[231] Werner Stauffacher, who had been urged by his wife to rouse and unite his countrymen for the deliverance of Switzerland.
[232] Erni, Arnold Melchthal.
[233] The Lammer-Geyer, the largest kind of Alpine eagle.
[234] The eyes of his aged father had been put out by the orders of the Austrian governor.
[235] Forest-Sea—the lake of the Four Cantons is frequently so called.
SONGS OF THE CID.[236]
THE CID’S DEPARTURE INTO EXILE.
With sixty knights in his gallant train,
Went forth the Campeador of Spain;
For wild sierras and plains afar,