Vol. II. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link book Vol. II. (of XXI.) 6/20 [Menckenii _Scriptores,_ i.? Sure enough, this important young gentleman "was murdered by some one at Olmutz next year" (1306, a promising event for Albert then), "but none yet knows who it was." [Kohler, p. 270.] Neither of which suspicious transactions came to any result for Albert; as indeed most of his unjust graspings proved failures. He at one time had thoughts of the Crown of France; "Yours _I_ solemnly declare!" said the Pope. But that came to nothing;--only to France's shifting of the Popes to Avignon, more under the thumb of France. |