From Hapsburg, and Rheinfelden, and Suabia, and Brisgau, and we know not how many other of the territorial possessions of the count, the vassals rushed to the aid of their lord.

They met in one of the valleys of Zurich.

The battle was short, and the confederated barons were put to utter flight.

Some took refuge in the strong castle of Balder, upon a rocky cliff washed by the Albis.

Rhodolph selected thirty horsemen and thirty footmen.
"Will you follow me," said he, "in an enterprise where the honor will be equal to the peril ?" A universal shout of assent was the response.