[3] Graffs-lust—i. e., Count's-delight.
[4] A private soldier of the German infantry.
[5] The chivalry of Cornwall are generally undervalued in the Norman-French romances. The cause is difficult to discover.
[6] Double-walkers, a name in Germany for those aërial duplicates of humanity who represent the features and appearance of other living persons.
[7] Louis XI. was probably the first king of France who flung aside all affectation of choosing his ministers from among the nobility. He often placed men of mean birth in situations of the highest trust.
[9] This is one of the best and most popular of the German ditties:—
"Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen unsere Reben, Gesegnet sei der Rhein," &c.
EDITOR'S NOTES.
([a]) p. 3. Laupen and Sempach. The former battle was fought in 1339, and resulted in a triumph of the city of Berne over the neighbouring noblesse. Sempach (July 9, 1386) was the famous victory of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Lucerne over a much larger force of Austrian chivalry. Leopold III. and Arnold von Winkelried fell in this action.