Civitas Ambrosii, velut Troia, stabat,
Deos parum, homines minus formidabat.'
Poems relating to the Emperor Frederick of Hohenstaufen, published by Grimm.
[195] Charles the Great was canonized by Frederick's anti-pope and confirmed afterwards.
[196] Acta Concil. Hartzhem. iii., quoted by Von Raumer, ii. 6.
[197] Poems relating to Frederick I, ut supra.
[198] The carroccio was a waggon with a flagstaff planted on it, which served the Lombards for a rallying-point in battle.
[199] Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, and Frankfort.
[Since this was first written Frankfort has been annexed by Prussia, and her three surviving sisters have, by their entrance into the North German confederation, lost something of their independence.]
[200] The legend is one which appears under various forms in many countries.