FOOTNOTES:
[23] For more complete account of the Hohenstaufen see Freeman's "Holy Roman Empire," Frederick I., II.
[24] The story runs that Peter allowed the town to ask a favour in return for past services, and the witty men of Bern at once begged for the restitution of their lost liberty. Henceforth Peter was regarded as the benefactor and second founder of the city.
[25] Tradition says that one of their ancestors, Radbot, hunting in the Aargau, lost his favourite hawk, and found it sitting on the ridge of the Wülpelsberg. Being delighted with the view, Radbot built a castle there, and called it Hawk Castle, Habichtsburg, or Habsburg.
