, which, sweeping at some distance from the walls, will conduct you at last into the -road leading from Brisach to Bâle. Hasten forward +road leading from Brisach to Bâle. Hasten forward to meet the Swiss, who are advancing. Tell them your father's hours are counted, and that <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">273</a></span> @@ -11864,7 +11847,7 @@ generous champion which your Cantons proclaim you—give us your aid in this deadly strait!"</p> <p>"But how, or in what manner?" said Rudolph, -still hesitating. "We have dismissed the Bâlese, +still hesitating. "We have dismissed the Bâlese, who were willing to have given assistance, so much did your dutiful example weigh with us. We are now scarce above a score of men—how @@ -11985,7 +11968,7 @@ advice, and young Philipson saw that his own compliance with the recommendation was indispensable. Indeed, although he still suspected that the Bernese, by his various intrigues, as well with -the Swiss youth as with those of Bâle, and, as +the Swiss youth as with those of Bâle, and, as might be inferred from the Priest of St. Paul's, by communication even within the town of La Ferette, possessed the greater power of assisting @@ -12177,7 +12160,7 @@ invests us." <p>The Governor of La Ferette stood on the battlements of the eastern entrance-tower of his fortress, -and looked out on the road to Bâle, when first the +and looked out on the road to Bâle, when first the vanguard of the Swiss mission, then the centre and rear, appeared in the distance. At the same moment the van halting, the main body closed @@ -12339,7 +12322,7 @@ It is well, my masters; and yet you may take this advice from Kilian of Kersberg. It is sometimes better to reel backwards than to run forwards.—My master, and my master's master, are more ticklish -persons than the dealers of Bâle, to whom you +persons than the dealers of Bâle, to whom you sell your cheeses. Home, honest men, home! your way lies before you, and you are fairly warned."</p> @@ -12502,10 +12485,10 @@ to settle with these peasants by fair means or foul."</p> <p>But ere Kilian could obey his master's commands, a shout arose in the rear, where they cried, -"Bâle! Bâle!—Freedom! freedom!—The day is +"Bâle! Bâle!—Freedom! freedom!—The day is our own!"</p> -<p>Onward came the youth of Bâle, who had not +<p>Onward came the youth of Bâle, who had not been at such a distance but that Rudolph had contrived to recall them—onward came many Swiss who had hovered around the embassy, holding @@ -12514,7 +12497,7 @@ and onward came the armed citizens of La Ferette, who, compelled to take arms and mount guard by the tyranny of De Hagenbach, had availed themselves of the opportunity to admit the -Bâlese at the sallyport through which Philipson +Bâlese at the sallyport through which Philipson had lately made his escape.</p> <p>The garrison, somewhat discouraged before by @@ -12550,7 +12533,7 @@ for him, Arthur—the affray seems well-nigh ended.—Ho, there, Sir Banneret, worthy Adam Zimmerman, my good friend Nicholas Bonstetten, keep our men standing firm—Have nothing to do -with this affray, but leave the men of Bâle to +with this affray, but leave the men of Bâle to answer their own deeds. I return in a few minutes."</p> @@ -12780,7 +12763,7 @@ place?"</p> question— <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">301</a></span></p> -<p>"The free citizens of Bâle have acted for themselves, +<p>"The free citizens of Bâle have acted for themselves, as the fathers of Swiss liberty set them an example; and the tyrant, De Hagenbach, has fallen by the same right which put to death the @@ -12795,11 +12778,11 @@ pleasure was known."</p> <p>"What tell you us of the Duke?" answered Laurenz Neipperg, the same blue cavalier whom Arthur had seen at the secret rendezvous of the -Bâlese youth, in company with Rudolph. "Why +Bâlese youth, in company with Rudolph. "Why talk you of Burgundy to us, who are none of his subjects? The Emperor, our only rightful lord, had no title to pawn the town and fortifications of -La Ferette, being as it is a dependency of Bâle, to +La Ferette, being as it is a dependency of Bâle, to the prejudice of our free city. He might have pledged the revenue indeed; and supposing him to have done so, the debt has been paid twice over @@ -12843,7 +12826,7 @@ to obey your injunctions to a tittle; so much so, that I once thought of breaking in and protecting the man, when Rudolph Donnerhugel reminded me that your last orders were, to stand firm, and -let the men of Bâle answer for their own actions; +let the men of Bâle answer for their own actions; and surely, said I to myself, my gossip Arnold knows better than all of us what is fitting to be done."</p> @@ -12923,7 +12906,7 @@ restrained by the presence of their chiefs, had dispersed, some to search for the goods of which the Englishmen had been despoiled, others doubtless to mingle with and join in the rejoicings of the -victorious youths of Bâle, and of those burghers of +victorious youths of Bâle, and of those burghers of La Ferette by whom the fortifications of the town had been so gently surrendered.</p> @@ -13660,7 +13643,7 @@ Philipson; "and by what name am I to call thee while we are fellow-travellers?"</p> <p>"Bartholomew, sir," said the man; "Brother -Bartholomew—I might say Bartholomæus, but it +Bartholomew—I might say Bartholomæus, but it does not become a poor lay brother like me to aspire to the honour of a learned termination."</p> @@ -13987,7 +13970,7 @@ is conducted. I tell thee, and thou wilt learn to know I say truth, that around the homely board of our host the Landamman were ranged truer tongues, and more faithful hearts, than the <i>cour -plénière</i> of a monarch has to boast. Alas! the +plénière</i> of a monarch has to boast. Alas! the manly spirit of ancient faith and honour has fled even from the breast of kings and knights, where, as John of France said, it ought to continue to @@ -14690,132 +14673,132 @@ is also given for the benefit of many of my kind readers.</p> <div class="blockquot"> <p> -"De toutes parts on était accourus par milliers pour assister au -procès de ce cruel gouverneur, tant la haine était grande contre lui. +"De toutes parts on était accourus par milliers pour assister au +procès de ce cruel gouverneur, tant la haine était grande contre lui. De sa prison, il entendait retentir sur le pont le pas des chevaux, et -s'enquérait à son geôlier de ceux qui arrivaient: soit pour être ses -juges, soit pour être témoins de son supplice. Parfois le geôlier -répondait, 'Ce sont des étrangers; je ne les connais pas.' 'Ne sont-ce -pas,' disait le prisonnier, 'des gens assez mal vêtus, de haute -taille, de forte apparence, montés sur des chevaux aux courtes -oreilles?' et si le geôlier répondait: 'Oui.'—'Ah ce sont les -Suisses,' s'écriait Hagenbach; 'Mon Dieu, ayez pitié de moi!' et il +s'enquérait à son geôlier de ceux qui arrivaient: soit pour être ses +juges, soit pour être témoins de son supplice. Parfois le geôlier +répondait, 'Ce sont des étrangers; je ne les connais pas.' 'Ne sont-ce +pas,' disait le prisonnier, 'des gens assez mal vêtus, de haute +taille, de forte apparence, montés sur des chevaux aux courtes +oreilles?' et si le geôlier répondait: 'Oui.'—'Ah ce sont les +Suisses,' s'écriait Hagenbach; 'Mon Dieu, ayez pitié de moi!' et il se rappelait toutes les insultes qu'il leur avait faites, toutes ses insolences -envers eux. Il pensait, mais trop tard, que c'était leur +envers eux. Il pensait, mais trop tard, que c'était leur <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_350" id="Page_350">350</a></span> -alliance avec la maison d'Autriche qui était cause de sa perte. Le -4 Mai, 1474, après avoir été mis à la question, il fut, à la diligence -d'Hermann d'Eptingen, gouverneur pour l'archiduc, amené devant -ses juges, sur la place publique de Brisach. Sa contenance était +alliance avec la maison d'Autriche qui était cause de sa perte. Le +4 Mai, 1474, après avoir été mis à la question, il fut, à la diligence +d'Hermann d'Eptingen, gouverneur pour l'archiduc, amené devant +ses juges, sur la place publique de Brisach. Sa contenance était ferme et d'un homme qui ne craint pas la mort. Henri Iselin de -Bâle porta la parole au nom d'Hermann d'Eptingen, agissant pour -le seigneur du pays. Il parla à peu près en ces termes: 'Pierre de -Hagenbach, chevalier, maître d'hôtel de Monseigneur le Duc de -Bourgogne, et son gouverneur dans le pays de Sératte et Haute -Alsace, aurait dû respecter les privilèges reservés par l'acte d'engagement; -mais il n'a pas moins frotté aux pieds les lois de Dieu et des -hommes, que les droits jurés et garantis au pays. Il a fait mettre -à mort sans jugement quatre honnêtes bourgeois de Sératte; il a -depouillé la ville de Brisach de sa juridiction, et y a établi juges et -consuls de son choix; il a rompu et dispersé les communautés de la -bourgeoisie et des métiers; il a levé des impôts par sa seule volonté; -il a, contre toutes les lois, logé chez les habitans des gens de guerre—Lombards, -Français, Picards, ou Flamands; et a favorisé leur -désordres et pillages. Il leur a même commandé d'égorger leurs -hôtes durant la nuit, et avait fait préparer, pour y embarquer les -femmes et les enfans, des bateaux qui devaient être submergés -dans le Rhin. Enfin, lors même qu'il rejetterait de telles cruautés -sur les ordres qu'il a reçus, comment pourrait il s'excuser d'avoir -fait violence et outrage à l'honneur de tant de filles et femmes, et -même de saintes religieuses?'</p> - -<p>"D'autres accusations furent portées dans les interrogatoires; et -des témoins attestèrent les violences faites aux gens de Mulhausen -et aux marchands de Bâle.</p> - -<p>"Pour suivre toutes les formes de la justice, on avait donné un -avocat à l'accusé. 'Messire Pierre de Hagenbach,' dit-il, 'ne reconnaît +Bâle porta la parole au nom d'Hermann d'Eptingen, agissant pour +le seigneur du pays. Il parla à peu près en ces termes: 'Pierre de +Hagenbach, chevalier, maître d'hôtel de Monseigneur le Duc de +Bourgogne, et son gouverneur dans le pays de Sératte et Haute +Alsace, aurait dû respecter les privilèges reservés par l'acte d'engagement; +mais il n'a pas moins frotté aux pieds les lois de Dieu et des +hommes, que les droits jurés et garantis au pays. Il a fait mettre +à mort sans jugement quatre honnêtes bourgeois de Sératte; il a +depouillé la ville de Brisach de sa juridiction, et y a établi juges et +consuls de son choix; il a rompu et dispersé les communautés de la +bourgeoisie et des métiers; il a levé des impôts par sa seule volonté; +il a, contre toutes les lois, logé chez les habitans des gens de guerre—Lombards, +Français, Picards, ou Flamands; et a favorisé leur +désordres et pillages. Il leur a même commandé d'égorger leurs +hôtes durant la nuit, et avait fait préparer, pour y embarquer les +femmes et les enfans, des bateaux qui devaient être submergés +dans le Rhin. Enfin, lors même qu'il rejetterait de telles cruautés +sur les ordres qu'il a reçus, comment pourrait il s'excuser d'avoir +fait violence et outrage à l'honneur de tant de filles et femmes, et +même de saintes religieuses?'</p> + +<p>"D'autres accusations furent portées dans les interrogatoires; et +des témoins attestèrent les violences faites aux gens de Mulhausen +et aux marchands de Bâle.</p> + +<p>"Pour suivre toutes les formes de la justice, on avait donné un +avocat à l'accusé. 'Messire Pierre de Hagenbach,' dit-il, 'ne reconnaît d'autre juge et d'autre seigneur que Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, dont il avait commission, et recevait les commandemens. -Il n'avait nul droit de contrôler les ordres qu'il était chargé -d'exécuter; et son devoir était d'obéir. Ne sait-on pas quelle soumission -les gens de guerre doivent à leur seigneur et maître? Croit-on -que le landvogt de Monseigneur le Duc eût à lui remontrer et à -lui résister? Et monseigneur n'a-t-il pas ensuite, par sa présence, -confirmé et ratifié tout ce qui avait été fait en son nom? Si des -impôts ont été demandés, c'est qu'il avait besoin d'argent. Pour -les recueillir, il a bien fallu punir ceux qui se refusaient à payer. -C'est ce que Monseigneur le Duc, et même l'empereur, quand ils -sont venus, ont reconnu nécessaire. Le logement des gens de guerre -était aussi la suite des ordres du Duc. Quant à la juridiction de -Brisach; le landvogt pouvait-il souffrir cette résistance? Enfin, dans -une affaire si grave, où il y va de la vie, convient-il de produire +Il n'avait nul droit de contrôler les ordres qu'il était chargé +d'exécuter; et son devoir était d'obéir. Ne sait-on pas quelle soumission +les gens de guerre doivent à leur seigneur et maître? Croit-on +que le landvogt de Monseigneur le Duc eût à lui remontrer et à +lui résister? Et monseigneur n'a-t-il pas ensuite, par sa présence, +confirmé et ratifié tout ce qui avait été fait en son nom? Si des +impôts ont été demandés, c'est qu'il avait besoin d'argent. Pour +les recueillir, il a bien fallu punir ceux qui se refusaient à payer. +C'est ce que Monseigneur le Duc, et même l'empereur, quand ils +sont venus, ont reconnu nécessaire. Le logement des gens de guerre +était aussi la suite des ordres du Duc. Quant à la juridiction de +Brisach; le landvogt pouvait-il souffrir cette résistance? Enfin, dans +une affaire si grave, où il y va de la vie, convient-il de produire <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_351" id="Page_351">351</a></span> -comme un véritable grief, le dernier dont a parlé l'accusateur? -Parmi ceux qui écoutent, y en a-t-il un seul qui puisse se vanter de +comme un véritable grief, le dernier dont a parlé l'accusateur? +Parmi ceux qui écoutent, y en a-t-il un seul qui puisse se vanter de ne pas avoir saisi les occasions de se divertir? N'est-il pas clair que -Messire de Hagenbach a seulement profité de la bonne volonté de +Messire de Hagenbach a seulement profité de la bonne volonté de quelques femmes ou filles; ou, pour mettre les choses au pis, qu'il -n'a exercé d'autre contrainte envers elles qu'au moyen de son bon +n'a exercé d'autre contrainte envers elles qu'au moyen de son bon argent?'</p> -<p>"Les juges siégèrent long temps sur leur tribunal. Douze -heures entières passèrent sans que l'affaire fût terminée. Le Sire -de Hagenbach, toujours ferme et calme, n'allégua d'autres défenses, -d'autres excuses, que celles qu'il avait donné déjà sous la torture—les -ordres et la volonté de son seigneur, qui était son seul juge, et -le seul qui pût lui demander compte.</p> - -<p>"Enfin, à sept heures du soir, à la clarté des flambeaux, les juges, -après avoir déclaré qu'à eux appartenait le droit de prononcer sur -les crimes imputés au landvogt, le firent rappeler; et rendirent -leur sentence qui le condamna à mort. Il ne s'émeut pas davantage; -et demanda pour toute grace d'avoir seulement la tête tranchée. -Huit bourreaux des diverses villes se présentèrent pour -exécuter l'arrêt. Celui de Colmar, qui passait pour le plus adroit, -fut préféré. Avant de le conduire à l'échafaud, les seize chevaliers +<p>"Les juges siégèrent long temps sur leur tribunal. Douze +heures entières passèrent sans que l'affaire fût terminée. Le Sire +de Hagenbach, toujours ferme et calme, n'allégua d'autres défenses, +d'autres excuses, que celles qu'il avait donné déjà sous la torture—les +ordres et la volonté de son seigneur, qui était son seul juge, et +le seul qui pût lui demander compte.</p> + +<p>"Enfin, à sept heures du soir, à la clarté des flambeaux, les juges, +après avoir déclaré qu'à eux appartenait le droit de prononcer sur +les crimes imputés au landvogt, le firent rappeler; et rendirent +leur sentence qui le condamna à mort. Il ne s'émeut pas davantage; +et demanda pour toute grace d'avoir seulement la tête tranchée. +Huit bourreaux des diverses villes se présentèrent pour +exécuter l'arrêt. Celui de Colmar, qui passait pour le plus adroit, +fut préféré. Avant de le conduire à l'échafaud, les seize chevaliers qui faisaient partie des juges requirent que Messire de Hagenbach -fût dégradé de sa dignité de chevalier et de tous ses honneurs. -Pour lors s'avança Gaspard Hurter, héraut de l'empereur; et il dit: -'Pierre de Hagenbach, il me déplaît grandement que vous ayez si -mal employé votre vie mortelle: de sorte qu'il convient que vous -perdiez non-seulement la dignité et ordre de chevalerie, mais aussi -la vie. Votre devoir était de rendre la justice, de protéger la +fût dégradé de sa dignité de chevalier et de tous ses honneurs. +Pour lors s'avança Gaspard Hurter, héraut de l'empereur; et il dit: +'Pierre de Hagenbach, il me déplaît grandement que vous ayez si +mal employé votre vie mortelle: de sorte qu'il convient que vous +perdiez non-seulement la dignité et ordre de chevalerie, mais aussi +la vie. Votre devoir était de rendre la justice, de protéger la veuve et l'orphelin; de respecter les femmes et les filles, d'honorer -les saints prêtres; de vous opposer à toute injuste violence; et, au -contraire, vous avez commis tout ce que vous deviez empêcher. +les saints prêtres; de vous opposer à toute injuste violence; et, au +contraire, vous avez commis tout ce que vous deviez empêcher. Ayant ainsi forfait au noble ordre de chevalerie, et aux sermens que -vous aviez jurés, les chevaliers ici présens m'ont enjoint de vous en -ôter les insignes. Ne les voyant pas sur vous en ce moment, je -vous proclame indigne chevalier de Saint George, au nom et à -l'honneur duquel on vous avait autrefois honoré de l'ordre de chevalerie.' -Puis s'avança Hermann d'Eptingen: 'Puis qu'on vient de -te dégrader de chevalerie, je te dépouille de ton collier, chaîne d'or, -anneau, poignard, éperon, gantelet.' Il les lui prit et lui en frappa -le visage, et ajouta: 'Chevaliers, et vous qui désirez le devenir, -j'espère que cette punition publique vous servira d'exemple, et que +vous aviez jurés, les chevaliers ici présens m'ont enjoint de vous en +ôter les insignes. Ne les voyant pas sur vous en ce moment, je +vous proclame indigne chevalier de Saint George, au nom et à +l'honneur duquel on vous avait autrefois honoré de l'ordre de chevalerie.' +Puis s'avança Hermann d'Eptingen: 'Puis qu'on vient de +te dégrader de chevalerie, je te dépouille de ton collier, chaîne d'or, +anneau, poignard, éperon, gantelet.' Il les lui prit et lui en frappa +le visage, et ajouta: 'Chevaliers, et vous qui désirez le devenir, +j'espère que cette punition publique vous servira d'exemple, et que vous vivrez dans la crainte de Dieu, noblement et vaillamment, -selon la dignité de la chevalerie et l'honneur de votre nom.' Enfin, -le prévôt d'Einsilheim et maréchal de cette commission de juges se +selon la dignité de la chevalerie et l'honneur de votre nom.' Enfin, +le prévôt d'Einsilheim et maréchal de cette commission de juges se leva, et s'adressant au bourreau, lui dit: 'Faites selon la justice.' <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_352" id="Page_352">352</a></span></p> -<p>"Tous les juges montèrent à cheval ainsi qu'Hermann d'Eptingen. +<p>"Tous les juges montèrent à cheval ainsi qu'Hermann d'Eptingen. Au milieu d'eux marchait Pierre de Hagenbach, entre -deux prêtres. C'était pendant la nuit. Des torches éclairaient la -marche; une foule immense se pressait autour de ce triste cortège. -Le condamné s'entretenait avec son confesseur d'un air pieux et -recueilli, mais ferme; se recommandant aussi aux prières de tous -ceux qui l'entouraient. Arrivé dans une prairie devant la porte de -la ville, il monta sur l'échafaud d'un pas assuré; puis élevant la +deux prêtres. C'était pendant la nuit. Des torches éclairaient la +marche; une foule immense se pressait autour de ce triste cortège. +Le condamné s'entretenait avec son confesseur d'un air pieux et +recueilli, mais ferme; se recommandant aussi aux prières de tous +ceux qui l'entouraient. Arrivé dans une prairie devant la porte de +la ville, il monta sur l'échafaud d'un pas assuré; puis élevant la voix:—</p> <p>"'Je n'ai pas peur de la mort,' dit-il; 'encore que je ne l'attendisse -pas de cette sorte, mais bien les armes à la main; que je plains +pas de cette sorte, mais bien les armes à la main; que je plains c'est tout le sang que le mien fera couler. Monseigneur ne laissera point ce jour sans vengeance pour moi. Je ne regrette ni ma vie, -ni mon corps. J'étais homme—priez pour moi.' Il s'entretint -encore un instant avec son confesseur, présenta la tête et reçut le +ni mon corps. J'étais homme—priez pour moi.' Il s'entretint +encore un instant avec son confesseur, présenta la tête et reçut le coup."—<span class="smcap">M. de Barante</span>, tom. x. p. 197.</p> <p class="center p2"><span class="smcap">Translation.</span></p> @@ -14839,7 +14822,7 @@ destruction.</p> brought before his judges in the public square of Brisach, at the instance of Hermann d'Eptingen, who governed for the Archduke. His countenance was firm, as one who fears not death. Henry -Iselin of Bâle first spoke in the name of Hermann d'Eptingen, who +Iselin of Bâle first spoke in the name of Hermann d'Eptingen, who acted for the lord of the country. He proceeded in nearly these terms:—'Peter de Hagenbach, knight, steward of my lord the Duke of Burgundy, and his governor in the country of Seratte and @@ -14864,7 +14847,7 @@ those under religious vows?'</p> <p>"Other accusations were brought against him by examination, and witnesses proved outrages committed on the people of Mulhausen, -and the merchants of Bâle.</p> +and the merchants of Bâle.</p> <p>"That every form of justice might be observed, an advocate was appointed to defend the accused. 'Messire Peter de Hagenbach,' @@ -14973,7 +14956,7 @@ Barante</span>, tom. x. p. 197.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_5" id="Footnote_5" href="#FNanchor_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> The chivalry of Cornwall are generally undervalued in the Norman-French romances. The cause is difficult to discover.</p> -<p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_6" id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> Double-walkers, a name in Germany for those aërial duplicates +<p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_6" id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> Double-walkers, a name in Germany for those aërial duplicates of humanity who represent the features and appearance of other living persons.</p> @@ -15064,7 +15047,7 @@ Christian-like demeanour." His real name was Peter. Mr. Kirk endeavours to "whitewash" Hagenbach. As that unfortunate hero had "a gaunt countenance deeply caved between the jaw-bones, and restless searching blood-shot eyes" -("Vitæ SS. Gervasii et Prothasii," 1506), we may presume +("Vitæ SS. Gervasii et Prothasii," 1506), we may presume that his character was unamiable.</p> <p class="left45">"<span class="smcap">Andrew Lang.</span></p> @@ -15110,7 +15093,7 @@ boaster.</p> <p><b>Caftan</b>, a long robe worn by men in the East.</p> -<p>"<b>Cour plénière</b>," in ancient +<p>"<b>Cour plénière</b>," in ancient French history a gathering of all a king's vassals.</p> @@ -15129,7 +15112,7 @@ court of the ancient Scandinavians.</p> <p><b>Dorf</b>, a village.</p> -<p><b>Double-ganger</b>, <b>Doppelgänger</b>, +<p><b>Double-ganger</b>, <b>Doppelgänger</b>, a spectral counterpart of a living person.</p> @@ -15203,7 +15186,7 @@ in the hands of the thief.</p> trained to hunt game birds.</p> <p><b>Minnesinger</b>, a poet-minstrel of -mediæval Germany.</p> +mediæval Germany.</p> <p><b>Montero-cap</b>, a horseman's scarlet cap of fine Spanish cloth @@ -15274,7 +15257,7 @@ freeman and a noble.</p> <p><b>Vail</b>, to doff, to lower, to take off.</p> -<p><b>Verjämbt</b>, condemned by the +<p><b>Verjämbt</b>, condemned by the Vehmic Tribunal.</p> <p><b>Vestiary</b>, a room for keeping @@ -15328,360 +15311,6 @@ spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization (e.g. his grace/Grace) in the original document have been preserved.</p> </div> -<hr class="full" /> -<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, VOLUME I (OF 2)***</p> -<p>******* This file should be named 43678-h.txt or 43678-h.zip *******</p> -<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> -<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/3/6/7/43678">http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/6/7/43678</a></p> -<p> -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed.</p> - -<p> -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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