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Despair was fast settling upon their hearts, when Arnold of Winkelreid, a knight of Underwalden, rushed from the ranks of the confederates, exclaiming "I will open a passage into the line; protect, dear countrymen, my wife and children." He threw himself upon the bristling spears. A score pierced his body; grasping them with the tenacity of death, he bore them to the earth as he fell.
"The Course of true Love never did run smooth." Unhappy Marriage of Hedwige. Heroism of Arnold of Winkelreid. Death of Leopold. Death of Albert IV. Accession of Albert V. Attempts of Sigismond to bequeath to Albert V. Hungary and Bohemia. Rhodolph II., the eldest son of Albert III., when but nineteen years of age succeeded his father in the government of the Austrian States.
It is not a rose from the coffin of Romeo and Juliet, or from the grave of Walburg, though these roses will live in everlasting song. It is not one of the roses which sprouted forth from the blood-stained fame of Winkelreid.
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