It is well to keep this in view, since it is easier, after an inquiry into the struggle between them, to justify the severity than the lenity of the Holy See.
The fifteenth of October had at length arrived, and the eyes of Germany were eagerly directed to Tribur.

The left bank of the Rhine was glittering with the chivalry of Upper Germany, and the legions of Suabia were encamped along the bristling river.

Here might be seen the swarthy Bohemian, the stern Thuringian rider, the gay Loinhard, and the gigantic Swiss, all mingling together, and apparently indifferent as to where they might be led.

Gilbert de Hers felt a new and ardent delight in gazing upon the long and dazzling array of helmets and spears.

He longed for the hour when the whole mass would be in motion against a body as beautiful and powerful as itself.