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GKATEFULLT    LSSCRIBED 
BY 

THE  EDITOR 


PREFACE. 


The  text  of  this  eclition  is  that  of  Cotta,  Tübingen ; 
but  the  punctuation  and  orthography  have  been  made  to 
conform  to  the  modern  official  rules.  Duden's  Ortho- 
graphisches  Wörterbuch  (Leipzig  und  Wien,  1903)  has 
been  used  as  the  Standard.  There  has  been  no  new 
edition  of  the  Gerinan  classics  since  the  meeting  of  the 
Orthographische  Konferenz  in  Berlin  in  1901,  whose  reso- 
lutions  are  ernbodied  in  Duden' s  dictionary  and  are  ob- 
served  in  Germany.  Switzerland,  and  Austria.  But  there 
is  every  indication  that  all  new  editions  will  be  modern- 
ized  as  regards  orthography.  In  two  consecutive  editions 
of  Zschokke,  for  instance,  the  spelling  has  been  brought 
up  to  date  each  time,  and  in  neither  is  it  like  the  origi- 
nal rnanuscript.  The  only  objection  to  such  a  change 
—  a  natural  dislike  to  lay  violent  hands  on  a  work  of 
art,or  an  unwillingness  to  destroy  a  bit  of  local  color 
effect  —  can  have  but  little  weicht  in  school  editions. 


KlCHAED    A.  V.  MlNCKWITZ. 


New  York  City, 

January  1,  1905. 


CONTENTS. 

»  PAGE 

PREFACE          .         .         .                  .         .         .         .         .  5 

INTRODUCTION 9 

CRITICAL  OPINIONS 17 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 33 

EPIGRAMS 35 

TEXT 41 

NOTES 227 

VOCABULARY 281 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


PORTRAIT  OF  SCHILLER      . 

Frontispiece 

MAP  OE  THE  VIERWALDSTÄTTER  SEE 

.     Uli       40 

MYTHENSTEIN        .         .         .         . 

45 

ALTORF    

64 

DASRÜTLI 

85 

KÜSSNACHT 

158 

TELLS  KAPELLE 

168 

DEATH  OF  ATTINGHAUSEN         .         .        ., 

179 

ST.  GOTTHARD 

224 

INTRODUCTIOX. 


I.  Biographical.  As  Viehoff  justly  remarks,  not 
even  tlie  power  of  princes  and  kings  is  always  handed 
down  froni  father  to  son,  still  less  tlieir  genius,  talent, 
or  ability  to  govern.  At  times,  on  the  other  hand,  from 
some  hidden  corner  of  the  earth,  fate  lifts  up  a  man 
without  ancestors,  as  it  diel  in  the  case  of  the  great  son 
of  Corsica,  and  places  him,  endowed  with  irresistible 
power,  on  the  stage  of  the  world.  So,  too,  the  genealo- 
gical  tables  of  the  princes  in  the  realms  of  literature, 
art,  and  science  very  seldoro  point  to  ancestors  of  equal 
mental  rank ;  great  artists,  poets,  and  thinkers  appear, 
to  qnote  a  famous  Koman  writer,  as  if  by  divine  inter- 
ference.  A  blacksmith  was  Goethe's  great-grandfather; 
his  grandfather,  a  tailor.  Similarly  Schiller's  family 
tree  grew  up  from  humble  soil,  from  aniong  farmers 
and  artisans  ;  and  no  one  of  his  foref athers  ever  ob- 
tained  a  higher  position  than  that  of  village  mayor. 

The  more  credit  is  due  to  Friedrich  Schiller,  who, 
with  no  help  from  without,  by  his  own  inborn  strength, 
indomitable  will,  and  perseverance  attained  the  place  in 
German  literature  which  he  holds ;  a  place  certainly 
second  to  Goethe  only,  while  in  the  opinion  of  his  most 
enthusiastic  ad  mir  er  s  he  is  Goethe's  rival.  He  suc- 
ceeded  in  his  career  in  spite  of  all  obstacles  thrown  in 
his  way  :  thwarted  in  the  beginning  by  his  arbitrary 
master,  Karl  Eugen,  the  duke  of  Württemberg,  whose 
will  was  law  and  whose  law  was  despotism ;  struggling 


10  INTRODUCTION. 

afterwards  against  the  bitterness  of  poverty,  and  later 
on  fighting  the  disease  which  only  mastered  his  mind 
after  it  had  demolished  his  body. 

Johann  Christoph  Friedrich  Schiller  was  born  at 
Marbach  in  Württemberg,  November  lOth,  1759.  At 
the  time  of  his  birth,  French  soldiery  was  encamped 
along  the  Main,  occupied  Giessen,  and  defended  Münster 
against  the  attacks  of  the  British  and  Hanoverians; 
Russian-  bands  marehed  away  from  Kunnersdorf  trium- 
phantly,  and  carried  with  them  the  trophies  of  this 
remarkable  victory ;  and  Germany — as  it  is  known 
to-day  —  formed  the  battle-ground  of  German  against 
German.  In  Dresden  there  was  stationed  a  so-called 
Imperial  army ;  the  battle  line  of  the  Austrians  was 
drawn  np  between  Meissen  and  Nossen,  and  northwest 
of  it  a  Prussian  army  had  pitched  its  camp,  ready  to  lay 
siege  to  Saxon  Freiberg.  —  These  were  the  opening 
scenes  of  Schiller's  life. 

The  boy  received  his  first  education  in  an  elementary 
school  at  Lorch,  a  small  town  of  Württemberg  near 
which  his  father  was  stationed  as  recruiting  officer; 
afterwards  he  entered  the  '  Latin  School ?  at  Ludwigs- 
burg and  finally  the  military  academy  situated  at  the 
Solitude,  a  ducal  Castle  not  far  from  Stuttgart,  the  Sans 
Souci  of  Karl  Eugen.  Later  on,  this  school,  under  the 
name  of  Karlsakademie,  was  transferred  to  Stuttgart. 
There  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  jurisprudence,  soon 
to  change  it  for  that  of  medicine,  although  he  devoted 
the  most  of  his  time  to  the  pursuit  of  the  ancient  and 
modern  languages.  In  1778  he  conceived  the  plot  of 
the  "  Käuber,"  a  play,  which  was  printed  anonymously 


INTRODUCTION.  11 

at  the  poet's  own  expense  and  was  produced  at  Mann- 
heim early  in  1782,  when  in  spite  of  its  glaring  faults 
it  attracted  general  attention.  In  September  of  the 
same  year  he  secretly  left  Stuttgart  and  the  service  of 
the  duke,  whose  ideas  of  military  Subordination  he  could 
no  longer  endure.  Nor  was  the  position  of  regimental 
surgeon  to  which  he  had  been  appointed  in  1780,  at  a 
monthly  salary  of  eighteen  florins,  a  sufficient  induce- 
ment  for  him  to  give  up  his  literary  aspirations  and  to 
become  a  mere  machine  regulated  by  the  duke's  idio- 
syncrasies. 

In  Mannheim  Schiller  completed  his  "Fiesko."  His 
harrowing  financial  plight  was  relieved  by  an  invitation 
from  Frau  von  Wolzogen  to  continue  his  literary  work 
at  an  estate  which  she  owned  at  Baumbach  near  Meinin- 
gen. 

There  in  peacef ul  retirement  he  wrote  "  Kabale  und 
Liebe."  In  1783  he  returned  to  Mannheim,  where  he 
was  appointed  dramatist  by  Wolfgang  Heribert  von 
Dalberg,  the  manager  of  the  theater  of  that  city.  In 
1785  Schiller  was  made  ducal  counsellor  by  Karl  August 
of  Saxe-Weimar,  while  later  on  — in  1802  — through  the 
innuence  of  the  same  prince,  he  was  raised  to  the  rank 
of  nobility  by  the  emperor  of  Germany. 

He  soon  gave  up  his  position  at  Mannheim,  as  his 
annual  salary  of  five  hundred  florins  was  not  sufficient 
to  cover  his  financial  wants.  He  went  to  Leipzig  and 
thence  to  Loschwitz  near  Dresden,  where  he  was  hospi- 
tably  entertained  by  Christian  Gottfried  Körner,  the 
father  of  the  hero  of  the  Freiheitskriege.  In  1787  — 
the  year  in  which  his  "  Don  Karlos  "  was  finished  —  he 


12  INTRODUCTION. 

visited  Weimar,  where  he  met  Wieland  and  Herder; 
Goethe,  unfortunately,  was  at  that  time  in  Switzerland. 
Through  the  latter's  mediation,  however,  he  was  two 
years  afterwards  appointed  to  the  chair  of  history  at  the 
University  of  Jena.  In  February  of  the  next  year  he 
married  Charlotte  von  Lengefeld,  whose  womanly  love 
and  sympathy  and  thorough  understanding  of  her 
husband's  aims  greatly  furthered  Schiller's  success. 

Towards  the  end  of  the  year  of  1793  he  completed 
his  "Geschichte  des  Dreissigjährigen  Krieges"  and 
conceived  the  plan  of  his  dramatic  trilogy  "Wallen- 
stein," which,  however,  was  not  finished  Tintil  1799. 
In  1794  he  and  Goethe,  who  on  former  meetings  seemed 
to  have  but  little  affinity  for  each  other,  entered  upon 
closer  relations;  and  German  literature  reaped  the  re- 
ward of  the  union  of  these  two  great  minds. 

It  is  not  stränge  that  it  was  many  years  before  Goethe 
and  Schiller  f  ound  and  thoronghly  appreciated  each  other. 
Goethe,  somewhat  in  the  character  of  "  the  god  who  sits 
alone  on  the  summit  of  the  German  Parnassus,"  reserved 
and  conservative  by  nature,  disapproved  of  Schiller's 
early  literary  vagaries  like  the  "  Eäuber  "  ;  and  Schiller's 
sensitiveness  soon  perceived  Goethe's  indifference,  nay 
disapproval.  In  a  letter  to  Körner,  Schiller  says  as  to 
Goethe :  "  His  whole  being  is,  from  its  origin,  con- 
structed  differently  from  mine ;  his  world  is  not  my 
world ;  our  modes  of  conceiving  things  are  essentially 
different,  and  with  such  a  combination,  there  can  be 
no  substantial  intimacy  between  us."  It  was  wounded 
pride,  merely,  which  dictated  these  words  ;  when  the 
acquaintance  between  the  two  poets   became  more  in- 


INTRODUCTION.  13 

timate,  prejudice  disappeared,  mutual  esteem  ripened 
into  wärmest  friendship,  and  in  December,  1798,  Schiller 
removed  to  Weimar  to  live  and  work  near  Goethe. 

In  June,  1800,  his  "  Maria  Stuart "  was  represented 
on  the  Weimar  stage.  The  "  Jungfrau  von  Orleans M 
of  1801  was  followed  in  1803  by  the  -'Braut  von  Mes- 
sina,"  and  by  "Wilhelm  Teil"'  in  1804.  It  is  a  matter 
of  sorrow  for  the  world  in  general  that  our  poet  clid  not 
have  the  threescore  years  and  ten  granted  by  the  psalmist 
in  which  to  put  forth  still  greater  efforts  of  his  maturer 
genius.  As  it  is,  we  can  only  conjecture  to  what  heights 
he  might  have  attained.  Certain  it  is  that  the  fragments 
of  ••  Demetrius,/V  the  last  work  which  Schiller  under- 
took,  indicate  that  in  grandeur  of  conception  this  drama 
would  have  surpassed  all  the  former  products  of  his 
genius. 

Yet  even  then  his  lif e  was  slowly  ebbing  away,  and  on 
May  9th,  1805,  he  passed  to  eternal  rest.  His  remains 
were  temporariiy  placed  in  the  so-called  Landschafts- 
Kassengewölbe,  where  the  bodies  of  persons  of  distin- 
guished  rank  who  owned  no  private  burial  grounds  were 
interred.  In  1827  he  was  laid  away  in  the  ducal  crypt, 
where  he  now  sleeps  with  Goethe  and  Karl  August. 
Thus  it  was  that  fate  allowed  these  three  warm  personal 
friends,  whom  life  united,  to  slumber  in  death  near  one 
another. 

Providence,  in  its  kindness,  compensates  for  many 
evils  which  it  inflicts  on  mankind.  TVhile  Schiller 
toiled  incessantly,  struggled  against  poverty,  and  battled 
against  the  disease  of  the  lungs  which  finally  broke  his 
strength.  still  there  was,   on  the  other  hancl,  a  recom- 


14  INTRODUGTION. 

pense  given  him  for  his  faithfulness.  His  happy  mar- 
riage,  his  brotherly  f riendship  and  friendly  rivalry  with 
Goethe,  and  the  life  at  Weimar,  so  congenial  to  him, 
certainly  were  some  alleviation  for  all  that  he  suffered. 
German  literature,  almost  annihilated  by  the  Thirty 
Years'  War,  had  at  that  period  passed  its  second  in- 
f ancy.  Klopstock  and  Lessing  had  cleared  the  way ; 
Wieland,  Herder,  and  many  others  of  distinction  had 
opened  the  field  on  which  Schiller  and  Goethe  were  the 
recognized  Champions. 

And  there  was  Weimar, '  the  German  Athens/  with  its 
peaceful  mode  of  life,  so  encouraging  to  literary  aspira- 
tions.     When  in  the  German  Empire  6  the  right  of  seces- 
sion 9  had  once  been  established,  the  realm  became  sub- 
divided  into  a  numberof  almost  independent  states,only 
nominally  subject  to  the  German  emperor.    In  the  larger 
principalities  political  prominence  was  sought.    In  some 
of  the  smaller  ones,  like  Saxe- Weimar,  literary  distinction 
formed  the  ambition  of  those  rulers  who  had  any  ambition. 
Following  the  inclination  of  other  Thuringian  rulers, 
dating  as  f  ar  back  as  the  time  of  the  Minnesänger,  Karl 
August  invited  to  his  court  the  most  famous  minds  of 
Germany  :  Goethe,  Schiller,  Wieland,  Herder,  and  others 
of  note.    At  the  University  of  Jena  —  the  pride  of  Saxe- 
Weimar  —  there  were  under  the  duke's  patronage  men  of 
hardly  less  fame  :    Griesbach,  Fichte,  Schilling,  Hegel, 
the  brothers  Schlegel,  and  the  two  Humboldts.     Many 
of  these  the  duke  kept  in  life-long  intercourse  and  at- 
tachment. 

It  was  in  this  small  Thuringian  capital  —  in  its  truest 
sense  a  Musenstadt  —  that  Schiller  spent  the  happiest 
years  of  his  life. 


INTRODUCTION.  15 

IL  The  Play.  In  the  drama  "  Wilhelm  Teil  "  we  find 
history  and  tradition  strangely  blended.  As  far  as  the 
historical  facts  are  concerned,  it  is  established  that  at 
the  time  when  Switzerland  f  ormed  a  part  of  the  German 
empire,  Austria,  another  state  of  the  same  realm,  at- 
tempted  to  deprive  it  of  its  relative  autonomy  ($teid)& 
unmtttelbarfett)  and  make  it  a  part  of  its  own  domain ; 
that  the  arbitrary  action  of  some  Anstrian  bailitf  so  ex- 
asperated  the  people  that  they  rose  in  rebellion  and  freed 
themselves  from  Austrian  misrnle  and  incidentally  from 
their  connection  with  the  German  empire. — 

The  story  of  Teil  has  its  origin  in  an  old  Aryan  myth, 
in  which  the  hero  with  his  unerring  arrow  represents 
the  Sun  God,  who  by  his  penetrating  beams  slays  the 
fatal  demon  of  the  northern  winter.  The  same  story  is 
found  in  Persian  poetry  and  in  the  Scandinayian  Wil- 
kina  Saga.  It  is  mentioned  by  the  Danish  writer 
Saxo  Grammaticus  and  was  not  unknown  to  the  lore  of 
the  Lower  Ehine.  The  legend  is  also  referred  to  in  the 
English  populär  song  on  William  of  Cloudesly. 

Historians  who  wrote  at  or  about  the  time  when 
Switzerland  shook  off  the  Austrian  yoke,  knew  nothing 
of  Teil  and  his  deed.  The  names  macle  famous  by 
Schiller  are  originally  found  in  Das  iveisse  Buch  von 
Samen,  an  anonymous  chronicle  of  the  latter  half  of  the 
fifteenth  Century ;  while  a  complete  narration  of  the 
story  first  occurs  about  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  Cen- 
tury in  the  Chronicon  Helveticum  by  Aegidius  Tschudi. 
Gradually,  however,  the  legend  became  history ;  even 
Johannes  von  Müller,  the  renowned  historian  of  Switzer- 
land, recorded  it  as    true,    either    because    he   actually 


16  INTRODUCTION. 

accepted  it  in  good  faith  or  because  he  remembered  the 
storm.of  indignation  with  which  Swiss  patriotism  re- 
sented  the  attempts  of  earlier  critics  to  cast  doubt  upon 
the  authenticity  of  the  story. 

It  would,  perhaps,  be  of  interest,  as  an  example  of  the 
many  different  forms  a  legend  may  assume  in  different 
lands,  to  mention  here  a  version  of  this  story  as  related 
by  Otto  Henne  am  Ehyn  in  his  Hexenhammer.  Punker, 
an  archer  endowed  with  magic  power,  is  employed  by  one 
of  the  Ehenish  princes.  At  the  siege  of  the  Castle  of 
Ledenbrunnen,  he  succeeded  by  the  wonderful  use  of  his 
bow  in  killing  everyone  at  whom  he  aimed  his  arrow. 
One  of  the  nobles,  to  test  the  skill  of  the  archer,  took 
Punker's  young  son  and  placed  on  his  cap  a  small  coin, 
which  the  father  was  to  hit  without  touching  the  cap. 
Thereupon  the  same  scene  ensues  as  in  "  Teil."  At  the 
end,  Punker  threateningly  declares  :  "  If  I,  blinded  by 
Satan  himself ,  had  killed  my  child,  it  would  have  meant 
death  f or  me  also,  for  I  should  not  have  survived  my 
boy.  But  first  I  should  have  pierced  you  with  this  sec- 
ond  arrow,  so  as  to  avenge  my  son  and  myself ." 


CRITICAL   OPINIONS. 


As  in  listening  to  the  strains  of  a  symphony  of 
Beethoven  or  to  the  lines  of  a  Shakesperian  play,  or  in 
viewing  a  sublime  creation  from  the  chisel  of  a  Praxi- 
teles or  the  brush  of  a  Kaphael,  ordinarily  one's  interest 
and  appreciation  is  heightened  by  a  knowledge  of  the 
world's  judgment  concerning  them ;  so  it  is  advisable 
that  the  stndent  in  approaching  a  masterpiece  of  litera- 
ture  should  have  some  acquaintance  with  the  estimation 
in  which  it  is  held  by  the  most  eminent  critics.  In  the 
pressure  of  school  life,  however,  there  is  often  neither 
time,  opportunity,  nor  inclination  to  consult  the  list  of 
reference  books  given.  For  that  reason  there  have  been 
sifted  out  from  the  great  mass  of  material  on  hand,  the 
few  following  quotations  concerning  the  author  and  the 
drama,  most  of  which  carry  weight  from  the  names  they 
bear  of  men  eminent  in  the  world  of  letters,  and  all  of 
which  will  certainly  be  helpful  and  suggestive  to  the 
Student. 

I.  William  Cullex  Brtaxt  :  The  last  dramatic  work 
of  Schiller  —  and  whether  it  is  not  the  grandest  pro- 
duction  of  his  genius  I  leave  to  others  to  judge  —  is 
founded  on  the  most  remarkable  and  beneficent  revolu- 
tion  which,  previous  to  ours,  the  world  had  seen  —  an 
event  the  glory  of  which  belongs  solely  to  the  Teutonic 
race  —  that  ancient  vindication  of  the  great  right  of 
nationality  and  independent  government,  the  revolt  of 

17 


18  CRITICAL   OPINIONS. 

Switzerland  against  the  domination  of  Austria,  which 
gave  birth  to  a  republic  now  venerable  with  the  antiquity 
of  five  hundred  years.  He  took  a  silent  page  from 
history,  and,  animating  the  personages  of  whom  it 
speaks  with  the  fiery  life  of  his  own  spirit,  and  endow- 
ing  them  with  his  own  superhuman  eloquence,  he  formed 
it  into  a  living  protest  against  foreign  dominion  which 
yet  rings  throughout  the  world.  Wherever  there  are 
generous  hearts,  wherever  there  are  men  who  hold  in 
reverence  the  rights  of  their  fellow-men,  wherever  the 
love  of  country  and  the  love  of  mankind  coexist, 
Schiller's  drama  of  "  William  Teil "  stirs  the  blood  like 
the  sound  of  a  trumpet. 

II.  Thomas  Carlyle  :  Among  the  writers  of  the 
concluding  part  of  the  last  Century,  there  is  none  more 
deserving  of  our  notice  than  Friedrich  Schiller.  Dis- 
tinguished  alike  for  the  splendor  of  his  intellectual 
faculties  and  the  elevation  of  his  tastes  and  feelings,  he 
has  left  behind  him  in  his  works  a  noble  emblem  of 
these  great  qualities ;  and  the  reputation  which  he  thus 
enjoys  and  has  merited  excites  our  attention  the  more 
on  considering  the  circumstances  under  which  it  was 
acquired.  Schiller  had  peculiar  difficulties  to  strive 
with,  and  his  success  has  likewise  been  peculiar.  Much 
of  his  life  was  deformed  by  inquietude  and  disease,  and 
it  terminated  at  middle  age  ;  he  composed  in  a  language 
then  scarcely  settled  into  form,  or  admitted  to  a  rank 
among  the  cultivated  languages  of  Europe :  yet  his 
writings  are  remarkable  for  their  extent  and  variety  as 
well  as  their  intrinsic  excellence ;  and  his  own  country- 


CRITICAL   OPINIONS.  19 

men  are  not  his  only,  or  perhaps  his  principal  admirers. 
It  is  difficult  to  collect  or  interpret  the  general  voice ; 
but  the  world,  no  less  thau  Germany,  seems  already  to 
have  dignified  him  with  the  reputation  of  a  classic ;  to 
have  enrolled  him  among  that  select  rmmber  whose 
works  belong  not  wholly  to  any  age  or  nation,  but  who 
having  instructed  their  own  contenrporaries,  are  clairned 
as  instructors  by  the  great  family  of  mankind,  and  set 
apart  for  rnany  centuries  frorn  the  common  oblivion 
which  soon  overtakes  the  mass  of  authors,  as  it  does  the 
mass  of  other  men.  .  .  .  Among  young  students  of  Ger- 
man  literature,  the  question  often  arises  and  is  warmly 
mooted  :  whether  Schiller  or  Goethe  is  the  greater  poet. 
Of  this  question  we  must  be  alloAved  to  say  that  it  seems 
rather  a  slender  one,  and  for  two  reasons.  First,  be- 
cause  Schiller  and  Goethe  are  of  totally  dissimilar 
endowments  and  endeavors  in  regard  to  all  matters  in- 
tellectual,  and  cannot  well  be  compared  together  as 
poets.  Secondly,  because  if  the  question  mean  to  ask, 
which  poet  is  on  the  whole  the  rarer  and  more  excellent, 
as  probably  it  does,  it  must  be  considered  as  long  ago 
abundantly  answered.  To  the  clear-sighted  and  modest 
Schiller,  above  all,  such  a  question  would  have  appeared 
surprising.  No  one  knew  better  than  himself  that,  as 
Goethe  was  a  born  poet,  so  he  was  in  a  great  part  a  made 
poet ;  that  as  the  one  spirit  was  intuitive,  all  embracing, 
instinct  with  melody,  so  the  other  was  scholastic,  di- 
visive,  only  partially  and  as  it  were  artificially  nielo- 
dious.  Besides,  Goethe  has  lived  to  perfect  his  natural 
gif t,  which  the  less  happy  Schiller  was  not  permitted  to 
do.     The  former,  accordingly,  is  the  national  poet,  the 


20  CRITICAL  OPINIONS. 

latter  is  not,  and  never  could  have  been.  We  once  heard 
a  German  remark  that  readers  tili  their  twenty-fifth 
year  usually  pref erred  Schiller ;  af ter  their  twenty-fifth 
year,  Goethe.  This,  probably,  was  no  unfair  Illustration 
of  the  question.  Schiller  can  seem  higher  than  Goethe 
only  because  he  is  narrower.  Thus  to  unpractised  eyes, 
a  Peak  of  Teneriffe,  nay,  a  Strassburg  Münster,  when 
we  stand  on  it,  may  seem  higher  than  a  Chimborazo ; 
because  the  former  rise  abruptly,  without  abutment  or 
environment,  the  latter  rises  gradually,  carrying  half  a 
world  aloft  with  it ;  and  only  the  deeper  azure  of  the 
heavens,  the  widened  horizon,  the  "  eternal  sunshine," 
disclose  to  the  geographer  that  the  "  Region  of  Change  " 
lies  far  below  him. 

However,  let  us  not  divide  these  two  friends,  who  in 
life  were  so  benign antly  united.  Without  asserting  for 
Schiller  any  claim  that  even  enemies  can  dispute,  enough 
will  remain  for  hirn.  We  may  say  that,  as  a  poet  and 
a  thinker,  he  attained  to  a  perennial  truth,  and  ranks 
among  the  noblest  productions  of  his  Century  and  nation. 
Goethe  may  continue  the  German  poet,  but  neither 
through  long  generations  can  Schiller  be  forgotten. 
"  His  works,  too,  the  memory  of  what  he  did  and  was, 
will  arise  afar  off  like  a  towering  landmark  in  the  soli- 
tude  of  the  past,  when  distance  shall  have  dwarfed  into 
invisibility  many  lesser  people  that  once  encompassed 
him,  and  hid  him  from  the  near  beholder."  —  Schiller 
has  no  trace  of  vanity ;  scarcely  of  pride,  even  in  its 
best  sense,  for  the  modest  self-consciousness  which 
characterizes  genius  is  with  him  rather  implied  than 
openly  expressed.     He  has  no  hatred ;   no  anger,  save 


CRITICAL  OPINIONS.  21 

against  falsehood  and  baseness,  where  it  may  be  called 
a  holy  anger.  Presumptuous  triviality  stood  bared  in 
his  keen  glance  :  but  his  look  is  the  noble  scowl  that 
curls  the  lip  of  an  Apollo,  when,  pierced  with  sun-arrows, 
the  serpent  expires  before  him.  In  a  word,  we  can  say 
of  Schiller  what  can  only  be  said  of  a  few  in  any  coun- 
try  or  time  :  He  was  a  high  ministering  servant  at 
truth's  altar,  and  bore  him  worthily  of  the  office  he 
held.  .  .  .  His  intellectual  character  has  an  accurate 
conformity  with  his  moral  one.  Here,  too,  he  is  simple 
in  his  excellence  ;  lofty  rather  than  expansive  or  varied  ; 
pure,  divinely  ardent  rather  than  great.  — "  Wilhelm 
Teil/'  sent  out  in  1804,  is  one  of  Schiller's  very  finest 
dramas ;  it  exhibits  some  of  the  highest  triumphs  which 
his  genius,  combined  with  his  art,  ever  realized.  The  first 
descent  of  freedom  to  our  modern  world,  the  first  un- 
furling  of  her  Standard  on  the  rocky  pinnacle  of  Europe, 
is  here  celebrated  in  the  style  which  it  deserved.  There 
is  no  false  tinsel-decoration  about  Teil,  no  sickly  refine- 
ment,  no  declamatory  sentimentality.  All  is  downright, 
simple,  and  agreeable  to  nature ;  yet  all  is  adorned  and 
purified  and  rendered  beautiful,  without  losing  its  sem- 
blance.  An  air  of  freshness  and  wholesomeness  breathes 
over  it ;  we  are  among  honest,  inoffensive,  yet  fearless 
peasants,  untainted  by  the  vices,  undazzled  by  the 
theories,  of  more  complex  and  perverted  conditions  of 
society.  The  opening  of  the  first  scene  sets  us  down 
among  the  Alps.  It  is  "  a  high  rocky  shore  of  the 
Luzern  Lake  opposite  to  Schwyz.  The  lake  makes  a 
little  bight  in  the  land,  a  hut  Stands  at  a  short  distance 
from  the  bank,  the  fisher-boy  is  rowing  himself  about 


22  CRITICAL   OPINIONS. 

in  his  boat.  Beyond  the  lake,  on  the  other  side,  we  see 
the  green  meadows,  the  hamlets  and  farms  of  Schwyz, 
lying  in  the  clear  sunshine.  On  our  left  are  observed 
the  peaks  of  the  '  Hacken '  surrounded  with  clouds  :  to 
the  right  and  far  in  the  distance,  appear  the  glaciers. 
We  hear  the  ranz  des  vaches  and  the  tinkling  of  cattle- 
bells."  This  first  impression  never  leaves  us  :  we  are 
in  a  scene  where  all  is  grand  and  lovely ;  but  it  is  the 
loveliness  and  grandeur  of  unpretending,  unadulterated 
nature.  These  Switzers  are  not  Arcadian  shepherds  or 
speculative  patriots ;  there  is  not  one  crook  or  beechen 
bowl  among  them,  and  they  never  mention  the  Social 
Contract,  or  the  Rights  of  Man.  They  are  honest 
people,  driven  by  oppression  to  assert  their  privileges  ; 
and  they  go  to  work  like  men  in  earnest,  bent  on  the 
despatch  of  business,  not  on  the  display  of  sentiment. 
They  are  not  philosophers  or  tribunes ;  but  frank,  stal- 
wart  landmen:  even  in  the  field  of  Rütli,  they  do  not 
forget  their  common  f eelings  ;  the  party  that  arrive  first 
indulge  in  a  harmless  little  ebullition  of  parish  vanity  : 
"  We  are  first  here  ! "  they  say,  "  we  Unterwaldeners  !  " 
They  have  not  charters  or  written  laws  to  which  they 
can  appeal;  but  they  have  the  traditionary  rights  of 
their  fathers,  and  bold  hearts  and  strong  arms  to  make 
them  good.  The  rules  by  which  they  steer  are  not  de- 
duced  from  remote  premises,  by  a  fine  process  of  thought ; 
they  are  the  accumulated  result  of  experience,  trans- 
mitted from  peasant  sire  to  peasant  son.  There  is  some- 
thing  singularly  pleasing  in  this  exhibition  of  genuine 
humanity;  of  wisdom,  embodied  in  old  adages  and  prac- 
tical  maxims  of  prudence ;  of  magnanimity,  displayed 


CRITICAL  OPINIONS.  23 

in  the  quiet  unpretending  discharge  of  the  humblest 
everyday  duties.  Truth  is  superior  to  fiction  :  we  feel 
at  home  among  these  brave  good  people ;  their  fortune 
interests  us  more  than  that  of  all  the  brawling,  vapid, 
sentimental  heroes  in  creation.  Yet  to  make  them  in- 
terest  us  was  the  very  highest  problem  of  art ;  it  was  to 
copy  lowly  nature,  to  give  us  a  eopy  of  it  embellished 
and  refined  by  the  agency  of  genius,  yet  preserving  the 
likeness  in  every  lineament.  The  highest  quality  of  art 
is  to  conceal  itself :  these  peasants  of  Schiller's  are 
what  everyone  imagines  he  could  imitate  successfully ; 
yet  in  the  hands  of  any  but  a  true  and  strong-minded 
poet  they  dwindle  into  repulsive  coarseness  or  mawkish 
insipidity.  Among  our  own  writers,  who  have  tried 
such  subjects,  weremember  none  that  has  succeeded 
equally  with  Schiller. 

III.  James  K.  Hosmer  :  Some  dramas  of  Schiller 
may  have  particular  advantages  over  "  Wilhelm  Teil." 
For  my  own  part  I  am  more  impressed  by  "  Wallen- 
stein." "Marie  Stuart,"  the  "  Maid  of  Orleans,"  the 
"  Bride  of  Messina "  have  each  their  admirers.  Cer- 
tainly,  however,  "Wilhelm  Teil"  is  the  best  known 
and  most  populär,  and  perhaps  it  is  right  to  say  it  is 
artistically  the  most  perfect.  In  this,  Schiller  reached 
more  nearly  than  elsewhere  that  after  which  he  had 
striven  since  he  turned  himself  again  to  the  drama, 
namely  a  good  objective  presentment,  in  which  he  suc- 
ceeded without  denying  his  own  great  nature  or  pushing 
it  into  the  background.  Not  by  a  particle  is  his  ardor 
diminished  f  or  the  great  ideas  which  inspired  him  when 


24  CRITICAL  OPINIONS. 

he  wrote  "The  Robbers."  His  sense  of  human  dignity 
is  as  noble,  his  love  for  freedom  as  absorbing;  these 
have  grown  with  his  growth  and  strengthened  with  his 
strength ;  but  now  he  expresses  them,  not  in  an  unreal 
world,  through  the  medium  of  moral  characterizations, 
but  through  creations  conformed  closely  to  life,  whose 
individuality  is  that  of  veritable  men. 

Descending  from  the  Saint  Gotthard  Pass,  like  so 
many  another  traveler,  I  left  Andermatt  in  a  mist,  and 
when  I  came  at  last  to  the  DeviPs  Bridge,  a  tempest 
was  howling  through  the  ravine.  The  rain  swept 
down  ward;  the  roaring  Reuss  threw  its  spray  upward, 
as  if  the  demons  were  fighting  in  the  black  pass  between 
the  awful  precipices,  with  floods  for  weapons.  I  pressed 
on  past  the  towering  Bristenstock ;  drank  at  the  cold 
torrent  that  runs  from  the  Maderaner  Thal  past  Am- 
steg,  and  soon  was  in  the  open  Valley  below.  At 
nightfall  I  came,  footsore,  upon  the  rough  pavement  of 
Altorf,  and  was  soon  at  rest  in  the  inn.  My  mind  was 
füll  of  thoughts  of  Teil;  I  obstinately  rejected  the 
mythical  explanation  of  the  story ;  I  insisted  upon 
believing  it  in  all  its  length  and  breadth.  I  beheld  with 
thorough  credulity  the  spot  pointed  out  to  me  as  the  one 
.  on  which  his  little  son  stood  with  the  apple  on  his  head, 
and  the  spot  —  a  longbow  shot  away  —  where  the  ar eher 
was  posted,  the  extra  arrow  in  his  girdle  for  the  heart 
of  Gessler,  if  his  aim  toward  the  boy  should  miss.  I 
thought  with  a  thrill,  as  I  went  to  bed,  that  I  lay  pre- 
cisely  in  the  path  of  that  memorable  arrow.  The  next 
day,  a  short  walk  brought  me  through  the  calm  morn- 
ing  to  the  Lake  of  the  Four  Forest  Cantons.     How 


CRITICAL   OPIXIOXS.  25 

crystal  clear  was  the  flood  !  How  gloriously  rose  the 
Alps  from  the  quiet  minor  to  their  snows  in  the  far-off 
heavens!  It  is  wondronsly  fair,  bur  as  I  moved  on  over 
the  lake.  even  the  sense  of  natural  beauty  became  dull 
before  the  overmastering  legendary  and  historic  interest. 
These  were  the  spots  eelebrated  in  the  tales  heard  in 
earliest  childhood.  whieh  had  becoine  almost  part  of  the 
soul.  The  little  chapel  at  the  base  of  the  cliffs  on  the 
right  marked  the  spot  where  Teil,  his  fetters  unbound  in 
Gessler's  boat  during  the  Storni,  leaped  ashore.  and 
escaped  through  the  mountain  passes.  The  patch  of 
meadow  to  the  left  was  the  field  of  the  Eütii.  where 
the  freemen  gathered  by  night  and  svrore  to  be  one. 
The  mountains  in  front  hung  over  the  gloomy  pass  at 
Küssnacht,  where  at  length  the  tyrant  feil.  TelPs  arrow 
in  his  guilty  heart.  Earely.  rarely  beautiful  is  the 
Lake  of  the  Tour  Eorest  Cantons  in  its  summer  aspeet. 
Think  what  feet  have  trodden  those  mountains.  what 
roices  of  manhood  have  shouted  in  those  glens.  what 
glances  darted  from  eyes  aglow  with  the  fires  of  freedom 
have  shone  in  the  dark  pine  forests.  and  the  interest  of 
the  beholder  is  doubled  !  And  who  is  the  poet  who. 
gathering  from  many  sources  the  fragmentary.  inspiring 
legends.  has  combined  all  into  one  whole,  uttering  them 
with  manful  sympathy,  so  that  for  the  soul  the  present- 
menr  has  the  utmost  kindling  charm  ?  Schiller  it  is. — 
and  it  is  his  swan  song.  Even  while  before  liim  moved 
in  imagination  the  majestic  panorama  of  mount  and 
wood  and  lake.  the  outbursts  of  freemen  ringing  in  his 
f ancy.  the  rattle  of  knightly  armor.  the  wild  peal  of  the 
Alpine  hörn,  —  while  he  dwelt  upon  these  and  gave  them 


26  CRITICAL  OPINIONS. 

all  glowing  enibodinient,  precipitate  fate  was  already 
busy  at  tlie  silver  chord.  Scarcely  was'  the  strain 
finished  when  he  passed  from  the  sons  of  men.  I  do 
not  need  to  teil  the  story  of  the  play.  It  is  the  story  of 
Teil ;  the  portrayal  of  the  effort  of  a  most  heroic  soul ; 
and  the  setting  is  hardly  less  fine  than  the  jewel  it  en- 
closes,  —  the  painting  of  a  magnificent  nature,  and  in 
the  midst  of  it  a  race  ground  down  by  oppressors,  and 
starting  nobly  forward  in  the  vindication  of  its  freedom. 
Will  it  be  believed  that  Schiller  never  set  foot  upon  the 
soil  of  Switzerland?  He  had  no  personal  knowledge 
whatever  of  the  life  he  presented,  of  the  nature  of  the 
land,  of  the  character  of  the  people.  Struggling  from 
first  to  last  to  keep  the  wolf  from  his  door,  in  narrow 
surroundings,  he  never  saw  an  Alp,  perhaps  hardly 
ever  knew  a  Swiss.  It  cannot  quite  be  said  that  he 
evolved  the  land  from  the  depths  of  his  own  conscious- 
ness ;  but  as  from  the  study  of  a  mill-flume,  as  already 
noticed,  he  made  real  to  himself  an  ocean  whirlpool; 
with  like  power  of  imagination,  from  the  hints  of  travel- 
ers and  historians,  he  created  in  his  soul  a  land  and  a 
race  with  such  vivid  truth  that  one  can  believe  himself 
charmed  back  into  the  age  and  country. 

IV.  E.  Palleske  :  With  this  drama,  Schiller  armed  his 
nation  as  far  as  it  lay  within  a  poet's  power.  Stein 
unchained  his  people's  strength  and  aroused  the  German 
princes  on  their  thrones.  Schill  and  York  acted  with- 
out  needing  the  decrees  of  a  Rütli.  And  now  that  the 
prophecy  of  Attinghausen  is  fulfilled  for  G-ermany  also, 
now  that  the  pledge  made  on  the  Eütli  has  been  carried 


CRITICAL  OPINIOXS.  27 

out,  we,  in  Germany,  sliall  honor  Schiller's  "Teil"  as 
he  was  long  ago  and  as  he  is  still  honored  in  Switzer- 
land. 

V.  Wilhelm  Scheuer:  "Wilhelm  Teil"  represents 
a  conspiracy  like  "  Fiesko,"  and,  like  the  "  Maid  of 
Orleans,"  gives  the  history  of  a  snccessful  struggle 
against  foreign  tyranny.  The  poet's  attitude  is  not  im- 
partiai  here ;  his  whole  heart  is  clearly  on  the  side  of 
the  oppressed  Swiss.  In  the  "  Maid  of  Orleans  "  Schiller 
has  represented  a  peasant-girl  leaving  the  world  of  idyl 
to  enter  the  great  political  world,  so  as  to  restore  her 
fatherland  to  independence.  In  "  Wilhelm .  Teil  "  he 
shows  us  a  whole  nation  living  in  the  world  of  idyl  tili 
the  oppression  of  tyranny  breaks  in  upon  them  ;  in  the 
end  they  throw  off  the  hated  yoke,  and  violated  nature 
reasserts  her  way.  In  the  Swiss  people,  as  in  Joan  of 
Are,  Schiller  wished  to  portray  naiv  et  e  of  character,  and 
he  has  sueeeeded  better  here  than  in  the  "Maid  of 
Orleans."  .  .  .  Schiller's  "  Wilhelm  Teil "  bears  some 
points  of  resemblance  to  Goethe's  "  Hermann  und 
Dorothea."  Both  these  works  defend  the  good  old 
customs  and  the  liberty  and  sacredness  of  hearth  and 
home.  The  spirit  of  Homeric  poetry  breathes  in  both, 
and  both  arose  f  rom  a  worship  of  humanity  in  a  state  of 
nature  and  innocence. 

"  Wilhelm  Teil  "  is  the  first  of  Schiller's  plays  which 
has  a  happy  ending.  The  hero  does  not  suecumb  or  die, 
but  rises  with  fresh  strength  and  frees  himself  from  his 
oppressors.  We  still  recognise  in  this  play  the  old 
fundamental  thoughts  of  Schillers  poetry,  the  Rousseau- 


28  CRITICAL  OPINIONS. 

ian  glorification  of  an  ideal  primitive  State  of  human- 
ity.  In  his  other  dramas  he  had  introduced  his  audience 
to  a  world  which  had  grown  beyond  the  state  of  nature. 
The  world  of  reality  which  he  depicts  will  not  tolerate 
what  is  beautiful  and  noble,  and  drags  down  the  man 
who  follows  his  earthly  instincts.  The  good  are  in 
harmony  with  nature  and  with  heaven,  and  good  oracles 
lead  them  in  the  path  to  glory.  The  bad  accept  evil 
oracles,  and  a  race  which  sins  against  nature  is  destroyed 
from  the  face  of  the  earth.  In  "Wilhelm  Teil"  we  are 
surrounded,  for  the  first  tiine,  by  pure  nature,  and  intro- 
duced to  glorious  human  beings  in  a  glorious  country; 
the  unnatural  element,  which  destroys  idyllic  lif e,  comes 
from  without,  and  disappears  before  the  breath  of  liberty ; 
nature  asserts  her  eternal  rights,  and  the  beautiful  is 
not  destroyed,  but  survives. 

VI.  F.  C.  Schlosser  (Hosmer's  Translation)  :  Schil- 
ler made  use  of  history  to  eimoble  low  views  of  life,  to 
awaken  a  spirit  of  sacrifice  for  the  sake  of  the  greatest 
benefits  of  life, —  freedom  and  religion,  —  to  oppose  a 
poetic  way  of  consideration  to  the  stiff  and  dry  methods 
which  had  prevailed.  What  was  valuable  in  this  de- 
partment  was  accessible  only  to  the  learned.  History, 
the  picture  of  life,  was  abandonecl  to  those  who  quar- 
reled  about  da,tes  and  names,  —  to  pedants  who  smoth- 
ered  it  in  prolixity,  or  lawyers  who  abused  it  in  infer- 
ences.  It  was  theref  ore  a  beneflt  that  a  great  poetic  mind 
should  interweave  genuine  poetry  into  the  story  of  Ger- 
man  life,  which  had  been  made  in  the  highest  degree  pro- 
saic. 


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VII.  Bayard  Taylor  :  His  last  great  work,  by  some 
critics  pronounced  to  be  his  greatest  dramatic  success, 
was  the  play  of  "Wilhelm  Teil,"  the  subject  of  which,  and 
part  of  the  material,  he  owed  to  Goethe.  It  is  a  pleas- 
ant  illustration  of  the  manner  in  which  the  two  poets 
assisted  each  other,  "Wlien  Goethe  visited  Switzerland 
in  1797,  he  formed  the  idea  of  writing  an  epic  poem, 
with  Teil  as  the  hero.  He  made  studies  of  the  scenery, 
collected  historical  data,  and  for  two  or  three  years 
carried  the  plan  about  with  him,  letting  it  slowly  mature 
in  his  mind,  as  was  his  habit  of  composition.  He  finally 
decided  to  give  it  up,  but,  feeling  that  the  subject  was 
better  adapted  to  dramatic  representation  than  epic  nar- 
rative,  he  gave  his  material  to  Schiller,  reserving  only  a 
description  of  sunrise  among  the  Alps,  which  is  now  to 
be  found  in  the  first  scene  of  the  Second  Part  of  "  Faust." 
The  intense,  glowing  quality  of  Schiller' s  imagination 
soon  assimilated  this  foreign  material,  and  in  none  of 
his  works  is  there  such  a  fusion  of  subject,  scenery,  and 
sentiment.  From  the  first  page  to  the  last,  the  reader  — 
or  the  hearer —  is  set  among  the  Valleys  of  the  Alps, 
and  surrounded  by  a  brave  and  oppressed  people.  His- 
torians  may  attempt  to  show  that  there  never  was  either 
a  William  Teil  or  a  Gessler  —  that  the  whole  story  is  a 
myth,  borrowed  from  Denmark,  but  Schiller  has  made 
Teil  a  real  person  for  all  time.  .  .  .  There  are  serious 
dramatic  faults  in  the  work,  but  they  can  never  äffe  et 
its  popularity.  It  has  that  exquisite  beauty  and  vitality 
which  defy  criticism.  The  diction  has  all  the  dignity 
of  that  of  "  Wallenstein,"  with  an  ease  and  grace  of 
movement  which  cannot  be  called  new  in  Schiller,  and 


30  CRITICAL  OPINIONS. 

which  exhibits  the  perfection  of  his  best  qualities.  If  any 
one  supposes  that  the  German  language  is  harsh  and  un- 
musical,  let  him  listen  to  the  song  of  the  fisher-boy,  rock- 
ing  his  boat  on  the  lake,  with  which  the  drama  opens. 

VIII.  Calvin  Thomas:  The  theme  of  "Teil"  is  the 
successful  revolt  of  the  Forest  Cantons  against  their 
governors.  .  .  .  The  theme  is  an  inspiring  one,  and  the 
world  owes  Schiller  an  immense  debt  for  presenting  it 
in  austere  simplicity,  unincumbered  by  any  dubious 
or  disturbing  philosophy.  One  cannot  help  loving  so 
good  a  lover  of  freedom  ;  for  the  sentiment  does  honor 
to  human  nature,  notwithstanding  some  latter-day  indi- 
cations  that  it  is  going  out  of  fashion.  It  may  not  be 
the  highest  and  holiest  of  enthusiasms  for  the  individ- 
ual,  —  we  give  our  best  homage  rather  to  self-surrender, 

—  but  if  any  political  emotion  is  worthy  of  a  lasting 
reverence,  it  is  that  which  attaches  men  to  the  mother- 
land  and  leads  them  to  stand  together  against  an  alien 
oppressor. 

Sometimes  it  may  be  well,  in  God's  long  providence, 
that  a  weak  or  backward  people  should  be  absorbed  or 
ruled  by  a  stronger  power ;  but  the  sentiment  which 
leads  it  to  fight  against  absorption  or  subjugation  is 
none  the  less  admirable.  And  when  the  foreign  domi- 
nation  is  reckless  and  inhuman,  and  when  the  victims  of 
the  misrule  are  strong  in  the  simple  virtue  of  the  poor, 
we  have  the  case  in  its  most  appealing  aspect. 

This  is  the  case  that  is  presented  in  "Wilhelm  Teil" 

—  the  most  notable  drama  in  modern  literature  upon  the 
theme  of  national  resistance  to  foreign  tyranny.     Its  in- 


CRITICAL  OPINIONS.  31 

üuence  in  Germany,  as  a  classic  of  political  freedom  — 
during  the  Napoleonic  era  and  later,  when  it  was  a  ques- 
tion  of  setting  a  limit  to  domestic  absolutism  —  has 
been  immense.  And  there  is  really  no  danger  of  its  losing 
its  potency  ;  for  it  appeals  to  a  sentiment  which,  while  it 
may  wax  and  wane  with  the  movement  of  the  Zeitgeist, 
is  now  wrought  into  the  heart-fiber  of  all  the  occidental 
nations,  and  not  least  of  all  —  contrary  to  an  opinion 
widely  accepted  in  this  country  —  of  the  Germans. 

IX.  A.  F.  C.  Vilmar  :  To  the  most  of  us?  "Wilhelm 
Teil"  still  appears  as  the  crown  of  all  the  dramas  of 
Schiller.  We  surely  must  prefer  this  play  to  the 
"  Wallenstein "  when  we  consider  his  clever  handling  of 
the  material  and  the  skilf ul  plot ;  to  the  u  Jungfrau  von 
Orleans"  as  far  as  dramatic  motives  are  concerned; 
while  in  execution  this  play  is  unquestionably  far  in 
advance  of  all  the  other  dramas.  It  is.  however,  re- 
markable  that  the  present,  and  a  great  part  of  the  past 
generation,  considers  Schiller' s  "Teil"  as  a  play  pecu- 
liarly  Gernian,  and  has  extolled  it  as  a  glorification  of 
German  deeds,  and  as  a  symbol  of  German  sentiment 
opposed  to  the  French  policy  of  conquest  during  the  years 
of  1806-1813;  while  in  fact  the  achievement  of  "Teil," 
as  it  appears  in  the  legend  and  in  Schillert  drama,  re- 
presents  the  unfortunate,  and  to  some  extent  even  crimi- 
nal,  secession  of  Switzerland  from  the  German  empire. 

Napoleon,  at  that  time,  was  the  only  one  who  per- 
ceived  this  and  who  expressed  his  astonishment  that 
Germans  would  eulogize  this  anti-German  play  as  one 
intended  to  glorify  their  fatherland.  — 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


Baumgartner  :    Goethe  und  Schiller. 
Becker  :  Schillers  Wilhelm  Teil, 
Bellerman  :   Schillers  Dramen. 
Belling  :   Schillers  Metrik. 
Boas  :  Schillers  Jugendjahre. 
Boyesen  :   Goethe  und  Schiller. 
Brahm  :  Schiller. 

Braun  :  Schiller  im  Urteile  seiner  Zeitgenossen. 
Bulwer  :  Life  of  Schiller. 
Carlyle  :    The  Life  of  Frederick  Schiller. 
Düntzer  :  Schülers  Leben. 
Ehrlich  :   Goethe  und  Schiller. 
Fielitz  :  Studien  zu  Schillers  Dramen. 
Fischer  :  Schillers  Jugendschriften. 
Gödeke  :  Schillers  Sämmtliche  Werke. 
Gottschall  :  Friedrich  von  Schiller. 
Hepp  :   Schillers  Leben  und  Dichten. 
Hoffmeister  :   Schillers  Leben. 
Hosmer  :   Short  History  of  German  Poetry. 
Köster  :  Schiller  als  Dramaturg . 
Minckwitz  :  Der  Neuhochdeutsche  Parnass. 
Minor:  Schiller. 

Nevison  :  Life  of  Frederick  Schiller. 
Palleske  :  Schillers  Leben  und  Werke. 
Rieger  :  Schillers    Verhältnis  zur  Französischen  Revo- 
lution. 

33 


34  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

Schanzenbach  :  Französische  Einflüsse  auf  Schiller. 

Scherer  :    Geschichte  der  Deutschen  Literatur. 

Sc herr  :   Schiller  und  seine  Zeit. 

Schlosser  :  Weltgeschichte  für  das  Deutsche  Volk. 

Schmidt  :   Geschichte  der  Deutschen  Literatur. 

Schwab  :  Schillers  Leben. 

Sime  :  Schiller. 

Taylor  :   German  Liter ature. 

Thomas  :  Life  and  Works  of  Friedrich  Schiller. 

Überweg  :  Schiller  als  Historiker  und  Philosoph. 

Viehoff  :  Schillers  Leben. 

Vilmar  :  {Deutsche)  Literaturgeschichte. 

Voss  :    Goethe  und  Schiller. 

Weltrich  :  Friedrich  Schiller. 

Wolzogen  :  Schillers  Leben. 

Wychgram  :  Schiller  dem  Deutschen  Volke  Dargestellt. 


EPIGRAMS 

FKOM 

Wilhelm  Tell. 


1.  ©reif  an  mit  ©ort !   3)em  9?äcf)jien  mnft  man  Reifen ; 
(&£  fann  ux\§>  allen  ©leid)e3  ja  begegnen.  — 11. 107, 108. 

2.  28o'3  not  tnt,  gäfycmann,  läfjt  fitf)  aüe§  toagen.  — 1.  136. 

3.  $er  braue  9ttann  benlt  an  fitf)  fetbft  anlegt.  —  1.  139. 

4.  $om  ftcrjem  $ort  läfet  [täf&  gemäcrjlidj  raten.  —  1.  141. 

5.  3d)  r)abr  getan,  tt>a£  \§  nicrjt  laffen  fonnte. —  1.  160. 

6.  $ertranr  e3  mir ;   idfj  bin  bein  trene£  28eib, 

Unb  meine  §älfte  forbrMct)  beineS  ©ramS.  — 11.  199,  200. 

7.  $er  finge  2ftann  bant  bor.  — 1.  274. 

8.  !gf)r  feib  antf)  Banner,  roiffet  enre  9(jt 

8n  führen,  nnb  bem  Antigen  $tlft  ©ott !  — 11.  312,  313. 

9.  (Sin  fnrd)tbar  ttmtenb  (5ct)recfni§  ift 

2)er  ®rieg  ;  bie  §erbe  {erlägt  er  nnb  ben  §irten.  — 11.  314,  315. 

10.  Ertragen  mnJ3  man,  toa§  ber  £>immet  fenbet ; 
Unbiüigeg  erträgt  fein  ebte§  §er§.  — 11.  316,  317. 

11.  (S§  ftf)ont  ber  ®rieg 

Sind)  mtfjt  ba§  garte  ^inblein  in  ber  Stiege.— 11.  322,  323. 

12.  2)ie  Unf(i)ulb  fyxt  im  §immel  einen  grennb !  —  1.  324. 

13.  £)ie  Ie£te  28af)f  fte^t  and)  bem  ©tf)tr>cirf)ften  offen, 

&in  (Etyrnng  fcon  biefer  Srücfe  mad)t  mid)  frei.  — 11.  328,  329. 

14.  28a§  §änbe  banten,  fönnen  §anbe  ftür^en.  —  1.  387. 

15.  2)a3  fd)toere  §er$  ttnrb  nid)t  bnrdj  28orte  (eid)t. — 1.  418. 

16.  S)ie  fdjnetlen  ^errferjer  finb%  bie  fnrg  regieren. — 1.  422. 

35 


36  EPIGRAMS. 

17.  3)em  grteblidjen  gemährt  man  gern  ben  grieben.  —  1.  428. 

18.  3)te  Solange  ftid)t  nirf)t  ungereimt  —  1.  429. 

19.  SBerbunben  merben  aud)  bk  ©d)road)en  mäcfjtig. 

3)er  ©tarfe  tft  am  mädjtigften  allein. —11.  436,  437. 

20.  O,  eine  eble  §immefögabe  ift 

Sa3  Stcf)t  be3  8fage8  — 2llle  23ejen  leben 
SJom  Sichte,  jebe§  glütflidje  (55efcf)öpf  — 
V  3)ic  ^flansc  felbft  fef)rt  frcubig  fttf)  gum  ßidjtc— 11.  589-592. 

21.  D,  mäcfjttg  ift  ber  Srieb  be§  SBaterlanbS !  — 1.  848. 

22.  2ln3  SSaterlanb,  an3  teure,  fdjtiefj  bid)  an, 
3)a§  tjatte  feft  mit  beinern  ganzen  ^er^en! 
$rier  ftnb  bie  ftarfen  SSurgeht  beiner  Äraft; 
2)ort  in  ber  fremben  SBelt  fterjft  bu  atiein, 

©in  fcr,roanfe§  Stotjr,  ba3  jeber  ©türm  gcrlnidft.  — 11.  922-926. 

23.  2)ocfj  3tebticf)feit  gebeizt  in  jebem  ©tanbe.  — 1.  1085. 

24.  2)enn  rjerrentog  ift  aucr;  ber  greifte  nicrjt. 
(Sin  Oberhaupt  mufe  fein,  ein  rjöcfjfter  Sftidjter, 

2So  man  ba§  atedjt  mag  fc^öpfert  in  bem  ©treit.  — 11. 1216-1218. 

25.  Sßein,  tmt  ©ren^e  rjat  £t)rannenmad)t : 

SBenn  ber  ©ebrücfte  nirgenbg  fRe<$)t  fann  ftnben, 

$Öenn  unerträglich  roirb  bk  Saft  —  greift  er 

§inauf  getroften  9ttute§  in  ben  §immel 

llnb  tjolt  herunter  feine  ero'gen  SRecrjte, 

3)ie  broben  fangen  unrjeräußerltcf) 

VLnb  unaerbredjiid)  roie  bk  ©terne  felbft.  — 11.  1275-1281. 

26.  ©cfjrecftidj  immer,    . 
9tud)  in  geregter  @ad)e,  ift  ©eroalt. 

©ott    rjüft    nur    bann,  roenn  Sftenfcrjen    nidjt    mefjr    Reifen. 

—  11.  1320-1322. 

27.  Sttan  mufj  bem  Stugenbltd  audj  roa3  Vertrauen. — 1.  1438. 

28.  28ir  ro  ollen  fein  ein  einzig  SSot!  t»on  Srübern, 

3n  feiner  SRot  unS  trennen  unb  ©efa^r.  — 11.  1447,  1448. 


EPIGRAMS.  37 

29.  grür)  übt  fttf),  tt>a£  ein  SDleifrer  roerben  ttrilL — 1.  1481. 

30.  $ann  erft  genieß  id)  meines?  £eben£  red)t, 

28enn  icö  mirr3  jebett  Sag  auf§  neu'  erbeute.  —  11. 1489, 1490. 

31.  2)en  fcf)redft  ber  Söerg  nicrjt,  ber  barauf  geboren.  —  1.  1512. 

32.  $>ie  9ljt  im  §au3  erfpart  ben  ßtmtnermann. — 1.  1514. 

33.  ©in  jeber  wirb  befteuert  vtacfj  Vermögen.  —  1.  1524. 

34.  28er  gar  %u  Diel  bebenft,  tvxxb  roenig  leiften.  —  1.  1532. 

35.  ©ibtr3  fcrjön're  $flid)ten  für  ein  eble§  §er$, 
2il§  ein  SBerteibiger  ber  Unfcrmlb  fein, 

2>a3*ftecf)t  ber  Unterbrücften  31t  bef^irmen?  — 11.  1615-1617. 

36.  3$  fott  ba§  ©lud  in  meiner  §eimat  finben.—  1.  1693. 

37.  ©ter)r  gu  beinern  SBolf ! 
©3  ifi  beut  angeborner  Sßfofc!  — 11.  1726,  1727. 

38.  $er  fann  ntd)t  !(agen  über  garten  ©prudj, 

$en  man  ^um  Stfeifter  feines  <3d)tcffal3  mad)t.  — 11. 1934, 1935. 

39.  2>er  ift  mir  ber  9Mfter, 
3)er  feiner  ßunft  gettrifj  ift  überall, 

3)emrS  §erj  nid)t  in  bie  §anb  tritt,  nod)  tn§  2luge.  — 11.  1940- 

1942. 

40.  D,  benfet,  ba§  ein  ©ort  im  £rimme(  ift, 

$em  gfjt  müfct  SRebe  fterm  für  (Sure  Säten!  — 11.  1952,  1953. 

41.  ©efä^rüd)  ift'3,  ein  SDcorbgeroerjr  gu  tragen, 

Unb  auf  ben  @tf)ü|en  fpringt  ber  Sßfeil  äurücf.  — 11. 1973, 1974. 

42.  3U  rce^  getrieben, 
SBerfept  bie  Strenge  ttjres?  roeifen  3lt)ec^ 

Unb  aü^uftraff  gefpannt,  ^erftringt  ber  $ogen.  — 11. 1994-1996. 

43.  58er  Itug  ift,  lerne  fcrjroeigen  unb  gerjorcrjen. — 1.  2086. 

44.  $a3  ${te  ftfirjt,  e§  änbert  ftdj  bie  Seit, 

Unb  neue3  ßeben  61ül)t  au3  ben  ahmten.  — 11.  2426,  2427. 

45.  <&tib  einig  —  einig  —  einig!  —  1.  2452. 


38  EPIGRAMS. 

46.  $)e§  Sauern  Jpcmbfdjlag,  ebter  §err,  tft  audj 
©in  aRanncStoort!  — 11.  2488,  2489. 

47.  ©3  lebt  ein'  ©ott,  ^u  ftrafen  unb  in  rächen!  — 1.  2597. 

48.  S)em  ©d)tt)aci)en  ift  fein  ©tadjel  audj  gegeben. — 1.  2676. 

49.  ©§  !ann  ber  grötnmfte  nid)t  im  ^rieben  bleiben, 

SBcnn  e§  bem  böfen  9?adfjbar  ntcf)t  gefällt.  — IL  2683,2684. 

50.  3?act)e  trögt  leine  grudjt !   ©ie  fetbft  tft  fte 
3)ie  fürchterliche  Sßa^rung,  ifjr  ©enuft 

Sft  Woxbf  unb  i^re  (Sättigung  ba3  ©raufen.  — IL  3013-3015. 

51.  28er  Störten  ernten  ttrill,  mufc  Siebe  fäen. — 1.  3082. 

52.  %a%  Unglücf  fprtdjt  gewaltig  ju  beut  §er^en.  —  1.  3124. 


tDilfcelm  Cell. 

grtebrid)  ©filier. 


$erf  orten* 


Scmbteute  aus  <Sd)to9§. 


►  cm§  Urt. 


au§  Unter  tu  albcn. 


«permamt  GJeftlet,  Sfteicpbogt  in  @d)toü$  unb  Uri. 

äöerner,  gretgert  öon  ^ttingljaujen,  Sannerfyerr. 

Ulrich  tion  Sttubenj,  fein  9leffe. 

$8erner   «Stauffaajer, 

ftourab  ^unn, 

^tcl  Sttebutfl, 

&an3  auf  be*  Stauer, 

$brg  im  £ofe, 

lUrirt)  ber  ^rijmib, 

Soft  oon  £öetler, 

%Qaltt)ev  $ürft, 

asw&eim  Seil, 

tftbffelman,  ber  Pfarrer, 

spetermann,  ber  ©tgrtft, 

^uoni,  ber  £irte, 

äöernt,  ber  Säger, 

SRuobt,  ber  gt^er, 

Olrttolb  tiom  atteldjtljal, 

ff  onr  ab  SBaumgarten, 

Stteter  tion  Samen, 

8trutfc  tion  £öinfelrieb, 

filauS  tion  ber  f^tüe, 

SButffmrbt  am  füllet, 

2lrno(b  tion  Setoa, 

Pfeifer  tion  Snserm 

Sinnj  tion  d&erfan. 

^enni,  gtjdjerfnabe. 

§e££i,  £>irtenfrtabe. 

©ertrnb,  ©tau{fa<$er§  ©attin. 

#ebtoitg,  £ettS  ©atttn,  {JürftS  £od)ter. 

SBerta  Hott  SBrnnetf,  eine  reiche  (grbin. 

$lrmgarb,      "1 

IM"*'       »«»«""«"»• 

SMIbeflarb,      J 

Sent^olb,         J  «boumer. 

9htbo(f  ber  £arra$,  ©e§(er§  Stattnteifter. 

3olmnne3  93arrictba,  |)er^og  öon  ©djtoaben. 

Stüfft,  ber  ptrfdjü*. 

3)er  Stier  tion  Utt 

(gilt  SReidjSoote. 

^fronoogt. 

Stteifter  Steinmetz  (SefeHen  nnb  £anblanger. 

Öffentliche  OluSrnfer* 

$8  armier  jtge  trüber, 

©eftlerifctje  nnb  ganbenoergtfäje  SRetter* 

SHele  Sanbleute,  Männer  itnb  2öciber  au$  ben  SSatbftättcn. 

42 


(grfter  91  u f 5 u g. 

(Erfte  S3ene. 

§of)e3  getfenufer  beg  $iertt>afi>ftcitterfee8,  ®d)tr>rj$  gegenüber. 

Der  8ee  madjt  eine  23udj)t  ine  2anb,tteine  glitte  ift  unroeit  bem  Ufer,  ^ifdp  et- 
fnab  e  fäfyrt  ftdj  in  einem  föäljtt.  Über  ben  öee  Ijüttoeg  jieljt  man  bie  grünen 
hatten,  Wörter  imb  §öfe  r>on  edjtut^  im  gelten  connenfdjein  liegen.  3ur 
gtnten  be3  3u1^auer^  Se^9en  M  ^ie  Spieen  bes  «pafen,  mit  Wolfen  um- 
geben; $ur  9ftedjten  im  fernen  £)intergrunb  fie^t  man  bie  ©ilgebirge.  Roü) 
ejj)e  ber  ^orljang  aufgebt,  fyört  man  ben  ftuljret^en  unb  ba§  §armonijd)e  @e= 
taut  ber  öerbenglocfen,  roetttjeö  fia)  aud)  bei  eröffneter  ^^ene  noa)  eine  3etts 
lang  fortfetjt. 

^ift^erlnabe  (fingt  im  äai}n). 
ODMobie  bes  Äufyreifyens.) 

@3  läcfyelt  ber  (See,  er  labet  jum  33abe, 
©er  Änabe  fcfyltef  ein  am  grünen  ©eftabe, 

®a  f)'6xt  er  ein  klingen, 

2öie  glitten  fo  füfe, 

Söie  (Stimmen  ber  ßngel  5 

$>m  ^ßarabieg. 
Unb  toie  er  ertoadjet  in  feiiger  Suft, 
©a  faulen  bie  SBaffer  tf/m  um  bie  Stuft, 

Unb  e3  ruft  au$  ben  liefen : 

Sieb  $nabe,  bift  mein  !  10 

%d)  lodfe  ben  ©djläfer, 

3$  gtet>>  tfm  fyerein. 

§trte  (auf  bem  Serge). 
(Variation  be§  ^n^rei^en§.) 

Sfyr  aRatten,  lebt  tooijl ! 
Sfyr  fonnigen  Söeiben! 

©er  Senne  muf$  fdjeiben,  15 

©er  Sommer  ift  ij'xn. 
43 


4:4  rDtlfjelm  (Teil. 

2Bir  fahren  ju  33erg,  tt>ir  lommen  lieber, 
Sßtnn  ber  Äucfucf  ruft,  toenn  ertoacfyen  bie  Sieber, 
3Benn  mit  Blumen  bte  (Srbe  fidE>  f leibet  neu, 
2&mn  bie  33rünnletn  fliegen  im  lieblichen  Sttai.        20 

S^r  hatten,  lebt  toofjl! 

3$r  fonnigen  Söeiben ! 

©er  Qtnm  muf$  treiben, 

©er  ©ommer  i(t  fyin. 

Slfyettjäger  (erfd&etnt  gegenüber  auf  ber  £ötye  be§  Reifen). 
Cgtoeite  Variation.) 

@3  bonnern  bie  ^öfyen,  e§  gittert  ber  ©teg,  25 

9föc$t  grauet  bem  ©d)ü£en  auf  f$toinbli$tem  2Seg. 

@r  fdjreitet  fcertoegen 

2luf  gelbem  fcon  @i3; 

©a  pranget  fein  grüfyling, 

©a  grünet  lein  3}ei$;  30 

Unb  unter  ben  gilben  ein  neblicfyte3  SJleer, 
©rfennt  er  bie  ©tabte  ber  9Jienfd£)en  nidjt  mefyr; 

©urcl)  ben  9ftf$  nur  ber  SBolfen 

©rblicft  er  bie  SBelt, 

£tef  unter  ben  Sßaffern  35 

©a§  grünenbe  gelb. 

(2)ie  £anbfä)aft  öeränbert  fiä),  man  prt  ein  bumpfeS  Äraren  bon  ben  Sergen; 
(Bfyatttn  fcon  SSolfen  laufen  über  bie  ©egenb.) 

9f?uobt,  bergiger,  fommt  au§  ber  £ütte.    SSernt,  ber  Säger,  fteigt  Dom 

gelfett.    Äuoiti,  ber  £irt,  tommt  mit  bem  SMtnapf   auf   ber  6djutter; 

©eppi,  fein  -Spanbbub1,  folgt  tljm. 

mnobu 
yflafy  hurtig,  ^enni !   $iefy  bie  Sftaue  ein» 
©er  graue  ^alfcogt  fommt,  bum!pf  brüllt  ber  gim, 
£)er  2Jtytfyenftein  jtetyt  feine  §aube  an, 


(Erfter  21uf3ug.    (Erftc  53cne.  47 

Unb  falt  fyer  Bläft  es  au£  bem  SSetterlodj ;  40 

2)er  ©türm,  itf)  mein',  toirb  ba  fein,  efy'  totr'S  benfen. 

Stuonu 

'3  fommt  Stegen,  gäfyrmann.     SJleine  ©cfyafe  freffen 
3Jltt  Segierbe  ©ra3,  unb  3ßäcf)ter  fdjarrt  bie  ©rbe. 

28ernt. 

Sic  $ifcf)e  fpringen,  urtb  ba§  Söafjerfyufyn 

Saucfyt  unter,     ©in  ©etoitter  tft  im  2lnjug.  45 

ÄUOtti  (*um  Suben.) 

£ug,  ©epjri,  ob  bas  93iet>  ficfy  ntcfyt  herlaufen. 

6eyyi. 

Sie  braune  Sifcl  fenn'  icfy  am  ©eläut. 

fötOttt, 

©0  fefylt  un§  leine  mebr,  bie  gefyt  am  toeüfien. 

3$r  fyabt  ein  fd^ört  ©eläute,  üttetfter  §irt. 

2Bernt. 

Unb  f$mucfe§  33ielj> — 3ft'3  ©uer  eignet,  SanbSmann?  50 

Stnonv 

Sin  nit  fo  reid)  —  '3  tft  meinet  gnäb'gen  §errn, 
£)e§  Stttingfyaufer^,  unb  mir  jugejäfylt. 

Shwbt. 

2ßie  fdjön  ber  £u$  ba§  Sanb  ju  §alfe  fteljt ! 

Ultimi. 

3)a§  toeif;  fie  aucb,  baft  fie  ben  Reiben  füfyrt, 

Unb,  näfmt'  xd)  tift%  fie  fyörte  auf  ju  freffen.  55 


48  rDttyelm  Cell. 

föuobi, 
$$r  feib  nidjt  flug,  ein  unfcernünft'geS  33iefy  — 

933ernt. 

3(t  balb  gejagt.     ©a3  Srier  fyat  auefy  Vernunft; 

©a£  toiffen  toir,  bie  ftrir  bie  ©emfen  jagen. 

SDte  ftelten  flug,  too  fie  jur  2Beibe  gefm, 

'ne  33orlmt  au£,  bie  fyi^t  ba£  Dfyr  unb  tarnet  60 

9Rit  gelier  pfeife,  toenn  ber  ^äger  naljt. 

OfJttObi  (sunt  Wirten). 

treibt  3^r  j[e|t  fyeim? 

ÄttÖttt. 

35te  2lfy  ift  abgetoeibet. 

SSentt. 

©lüdfeFge  £>eimfeijr,  SennM 

Suotti. 

©ie  toünfd)'  id)  6u$ ; 
3Son  @urer  gafyrt  fefyrt  ftdj'i  nicfyt  immer  lieber. 

SRuobi. 

©ort  lommt  ein  9Jtann  in  boller  §aft  gelaufen.  65 

äSertti 

3$  lernt'  tfyn,  '8  ift  ber  Saumgart  t>on  3lljeHen. 

ßonrab  Saumgarten  (atemlos  ^ereinftürjcnb). 

Saumgartett. 

Um  ©otteS  toillen,  gafyrmann,  ßuren  ßafyn ! 

Sfawfci. 

31x1X1,  nun,  toa3  gibt'3  fo  eilig? 


(Erfter  2Iuf3ug.    €rfte  S^ene.  49 

$aumgartcm 

«inbet  lo*  ! 
^Br  rettet  micb  fcom  Jobe!  2e£t  micb  über! 

Äuotti. 

2anb3mann,  toas  babt  ^br  ? 

$öernt. 

23er  berfolgt  ßucb  benn?  70 

^ßaumgartett  (?um  gtföcr). 

gilt,  eilt,  fie  finb  mir  bicbt  fcbon  an  ben  Werfen ! 

©e§  Sanbüogt*  Leiter  fommen  binter  mir! 

3$  bin  ein  Mann  bes  Jobs,  \vtnn  fie  micb  greifen. 

äßarum  verfolgen  ßucb  bie  Steift  gen? 

SBauntgartem 

6rft  rettet  micf),  unb  bann  fteb'  icb  ßucb  Siebe.         75 

2£ertu. 

%i>x  feib  mit  SJut  beflecft,  toa3  bat'*  gegeben? 

$aumgartem 

£)e3  £aifer3  Surgüogt,  ber  auf  vJtofeberg  jap  — 

Ser  Söolfenfcbieften !  Saßt  Gucb  ber  Verfolgen? 

^aumgarten. 

2>er  fcfyabet  mcbt  mebr,  icb  bab'  ibn  erfcblagen. 

$ttte  (fafrren  ;uriicf). 

©Ott  fei  6ucb  gnabig!  2Ba3  babt  gljr  getan?  80 

SBamttgartett. 
2ßa§  jeber  freie  2J?ann  an  meinem  ^(a&! 


50  HHltielm  Ceti. 

9Jtein  gute3  §au§red!)t  fyah'  id)  ausgeübt 

2lm  ©cfyanber  meiner  @i)t'  unb  meinet  2ßetbe§. 

§at  @ucfy  ber  Surgbogt  an  ber  @fyr'  gefd^äbigt  ? 

SSautttgarteiu 

2)a£  er  fein  bö3  ©elüften  nidjt  üoßbracfyt,  85 

$at  ©ott  unb  meine  gute  2l^t  t>er£?ütet. 

9ßertu- 

3$r  fyabt  ifym  mit  ber  Sfet  ben  $op\  gerf^alten? 

D,  lafjt  un§  aHe§  fyören,  !gfyr  ^abt  $i\t, 
33i3  er  ben  $afyn  fcom  Ufer  Io3gebunben* 

Saumgarten, 

3$  falte  ^olj  gefallt  im  2BaIb,  ba  fommt  90 

9#ein  SBeib  gelaufen  in  ber  Stngft  be3  £obe§. 

„©er  33urgüogt  lieg'  in  meinem  §au£,  er  tyab' 

3$r  anbefohlen,  if)m  ein  Sab  $u  ruften. 

©rauf  §ahy  er  Ungebührliches  fcon  ifyr 

Verlangt,  fie  fei  entfprungen,  mid)  ju  fucfyen."  95 

©a  lief  icfy  frifefy  fyin^u,  fo  tote  tefy  toar, 

Unb  mit  ber  2tjt  fyab'  id)  ifym  '8  93ab  gefegnet. 

328enu. 

2$r  tatet  toofyl,  fein  9Jtenfcf)  fann  @u$  brum  freiten. 

fötimt» 

©er  2Büterid£) !  ©er  Ijat  nun  feinen  Sofyn ! 

QaV$  lang'  fcerbient  um3  SSoIl  fcon  Untertoalben.     100 


<2rfier  2Iuf3ug-    (Erfte  S$ew.  51 

SBamttgartetu 
2)ie  £at  toarb  rucfytbar ;  mir  toirb  nachgefeilt  — 
$nbem  toir  fyrecfjen  —  ©ott  —  fcerrinnt  bie  3e^  — 

(@§  fängt  an  ju  bonnern.) 

8nonu 

fjrifd^,  gäfyrmann  —  fd&aff  ben  Siebermann  hinüber  ! 

HitrtL 

©efyt  mcfyt.     @in  fd^tt>ere^  Ungetoitter  ift 
2>m  2lnäug.     %fyx  mä|i  harten. 

Staumgartetu 

§eü'ger  ©ott!         105 

3$  fann  nid^t  harten,     $eber  Sluffdjub  tötet  — 

®UOttt  (jum  Stföer). 

©reif  an  mit  ©ott!   2)em  SRäd^ftcn  mu£  man  Reifen; 
@3  fann  un§  aCen  (SIeid&eS  ja  begegnen. 

(33raufen  unb  Bonnern.) 

Xnrti. 

£)er  göfyn  ift  I08;  3$r  feljt,  tote  fyocfy  ber  See  gefyt. 
3$  fann  nicfyt  fteuern  gegen  ©türm  unb  SSeflen.       no 

23aumgartCtt  (umfaßt  feine  ßniee). 

©0  tyelf  @u$  ©ott,  toie  3$r  ®\x<fy  mein  erbarmet  — 
29öenri. 

@3  gefyt  um§  Seben.     ©ei  barm^erjig,  $äfyrmann! 

Jhtmtt, 

'3  ift  ein  §au3fc)ater  unb  fyat  SSeib  unb  ßinber! 

(2Bieber^otte  £)onnerfd?läge.) 

IhuM. 

2Ba§?   $$  fyab'  auefy  ein  Seben  ju  Verlieren, 


52  rDtlfjelm  Cell. 

£ab'  Söeib  unb  $inb  bafyeim,  töte  er  —  ©efyt  fytn,    115 
2ßie'3  branbet,  toie  e3  toogt  unb  2öirbel  gxe^t 
Unb  alle  SBaffer  aufrührt  in  ber  Siefe. 

—  gtf)  tootlte  gern  ben  Siebermann  erretten ; 
©ocl)  e3  ift  rein  unmöglich  ifyr  fefyt  felbft. 

Saumgartert  (noa)  auf  ben  Änieen). 

©0  tnufs  icfy  fallen  in  be§  $einbe3  iganb,  120 

©a§  nafye  3tettung3ufer  im  ©eficf)te! 

—  ©ort  liegte !  $$  fann'3  erreichen  mit  ben  5Iugen, 
iginüberbringen  fann  ber  Stimme  ©dj all, 

©a  ift  ber  $taf)n,  ber  mid?  hinübertrüge, 

Unb  muft  fyier  liegen,  fyüfloS,  unb  Verjagen!  125 

jhtotti 

©eljt,  toer  ba  fommt ! 

äSenu, 

@3  ift  ber  Seit  au3  bürgten, 

Seit  mit  ber  tott&tuft. 

2efl. 

2öer  ift  ber  3!Kann,  ber  fyier  um  §üfe  fielet? 

Sumtu 
'8  ift  ein  Slljeller  SDlann;  er  fyat  fein'  @fyr' 
3Serteibigt  unb  ben  2öolfenftf)ief;  erfragen, 
©e§  $önig3  Surgfcogt,  ber  auf  Sofsberg  fafs  —      130 
©e§  £anbfcogt£  Seiter  finb  ifym  auf  ben  gerfen. 
@r  flefyt  ben  ©Ziffer  um  bie  Überfahrt; 
©er  fürcfyt't  ftcfy  fcor  bem  ©türm  unb  ftull  nicfyt  fahren. 

Httott« 

©a  ift  ber  Seil,  er  füfyrt  ba3  SWuber  aud), 

©er  folt  mtr'3  jeugen,  ob  bie  $afyrt  ju  fragen.        135 


<£rfter  2Iuf3ug.     <£rfte  S$tnt.  53 

2Bo'3  not  tut,  gäfyrmann,  läfct  fid?  afteS  lagert. 

(heftige  $onnerfd)Iäge,  ber  See  raufet  auf.) 

X«tH. 

%<$)  fott  micfy  in  bert  §öffenra$en  ftürjen? 
©a3  täte  feiner,  ber  Bei  Sinnen  ift. 

ZtU. 

£)er  braue  Wann  beult  an  ftd)  felbft  }ule|t; 

Vertrau'  auf  (Sott  unb  rette  ben   Sebrängten.         140 

Diuobt. 

SSom  fiebern  $ort  läftt  ficb'3  gemacfylid)  raten. 
S)a  ift  ber  Safyn  unb  bort  ber  See!  SBerfud^t'g ! 

Sea. 

2)er  See  lann  fi$,  ber  Sanbbogt  mdE>t  erbarmen. 
33erfud^  e§,  gäbrmann ! 

Wirten  unb  Söger. 

9tett' tyn!  gtett'tyn!  Stett' i&n! 

Unb  toär'S  mein  93ruber  unb  mein  leiblicf)  $inb,     145 
@§  fann  nidjt  fein;  '§  ift  beut'  ©imonS  unb  Quba, 
3)a  raft  ber  See  unb  Uritt  fein  Dpfer  fyahtn. 

Setf. 
ÜJlit  eitler  9tebe  töirb  fyier  nichts  gefdf>afft ; 
35ie  ©tunbe  bringt,  bem  Sftann  muf$  §ilfe  Serben, 
©priefy,  gäljrmann,  hrittft  bu  fahren? 

Otttobu 

9Zein,  nid)t  icf) !   150 


54  rttHjelm  Seil. 

$n  ®otti$  tarnen  benn !  ©tb  fyer  ben  ßafyn! 
$cfy  toilPs  mit  meiner  fcljtoacfyen  Äraft  fcerfucfyen. 

Snmtt. 

§a,  tt>acfrer  £ett! 

äßertti 

©a£  gleist  bem  Sßetbgef  eilen! 

SSaumgarten. 
SRein  Sftetter  f  eib  3$r  unb  mein  @ngel,  %zü ! 

Söo^I  au$  be§  33ogt§  ©etoalt  errett'  tcfy  @ud)!        155 
2lu3  ©türmet  JJoten  mufe  ein  anbrer  Reifen. 
®o$  beffer  ift'8,  Sfyr  fallt  in  ©otteS  £anb, 
Site  in  ber  SJtenfc^en! 

($u  bem  Wirten.) 

&anb$mann,  tröftet  Sifyr 
SJlein  Sßeib,  toemt  mir  toa8  SETiertfd^Itd^e^  begegnet, 
%<$)  bab'  getan,  toaS  id)  triebt  laffen  formte.  160 

(®r  fprtngt  in  ben  Äa^n.) 
ffuOttt  (sunt  ftiföer). 

3#r  feib  ein  SJleifter  ©teuermann.     2ßa§  fidj 
©er  Stell  getraut,  ba§  tonntet  $fyr  nicfyt  toagen? 

SRitobu 

SBofyl  be^re  Scanner  tun' 8  bem  £ell  nicfyt  naefy, 
@3  gibt  nicf)t  jtoei,  tote  ber  ift,  im  ©ebirge. 

233enti  (tft  auf  ben  ^el§  geftiegen). 

@r  ftöfjt  fcfjon  ab.  ©ott  £>etf '  bir,  brabev  ©d)tüimmer !  165 
©iefy,  tote  ba$  ©cfytfflein  auf  ben  ^Bellen  fcfytoanft! 


(Erfier  ZJufjug.     CErfte  S^tm.  55 

ftnoni  (am  Ufer). 

2)ie  glut  gefyt  brüber  toeg —  ^$  W%  n^  meI)r- 
25od£),  fyalt,  ba  ift  e3  lieber!    ^raftiglicf) 
arbeitet  fid)  ber  Söacfre  burd)  bie  Sranbung. 

2)e3  2anbi)ogt3  Leiter  fommen  angefyrengt.  170 

2Bei£  ©ott,  fie  fmb'3!   3)a3  fear  §üf  in  ber  9tot. 

(Sin  £  t  u  p  p  £anbenbe  vgijd&er  Leiter. 

1 
Gfirfter  Leiter* 

&en  3JZörber  gebt  I)erau3,  ben  t£>r  Verborgen! 

fetter. 

2)e§  2öeg§  lam  er,  umfonft  fcerfyefylt  i£?r  il)n. 

Äuont  unb  9iuobt. 
2öen  meint  il)r,  Leiter? 

(Stfter  Leiter  (entbecft  ben  5fta$en). 

§a,  toaS  fefy'  tcfy!   Teufel! 

aSJenti  (oben). 

3ft'§  ber  im  9?acf)en,  ben  t£?r  futfjt? —  Steift  ju!     175 
SSenn  tl)r  frifd)  beilegt,  fyolt  ifyr  iEjn  nod)  ein. 

Breiter. 

Sertüünf c^t !  @r  ift  enttoif  d&t. 

©tfter  (§um  Wirten  unb  fjifd&er). 

2$r  fyabt  ifym  fortgeholfen. 
gf)r  foUt  un3  hiifon  —  %allt  in  ibre  §erbe ! 
SDie  fyüttz  reibet  ein,  brennt  unb  f cfytagt  nieber !  mtn  fort.) 


56  IDtlftelm  Cell. 

Se^t  (ftürjt  nad&). 

D  meine  Sämmer! 

®ÜOM  (folgt). 


SDie  2Büt'rid?e! 


2Befy'  mir  !   9Jleme  §erbe !  180 

aSerni, 


DfJltOÖi  (ringt  bte  £ättbe). 

©erecfytigfeit  be3  §immel3  ! 
2öann  toirb  ber  fetter  f ommen  bief em  Sanbe  ?  föoigt  t^ten). 


<5tr>eite  S3ene. 

3«  Steinen  in  ©d)ft>t)3;  eine  SHttbe  t>or  be§  @tauffad)er§  §aufe 
an  ber  ^anbftraße,  näcfyft  ber  iBrücfe. 

ferner  @  tauf  fad)  et.    Pfeifer  bon  £u$ern  kommen  im  ©efpräc^. 

Pfeifer. 
Sa/  la/  §err  ©tauffacfyer,  tote  icfy  @ud)  fagte: 
©dfjtoört  nidjt  ju  Dftretd^,  toemt  3#r'3  ^nnt  fcermeiben. 
galtet  feft  am  9teid)  unb  toaefer,  tote  bi^fyer.  185 

©Ott  fcfytrme  @ud)  bei  @urer  alten  greifyeit ! 

(£rücft  i^m  ^erjlid^  bte  £anb  unb  ftnü  gefyett.) 

©tauffatfier, 

Sleibt  boefy,  bis  meine  Söirtin  lommt!     Sfyr  feib 
SSJiein  ©aft  ju  ©cfyfo^;  icfy  in  Supern,  ber  @ure. 

Pfeifer. 

58iel  SDanf !   9flu£  fyeute  ©erfau  nod)  erreichen. 

—  2Ba3  %t)x  au$  ©cfytoereS  mögt  ju  leiben  Ijaben      190 

SSon  ©urer  SSögte  ©eij  unb  Übermut, 

Sragt'S  in  ©ebulb!   @3  fann  ftd)  änbern,  fcfynetf, 


(Erfter  2Iuf3tig.    gmette  Sftne.  57 

©in  cmbrer  Äaifer   lann  an3  SJteicf)  gelangen, 
©eib  2$r  erft  Dfterreid)3,  feib  3fyr'3  auf  immer. 

<5r  gefyt  ab.    ©tauffaäjer  je|t  fiä)  fummeröott  auf  eine  SBanf  unter  ber  Stnbe. 

©o  ftnbet  tyn  ©ertrub,  feine  grau,  bie  fiä)  neben  iljn  ftetft  unb  ifjn  eine 

Zeitlang  fd)ir»eigenb  betrautet. 

©ertntb. 

©o  emft,  mein  $reunb?  $d;  lenne  bicij  nid^t  meljr.    195 

©djon  Diele  £age  fei)'  tcfy'?  fcfytoeigenb  an, 

SBie  finftrer  Srübjinn  beine  ©ttrne  furcht. 

Stuf  beinern  §erjen  brücft  ein  ftill  ©ebreften, 

23ertrau'  e3  mir;  tcfy  bin  bein  treuem  SBeib, 

Unb  meine  $älfte  forbr'  icfy  beme3  ©ram3.  200 

(©tauffaä)er  reicht  i^r  bie  £anb  unb  fä)toeigt.) 

28a3  fann  bein  §erj  beflemmen,  fag'  e§  mir. 

©efegnet  ift  bein  gteijj,  bein  ©lüdfeftanb  bltyt, 

aSoBC  finb  bie  ©Rennen,  unb  ber  9tinber  ©dfjaren; 

SDer  glatten  ^ßferbe  ftofylgenafyrte  &ud)t 

gft  Don  ben  Sergen  glücflicfy  heimgebracht  205 

gur  Sßinterung  in  ben  bequemen  ©täUen. 

—  S)a  ftefyt  bein  £>au3,  r.etcf),  tt>ie  ein  ©belfti* ; 

9Son  fernem  ©tammfyolj  ift  e3  neu  gewimmert 

Unb  nad)  bem  Sfticfytmajj  orbentlid^  gefügt; 

SSon  Dielen  genftem  glänjt  e3  foofmlidj,  Ijetl ;         210 

9Jtit  hunUn  Söa^enfcfnlbern  ift'3  bemalt 

Unb  Reifen  ©prüfen,  bie  ber  2Banber§mann 

SBertoeilenb  lieft  unb  ifyren  ©inn  betounbert> 

©tauffadjer. 
2Sof)l  ftefyt  ba§  §au§  gewimmert  unb  gefügt, 
2)0$,  acfy!  e§  faanft  ber  ©runb,  auf  bem  ttnr  iauUn.    215 

©ertrub. 
3Jlein  SSerner,  fage,  tt>ie  Derftefyft  bu  ba§? 


58  rDttyelm  Cell. 

©tauffa^er. 
3Sor  bxefer  Stnbe  fafe  xdE>  jüngft,  tüte  fyeut', 
$Da§  fd^ön  SSoübrad^te  freubig  überbenfenb; 
3)a  fam  bafyer  bort  Aufmacht,  feiner  33urg, 
©er  SSogt  mit  feinen  Seifigen  geritten.  220 

33or  biefem  §aufe  fyielt  er  Wunbernb  an ; 
fe'öä)  \d)  erfyub  mxä)  fdmett,  unb  unterwürfig, 
2Bie  fief)^  gebührt,  trat  xä)  bem  £>errn  entgegen, 
2>er  un3  be§  $aifer§  ritterliche  9Jtad)t 
aSorftelTt  im  Sanbe.     „JBeffen  ift  bie§  £>au§?"        225 
$ragt'  er  bö^meinenb,  benn  er  toufst'  e§  toofyt. 
©oef)  fdjmett  befonnen  id)  entgegn'  ifym  fo: 
„3)ie§  §au§,  §err  SSogt,  ift  meinet  §erm  be§  $aifer§ 
Unb  @ure£  unb  mein  fielen"  —  3)a  fcerfettf'er: 
„3$  bin  Regent  im  Sanb  an  $aifer£  ©tatt,  230 

Unb  Witt  ni$t,  ba£  ber  Sauer  Käufer  baue 
2Iuf  feine  eigne  §anb  unb  alfo  frei 
§inleb\  als  ob  er  §err  War'  in  bem  Sanbe; 
Scfy-toerb'  mief)  unterftefyn,  (Sud)  ba§  ju  Wehren." 
®ie§  fagenb,  ritt  er  trui$igücfy  fcon  bannen.  235 

gc|  aber  blieb  mit  fummertiotter  ©eele, 
2)a3  2Bort  bebenfenb,  ba3  ber  SBöfe  fprad). 

©ertrub. 

9Jtem  lieber  §err  unb  Gtyetoirt !   9)Zagft  bu 
@in  rebltd^  SSort  bon  beinern  SBeib  bernefymen? 
2)e3  ebeln  $berg§  %oä)Ux  rüfym'  idi  mtcfy,  240 

©e3  üielerfafymen  9Jlann§.     2ßir  ©cfytoeftern  fajsen, 
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2ßenn  bei  bem  SSater  fid)  be§  33olfe3  QänpUx 
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(Erper  2Iuf3ug.    gtrette  S$enz.  59 

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2lltfc>orbern  e§  gehalten  unb  getan.  — 

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©0  ift?3,  ba£  ift  be§  ©ej^ler^  ©roll  auf  mi$. 

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60  rDttyelm  Cell. 

33t3  er  bie  böfe  Suft  an  bir  gebüßt? 
2)er  fluge  Biaxin  baut  t>or. 

©iauffatfjer. 

2Ba§  ift  ju  tun? 

©Cttrub   (tritt  nä^er). 

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3u  ©cf)ft>%  ftcfy  alle  ^eblicfyen  beflagen 

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3)em  bu  bein  igerj  magft  reblicfy  offenbaren? 

©tauffatfjer. 

2)er  toaefem  Scanner  fenn'  xä)  Diele  bort 

Unb  angefefyen  grojse  §errenleute, 

3Me  mir  geheim  finb  unb  gar  tooljl  vertraut,  (et  wt  auf.)  295 

grau,  toelcfyen  ©türm  gefährlicher  ©ebanfen 

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Sie  toilbe  ßtoietratfyt  unb  ben  $Iang  ber  23affen 

Mufft  bu  in  biefe£  friebgetoofynte  Sal. 

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^n  $ampf  ju  gelten  mit  bem  §erm  ber  SEBcIt  ?  305 

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Sarin  $u  fcfyalten  mit  be§  <3ieger3  Stedfjten, 

Unb  unterm  ©dfjein  gerechter  ^ücfttigung  310 

©ie  alten  greiljeit^briefe  ja  bertiigen. 

©ertrub. 
3$r  feib  auc^  9Känner,  toijfet  eure  2trt 
3u  führen,  unb  bem  3JJutigen  fyüft  ©ott ! 

©tauffadjer. 

D  SBeib !  ©in  furchtbar  toütenb  ©cbrecfnis  ift 

2)er  Ärieg ;  bie  §erbe  fd&Iägt  er  unb  ben  §trten.        315 

©ertntb. 

©rtragen  muf$  man,  fr>a§  ber  §immel  fenbet ; 
Unbilliges  ertragt  lein  eble3  §erj. 

©tauffadjer. 
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S)er  Ärieg,  ber  ungeheure,  brennt  e3  nieber. 

©ertntb. 
SBü^t'  i$  mein  §erj  an  jettUdj  ©ut  gefeffelt,  320 

3)en  Sranb  toürf  id)  hinein  mit  eigner  §anb. 


62  rDttyelm  Cell. 

©tauffadjer* 

©u  glaubft  an  3ttenfcf)lid)feit!  @3  fd^ont  ber  ßrieg 
2Iud)  nicfyt  ba3  jarte  Äinblem  in  ber  Söiege. 

©ertrub, 

©ie  Unfcfyulb  I^at  im  §immet  einen  greunb! 

—  ©iefy  toortoärtS,  SBerner,  unb  nicfyt  hinter  biefy !    325 

©tauffadjer* 
355ir  Scanner  fönnen  tapfer  fecfytenb  fterben, 
SBelcfy  ©cfyicffal  aber  tütrb  ba§  eure  fein? 

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@in  ©prung  bon  biefer  33rücfe  mad)t  midfy  frei. 

©tauffadjer   (ftür&t  in  i^re  2lrme). 

2Ser  fold^  ein  §er$  an  feinen  Sufen  brücft,  330 

©er  lann  für  §erb  unb  §of  mit  greuben  festen, 

Unb  feines  $önig3  §eermad)t  fürchtet  er. — 

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©er  über  biefe  Reiten  benlt,  tote  i$.  335 

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Sßon  SftthtßtyauS;  obgleich  bon  ^ofyem  Stamm, 

Siebt  er  ba3  SBolI  unb  efyrt  bie  alten  ©Uten. 

3Jlit  ifynen  beiben  pfleg'  idj  SftaiS,  tote  man 

©er  Sanbe^feinbe  mutig  \id)  ertoefyrt.  340 

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3Jitt  llugem  ©inn  ba3  Regiment  be§  §aufe3: 

©em  plger,  ber  jum  ©otte3f>aufe  toallt, 

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3lm  offnen  §eertoeg  fteljt'S,  ein  tturtltdj  %)a<fy 
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garten  Dorn  auf  bie  ©jene. 

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$u  jenem  §aufe  gefyet  ein,  bort  toofynt  350 

©er  ©tauffacfyer,  ein  33ater  ber  Sebrangten. 

—  2)od)  fiel),  ba  ift  er  f eiber  —  $olgt  mir,  fommt! 

(©e^en  auf  i^n  ju ;  bie  «jene  bertoanbelt  ft#.) 


Dritte  S3ene. 
Öffentlicher  $la£  bei  2Utorf. 

5Iuf  einer  2ln£)ö£)e  im  |nntergrunb  fiefyt  man  eine  gefie  bauen,  tr>eldt)e  fd^on 
fo  weit  gebieten,  baft  fidj  bie'gorm  be§  ©an^en  barftettt.  Sie  Wintere  Seite 
ift  fertig,  an  ber  borberen  tüirb  eben  gebaut,  ba§  ©erüfte  ftet)t  nodj,  an 
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ber  ©djieferbetfer  —  alles  ift  in  Bewegung  unb  Arbeit. 

gronüogt.    i^c elfter  Steinmetz     ©eielten  unb   §anbtanger. 
^tOtttJOgt   (mit  bem  Stabe,  treibt  bie  Arbeiter). 

9licf)t  lang'  gefeiert !   $riftf) !   Sie  SSttauerftetne 
§erbei,  ben  fialf,  ben  SJJörtel  jugefa^ren! 
2Senn  ber  §err  Sanbbogt  fommt,  baf$  er  ba£  SSerf  355 
©etoacfyfen  ftefyt  —  3)a§  fcf)Ienbert  tote  bie  6cfmecfen. 

($u  jtoei  £anbtangern,  toela)e  tragen.) 

Jpetfjt  ba3  gelaben?  ©(eief)  ba3  Sonette] 
SBie  bie  STagbiebe  ibre  SßfUctyi  befielen ! 


66  rDityelm  Ceti. 

©rftcr  ©efeö. 

2)a3  ift  bocfy  fyart,  baft  toir  bie  ©tetne  felbft 

3u  unferm  Stoing  unb  Werfer  foKen  fahren !  360 

$nmt>ogt. 

2Ba§  murret  tf>r?  ©a§  tft  ein  fd&Iec$te3  Soll, 
$u  md^t^  anfteütg,  als  ba£  SSiet)  ju  mellen 
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3$  fann  nid^t  mefyr. 

3ftt>fflU>at  (Rüttelt  t$n). 

grifc^,  2ttter,  an  bie  Arbeit ! 

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£abt  3^r  benn  gar  fein  ©ingetoeib',  ba£  £#r         365 
2)en  ©rei3,  ber  faum  fitf)  felber  ftf)Iep:pen  fann, 
3um  garten  gronbienft  treibt? 

SJtetfter  ©teintne*?  unb  ©efeflett. 

'3  ift  Ijimmelf  cfyrexenb ! 
^nmtwgt. 

Sorgt  ifyr  für  eu$;  xä)  tu'    toa§  meinet  2lmt3. 

3toetter  ©efefl. 
gronfcogt,  toie  toirb  bie  gefte  benn  ftcfy  mnntn, 
Sie  toir  ba  bau'n? 

gfraittogi 

3totng  Uri  foß  fte  ^eijsen !   370 
Qznn  unter  biefeS  ^oü)  toirb  man  euefy  beugen. 

©efetten. 
3tt)ing  Uri ! 


<2rfter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S$ene.  67 

SRun,  toa§  gibt'3  babet  ju  lachen? 

3tt»eiter  ©efefl. 

9J}it  biefem  §äu3lein  Vx>ottt  2$r  Uri  fingen? 

(Srfter  (^efeü. 
2a£  fef)n,  tute  tue!  man  foldjer  SJtaultourf  Raufen 
SSJlu^  über'nanber  feiert,  big  ein  93erg  375 

£)rau£  toirb,  toie  ber  gertngfte  nur  in  Uri ! 

(^rcrtbogt  ge&t  nad?  bem  ^tntergrunb.) 

Reiftet  ©tetttme^ 

£)en  £ammer  toerf  \d)  in  ben  tiefften  See, 
2)er  mir  gebient  bei  biefem  glucfygebäube ! 

%  e  1 1  unb  8  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r  f ommen. 

©tauffatfjer, 

D,  i)'dtV  iä)  nie  gelebt,  um  ba§  ju  flauen! 

£eu, 

§ier  tft  nicfyt  gut  fein.     Safct  \m$  heiter  gefyn*       380 

©taxtffadjer. 
93irt  id)  ju  Uri,  in  ber  $reil)eit  Sanb  ? 

Reiftet  ©teutmei^ 

D  §err,  foenn  $$r  bie  fetter  erft  gefe^n 
Unter  ben  türmen!    ^a/  ^er  kie  betoofynt, 
S)er  Vx>irb  ben  §al)n  nicbt  fürber  fragen  fyoren. 

©tauffadjer, 
D  ©Ott! 

©tetnmei^ 

©etyt  biefe  gflanfen,  biefe  Strebepfeiler,     385 

Sie  ftefyn,  tote  für  bie  ©toigleit  gebaut ! 


68  IPtttielm  (Cell. 

2ßa3  §cmbe  bauten,  fönnen  §änbe  ftürjen. 

(yiafy  ben  Sergen  äeigenb.) 

2)a§  !Qau$  ber  greifyeit  fyat  uns  ©ott  gegrünbet. 

Wlan  f)ört  eine  Trommel,  e§  fommen  Seute,  bie  einen  §ut  anf  einer  ©lange 
tragen;  ein  %u §'ruf  er  folgt  ifynen;28eiber  unb  ^inber  bringen  tumultua- 

rijti;  nad). 

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2ßa§  tritt  bie  Trommel?  ©ebet  ac^t! 

SKetfter  ©tetttme^. 

2ßa§  für 

@in  $aftnadj>t3auf3ug,  unb  toa$  fott  ber  §ut  ?  390 

Ausrufer* 

Sn  be§  $atfer£  tarnen  !   §öret ! 

©efefletu 

©tili  bocfy!    <göret! 
$u3rufer, 

^jfyr  fefyet  btefen  §ut,  9Jlätmer  fcon  Uri! 

2Iufridjten  toirb  man  tfyn  auf  fyofyer  ©äule, 

SKitten  in  Slltorf,  an  bem  fyötfjften  Drt; 

Unb  biefe3  ift  be3  £anbbogt§  2SUP  unb  Meinung :     395 

Sern  §ut  fott  gleite  @fyre,  tote  ifym  felbft,  gefcfyefyn, 

SDian  fott  ifyn  mit  gebognem  $nie  unb  mit 

(Sntblöfttem  §aupt  bereden.  —  S)aran  toitt 

©er-Sönig  bie  ©efyorfamen  erfennen. 

Verfallen  ift  mit  feinem  Seib  unb  ©ut  400 

Sern  Könige,  toer  ba3  &^iot  beracbtet. 

($)a§  SSolf  Iaä)t  laut  auf,  bie  Trommel  toirb  gerührt,  fie  gelten  Vorüber.) 

(Srfter  ©cfctf. 

2Belcfy  neue£  Unerfyörte§  i)at  ber  3Sogt 


€rfter  2Iuf3ug.     Dritte  Sterte.  69 

Sieb  auegefonnen  !    25ir  nen  ©ut  üerebren! 
Sagt!   ©at  man  je  bernommen  bon  berglexc&en  ? 

Steifte*  8temmefc. 
SSir  urtfre  Knice  beugen  einem  ©ut!  405 

treibt  er  fein  Spiel  mit  ernftbaft  bürb'gen  Seuten? 

Grfter  ©efett* 

23är'§  nocb  bie  faiierlicbe  &ron1  !    So  ijt'8 
3>er  §ut  bort  Cfterreicb  ;  icb  fab  ibn  bangen 
Über  bem  Sjbron,  fro  man  bie  Seben  gibt! 

Reiftet  3teütmefc* 

35er  ©ut  bon  Cfterreicb!    ©ebt  acbt.  es  ift  410 

@in  gaftftricf,  uns  an  Cftreicb  ju  Verraten  ! 

©efetfett, 

Kein  Gbrenmann  toirb  ficb  ber  Scbmacb  bequemen. 

Steifte*  Steinmetz 

Äommt,  lapt  un3  mit  ben  anbern  2(breb'  nebmen. 

(Sie  gefren  nacfr  ber  £tefe.) 
XtVL  ($um  3tauffac6er). 

3br  toifjet  nun  Sefdjeib,     Sebt  toofcl,  ©err  Jöerner  ! 

Stauffacfjer. 
23o  tootti  3$*  &in?    D,  eilt  nicbt  fo  bon  bannen!    415 

Seil. 

SDIein  §au3  entbebrt  be*  SSaterS.     2e&et  frobt ! 

Stauffadjer, 

9ftir  ift  ba*  ©erj  fo  botf,  mit  Sucb  ju  reben. 

35a3  fcbtoere  ©en  rrirb  mcbt  burcb  SBorte  (eicbt. 


70  rPityelm  Cell. 

©tauffatfjer* 

2)odf>  Urmtin  SBorte  un3  ju  STaten  führen. 

XtU. 

®ie  einige  £ai  ift  je$t  ©ebulb  unb  ©feigen.      420 

©tauffatfjer* 

©otl  man  ertragen,  toa§  unleiblicfy  tft? 

*®ie  formellen  §errfcfyer  ftnb'8,  bie  furj  regieren. 
%&tnn  ftd)  ber  $öfyn  ergebt  au$  feinen  ©cfylünben, 
Söfcfyt  man  bie  geuer  au§,  bie  ©djiffe  fucfyen 
(gilenbä  ben  £>afen,  unb  ber  macfyt'ge  ©eift  425 

©efyt  ofyne  Schaben  fpurloS  über  bie  @rbe. 
©in  jeber  lebe  ftitt  bei  ftdj  bafyeim; 
2)em  grteblxcfyen  geVt)ä^rt  man  gern  ben  ^rieben. 

©tauffacfier, 

SReint  %f)v? 

Sie  ©dränge  fticfyt  nicfyt  ungereimt, 
©te  toerben  ertblid^  bod)  t)on  felbft  ermüben,  430 

23enn  fie  bie  Sanbe  rufytg  bleiben  fefyn. 

©tauffa^er, 

2Bir  fönnten  fciel,  totnn  totr  jufammenftünben. 

Seim  Schiffbruch  tyilft  ber  einzelne  fi$  leidster. 

©tauffadjer, 

©0  lalt  fcerlaf^t  ^x  bie  gemeine  ©acfje? 

£eö, 

(Sin  jeber  jäfylt  nur  ftcfyer  auf  fiefy  felbft.  435 


(Erfter  2Juf3ug.     Dritte  5$tnt.  71 

Stauffacfjer. 

23erbunben  Serben  aucb  bte  Scbtoacben  mächtig. 

2ett. 
£>er  Starfe  ift  am  macbtigften  allein. 

Stauffacf)er. 

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SSenn  e£  t) ergreif (ungsftoft  jur  iRottpebr  greift? 

£eß  *  gibt  \bm  bte  &anb). 

©er  Jeff  bolt  ein  üerlome*  Samm  t>cm  2Ibgrunb,       440 

Unb  folfte  feinen  greunben  ficb  entheben? 

©ocb,  toa3  ibr  tut,  faBt  micb  aus  eurem  )Rat, 

%i)  fann  nicbt  lange  prüfen  ober  toäblen; 

Sebürft  if>r  meiner  ju  beftimmter  !£at, 

®ann  ruft  ben  Jeff,  es  füll  an  mir  nicbt  fehlen.     445 

(©eben  ab  ju  öerjdjiebenen  Seiten.   Gin  plö^licber  Auflauf  entfielt  um  bas  ©erüft.) 

SRetper  3teütmefc  (eilt  bin). 
2Ba3  gibt'S? 

(Srfter  Ö5efeß  Ptontmt  Im»,  rufenb). 

3)er  ©cbieferbecfer  ift  öom  2>acb  geftürjt. 

j&etta  ftürjt  herein,     ©efotge. 

Serta, 

3ft  er  jerfcbmettert  ?   kennet ;  rettet,  belft  — 
üöenn  öilfe  möglieb,  rettet,  Her  ift  (Mb! 

(sffiirft  tbr  ©efcbmeifce  unter  bas  SSoK.) 

Reiftet, 

SJiit  eurem  ©olbe  —  Sllles  ift  eucb  feil  450 

Um  ©olb.     23enn  ihr  ben  3Sater  boiii  ben  Äinbern 
©eriffen  unb  ben  üJiann  bon  feinem  23eibe 


72  XVxllielm  Cell. 

Unb  Jammer  l;abt  gebraut  über  bie  2Selt, 

Senft  ifyr'3  mit  ©olbe  gu  Vergüten  —  ©efyt! 

2Bir  toaren  frofye  9Jtenfcjj)en,  e^  ifyr  famt,  455 

9JJtt  eucl)  tft  bie  SBerjtoeiflung  eingebogen. 

%$ttta  du  bem  ^ronfcogt,  ber  gurücffommt). 

Sebt  er? 

(^ronfcogt  gibt  ein  geilen  be3  ©egettteiB.) 

D  unglücfferge3  ©cfylo^,  mit  glühen 
•  ©rbaut,  unb  glücke  toerben  bicfy  betoofynen !  (®w  ab.) 


Pierte  S3ene. 

2ßattf)er  prp  2öof)nung. 

Ult^er  §  ü  x  ft  unb  2t  r  n  0 1  b  Dom  Sftetttytljal  treten  jugleitf)  ein  bon 
öerjd)iebenen  ©eiten. 

2Mcf)t!)aL 

§err  Sßaltfyer  gürft  — 

SßaWjer  ptrft 

Söenn  man  un§  überrafdjte ! 
bleibt,  Wo  %i)x  feib.  2ßir  finb  umringt  Don  ©päfyern.  460 

SKeWftfjat, 

bringt  3$r  mir  nid)t3  Don  Untertoalben  ?  ni$t3 

Sßon  meinem  SSater?  yixfyt  ertragt  td^'8  langer, 

2113  ein  ©efangner  ntüfjig  fyier  ju  liegen. 

2Ba§  l;ab7  icfy  benn  fo  (Sträfliches,  getan, 

Um  m\<fy  gtetcfy  einem  SfJlörber  ju  Derbergen?  465 

Sern  freien  33uben,  ber  bie  Dcfyfen  mir, 

2)a§  trefflicfyfte  ©efpann,  Dor  meinen  Stugen 

2öeg  Sollte  treiben  auf  be§  23ogt3  ©efyeijs, 

<Qahy  \<fy  ben  ginger  mit  bem  ©tab  gebrochen. 


(£rfter  Zluf^ug.    Dierte  S$tne.  "3 

SBoftljet  Jürft. 

^hr  fetb  ju  rafdjj.     3)ct  Bube  toar  bei  Bogtä  ;  470 

SSan  ©uro  Cbrigfeit  \vax  er  gefenbet. 
^hr  toax't  in  Straf  gefallen,  mußtet  ©udj> 

32ie  fcbfrer  fie  trar,  ber  Bufie  fcbmeigenb  fügen. 

Srtragen  fottt'  ich  bie  fetcbtfert'ge  -Rebe 

See  Unt>erfcbämten  :  „ißenn  ber  Sauer  Q3rot  475 

23ouY  eiien,  mög1  er  felbft  am  pflüge  jic^n  !" 

3n  bie  Seele  fcbnitt  mir'*,  afe  ber  Buk1  bie  Ccbfen. 

Sie  f ebenen  Jiere,  ften  bem  pflüge  fpannte; 

Sumpf  Brüllten  jie,  als  hätten  jte  ©efübl 

Ser  Ungebühr,  unb  ftiefeen  mit  t^n  Römern;  4?o 

Sa  übernahm  mich  ber  gerechte  3*>ni, 

Unb  meiner  felbft  nicht  oerr,  ich  lug  ich  ben  Boten. 

SSaltfjer  Jürft. 
C,  faum  bedingen  hm  ba§  eigne  §er;  ; 
3Bte  foll  bie  raiche  ^ugenb  fieb  benähmen  ! 

anelcfjtöal. 
SRicb  jammert  ^nur  ber  Sätet —  Gr  bebarf  4^5 

So  fehr  ber  Pflege,  unb  fein  Sohn  ift  fern. 
Ser  Bogt  ift  ihm  gehäfüg,  frei!  er  ftet* 
%üx  Stecht  unb  Freiheit  reblich  hat  geftritten, 
Srum  frerben  fie  ben  alten  SRann  bebrängen, 
Unb  niemanb  ift,  ber  ihn  £cr  Unglimrf  febütje.  49° 

—  23  erbe  mit  mir,  toa§  tritt,  ich  mu|  hinüber. 

aSaltftcr  {yürft. 
Ertoartet  nur  unb  faf&i  Crucb  in  ©ebulb, 


74  rWHietm  Cell. 

33i§  SRad^tid^t  unZ  fyerüberfommt  fcom  Söalbe. 
—  3$  fjöre  Hoffen,  gefyt  —  aStelteid^t  ein  SSote 
33om  Sanbfcogt  —  ©efyt  hinein  —  3$*  feib  in  Uri  495 
%l\d)t  ficfyer  fcor  be£  SanbenbergerS  2lrm, 
^nn  bie  ^rannen  reiben  fid^  bie  §änbe. 

©ie  lehren  un$,  tt>a^  totr  tun  foHten. 

SSattljer  ftürft, 

©efyt! 

3$  ruf  Sud)  toieber,  toenn'g  fyier  fidler  ift. 

(2JteId&t§aI  gefyt  hinein.) 

35er  Unglücffeltge,  \<fy  barf  ifym  nid)t  500 

©eftefyen,  toaS  mir  33öfe§  fd&toant  —  2Ber  flopft? 

©0  oft  bie  Stüre  raufet,  ertoarf  tcfy  Unglücf. 

SSerrat  unb  2lrgtoofyn  laufet  in  alten  @tf  en ; 

33i3  in  ba3  ^nnerfte  ber  §äufer  bringen 

S)ie  33oten  ber  ©etoalt ;  balb  tat'  e3  not,  505 

Sßir  Ratten  ©$Io£  unb  Stiege!  an  ben  Suren/ 

(5t  öffnet  unb  tritt  erftaunt  jurücf,  baSßerner  6tauffac^ex  Ijereinttitt. 

2öa§  fe&'  id)?  3^r,  §err  Söerner!  5ftun,  bei  ©ott ! 

©in  Werter,  teurer  ©aft  —  lein  befsrer  Sftann 

Sft  über  biefe  ©cf)toeHe  nocfy  gegangen. 

©eib  i)oä)  toiHfommen  unter  meinem  ©acfy  !  510 

2Ba3  fü&rt  @u$  ^er?  2Ba3  fud&t  g^r  fyier  in  Uri? 

©trmffadjer  (tynt  bie  £cmb  reid)enb). 

2>ie  alten  ßeiten  unb  bie  alte  ©^toeij, 

SBattfier  ftürft. 

®ie  Bringt  3$r  mit  @ud)  —  ©iefy,  mir  toirb  fo  toofyl! 
2Barm  gefyt  ba3  §erj  mir  auf  bei  ©urem  Slnblicf. 


€rfter  21uf3ug.    Dterte  S3ene.  75 

—  ©e£t  ©ucfy,  §err  äBernet  —  2öie  berliejset  Igijr  515 
grau  ©ertrub,  Sure  angenehme  äßirtin, 
£)e3  toeifen  3&erg§  fjod^erftänb'ge  Softer? 
9Son  allen  Söanbrem  au§  bem  beutfdjen  Sanb, 
2)ie  über  9Jteinrab§  ßell  nadj  Söelfdjtanb  fahren, 
3tü()mt  jeber  ©uer  gaftlicfy  §au§  —  SDocfy,  jagt,       520 
$ommt  Sfyr  foeben  frtfd^  fcon  glüelen  fyer, 
Hub  i)aht  ©ud)  nirgenb  fünft  nod)  umgefefyn, 
©fy'  Sfyr  ben  gu£  gefegt  auf  biefe  ©d&toeHe? 

©tauffatfjer  (fe%t  r«$). 
2BoE)t  ein  erftaunlxc^  neues  2Berf  fyah'  id& 
bereiten  fefyen,  ba£  mtd?  nityt  erfreute.  525 

Sßaltljer  ftürft 

D  $reunb,  ba  fydbt  %i)f%  gleicfy  mit  einem  33 liefe ! 

©tauffarffer. 

©in  folcfyeS  ift  in  Uri  nie  getoefen  — 

©eit  3Jienfcf)enbenfen  toar  fein  Stoingfyof  fyier, 

Unb  feft  toar  feine  Sßoljnung,  aU  ba3  ©rab. 

233altl)er  $ürft, 

©in  ©rab  ber  greiljext  xft'3.    3$r  nennt'S  mit  tarnen.  530 

©tauffatf)er. 

§err  SBaltfyer  gürft,  id?  toill  ©uefy  nicfyt  fcerfyalten, 

3l\ä)t  eine  müfs'ge  Neugier  füfyrt  miefy  Ijer; 

yjlid)  brüten  fcf)fr>ere  ©orgen  —  Srangfal  fyah'  \<fy 

3u  §au£  berlaffen,  Srangfal  finb'  icfy  fyter. 

©enn  ganj  unleiblidj  tft%  it>a£  fair  erbulben,  535 

Unb  biefe§  SrangeS  ift  fein  3iel  5U  fe^n. 

grei  toar  ber  ©d^toeiger  tont   uralter^  Ijer, 


76  rDüfielm  <Eell. 

2Bir  fmb'8  getoofynt,  ba£  man  un3  gut  begegnet. 

(Sin  fol$e§  toar  im  Sanbe  nie  erlebt, 

©olang  ein  §irte  trieb  auf  biefen  Sergen.  540 

2Battf)er  ftürft. 

3a,  e3  ift  ofyne  Seifptel,  tote  fte'S  treiben! 
2Iud£)  unfer  ebler  §err  fcon  Stttingfyaufen, 
©er  nod)  bie  alten  Reiten  fyat  gefeljn, 
Steint  felber,  e$  fei  nicfyt  mefyr  ju  ertragen. 

©tauffatfjer. 

2(u$  brüben  unterm  Söalb  gefyt  ©$toere3  bor,       545 
Unb  blutig  toirb'8  gebüßt  —  ©er  Söolfenfcfrieften, 
SDe£  $atfer3  Sogt,  ber  auf  bem  Stofjberg  Raufte, 
©elüften  trug  er  nadf>  fcerbotner  grucfyt ; 
Saumgarten§  SBetb,  ber  fyauS^ält  ju  Stellen, 
SBottt'  er  ju  freier  Ungebühr  mißbrauchen,  550 

Unb  mit  ber  2ljt  fyat  tyn  ber  SKann  erfragen. 

SBaKljer  Surft. 

D,  bie  ©ericfyte  ©otte§  finb  geregt! 

—  Saumgarten,  fagt  $$r  ?  ein  befcfjetbner  9Jtann ! 
@r  ift  gerettet  bod)  unb  toofyl  geborgen? 

Stauffa^er. 

®uer  ßibam  tyat  tfyn  übern  ©ee  geflüchtet;  555 

Sei  mir  ^u  ©teinen  fyaW  i<fy  tyn  verborgen  — 

—  %loä)  ©reulicfyerä  tyat  mir  berfelbe  SSJiann 
Seri^tet,  toa§  ju  ©arnen  ift  gefcfyefyn, 
®a3  §erj  muß  jebem  Stebermanne  bluten. 

2Ba(tf)er  ^Üvft  (aufmerffam). 

©agt  an,.toa3  iff$? 


(Erfter  2Juf3ug.    Dterte  £3ene.  77 

©tcutffadjer* 

Sgm  3JieItf)tf)aI,  ba,  fto  man    560 
©irttritt  bei  ÄernS.  toofynt  ein  geredeter  SiJlann, 
©ie  nennen  ifyn  ben  £einricfy  fcon  ber  §alben, 
Unb  feine  ©timm'  gilt  toa§  in  ber  ©emeinbe. 

Sßaft^er  Surft, 

2Ser  fennt  i$n  nid&t?  2öa3  ift'3  mit  ifmt?  SSottenbet ! 

©tauffadjer* 

©er  Sanbenberger  büfcte  feinen  ©ofm  565 

Um  Heilten  $efyler3  toitten,  lieft  bie  Dd)fen, 
2)a§  befte  ^ßaar,  ifym  au3  bem  Pfluge  fyannen ; 
35a  fcfytug  ber  $nab'  ben  Attest  unb  tourbe  flüchtig. 

äöaftfjer  ^Ürft  (in  pä)fter  «Spannung). 

©er  SSater  aber  —  faßt,  tote  ftefyt'3  um  ben? 

©tauffarfier. 

SDen  33ater  Ictftt  ber  Sanbenberger  forbern.  570 

$ur  ©teile  fcfyaffen  foH  er  ifym  ben  ©ofyn, 
Unb  ba  ber  alte  9Jtamt  mit  2öa£?r£?eit  fcfytoört, 
@r  Ijabe  t>on  bem  glücfytling  feine  Äunbe, 
Sa  läfct  ber  23ogt  bie  golterfnecfyte  fommen  — 

28altfjer  prft 

(fpringt  auf  unb  untf  il)n  auf  bie  aubere  «Seite  führen). 

D,  ftitf,  nidjt3  mefyr! 

©tiWffatfjer   (mit  fteigenbem  £on). 

„3ft  mir  ber  ©otm  entgangen,  575 
©0  \)ah}  \<fy  bid)!" —  läftt  i^n  ju  33oben  toerfen, 
£)en  f^gen  ©tafyl  il)m  in  bie  Singen  bohren  — 

2$a(tf)er  prft, 

33armf)erä'ger  igimmel! 


78  rDtltjelm  (Teil, 

Wltlti)tfial  (ftürgt  $ercm§). 

3n  bic  2lugen,  fagt  S^r? 

©tauffat^er  (erftaunt  8u  SBalt^cr  ftürft). 

2Ber  ift  ber  Jüngling? 

9Jltlä)tf)al   (fafct  t&n  mit  fram^f^after  £eftigfeit). 

$n  bie  2Iugen?  SWebet ! 

2Balt*)er  prft 

.  D  ber  SejdmmemStoürbige ! 

©tauffadjer. 

2ßer  ift'S?  580 

(2)o  SBalt^er  $ürft  itym  ein  Setzen  gibt.) 

©er  ©otyn  ift'§?  aWgerec^ter  ©ott ! 

SReUföal. 

Unb  id) 

9ttuf$  ferne  fein!  —  $n  fe™e  Reiben  Slugen? 

SBattljer  gürft. 
Sej^inget  ©uef) !   Ertragt  e§,  tt>ie  ein  3Jiann ! 

Um  meiner  ©cfyulb,  um  meinet  grebelS  toitten! 
—  351inbalfo!  Sßirflid)  blinb  unb  ganj  geblenbet?  585 

©tauffatfjer, 
3d^  fagt' 3.     ®er  Duett  be3  ©efy'nS  ift  auSgefloffen, 
3)a3  £id)t  ber  ©onne  fcfyaut  er  niemals  lieber. 

2ßaftl)er  gffrft. 

©cfyont  feinet  ©ctymerjeS! 

maöWL 

9ttemal3  !  niemals  lieber ! 

(@r  brücft  bie  öanb  fcor  bie  Slugen  unb  fcfytoeigt  einige  Momente;  bann  toenbet 
er  fta)  öon  bem  einen  §u  bem  anbern  unb  fjprtd^t  mit  fanfter,  öon  tränen  erfttefter 

«Stimme :) 


€rfter  2Iuf3ug.     Dterte  S$tnz.  79 

D/  eine  eble  öimme(§gabe  ift 

2)a3  Sicfyt  be3  2(uge3  —  Sitte  SBefen  leben  590 

SSom  Sichte,  jebe3  glüdElid^e  ©efcfyöpf — 

Sie  ^ßflanje  felbft  febrt  freubig  ficf>  jum  Siebte; 

Unb  er  muj$  fii$en,  füblenb,  in  ber  Sfacbt, 

3m  eftrig  ginftern —  ibn  erquieft  nidjt  mebr 

2)er  hatten  toarmeS  ©rün,  ber  331umen  ©cbmelj,    595 

S)ie  roten  girnen  !ann  er  nicf>t  mebr  flauen  — 

Sterben  ift  nicbt$  —  boeb  leben  unb  niebt  f  e  b  e  n, 

Sa§  ift  ein  Unglücf  —  Sßarum  febt  tf>r  midi 

So  jammernb  an?   %d)  fyah'  gtt>ei  frtfd^e  2tugen 

Unb  lann  bem  blinben  93ater  feinet  geben,  600 

%li<i)t  einen  Schimmer  fcon  bem  SJJeer  be§  SicfytS, 

Sa3  glan^oH,  blenbenb  mir  in§  Stuge  bringt. 

Stauffadjer, 

2lcfy,  idj  muft  ßuren  Sommer  nodf)  bergrö^em, 

Statt  ifyn  ju  feilen  —  @r  bebarf  noeb  mef)r! 

Senn  alle§  Ijat  ber  Sanbbogt  ifym  geraubt;  605 

9fäd)t§  fyat  er  \i)m  gelaffen,  aU  ben  Stab, 

Um  naeft  unb  blinb  tion  Zixx  ju  2:ür  ju  toanbern. 

9iid)t§  al§  ben  Stab  bem  augenlofen  ©ret§ ! 

2(IIe3  geraubt  unb  auef)  ba£  Siebt  ber  Sonne, 

3)es  Strmften  allgemeines  ©ut  —  ^e£t  rebe  610 

ÜRtr  feiner  mebr  fcon  bleiben,  fcon  Verbergen! 

2öa§  für  ein  feiger  ©lenber  bin  icb, 

Saft  id)  auf  meine  Sidjerbeit  gebaut 

Unb  nidBt  auf  beine !  —  bein  geliebtes  öaupt 

2113  ^Jfanb  gelaffen  in  bes  SBütridE^^  §änben  !         615 


80  IDttyelm  (Cell. 

Seigfyer^ge  SBorjtcfyt,  fa£?re  fyin — 2luf  ntd^td 
2tl3  blutige  Vergeltung  toill  tcfy  benlen. 
hinüber  toitt  id)  —  feiner  foll  mid)  galten  — 
2)e3  33ater3  3luge  fcon  bem  Sanbfcogt  forbem  — 
2lu§  allen  feinen  Seifigen  fyerau3  620 

SQBiff  id)  ifyn  finben  —  -fttcfytg  liegt  mir  am  Seben, 
2ßenn  itf>  ben  fyeijsen,  ungeheuren  ©cfymerj 
$n  feinem  SebenSblute  füfyle.    (®r  töia  ge^en.) 

äßaltfjer  ftürft. 

bleibt! 
2Sa§  fönnt  3$r  Öe9en  ^n?  @r  M*  äu  ©atnen 
Stuf  feiner  fyofyen  §errenburg  unb  Rottet  625 

Dfymnätfjt'gen  goroS  in  feiner  fiebern  $efte. 

Unb  toofynt'  er  broben  auf  bem  @i3£alaft 
3)e3  ©cfyrecffyorng  ober  fyöfyer,.  Wo  bie  Jungfrau 
©ett  ©tngfeit  t>erfd)leiert  fittf —  itf)  ma$e 
3Kir  33afyn  ju  ifym ;  mit  jtoan^ig  Jünglingen,  630 

©efinnt  toie  id),  jerbreef)'  \<$)  feine  fjeftc. 
Unb  tücnn  mir  niemanb  folgt,  unb  trenn  ifyr  alle, 
$ür  eure  glitten  bang  unb  eure  §erben, 
©ud)  bem  Xfyrannenjocfye  beugt  —  bie  igtrten 
SBill  id)  jufammenrufen  im  ©ebirg,  635 

'  ©ort,  unterm  freien  §immel3ba<J)e,  too 
2)er  ©tnn  nodj  frifd)  ift  unb  ba3  §erj  gefunb, 
3)a3  ungeheuer  ©räf$lidje  erjagen. 

©tauffat^er  (*u  2öal%r  gttrft). 

©3  ift  auf  feinem  ©tyfel  —  SBollen  toir 
©rtoarten,  bi§  ba£  Su^erfte  — 


<£rfter  2Juf3ug.    Dterte  53cnc.  81 

SBelcf)  2Iuperfte§       64o 
3ft  nocf)  ju  fürchten,  toenn  ber  Stern  be£  2(uge3 
^n  feiner  QfyU  reicht  mebr  fidler  ift? 
—  Sinb  toir  benn  toefyrlos  ?   2Ö03U  lernten  totr 
Sie  Strmbruft  fpannen  unb  bie  febtoere  SSucbt 
2)er  (Streitart  f  dringen?   ^ebern  Söefen  toarb         645 
©in  9iotgetoef)r  in  ber  33er3faeif[ung3angft. 
@3  ftettt  ftd?  ber  erfd>ö^fte  Sirfcf)  unb  geigt 
£)er  SJleute  fein  gefürcbtete§  ©etoeib; 
SDie  ©emfe  reijjt  ben  ^äger  in  ben  2Ibgrunb — 
©er  ^Jflugftier  fefbft,  ber  fanfte  §au3geno£  650 

3)e3  ^Jtenfcben,  ber  bie  ungeheure  Kraft 
SDe3  §alfe§  bulbfam  untere  £$ocf)  gebogen, 
Springt  auf,  gereift,  toe^t  fein  gewaltig  §orn 
Unb  fdjleubert  feinen  geinb  ben  SBolfen  ju. 

28aftf)er  gürft. 
SBenn  bie  brei  Sanbe  backten   hrie  toit  bret,  655 

So  motten  toir  biettetd^i  ettoa3  vermögen. 

Stauffadjer* 

2öenn  Uri  ruft,  toenn  Untertoalben  bilft, 
2)er  Scfytotjjer  toirb  bie  alten  SBünbe  eljren. 

9JMd)tf)a(, 

©ro£  ift  in  Unterhalb en  meine  greunbfcfyaft, 

Unb  jeber  toagt  mit  greuben  Seib  unb  Slut,  660 

2öenn  er  am  anbern  einen  dürfen  bat 

Unb  Schirm —  D  fromme  33äter  biefe§  2anbe3  ! 

%d)  ftefye,  nur  ein  Jüngling,  jftüfeben  eueb, 

£en  s33ielerfabrnen  —  meine  Stimme  muj$ 


82  rDttyetm  Cell. 

33efd£>eiben  fd>tt>eigen  in  ber  SanbSgemeinbe.  665 

3l\ü)t,  toeil  \6)  jung  bin  unb  triebt  fciel  erlebte, 
9SeradE>tet  meinen  3iat  unb  meine  9tebe; 
5Ri$t  lüftern  jugenblidf)e3  Slut,  mid)  treibt 
2)e3  ^öd^ften  ^ammer3  fd^merj(id)e  ©etoalt, 
2öa3  au$  ben  Stein  be£  Reifen  muf$  erbarmen.     670 
3$r  felbft  feib  93ater,  §äu!pter  eine§  §aufe3, 
Unb  toünfcfyt  eud)  einen  tugenbfyaften  ©ofyn, 
'  ®er  eure§  §au£ie3  fyeiPge  Socfen  efyre 
Unb  eucfy  ben  Stern  be§  2(uge§  fromm  betoacfye. 
D,  toeil  ifyr  felbft  an  eurem  Seib  unb  ®ut  675 

9Jocfy  nichts  erlitten,  eure  Singen  ficb 
%lo<fy  frifrf)  unb  bell  in  iljren  Greifen  regen, 
©0  fei  eucfy  barum  unfre  -Kot  nid)t  fremb. 
2Iucfy  über  eud)  Ijängt  ba§  3:fyrannenfdjtoert, 
3$r  Ijabt  ba§  Sanb  bon  Dftreicb  abgetoenbet ;         680 
$ein  anbere£  töar  meinet  33ater§  Unrecbt, 
3§r  feib  in  gleicher  SUtitfdmlb  unb  2Serbammni§. 

©tauffarf|er  feu  2BaIt§er  Surft). 

35ef$Iiej$et  Sfyr!    %<$)  bin  bereit,  $u  folgen. 

9®altf>er  prft. 
2Bir  hotten  fyören,  toa§  bie  eblen  §erm 
SSon  ©iUinen,  tion  3tttingbaufen  raten —  685 

3$r  9iame,  benf  id),  toirb  un3  greunbe  derben. 

2ßo  ift  ein  9?ame  in  bem  23albgebirg' 

©fyrtoürbiger,  ate  @urer  unb  ber  6ure? 

2ln  folcfyer  tarnen  erf)te  SBäfyrung  glaubt 

£)a$  SSoll,  fie  fyaben  guten  $lang  im  Sanbe.  690 


(Erftcr  2Iuf3ug.    Dierte  S$ene.  83 

3$r  i^abt  ein  reidf)e3  6rb'  öon  SSätertugenb 

Unb  ^abt  e3  fetber  reid)  fcermefyrt  —  2Ba§  braucfyt'3 

£>e3  @belmann§?  ßafet'S  uns  allein  boKenben! 

SBären  toir  bod^  allein  im  Sanb!    3$  weine, 

2Bir  tDoüten  un3  fdfyon  felbft  ju  formen  ftriffen.      695 

©tauffacfyer* 

Sie  @beln  brängt  nicfyt  gleite  9tof  mit  un3 ; 

£)er  Strom,  ber  in  ben  TOeberungen  tautet, 

33i3  je|l  fyat  er  bie  §öl)'n  nod£)  nid^t  erreid^t  — 

©od?  t£?re  §ilfe  ftirb  un$  nicfyt  entftefyn, 

2öenn  fie  ba3  Sanb  in  Söaffen  erft  erbltcfen*  700 

SBaltfjer  $ürft. 

SBäre  ein  Dbmann  jtaifd^en  un3  unb  Dftreicfy, 

@o  möchte  Stecht  entfcfyeiben  unb  ©efe£. 

®otf)  ber  un§  unterbrücft,  ift  unfer  $aifer 

Unb  fyöcfyfter  Stxd^ter  —  fo  muf$  (Sott  un§  Reifen 

3)ur$  unfern  Slrm  —  ©rforfcfyet  ^x  bie  Scanner  705 

SBon  ©c^to^j,  i  d£)  toiff  in  Uri  greunbe  toerben ; 

2öen  aber  fenben  toir  nacfy  Untertoalben?  — 

2Jii$  fenbet  I)in!      SBem  lag'  e3  nätyer  an? 

äSaltijer  Surft. 
3$  geb'3  nid^t  ju;  3fy*  fe^  mein  ©af*,  ^  ™ufc 
gür  (Sure  ©ictyerfyeit  gefahren!  710 

3ReMjt!>iiL 

Sa^t  micfy  ! 
3)ie  ©cfylicfye  lenn'  t$  unb  bie  fyelfenfteige ; 
2tud)  greunbe  firtb'  icfy  g'nug,  bie  midb  bem  geinb 
Serbien  unb  ein  Obbacf)  gern  getoäfyren. 


84  rPityetm  Cell. 

©tmtffatfier. 

Sa^t  ifyn  mit  ©ott  fyinübergefyn.     ©ort  brüben 

3ft  lein  Verräter  —  ©o  berabfdjeut  ift  715 

©ie  S^rannei,  baf$  fie  fein  SBerfjeug  finbet. 

2lu$  ber  3tl§etter  foK  un3  nib  bem  SBalb 

©enoffen  faerben  unb  ba§  Sanb  erregen. 

.   2ßie  bringen  toir  uns  fxcl)'re  $unbe  ju, 
©af$  toir  ben  2lrgtoofyn  ber  ^rannen  tauften?      720 

©tauffadjer. 
SBir  fönnten  uns  ju  S3runnen  ober  £reib 
33erfammeln,  too  bie  $aufmann§fcfyiffe  lanben. 

333aW)er  gürft. 

©0  offen  bürfen  totr  ba§  2ßerl  nt$t  treiben. 

—  §ört  meine  Meinung.     £inl3  am  ©ee,  toenn  man 

yiaty  93runnen  fä^rt,  bem  5D^^t^enftein  grab7  über,  725 

Siegt  eine  Statte  Ijeimlid)  im  ©efyölj; 

®a§  SRöiÜ  fyeift  fie  bei  bem  Soll  ber  §irten, 

Söeil  bort  bie  SBalbung  au§gereutet  toarb. 

©ort  m%  too  unfre  Sanbmarl  unb  bie  @ure  (ju  sKci^t^ai) 

gufammengrenjen,  unb  in  lurjer  gabrt  uu  ©tauffac^cr)  730 

£rägt  @ud)  ber  leiste  %fyft  fcon  ©dbto%  herüber. 

Stuf  oben  ^3faben  lönnen  toir  bafytn 

S3ei  3^ad^)tgeit  toanbern  unb  un§  ftiff  beraten. 

S)af)in  mag  jeber  gefm  Vertraute  5ftänner 

Mitbringen,  bie  t)erjetmg  finb  mit  un%,  735 

©0  lönnen  toir  gemeinfam  ba3  ©emeine 

33efpre$en  unb  mit  ©ott  e§  frifcfy  befcfyftejsen. 


(Erftcr  2Iuf5ug,    Vierte  S^ene.  87 

3tauffad)er. 
<2o  fet'3!     3e|t  reicht  mir  (Sure  bieb're  ERecf>te/ 
cReicf^t  ^br  bic  (Sure  frer,  unb  fo,  mie  mir 
3)rei  3Äänner  je^o  unter  un3  He  §änbe  740 

gufammenflednen,  reblitf,  ebne  ^alfd), 

So  rnollen  mir  brei  Sauber  auefr  ;u  Scfmfc 

Unb  Jrus  juiammenftefm  auf  £ob  unb  Se&en. 

äBaftfjer  prft  unb  9)MtftljaI, 
Auf  3rot^  unb  Beben ! 

[©U  galten  He  fjänbe  necö  einige  paufen  foitg  jitfammcngcflo^tcn  irab  [dj  tu  eigen. ) 

SHeMjtijal. 

Slmber,  alter  SBater, 
Su  fannft  ben  Jag  £er  Freiheit  nidjt  mehr  1  chatten  ;  745 
3)U  follft  ibn  boren  —  -Kenn  bon  2ÖJJ  ;u  i(Ip 
Sie  gfeuerjetdjen  flammend  jidj  erbeben, 
£ie  feiten  ScMeffer  ber  Jorannen  fallen, 
3u  beine  glitte  feil  bet  2dMrei;er  malfen, 
3u  beinern  Cbr  bie  Jreubenfunbe  tragen,  750 

Unb  bell  in  beiner  lUacbt  folT  ee  bir  tagen. 

(Sie  geben  auseinander.) 


3toeiter  Stufjug* 

(£rfte  S3ene. 

Sbefljof  be§  greifyerrn  öcn  ^tttng^aufen. 

(Sin  gotijdjer  Baai,  mit  2Bappenfa)ilbern  unb  Reimen  t>er§iert.  £)er  grei= 
fyerr,  ein  @rei§  öon  fünfunbadjtjig,  Sauren,  fcon  Ijot)er  ebler  Statut,  an 
einem  Stabe,  worauf  ein  ©emjen^orn,  nnb  in  ein  ^}elxroam§  gefteibet.  £uon  i 
nnb  nodj  j  e  dj  §  Anette  fielen  nm  ifyn  J)er  mit  Letten  unb  Senfen.  U  t  r  i  d) 
Don  ^ubenj  tritt  ein  in  9tittertteibung. 

9htben$« 

£ier  bin  te$,  Dfyeim  —  2ßa§  ift  @uer  Söitle  ? 

Sltttttgljaufett, 

©rlaubt,  baf$  id)  nad>  altem  §au£gebraucfy 
£)en  grüfytrunf  erft  mit  meinen  &nzd)Un  teile. 

(@r  trinft  au%  einem  93ea)er,  ber  bann  in  ber  Steige  tyerumgetyt.) 

©onft  toar  tefy  felber  mit  in  gfelb  u^b  2öalb,  755 

SJlit  meinem  2luge  ifyren  $let£  regierend 

2öte  fie  mein  Sanner  führte  in  ber  ©tfjlacfyt; 

$e£t  fann  icfy  nitf)t§  mefyr,  al§  ben  ©cfyaffner  machen, 

Unb  fommt  bie  toarme  ©onne  nic^t  $u  mir, 

3$  iann  fie  nicfyt  mel)r  fucfyen  auf  ben  Sergen.      760 

Unb  fo,  in  enger  ftet§  unb  engerm  $rei3, 

S3etx>eg'  td)  miefy  bem  engeften  unb  legten, 

2öo  alles  2eben  ftißftefyt,  langfam  ju. 

9Jlein  Statte  bin  tdj  nur,  balb  nur  mein  SRame. 

ÄttOtti  (§u  Gubens  mit  bem  Sedier). 

%<fy  bringt  ©uefy,  gunfer. 

(£)a  Gubens  jaubert,  ben  23ed?er  gu  nehmen.) 

Srinfet  frifefc  !  @§  getyt  765 
2tu§  einem  Sedier  unb  au§  einem  §erjen. 

88 


g>n>eiter  2tuf3ug.    <2rfte  Sjene.  89 

9ftttttgf)aufett, 
©efyt,  Äinber,  unb  toenn^  geierabenb  ift, 
©ann  reben  hnr  aucfy  bon  be3  2anb3  ©efc^äften. 

(Anette  gefyen  ab.) 
^ttttngfyaujert  unb  jft  u  b  e  n  j. 
Sfttutgfjaufen, 
3$  fefje  bidf)  gegürtet  unb  gerüftet, 
SDu  ftnffft  rtacf)  Stltorf  in  bie  ^errenburg?  770 

9htbett$» 

Sa,  Dljeim,  unb  idf)  barf  nicf)t  länger  fäumen  — 

2fttutgf)attfett  (fefct  fu$). 

§aft  bu'3  fo  eilig?    28ie?    3ft  beiner  ^ugenb 
3Me  3e^  fa  ^arS  getnefjen,  baf$  bu  fie 
3tn  beinern  alten  D()eim  mu^t  erfyaren? 

9btbett§« 

$db  fefye,  baf$  $f?r  tneiner  niebt  bebürft,  775 

3$  bin  ein  grembling  nur  in  biefem  öaufe. 

5Ittittg^ÖUfeit   O&at  i§n  lange  mit  ben  SJugen  gemuftert). 

3a,  leiber  bift  bu'3.     Seiber  ift  bie  öeimat 

$ur  grembe  bir  geworben  !  —  Uli !  Uli ! 

3$  fenne  bief)  nid)t  mebr.     3n  @eibe  prcmgft  bu, 

35ie  ^fauenfeber  trägft  bu  ftolg  jur  ©cbau  780 

Unb  fcfylägft  ben  ^urpurmantet  um  bie  Sdmltern; 

£)en  Sanbmann  bliefft  bu  mit  33erad)tung  an 

Unb  fcfmmft  bidj  feiner  traulichen  öegrüjsung. 

Dhibettä. 
Sie  ©fyr',  bie  ifym  gebührt,  geb'  tcf>  xljm  gern ; 
3)a§  iJtecfjt,  ba§  er  fi$  nimmt,  t>ertt)etgr'  xcfy  ifym.     785 

Slttutgtjaufeiu 

2)a$  ganje  Sanb  liegt  unterm  fdf)toeren  3orn 


90  lütHjelm  Cell. 

35e§  Äömg§ —  fybtZ  $tebermanne£  §erj 

3ft  fummcrDoK  ob  ber  tfyrannifcfyen  ©eVualt, 

Sie  toir  erbulben  —  ©tdj  attein  rüfyrt  nic£)t 

©er  allgemeine  ©cfymerj  —  ©trf)  fielet  man,  790 

2lbtrünnig  fcon  ben  ©einen,  auf  ber  (Seite 

©e§  £anbe3feinbe§  fielen,  unfrer  SRot 

^ofynfpredjenb,  natfj  ber  leisten  greube  jagen 

Unb  buhlen  um  bie  $ürftengunft,  inbe3 

©ein  SSaterlanb  fcon  fcfytoerer  ©ei^el  blutet.  795 

Übibettä* 

©a3  Sanb  ift  fcfytoer  bebrängt  —  Söarum,  mein  Dfyetm  ? 

2öer  tft%  ber  e3  geftürjt  in  biefe  üftbt? 

@3  foftete  ein  einzig  leidstes  SSort, 

Um  augenbltdfö  be§  ©ränget  I08  ju  fein 

Unb  einen  gnäb'gen  $aifer  ju  gewinnen.  800 

Söefy'  ifynen,  bie  bem  SSolf  bie  3lugen  galten, 

©a£  e3  bem  toafyren  Seften  toiberftrebt! 

Um  eignen  3Sorteil§  bitten  fytnbern  fie, 

©af*  bie  SBalbftcttte  nxcfyt  ju  üftreidfr  frören, 

2öie  ringsum  alle  Sanbe  bo$  getan.  805 

Sßofyl  tut  e3  ifynen,  auf  ber  ^errenbanl 

$u  fxt$en  mit  bem  ©beimann  —  ben  Ä  ai  f  e  r 

ÜBttt  man  jum  §errn,  um  feinen  §errn  ju  fyahtn. 

Sfttütgfjaufett. 

9Kuf$  \<fy  b  a  §  fyören  unb  au3  beinern  9Runbe  ? 

öbtbett§» 

2$r  fyabt  midj  aufgeforbert,  I'afjt  micfy  enben !  810 

—  äßelc^e  Werfen  ift'S,  D^eim,  bie  3^r  feibft 
§ier  fyielt?  §abt  ^fyr  nicfyt  fyßfyern  ©tolj,  afö  fyter 
Sanbammann  ober  Sannerfyerr  jii  fein 


gtoetter  2Juf3ug.    (Erfte  S$ene.  91 

Knb  neben  biefen  §irten  ju  regieren? 

äöie?  3ft'§  ntd^t  eine  rühmlichere  aBa^I,  815 

3u  fmtbigen  bem  königlichen  §errn, 

©id)  an  fein  glänjenb  2ager  anjujrf) liefen, 

2113  Eurer  eignen  fönecfyte  ?ßair  ju  fein 

Unb  ju  ©eritfjt  ju  fii$en  mit  bem  Sauer? 

5lttittgljaufetu 
21$,  Uli!  Uli!    ^cf)  erfenne  fte,  820 

Sie  ©timme  ber  33erfüf)rung !    ©ie  ergriff 
Sein  offnem  Dfyr,  fie  fyat  bein  §er$  vergiftet! 

Oinben^ 
3>a,  icfy  berberg'  e3  nid^t  —  in  tiefer  ©eele 
©d^mer^t  mxd)  ber  Spott  ber  gremblinge,  bie  un3 
2)en  Sauernabel  freiten  —  9licf)t  ertrag'  icl)%        825 
3nbe3  bie  eble  ^ugenb  ringsumher 
©itf)  ©fjre  fammelt  unter  §absburg3  gähnen, 
Stuf  meinem  Erb'  fyier  müf$ig  füll  ju  liegen 
Unb  bei  gemeinem  Sagetoerf  ben  Senj 
£)e£  2eben3  ju  verlieren  —  2Inber3too  830 

©efdjefyen  Säten,  eine  Sßelt  be£  ^ufym^ 
Setoegt  fid^>  glänjenb  jenfeit3  biefer  Serge  — 
Wlxx  roften  in  ber  §atle  §elm  unb  ©cfyilb ; 
Ser  $rieg£brommete  mutige^  ©etön, 
25er  §erolb3ruf,  ber  §um  Surniere  labet,  835 

©r  bringt  in  biefe  Säler  nicf)t  herein; 
9?ic£)t£  ate  ben  ^ufyreibn  unb  ber  §erbengtocfen 
Einförmige^  ©eläut'  üernelnn'  icfy  fyier. 

$tthtgljaufen, 

Serbienbeter,  Dom  eiteln  ©lanj  fcerfübrt, 

Seracbte  bein  ©eburtelanb !    Schäme  bicl)  840 


92  rDttyelm  (Teil. 

2)er  uralt  frommen  ©Ute  beiner  SSäter! 
3JJit  fyetften  Kranen  toirft  bu  bi$  bereinft 
§eim  fernen  nacfy  ben  väterlichen  Sergen, 
Unb  btefe£  §erbenretf)en3  5Relobte, 
S)ie  bu  in  ftoljem  Überbruf*  Verfcfymäfyft,  845 

Sftit  ©(^merjen^fe^nfud^t  toirb  fie  btcfy  ergreifen, 
2Senn  fie  bir  anllingt  auf  ber  fretnben  @rbe. 
D,  mächtig  ift  ber  Srieb  be3  33aterlanb§! 
'  ®ie  frembe,  falfcfye  SBelt  ift  nicfyt  für  bitfr, 
SDort  an  bem  ftpljen  Äaiferljof  bteibft  bu  850 

£)tr  etoig  fremb  mit  beinern  treuen  §er$en ! 
©ie  Sßett,  fie  forbert  anbre  £ugenben, 
3113  bu  in  biefen  Malern  bir  ertoorben. 

—  ©elj'  f^tn,  Verlaufe  beine  freie  ©eele, 

9ttmm  Sanb  ju  fielen,  ^erb'  ein  gürftenlnecfyt,         855 

©a  bu  ein  ©etbftljerr  fein  fannft  unb  ein  gürft 

Stuf  beinern  eignen  @rb'  unb  freien  «oben. 

%ä),  Uli!   Uli!    «leibe  bei  ben  ©einen! 

©efy'  nicfyt  nad)  Stltorf  —  D,  Verlag  fie  nicfyt, 

Sie  fyeil'ge  ©acfye  betne3  33aterlanb§!  860 

—  3$  &n  ^er  S^te  meinet  ©tamm§  —  mein  9?ame 
@nbet  mit  mir.     ©a  fangen  §elm  unb  ©djnlb  ; 
©ie  Serben  fie  mir  in  ba§  ©rab  mitgeben. 

Unb  mufc  icfy  beulen  bei  bem  legten  §aucfy, 

$Da£  bu  mein  brecfyenb  2(uge  nur  ertoarteft,  865 

Um  fyinäugefyn  Vor  biefen  neuen  Sefyenfyof 

Unb  meine  ebeln  ©üter,  bie  icfy  frei 

3Son  ©Ott  empfing,  Von  Dftretcfy  ju  empfangen! 

Stoben^ 

Vergebens  totberftreben  toxi  bem  ®önig, 


gtretter  2Iuf3ug    €rfte  S$tnt.  93 

S)ie  Söelt  gehört  ifym ;  tootlen  toir  allein  870 

Un3  eigenfinnig  fteifen  unb  üerftotfen, 

Die  Sänberfette  if)m  ju  unterbrechen, 

Die  er  getoaltig  rings  um  un3  gebogen? 

Sein  ftnb  bie  3ÄarIte,  bie  ©ericfyte,  fein 

Die  ÄaufmannSftrafjen,  unb  ba3  Saumrofs  felbft,     875 

Da3  auf  bem  ©ottbarb  Riebet,  muj3  if>m  jollen, 

93on  feinen  Säubern  tote  mit  einem  3Ze| 

Sinb  toir  umgarnet  ring§  unb  eingefcbloffen. 

—  Söirb  un§  ba§  3teidj  befeuert?  Rann  e§  felbft 
©icf)  fcfmi$en  gegen  Cftreicf>3  toaebfenbe  ©etoalt?     88# 
§ilft  ©ott  un£  nicf)t,  fein  $aifer  fann  un£  Reifen. 
2Ba§  ift  ju  geben  auf  ber  föaifer  SSort, 

23enn  fie  in  ©elb=  unb  ^riegesnot  bie  ©täbte, 
Die  unterm  Scbirm  bes  21bler3  fid^>  geflüchtet, 
33erfcfänben  bürfen  unb  bem  3?eicb  fceräuftern?         885 

—  Stein,  Dfyeim!   SfiSo^Itat  ift'S  unb  toeife  33orficf)t, 
^n  biefen  fcf)toeren  Reiten  ber  ^arteiung 

©icf)  anjufdjltefcen  an  ein  mächtig  §au£t. 
Die  $aiferfrone  gebt  bon  Stamm  ju  (Stamm, 
Die  E>at  für  treue  Dtenfte  fein  ©ebäcbtni3.  890 

Docf),  um  ben  mädjt'gen  ßrbberrn  toofyt  fcerbienen, 
§eiftt  Saaten  in  bie  $ufunft  ftreu'n. 

5ltttttgfjaufetu 

SBift  bu  fo  toeife? 
23itlft  geller  fefyn,  al3  beine  ebetn  23äter, 
Die  um  ber  greibeit  foftbar'n  ßbelftein 
9JKt  ©ut  unb  SBIut  unb  öelbenfraft  geftritten?        895 

—  ©tfnff'  nadf)  Supern  hinunter,  frage  bort, 

Sßie  Öftreid^S  öerrfcfjaft  laftet  auf  ben  Säubern! 


94  rDttyelm  Cell. 

©ie  toerben  fommen,  unfre  ©cfyaf  unb  SRinber 

Qu  jaulen,  unfre  Silben  ab^umeffen, 

©en  §ocf)flug  unb  ba3  §od)geft)übe  bannen  900 

^n  unfern  freien  SBälbern,  ifyren  ©cfylagbaum 

2ln  unfre  Brüden,  unfre  Sore  fe|en, 

3Jitt  unfrer  2Irmut  ifyre  Sanb erlaufe, 

gCRit  unferm  33Iute  tfyre  Kriege  jaulen  — 

—  5ftein,  tt)enn  toir  unfer  SBIut  bran  f  eisen  f  ollen,    905 

©0  fei'3  für  un^  —  toofylfeiler  laufen  toir 

SDie  greifyett  afe  bie  $ned;tfd£)aft  ein ! 
I 

Stoben^ 

4       2Sa§  lonnen  toir, 

©in  SBolf  ber  Wirten,  gegen  2IIbre$t3  §eere! 

Sem'  biefe3  SBolI  ber  Wirten  lernten,  $nabe ! 

3$  fenn'8,  itf)  I)ab'  e3  angeführt  in  ©cfylacfyten,      910 

3$  §ah'  e§  fechten  feiert  bei  ^atitn^. 

©ie  füllen  fommen,  \m$  ein  $od)  auffingen, 

2)a3  toir  entfc^loffen  finb  nicfyt  ju  ertragen! 

—  D,  lerne  füllen,  toeld&eS  ©tamm3  bu  bift! 

SBirf  nicfyt  für  eitetn  ©lanj  unb  glitterfcfyein  915 

2)ie  ecfyte  $erle  beine3  2öerte3  fytn — 

2)a§  £aupt  ju  fyeifcen  eine§  freien  SBolfö, 

SDaS  bir  au3  Siebe  nur  ficJ)  fyerjltcfy  toeifyt, 

3)a§  treulid)  ju  bir  ftefyt  in  <Ram£f  unb  Stob  — 

2)a3  fei  bein  ©tolj,  be3  2tbel§  rüfyme  bid) —       920 

3)te  angebornen  Sanbe  fmtyfe  feft, 

2tn3  23ater(anb,  an§  teure,  fdjlief}'  bi$  an, 

®a§  fyalte  feft  mit  beinern  ganzen  §erjen! 

§ier  finb  bie  ftarfen  2öurjeln  beiner  Äraft; 


gtpetier  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  S$ene.  95 

©ort  in  ber  fremben  Sßelt  ftetyft  bu  allein,  925 

6in  ftf)toanfe3  Stofyr,  ba£  jeber  ©türm  jerfnicft. 
D,  !omm,  bu  fyaft  un£  lang  nicf)t  meljr  gefefm, 
3ßerfud^§  mit  un£  nur  einen  Sag  —  nur  freute 
©el?'  nid)t  nacf)  Stltorf  —  £?örft  bu?  fyeute  nicf>t ; 
2)en  einen  Sag  nur  fcfyenfe  btd^>  ben  Seinen!  930 

(@r  fafjt  feine  £anb,) 

Ofabett^ 

3$  gab  mein  2Bort  — Sa^t  midj  —  %d)  bin  gebunben. 

^Ctttng^aufett  (läßt  feine  £anb  loa,  mit  Grnft). 

2)u  bift  gebunben  —  ^a,  Unglücklicher, 

35u  bift%  boc^  nicbt  burcf)  SBort  unb  ©djtour, 

©ebunben  btft  bu  burd?  ber  Siebe  Seile ! 

(9htben$  toenbet  fid?  toeg.) 

—  Verbirg  bicf),  tote  bu  tottfft.     £>a§  gräulein  ift' 3,  935 

33erta  bon  Srunecf,  bie  jur  §errenburg 

SM<§  jiefyt,  bi$  fefjelt  an  be3  $aifer3  SDtenft. 

®a3  3htierfräulein  toittft  bu  bir  ertoerben 

3Ktt  beinern  2lbfaH  bon  bem  Sanb  —  33etrüg'  bi$  m$t! 

S)icf)  anjulocfen,  geigt  man  bir  bie  Sraut;  940 

SDo$  beiner  Unfcbulb  ift  fie  nid^t  befcbieben. 

!Ritbeit$. 

©enug  Ijab'  icf>  gehört.     ©eljabt  6ucE)  tootyl!  m  ge^t  05.) 

Sltthtgfjaufett. 

2Bal)nfmn'ger  Jüngling,  bleib'!    @r  geljt  babin  ! 

2>cfy  fann  i()n  nicfyt  erhalten,  nidjt'  erretten  — 

©0  ift  ber  2BoIfenfd?ieJ3en  abgefallen  945 

23on  feinem  Sanb  —  fo  toerben  anbre  folgen. 

2)er  frembe  $auber  reiJ3t  bie  ^ugenb  fort, 


96  rDttfclm  Cell. 

©etoaltfam  ftrebenb  über  unfre  Serge. 

—  D  unglücfferge  Stunbe,  ba  ba§  grembe 

$n  btefe  füll  beglücften  Xäler  fam,  950 

2)er  ©itten  fromme  Unfcfyulb  ju  jerftören! 

—  ®a£  9Zeue  bringt  herein  mit  SKacfyt;  ba3  2llte, 
©a3  äßürb'ge  f Reibet,  anbre  Reiten  fommen, 

@3  lebt  ein  anber3  benfenbe$  ©efd^Ied^t ! 
2öa§  tu'  icfy  fyier?  ©ie  finb  begraben  äße,  955 

•   9Jttt  benen  id)  gehaltet  unb  gelebt. 
Unter  ber  @rbe  fcfyon  liegt  meine  geit; 
SGBo^I  bem,  ber  mit  ber  n  e  u  e  n  ni$t  mefyr  brauet  ya  leben ! 

«3e$t  ab.)  ' 


«gtoette  S$ene, 
(Sine  2öiefe  fccm  fjoljen  gelfeit  unb  2öatb  umgeben. 

5üxf  ben  getfen  ftnb  (Steige  mit  ©etänbern,  audj  Seitern,  bort  benen  man  natf)t)er 
bie  Sanbleute  t)erabfteigen  fiefyt.  3m  £nntergrunbe  geigt  fiel)  ber  ©ee,  über 
roeldjem  anfangt  ein  ^ftonbregenbogen  ^u  jerjert  ift.  2)en  ^rofpeft  fäjlietjen 
i)ot)e  23erge,  t)irtter  melden  noct)  t)ör)ere  (£i§gebirge  ragen.  (53  ift  böttig  sftaä)t 
auf  ber  ©gene,  nur  ber  ©ee  unb  bie  meinen  ®tetfd)er  leuchten  im  2^onben= 

Ud)t. 

9fteld)t  r)al,    23  au  mg  arten,    25H  n  feirieb,   Sfteier  bon  Samen, 

<8urt:t)arbtam23ül)el,  2lrnotb  bon^eroa,  jtlauäbon  berglüe 

unb  nod)  bier  anbere  8 anbleute,  alle  bewaffnet. 

3Mtf)tt)al  (noct)  hinter  ber  ©jene). 

®er  33ergtt>eg  öffnet  fiefy,  nur  frifdj  mir  na$  ! 

3)en  gel§  erfenn'  i$  unb  ba§  ^reujlein  brauf ;       960 

2öir  finb  am  $\d,  fyier  ift  ba3  Sftütli. 

(treten  auf  mit  3öinbltd)tern.) 

äSutfelrieb. 

§or$! 
©ettm, 
($an%  leer, 


Smetter  Tlnf^uq.    gtsette  S3ene.  97 

9ftetet\ 

'§  ift  nocfy  lein  Sanbmann  ba.  2ßir  ftnb 
Sie  erften  auf  bem  Sßlaij,  totr  Untertoalbner. 

9tte(d)tf|at, 
2Bie  toett  tft'3  in  ber  3?ac^t? 

SBaumgartett. 

®er  geuertoacfyter 

3Som  ©elteberg  J?at  eben  jtoei  gerufen.  965 

(üDlatt  fyört  \$  ber  ^ernc  läuten.) 

Fleier. 

©tili !  £orcf> ! 

2tm  Süffel. 

3)a3  gSJtettenglöcftein  in  ber  SBalbfapeUe 
klingt  E>eII  herüber  aus  bem  ©djtofyjerlanb. 

3hm  ber  gWe. 

Sie  Suft  ift  rein  unb  trägt  ben  ©djatt  fo  toeit. 

©efy'n  einige  unb  jünben  Dfcisfyolj  an, 

2)af$  e3  lof)  brenne,  Wenn  bie  SJiänner  fommen  !      970 

(gtoei  Sanbleute  geEven.) 

©eroa. 

'§  ift  eine  fdjöne  SJlonbennacfyt.     ©er  ©ee 
Siegt  rufyig  ba,  afe  tote  ein  ebner  Spiegel. 

9lm  Süljet* 

©ie  fyaben  eine  leidbte  gafyrt. 

$3tttle(rteb   (jetgt  nac§  bem  ©ee). 

6a,  fe£>t ! 
©ef>t  bortfyin!  ©efyt  t£>r  md£>t3? 


98  rmtyclm  Ceti. 

äfteter, 

2Ba3  benn?—  ^a,  toafyrtid? ! 
©in  Regenbogen  mitten  in  ber  %latyt !  975 

ß3  ift  ba§  2id)t  be§  9ttonbe§,  ba§  ifyn  btlbet. 

SSott  ber  3ftüe* 

2)a3  ift  ein  feltfam  tounberbareS  Seidjen ! 
@3  leben  biete,  bie  ba3  mcfyt  gefefyn. 

@r  ift  boppelt ;  fefyt,  ein  bläff  er  er  ftefyt  brüber, 

SBaumgarietu 

©in  9lacfyen  fäfyrt  foeben  brunter  toeg,  980 

SMdjtljal. 

®a§  ift  ber  ©tauffacfyer  mit  feinem  &at)ti, 
©er  93iebermann  läj&t  fid^>  mcfyt  lang'  erwarten. 

(©etyt  mit  Söaumgarten  nad)  bem  Ufer.) 

ÜJWeier, 

3)ie  Urner  finb  e§,  bie  am  längften  faumen. 

9lm  SSü^et. 

©te  muffen  toeit  umgeben  bur$3  ©ebirg, 

©af*  fie  be§  2anbbogt3  $unbf$aft  hintergehen.       985 

(llnterbeffen  fyahtn  bie  gtoei  Sanbleute  in  ber  9JUtte  be§  S)ßla$e§  ein  $euer  ange* 

jünbet.) 

9Md)tl)al  (am  Ufer). 

2öer  ift  ba?   ®tb\  ba§  Sßort ! 

©tauffadjer   (öon  unten). 

$reunbe  be3  SanbeS. 


gmetter  2Iuf3ug.    ^roette  S$ene.  99 

5tCTe  ger)en  nadj  ber  Stete,  bert  Äommenbcn  entgegen.     2tu§  bem  ftafjn  netten 

<8 1  a  u  f  f  a  a)  e  r,    3  * e  (    9t  e  b  t  n  g,  |)  a  n  §    auf   ber  flauer,   3  ö  r  g  t  m 

£  o  f  e,  fö  o  n  r  a  b  §  n  n  it,  U Ir i cf)  ber  S  er)  m  i  b,  3  o  f  t  ü  o  n  Bettet  unb 

nod)   brei  anbere  Sanbteute,  gleichfalls  beroaffner. 

5Iße    (rufen). 

SBiUIommen  ! 

(3«bem  bic  Übrigen  in  ber  Siefc  bertoeilen  unb  fict)  begrüben,  fomrrtt  3ttel<$tr)al 
mit  Stauffacfrer  bortoärt§.) 

Wtttyfyal 

D  §err  Stauffadjer  !  3$  ^a^  ^n 
©efefyn,  ber  mief)  mcfyt  hrieberfefyen  lonnte! 
Sie  §anb  ^ab1  icf)  gelegt  auf  feine  SUtgen, 
Unb  glüfyenb  9?acbgefüf)l  f)ab'  tcf>  gefügen  990 

2tu§  ber  erlofdjnen  Sonne  feinet  331icf3. 

©tauffadjer, 
©precfyt  nid)t  fcon  S^adje.     Dttdjt  ©efcfyebnee  rächen, 
©ebrofytem  Übel  toollen  fair  begegnen. 
—  3e*?t  fagt,  toas  $jf)r  im  Untertoalbner  Sanb 
©efcfyafft  unb  für  gemeine  ©adj'  getoorben,  995 

2Bie  bie  Sanbleute  benfen;  toie  2#r  felbft 
SDen  ©triefen  be£  23errat3  entgangen  feib. 

©urdf)  ber  <&uxtnwn  furebtbaree  ©ebirg', 

Stuf  tr>eit  verbreitet  oben  Sifesfelbern, 

2öo  nur  ber  beifre  Sämmergeier  fräcb^t,  1000 

©elangt'  xä)  ju  ber  Süpentrift,  too  fid? 

2Iu3  Uri  unb  bom  ßngelberg  bie  §irten 

3lnrufenb  grüben  unb  gemeinfam  Reiben. 

£)en  Surft  mir  ftillenb  mit  ber  ©letfeber  3Küd), 

2)ie  in  ben  5tunfen  fdfmumenb  nieberquifft.  1005 

^n  ben  einfamen  Sennhütten  ftfyxV  id)  ein, 


100  IDiKielm  lelL 

9Jtem  eigner  Sßirt  unb  ©aft,  bis  baf$  icfy  fam 
3u  Söofynungen  gefellig  lebenber  SJtenfcfyen. 

—  ©rfdjoflen  toar  in  biefen  Tälern  fcfyon 

35er  9iuf  beS  neuen  ©reuelS,  ber  gefcfyefyn,  ioio 

Unb  fromme  ©fyrfurcfyt  fcfmffte  mir  mein  Unglücf 

33or  jeber  Pforte,  too  idj  toanbernb  Hoffte. 

©ntrüftet  fanb  icfy  biefe  graben  (Seelen 

Dh  bem  getoaltfam  neuen  Regiment ; 

SDenn  fo  tote  tfyre  2(tyen  fort  unb  fort  1015 

SDiefelben  Kräuter  nähren,  tfyre  33runnen 

©leicf)förmig  fliegen,  Söolfen  felbft  unb  Söinbe 

SDen  gleiten  ©trid)  untoanbelbar  befolgen, 

©0  i)at  bie  alte  ©Ute  l)ier  fc>om  2llm 

3um  @nlel  unfceränbert  fort  beftanben.  1020 

9tö$t  tragen  fie  bertoegne  Neuerung 

^m  altgewohnten  gleiten  ©ang  beS  SebenS. 

—  ©ie  garten  £>anbe  reiften  fie  mir  bar, 

SBon  ben  SBänben  langten  fie  bie  roft'gen  ©$toerter, 

Unb  auS  ben  Slugen  blitze  freubigeS  1025 

©efüfyl  beS  SJtut^,  als  id)  bie  %lamzn  nanntt, 

3)te  im  ©ebtrg  bem  Sanbmann  heilig  finb, 

®en  ©urigen  unb  Söaltfyer  gürfts  —  2SaS  @ud) 

Siedet  toürbe  bünfen,  fcfyttmren  fie  ju  tun, 

@ud)  fcfytouren  fie  bis  in  ben  Stob  ju  folgen.  1030 

—  ©0  eilt*  icf)  fidler  unterm  IjeiPgen  ©cfyirm 
SeS  ©aftred&tS  öon  ©efyöfte  §u  ©etyöfie — 
Unb  als  \d)  fam  ins  heimatliche  S£at, 

2öo  mir  bie  Settern  Diel  Verbreitet  toofynen  — 
SllS  icfy  ben  3Sater  fanb,  beraubt  unb  blinb,  1035 

3luf  frembem  ©trofy,  fcon  ber  Sarm^erjigfeit 
SKübtät'ger  3flenfcf)en  lebenb  — 


Stpetter  2Iuf3ug,    §u>ette  S3ene.  101 

©tauffarfier. 

§err  im  §immel! 
äReldjtyat. 

Sa  toeint'  icf)  ntcfyt!  ÜRicfyt  in  ofynmädjt'gen  Kranen 

&o$  \<fy  bie  Äraft  be£  fyeifcen  ©dEmter^  au§ ; 

$n  tiefer  Sruft,  tote  einen  teuren  ©cf)a£,  1040 

33erfcf)lof$  tcfy  ii)n  unb  backte  nur  auf  Raten. 

3$  frocfy  burd)  aüe  krümmen  be£  ©ebirgS, 

$em  %al  toar  fo  fcerftecft,  idf)  tyäfyf  e3  au§ ; 

33i§  an  ber  ©(etfdjer  eisbebecften  %u$ 

©rtoartet'  idf)  unb  fanb  betooljnte  §ütten,  1045 

Unb  überall,  toobm  mein  #uf$  mid)  trug, 

ganb  tcf>  ben  gleichen  §af$  ber  Sfyrannei ; 

Qtnn  bis  an  biefe  lefcte  ©renje  felbft 

belebter  ©tf)ityfung,  Wo  ber  ftarre  Soben 

Sluffyört  ju  geben,  raubt  ber  SSögte  ©eij  —  1050 

Sie  §erjen  alle  biefeS  biebern  ^SolU 

©rregt'  \<fy  mit  bem  ©tadfyel  meiner  SSorte, 

Unb  unfer  finb  fie  alt'  mit  §erj  unb  3Jhmb. 

@tauffad)er, 
@5ro£e3  Ijabt  3$r  in  furjer  grift  geleiftet. 

%d)  tat  nodfj  mefyr.     Sie  beiben  $eften  finb'S,       1055 

Sfoperg  unb  ©amen,  bie  ber  Sanbmann  fürchtet ; 

Senn  hinter  tfjren  getfentoaUen  ftfnrmt 

©er  geinb  jtdj)  leidet  unb  f^äbiget  baS  Sanb. 

SJiit  eignen  Slugen  tooUV  \<fy  e3  erfunben ; 

%d)  War  ju  ©arnen  unb  befaf)  bie  33urg.  1060 

©tauffatfjer. 

3$r  fragtet  Qua)  bis  in  beS  SigerS  §öfyle? 


102  IXHtyelm  (Teil 

WUUfäti. 

$tf)  War  berfleibet  bort  in  $üger3trad)t ; 

%d)  faf>  ben  Sanbfcogt  an  ber  Xafel  fd?tx>elgen  — 

Urteilt,  ob  itf)  mein  §er$  bedingen  fann: 

3$  fafy  ben  geinb,  unb  icf)  erfcfylug  xt>n  nid^t*        1065 

©tauffad)  er, 

gürtoafyr,  ba3  ©lud  toar  @urer  Äüfynfyeit  fyolb. 

(Unterbcffen  finb  bie  anberen  Sanbleute  üortoärtS  a^efornmen  unb  nähern  fia)  beiben.) 

©0$  ]et$o  fagt  mir,  toer  bie  greunbe  finb 
Unb  bie  gerechten  Banner,  bie  ©uefy  folgten? 
9Jiadf)t  mid)  belannt  mit  ifynen,  baf$  tr>ir  un£ 
3utraulicfy  nafym  unb  bie  §erjen  öffnen,  1070 

ÜSWeter, 

2Ser  lennte  (Surf)  ntcfyt,  §err,  in  ben  brei  Sanben? 
$tf)  bin  ber  SKet'r  fcon  ©arnen  ;  bie3  frier  ift 
9Jlein  ©cfytoefterfofyn,  ber  ©trutfy  fcon  SBinfelricb. 

©tauffarfjer. 

^t)x  nennt  mir  feinen  unbefannten  tarnen. 

(Sin  SSmfelrieb  toar%  ber  ben  ©rächen  fcfylug        1075 

$m  ©umpf  bei  SBeiler  unb  fein  Seben  lief* 

^n  biefem  ©traujs. 

28tnfelrieb* 
3)a3  toar  mein  2ltyn,  §err  SBerner. 

9Jteltf)tlja(   fceigt  auf  jtoei  Sanbleute). 

Sie  ftofynen  fyinterm  Söalb,  finb  Älofterleute 
93om  ßngelberg  —  3$r  kerbet  fie  brum  nicfyt 
SSerad^ten,  toeil  fie  eigne  Seute  finb  1080 

Unb  niebt,  tote  fair,  frei  fi^en  auf  bem  Grbe  — 
©ie  lieben' 8  Sanb,  finb  fonft  aud)  too^I  berufen. 


gtpeiter  2Iuf3uci.     gmeite  S$tne.  103 

«Stauffadjer  (m  ben  beiben). 

G5ebt  mir  bie  §anb.     @3  greife  ficfy,  toer  feinem 

9Jtit  feinem  Seibe  pflicfytig  ift  auf  ©rben; 

©od)  3?eblid)feit  gebeizt  in  jebem  ©tanbe.  1085 

©a3  ift  §err  SMebing,  unfer  Slltlanbammann. 

Soleier/ 

S3$  fenn'  tfm  tDo£)L     ©r  ift  mein  SSiberpart, 

©er  um  ein  alte3  ©rbftüdf  mit  mir  redetet. 

—  §err  JRebing,  ftrir  finb  geinbe  fcor  ©ertcfyt ; 

§ier  finb  ftnr  einig.    (©Rüttelt  \§m  bie  §anb.)  1090 

6tauffarfjer. 

©a3  ift  brab  gefyrocfyen. 

28htfe(rie&. 

§ört  ifyr  ?   Sie  fommen.     §ört  ba$  §orn  fc>on  Uri ! 

(^ecbtS  unb  lin!8  fieljt  man  bewaffnete  2Mnner  mit  2Binblia)tern  bie  Reifen  fyerab* 

ftcigen.) 

5(uf  ber  Wlaxm. 

©efyt!  fteigt  nicfyt  felbft  ber  fromme  ©iener  ©otteä, 
©er  toürb'ge  Pfarrer,  mit  Ijerab?  üRicfyt  fcfyeut  er 
©e3  SöegeS  3Jiü£?en  unb  ba£  ©rau'n  ber  9ta6)t, 
@in  treuer  §irte  für  ba§  S3olf  ju  forgen.  1095 

83aumgartetu 

35er  ©igrift  folgt  ifmt  unb  §err  2BaItf?er  fjürft ; 
©0$  nicfyt  ben  £eft  erblicf  idj  in  ber  Stenge. 

28altl)er§ürft,  ^öf  feimann,  ber  Pfarrer,  Leiermann, ber  ©tgrift, 

föuoni,    ber  fyixt,  SSernt,  ber  Säger,  $iuo  bi,  ber  Sifdjer,  nnb  itod)  fünf 

anbere  ß  an  bleut  e.     9ttte    ^ufammen,  brehmbbreiBta,    an  ber  äafyl,  treten 

öormärts  unb  ftetten  fid)  um  ba3  geuer. 


104  XXHtyelm  (Teil. 

äöaltfier  ftürft, 

©o  muffen  fair  auf  unferm  eignen  Grb' 
Unb  väterlichen  33oben  \m$  fcerftofylen 
3ufammenftf)leicfyen,  tote  bie  Stftörber  tun,  noo 

Unb  bei  ber  SRacfyi,  bie  ifyren  fd^tDargen  Hantel 
9iur  bem  Serbredjen  unb  ber  fonnenfcfyeuen 
23erfcf)fr>örung  leitet,  unfer  gute§  9}ec£)t 
Un3  fyolen,  ba3  bod)  lauter  ift  unb  flar, 
©leicfytoie  ber  glanjfcotf  offne  ©cfyoß  be3  £age3.     1105 

2a$V$  gut  fein !     28a3  bie  bunfle  3lad)t  gef gönnen, 
©oll  frei  unb  fröfylitf)  an  ba§  Sicfyt  ber  ©onnen. 

Otäffelmamt» 

Jpört,  toa§  mir  ©ott  m3  §erj  gibt,  Gibgenoffen  ! 

SBir  fielen  fyier  ftatt  einer  2anb£gemeinbe 

Unb  lönnen  gelten  für  ein  ganje§  33oIf .  mo 

©0  lafct  un3  tagen  nacf)  ben  alten  33räud)en 

2)e§  2anb3,  toie  toir'3  in  ruhigen  fetten  pflegen ; 

2öa3  ungefet^ltcf)  ift  in  ber  SSerfammlung, 

©ntftfmlbige  bie  9lot  ber  Seit,     ©ocfy  ©Ott 

3ft  überall,  too  man  ba§  9te$t  bemaltet,  1115 

Unb  unter  feinem  §immel  fielen  tt)ir. 

©tauffac^er, 

2ßof)l,  la£t  un£  tagen  nad)  ber  alten  ©itte! 
3ft  e§  gleid^)  9tacf)t,  fo  lenktet  unfer  3te$t. 

3ft  gleid?  bie  3afyl  ™fy  öott,  ba3  §erj  ift  ^ier 

2)e3  ganzen  SBolfö,  bie  heften  finb  zugegen.  1120 


grretter  2Juf3ug.    §u>ette  53ene.  105 

©inb  au$  bie  alten  Sucher  nicfyt  jur  £anb, 
©ie  finb  in  unfre  §erjen  eingefcJjrteben. 

Otöffefatamt. 

2öo£)lan,  fo  fei  ber  9iing  fogleid)  gebilbet. 
9JZan  pflanze  auf  bie  ©cfytoerter  ber  ©etoalt ! 

2luf  ber  SDZauer* 

©er  Sanbe^ammann  neunte  feinen  $lai3,  1125 

Unb  feine  Sßeibel  fielen  il)m  jur  ©eite! 

©tgrift, 

@§  finb  ber  SSölfer  breie.     2SeId)em  nun 
©ebüfyrt%  ba3  §au:pt  ju  geben  ber  ©emeinbe? 

Sfteier* 

Um  biefe  @ljr'  mag  ©d)ft>%  mit  Uri  ftreiten, 

2öir  Untertoalbner  ftefyen  frei  jurücf.  1130 

SBir  ftefy'n  jurücf ;  toir  finb  bie  $lel)enben, 
SDie  §ilfe  ^eifc^en  bon  ben  madigen  greunben. 

Stauffatfjer* 

©0  nefyme  Uri  benn  ba3  ©djftert ;  fein  Sanner 
ßiefyt  bei  ben  Stömerjügen  un§  fcoran. 

aßaltöer  Surft 

35e£  ©d)toerte§  Sfyre  toerbe  ©dE)fr>%  ju  teil;  1135 

^nn  feinet  ©tamme3  rühmen  tr>ir  un3  alle. 

OWffefawmt, 
35en  ebeln  Sßettftreit  la^t  mtcfy  freunblicfy  fc£)Iidj)ten ; 
©df)to%  foU  im  9tat,  Uri  im  gelbe  führen. 


106  XDüfjefm  (EeH. 

SBaCt^er  fyürft   (reicht  bem  ©tauffac^er  bie  ©a)toerter). 

©o  nefymt ! 

(Stauffat^er. 

SRid^t  mir,  bem  2llter  fei  bie  ©fyre ! 

3m  §ofe, 

£)ie  meiften  ^afyxz  gäfylt  Ulrid)  ber  ©cfymib.  1140 

$uf  ber  üJKauer» 
©er  SJtann  ift  n>atfer,  bocfy  nicfyt  freien  ©tanbä ; 
$ein  eigner  3Ratm  fann  Stifter  fein  in  ©cfyft>%. 

©tauffadjer, 
©tefyt  nid^t  §err  9tebing  tyier,  ber  Slltlanbammann  ? 
2Ba§  fucfyen  ftrir  nocfy  einen  SBürbigern? 

3Battf)er  Surft, 

@r  fei  ber  Simmann  unb  be3  £ageS  §au£t !  1145 

2öer  baju  ftimmt,  ergebe  feine  §anbe ! 

(2llie  tj^htn  bie  rechte  £anb  auf.) 
SRebtttg   (tritt  in  bie  SWitte). 

$cfy  lann  bie  §anb  nicfyt  auf  bie  Sudler  legen, 
©0  fcfytoör'  tcfy  broben  Bei  ben  eto'gen  Sternen, 
£)af$  td)  micfy  nimmer  totfl  fcom  S^ec^t  entfernen. 

(ÜDlan  richtet  bie  sroei  <5$toerter   fcor  ilj>m  auf,  ber  9fftng  tolbet  ftcr)  um  i&n  l)er. 

@$fttft  $ält  bie  3ttttte,  re$t§  ftetlt  fic§  Uri  unb  linfä  Untertoalben.    @r  fte^t  auf 

fein  ©djladjtfdjtoert  geftügt.) 

2Ba§  ift%  ba§  bie  brei  SSölfer  be§  ©ebirg3  1150 

§ier  an  be§  ©ee3  unwirtlichem  ©eftabe 
ßufammenfüfyrte  in  ber  ©eifterftunbe  ? 
2Ba§  fott  ber  Snfyalt  fe*n  ke3  tteuen  Sunb§, 
2)en  Wir  ^>ier  unterm  Sternenhimmel  ftiften? 


gireiter  Zlur^ug.     gtreite  r5ene.  107 

3tauffacf)er    tritt  in  bcn 
äför  jKften  feinen  neuen  Suni  ;  cö  "in  1155 

Sin  uralt  33üttbm§  nur  bon  Sätet  3ett, 
Da3  tanr  erneuern  !  SBijfet,  (Sibgenoffen  ! 

£b  im3  ter  See,  ob  uns  bie  Serge  fcbeiben, 

Uni  jebeS  SoD!  fxcf>  für  jidj  felbft  regiert, 

So  pnb  hrir  eine  3  Stammen  trcch  im))  öluts,      116c 

Unb  eine  oeimat  iiYs,  aus  ber  toir  ;cgen. 

SSinfelrieb. 
So  in  eä  mahr,  hriel3  in  ben  2iebem  lautet, 

JBafj  mir  bon  fernher  in  ba§  Sani:  gematlt? 

C,  teilt'S  uns  mit,  mas  Gucb  baren  befannt, 

Bajj  iieb  ber  neue  SunD  am  alten  ftarfe !  1165 

3tauffatf)er. 
Oört,  mas  bic  alten  oirten  fief»  erjäMen. 
—  63  mar  ein  großes  QMf,  hinten  im  ßanbc 
!Rad;  Mitternacht,  £as  litt  ren  icbmerer  Deutung, 
gn  biefer  3ftot  befehle^  bic  £anb§gemeinbe, 
SaB  je  ber  ;ehnte  Sürgct  nach  bem  See  1170 

£er  5>äter  2anb  rerlaiie  —  3)a3  gefdj 
Unb  jogen  aus,  toehflagenb,  Manner  unb  ßeiber, 
ßin  gro^et  oeeruig,  nach  ber  SDtöttagfotme, 
3Rit  bem  Scbmert  fich  fcfrlagenfc  burch  bas  beutfebe  öanb, 
8te  an  ba£  §odj!anb  biefer  3BaÜ>gebtrge.  1175 

Unb  eher  nicht  ermüdete  ber  3lu3/ 
8i3  baB  fie  famen  in  baS  toilbe  Jaf, 
23c  je$t  bie  äRuotta  ;mi;chen  ÜBiefen  rinnt  — 
9t\dft  Menfcbennmren  maren  hier  ut  iehen, 
3tm  eine  oütte  ftanb  am  Ufer  einiam.  1180 


108  IDifitelm  Ceti. 

©a  faß  ein  Biaxin  unb  kartete  kr  gäfyre  — 

©od)  ^efttg  legete  ber  ©ee  unb  toar 

SRid^t  fahrbar ;  ba  bejahen  fie  ba§  £anb 

©idj  näfyer  unb  gefachten  fcf)öne  gülle 

©e§  §olje§  unb  entbeeften  gute  Srunnen  1185 

Unb  meinten,  fiel)  im  lieben  33aterlanb 

$u  finben  —  ©a  befcfjloffen  fie  ju  bleiben, 

©rbaueten  ben  alten  gießen  ©cf)ft)% 

Unb  fyatten  mannen  fauren  STag,  ben  2öalb 

3Jttt  toeitfcerfcfylungnen  Sßurjeln  augjuroben  —        1190 

©rauf,  aU  ber  SBoben  nicfyt  meljr  ©'nügen  tat 

©er  $al)l  be3  SBolfä,  ba  jogen  fie  hinüber 

3um  fcfjtoar^en  Serg,  ja,  bi§  an£  Söeifclanb  fytn, 

2Bo,  hinter  eh)' gern  (StfeStoatt  Verborgen, 

@in  anbre£  üBolf  in  anbem  jungen  f priest.  1195 

©en  glecfen  ©tanj  ^xhauUn  fie  am  Herntoalb, 

©en  glecfen  Slltorf  in  bem  %al  ber  9teufc — 

©od)  blieben  fie  be3  Urfyrung§  ftets  geben! ; 

2lu3  all  ben  fremben  Stammen,  bie  feitbem 

^n  9Jtitte  i^reS  2anb3  fiefy  angefiebelt,  1200 

ginben  bie  ©cfyto^er  Banner  fiel)  beraub, 

@3  gibt  ba§  §erj,  ba§  S3Iut  firf)  ju  erfennen. 

(3ftetcfyt  rechts  unb  iinU  bie  £anb  fytn.) 

2luf  ber  9Rauer. 

^a,  ftur  finb  eine  3  §erjen3,  eines  SSlutS  ! 

9IÖC   (fic|  bie  £änbe  retcfyenb). 

2öir  finb  ein  33olf,  unb  einig  tollen  toir  fyanbeln. 

©taufftttfjer, 

©ie  anbem  SSölfer  tragen  fremben  ^oefy,  1205 

©ie  fyaben  fiel)  bem  ©ieger  unterworfen. 


gmetter  2Juf3ug.    gmette  3$znt.  109 

@3  leben  felbft  in  unfern  2anbe3marfen 

©er  ©äffen  btel,  bie  frembe  ^flicf)ten  tragen, 

Unb  ifyre  $netf)tfd?aft  erbt  auf  üjre  Ähtber. 

Socfy  toir,  ber  alten  ©cbtoeijer  echter  (Stamm,       1210 

2Sir  fyahtn  ftet3  bie  greibeit  un$  betoatyrt. 

9ftd)t  unter  dürften  bogen  toir  ba3  $nie, 

greitoiffig  toäfylten  toir  ben  ©c£)irm  ber  $aifer. 

iRöffefotatttt. 

grei  tu  aalten  totr  be$  Meines  ©<fm£  unb  ©cfyirm; 
©0  ftefyt'3  bemerft  in  $aifer  $riebridj3  SSrief.       1215 

©tauffatfjer* 

Senn  I)errenIo3  ift  aud)  ber  greifte  mcfyt. 

©in  Dberfyaupt  muf$  fein,  ein  l)öd)fter  Stifter, 

2öo  man  ba3  SRed^t  mag  fdE)ö^fen  in  bem  (Streit. 

Srum  fyabtn  unfre  3Säter  für  ben  Soben, 

Sen  fie  ber  alten  2öübni§  abgewonnen,  1220 

Sie  @f)r'  gegönnt  bem  ^aifer,  ber  ben  §erm 

©icf)  nennt  ber  beutfcfyen  unb  ber  toelfcfeen  ©rbe, 

Unb,  töie  bie  anbern  freien  feinet  9?eitf)3, 

©id)  ifjm  ju  ebelm  SBaffenbienft  gelobt; 

Senn  biefe3  ift  ber  freien  einige  ^flicfyt,  1225 

Sa§  Meid)  ju  fcfnrmen,  ba3  fie  felbft  befcfyirmt. 

9Jle(rf)^aL 

2Ba3  brüber  ift,  ift  SiJterfmal  eine£  $nedjt3. 

©tauffatfjer, 

©ie  folgten,  toenn  ber  §eribann  erging, 
Sern  9teicfy3panier  unb  fähigen  feine  ©dfjtacfyten. 
3laä)  Sßelfcblanb  jogen  fie  gewännet  mit,  1230 

Sie  Mömerfron'  il)m  auf  ba3  §aupt  ju  fet$en. 


110  Wilhelm  Cell. 

®af)eim  regierten  fie  ftd)  frö£?Ixd^  felbft 

9?acfy  altem  33rau$  unb  eigenem  ©efe£  ; 

3)er  fyöcfyfte  Slutbann  toar  allein  be§  $aifer§. 

Unb  ba^u  toarb  beftellt  ein  großer  ©raf,  1235 

2)er  tyatte  feinen  ©i£  nicf)t  in  bem  Sanbe. 

2Senn  33futfcbulb  tarn,  fo  rief  man  ifyn  herein, 

Unb  unter  offnem  §immel,  fcfylicfyt  unb  Kar, 

©prad)  er  ba3  Stecht  unb  ofyne  gurcfyt  ber  SJJenfcfyen. 

2öo  finb  fyier  (Spuren,  ba$  toir  Anette  finb?  1240 

3ft  einer,  ber  e§  anber3  toeij},  ber  rebe ! 

Sm  £ufe. 

Stein,  fo  öerfyält  fid)  alles,  tote  it>r  tyredfjt, 
©efaaltfyerrfcfmft  toarb  nie  bei  un$  gebulbet. 

Stauffacfjer. 

Sem  $aifer  felbft  berfagten  toir  ©efyorfam, 

©a  er  ba3  Sfted^t  ju  ©unft  ber  Pfaffen  bog.  1245 

Qtnn  aU  bie  Seute  bon  bem  ©otte£fyau§ 

©infiebeln  un3  bie  Slip  in  Slnfprucfy  nahmen, 

Sie  totr  betreibet  feit  ber  SSäter  3e^/ 

3)er  Stbt  fyerfürjog  einen  alten  33rief, 

©er  ifym  bie  fyerrenlofe  SBüfte  fcfyenfte  —  1250 

Qmn  unfer  ©afein  fyatte  man  bereit  — 

2)a  fyradjen  toir :  „@rfd)ltd?en  ift  ber  SBrtef ! 

$etn  $atfer  fann,  toa§  unfer  ift,  berfebenfen ; 

Unb  toirb  un3  Sftecfyt  berfagt  bom  9teitf>,  hrir  lönnen 

$n  unfern  Sergen  aucl)  be3  ditifyZ  entbehren."  1255 

—  ©0  fyradjen  unfre  SSäter  !    ©ollen  toit 

2)e§  neuen  3°^e^  ©cbänblicfyfeit  erbulben, 

©rleiben  fcon  bem  fremben  Änecfyt,  \va$  un3 


gmetter  2Iuf3ug.    groettc  53ene.  111 

3>n  fetner  9Jtacfyt  lein  Kaifer  burfte  bieten? 

—  2Bir  fjaben  biefen  Soben  uns  erraffen  1260 

2)urtf)  unfrer  §änbe  ^Jleifs,  ben  alten  SSalb, 

©er  fonft  ber  Saren  toilbe  Jöoljnung  toar, 

3u  einem  ©t£  für  9Jlenf<f)en  umgetoanbelt ; 

2)ie  33rut  be3  ©rächen  fyaben  toir  getötet, 

©er  au§  ben  ©ümpfen  giftgefdjtooffen  ftieg  ;  1265 

Sie  -ftebelbetfe  Ijaben  toir  jerriffen, 

2)ie  etoig  grau  um  biefe  SBübnte  Ijing; 

2)en  garten  %^l%  gefprengt,  über  ben  2Ibgrunb 

3)em  2Banber3mann  ben  fidlem  (Steg  geleitet ; 

Unfer  ift  burd?  taufenbjäfyrigen  33eft$  1270 

©er  Soben  —  unb  ber  frembe  §errenlned?t 

©off  lommen  bürfen  unb  un§  &tttin  fdbmieben 

Unb  ©cfymacfy  antun  auf  unfrer  eignen  ©rbe? 

3ft  leine  §ilfe  gegen  folgen  ©rang? 

(@\m  grofje  23etoegung  unter  ben  Sanbleuten.) 

D^ein,  eine  ©renje  Ijat  Sijrannenmadjt :  1275 

Jöenn  ber  ©ebrücfte  nirgenb£  9^ecf>t  lann  finben, 

SSenn  unerträglich  toirb  bie  Saft  —  greift  er 

§inauf  getroften  9Jhite§  in  ben  §immel 

Unb  Ijolt  herunter  feine  eh)1  gen  S^ed^te, 

©te  broben  fangen  unöeräujjerlicty  1280 

Unb  unterbreche!!},  tote  bie  ©teroe  felbft  — 

©er  alte  Urftanb  ber  Statur  Ufftt  toieber, 

2ßo  9Jtenfc£)  bem  3JJertfc£)en  gegenüber  ftef>t  — 

3um  legten  SRtttel,  toenn  lein  anbre3  meljr 

SSerfangen  toitt,  ift  ifjrn  ba§  ©d^toert  gegeben  —        1285 

©er  ©üter  fyödjfteS  bürfen  toir  berteib'gen 

©egen  ©etoalt  —  2Bir  ftefyn  für  unfer  Sanb, 

SBir  ftefyn  für  unfre  Sßeiber,  unfre  ^inber! 


112  rDtHieim  Cell. 

5IÖC  (an  ifyre  ©djtoerter  fc^Iagertb). 

2Bir  ftefy'n  für  urtfre  Söeiber,  unfre  Äirtber ! 

Otöffelmattn  (tritt  in  ben  «Hing). 

@fy'  x^r  jum  ©cfytoerte  greift,  bebenft  e£  toofyl!  1290 

3$r  lönnt  e§  frieblid)  mit  bem  $aifer  fc£>Iicf)ten. 

@S  foftet  eutf)  ein  2öort,  unb  bie  Scannen, 

Sie  eud)  je£t  fcfytoer  bebrängen,  fdjmeidjeln  eucfy. 

—  ©rgreift,  toa§  man  eud)  oft  geboten  fyat, 

brennt  eud)  bom  ^eid?,  erfennet  Dftreirf)§  §ot>ett  —    1295 

auf  ber  SOfotte?, 

2öa3  fagt  ber  Pfarrer?   2ötr  ju  Dftreicf)  frören! 

§ört  tfyn  nidjt  an ! 

2Bhtfelrteb* 

2)a§  rät  un$  ein  Verräter, 
©in  geinb  be3  2anbe3  ! 

O^ebutg* 

dtuffiQ,  (Sibgenoffen ! 

©cum* 

Sßtr  Dftreicfy  fmtbigen,  nacf)  folcfyer  ©dmta$  ! 

$ ott  ber  §(üe* 

2Bir  un£  abtrotzen  [äffen  burdj  ©etoalt,  1300 

2öa3  toir  ber  ©üte  Weigerten  ! 

SDleier. 

£)ann  toären 
2öir  ©Ilaben  unb  fcerbtenten,  e§  ju  fein ! 


gtpetter  2luf3ug.    gmette  S$znz.  113 

2luf  ber  Stauer. 

©er  fei  geftoften  au3  bem  3^ed^t  ber  ©d&toetjer, 
2ßer  bon  Ergebung  fyricfjt  an  Dfterretd^ ! 
—  Sanbammann,  i$  befiele  brauf,  bie£  fei  1305 

£)a3  erfte  2anb3gefe|,  ba3  hrir  fyier  geben. 

©0  fet'3!     2ßer  bon  ßrgebung  fpricfyt  an  Dftreicfy, 

©off  recfytIo§  fein  unb  affer  ©fyren  bar, 

$ein  Sanbmann  nefjm'  ifyn  auf  an  feinem  $euer. 

5tße  (tyefcett  bie  rechte  £anb  auf). 

2ßir  tooffen  e£,  ba£  fei  ©efei$ !  1310 

9?ebittg  (naä)  einer  Sßaufe). 

@3  ift'S. 
5Röffefotatttu 
$e£t  feib  t£>r  frei,  xfyr  fetb'8  burcf)  bies  ©efe|. 
5ftid)t  burtf)  ©etoalt  foff  Dfterreid;  ertro^en, 
2Ba§  e8  burcf)  freunblid)  Söerben  nidjt  erhielt  — 

Soft  tun  «Seiler» 

$ur  £age§orbnung,  toeiter! 

Otebtitg. 

Sibgenoffen  ! 
©tnb  äffe  fanften  SJlittel  autf)  fcerfudjt?  1315 

35ieffeid)t  toet^  e£  ber  $önig  nicBt ;  e§  ift 
3Sof)l  gar  fein  Söiffe  nicf)t,  toa§  toir  erbulben. 
2ludf)  biefe3  Se^te  fofften  totr  fcerfucfyen, 
ßrft  unfre  Älage  bringen  fcor  fein  Dbr, 
@f)'  toir  jum  ©ctoerte  greifen,     ©cfyredlid?  immer,  1320 


114  rmiljelm  Cell. 

2ludj)  in  gerechter  ©ad)e,  ift  ©etoalt. 

©ott  fyüft  nur  bann,  totnn  SSJtenfcfyen  mcfyt  mefyr  Reifen. 

©tauffac^fCr  (*u  ßonrab  £mm). 

9hm  ift' 3  an  (Sud),  SBertcfyt  ju  geben.     Siebet ! 

Äottrab  Qütrn. 

%<fy  War  ju  Stfyetnfelb  an  be§  $aifer3  Sßfalj 

3Biber  ber  33ögte  garten  ©rucf  ju  Hagen,  1325 

©en  Srief  ju  fyolen  unfrer  alten  greifyett, 

©en  jeber  neue  Äönig  fonft  beftatigt. 

©ie  33oten  vieler  ©täbte  fanb  xä)'  bort, 

33om  fcfytoäb'fctyen  Sanbe  unfc>  fcom  Sauf  be£  Steins, 

Sie  all'  erhielten  ifyre  Pergamente  1330 

Unb  lehrten  freubig  toieber  in  ifyr  Sanb. 

5Ri$,  euren  33oten,  toieS  man  an  bie  State, 

Unb  bie  entließen  micfy  mit  leerem  £roft : 

„©er  Slaifer  fyahz  bie£mal  feine  $eit ; 

©r  toürbe  fonft  einmal  toofyl  an  un§  benfen."        1335 

—  Unb  ate  itf)  traurig  burcfy  bie  ©ale  ging 

©er  Äönig^burg,  ba  faJ>  icf)  §erjog  Raufen 

^n  einem  ßrler  toetnenb  ftefm,  um  tyn 

©ie  eblen  §errn  fcon  2öart  unb  £egerfelb. 

©te  riefen  mir  unb  fagten  :  „§elft  eud)  felbft !        1340 

©erecfytigfeit  erwartet  nid)t  Dom  $önig. 

beraubt  er  ntcfyt  be§  eignen  S3ruber3  $inb 

Unb  fyinterfyätt  i^m  fein  gerechtes  @rbe? 

©er  §erjog  fleljt  i£)n  um  fein  SJiütterltcfyeS, 

@r  §abi  feine  $af?re  fcoll,  e3  toäre  1345 

9tun  $t\t,  au$  £ank  un^  2eute  su  regieren. 

2Ba3  toarb  tfym  jum  33efd)eib  ?   @in  Äränjlein  fe£t'  ifym 

©er  Äaifer  auf:  ©a§  fei  bie  $ier  ber  3uSeKb-" 


Streiter  2Iuf3uq.     Streite  53ene.  115 

3Iuf  ber  Gatter. 
$$r  ffabVio  gebort.     D^ecbt  unb  Serecbtigfeit 
Srtoartet  mdji  bom  Äaifer !    öelft  eueb  fetbft !        1350 

Oiebutg, 

9tt$t§  anbre*  bleibt  un3  übrig.     9tun  gebt  sJtat, 
Sßie  toir  ee  flug  jum  froben  Gnbe  leiten. 

2£a(tf)er   tfürft   -tritt  in  ben  Ring). 

abtreiben  tüoffen  toir  berieten  3^an9 ; 

Sie  alten  9?ecbte,  b>ie  txnr  jtc  ererbt 

23on  unfern  Tätern,  trotten  tarir  bemabren,  1355 

3txä)t  ungezügelt  nacb  bem  bleuen  greifen. 

©em  Äaifer  bleibe,  toa3  bes  Äcufers  ift, 

2ßer  einen  Serrn  bat,  bten1  ibm  pflicbtgemäB. 

Sßeier* 

3$  trage  ©ut  bon  Cfterreicb  ju  Seben. 

SSaltfter  ftürft. 
$$r  fahret  fort,  Cftreicb  bie  ^ftiebt  ju  leiften.        1360 

3 oft  tJon  heiler, 
3$  fteu're  an  bie  ßerrn  bon  Siappersireü. 

2Sa(tf)er  gffeft 

%i)x  fahret  fort,  ju  ginfen  unb  ju  fteuern. 

Diöffefmamt, 

Ser  großen  grau  bon  3ü^cb  Mn  icb  bereibet. 

2öaWjer  prft. 
3$r  gebt  bem  ßlofter,  toaS  bes  Slofterä  ift. 

Stauffatfjer, 

3>cf}  trage  feine  Seben,  afs  be§  yJJeicb3.  1365 


116  rDiltielm  Cell. 

23Ba(t^cr  gfirft 
2öa3  fein  mu£,  ba3  gefd^e^e,  bodj  ntdf>t  brüber. 
Sie  aSögte  Wollen  Wir  mit  tfyren  $ned)ten 
Verjagen  unb  bie  feften  ©cfylöffer  brechen  ; 
©ocfy,  totnn  e£  fein  mag,  ofyne  S9tut.     @3  felje 
©er  Äaifer,  baf$  hrir  notgebrungen  nur  1370 

©er  ®f)rfurdf)t  fromme  ^3flid£)ten  abgeworfen. 
Unb  ftefyt  er  un$  in  unfern  ©cfyranfen  bleiben, 
SSietteidjt  befiegt  er  ftaatsflug  feinen  gom ; 
^zrin  büPge  $urd£)t  erWecfet  firf)  ein  3SoIJ, 
2)a3  mit  bem  ©cfywerte  in  ber  gauft  ficfy  mäßigt.       1375 

JRebtitg. 
©od)  laffet  fwren,  tt>i e  Wollenben  wir' 3? 
@3  fyat  ber  geinb  bie  SBaffen  in  ber  §anb, 
Unb  mcfyt  fürWaljr  in  ^rieben  Wirb  er  Weisen. 

©tauffadjer. 

@r  Wirb%  Wenn  er  in  2Baffen  un3  erblicft ; 

SBir  überrafcfyen  tyn,  efy1  er  fid)  ruftet,  1380 

äReier, 

3ft  balb  gefprocfyen,  aber  fcfyWer  getan. 

Un§  ragen  in  bem  Sanb  ^Wei  fefte  ©c£)löffer, 

35ie  geben  ©cfyirm  bem  getnb  unb  Werben  furchtbar, 

2Benn  \m$  ber  $önig  in  ba£  Sanb  follt'  fallen. 

Stojj&erg  unb  ©arnen  mu£  bezwungen  fein,  1385 

@|'  man  ein  ©cl)Wert  ergebt  in  ben  brei  Sanben. 

©tauffadjer. 
©äumt  man  fo  lang,  fo  Wirb  ber  $einb  gewarnt ; 
Qu  Diele  ftnb%  bie  ba3  ©efyeimmS  teilen. 

Qn  ben  Söalbftatten  finb't  fid^>  lein  Verräter. 


gtpeitcr  ZIut3ug.     §rpcite  5^m.  U« 

OWjfelmamt. 

£er  ßifer  aucfr,  ber  gute,  fann  Verraten.  139° 

2\>a(tf)er  {yiirft. 

Schiebt  man  es  auf,  10  h>trb  ber  Stoma  foiienbet 

gn  Sdtorf,  unb  ber  Sogt  befeftigt  ücb. 

Steter. 

,$$r  benft  an  euch. 

Sigrtft. 
Unb  ibr  feib  ungerecht. 

-Dreier  (auffa^renb  . 

SBix  ungerecht!     Sa?  barf  uns  Ilri  bieten! 

Oiebing. 

Sei  eurem  Gibe,  dxxib'l  1395 

SReier. 
ga,  trenn  jtdj   Scbtor^ 
Serftebt  mit  Uri,  muffen  to  i  r  moM  icbtreigen. 

sJxebtng, 

gdp  muB  eucb  toetfen  ftor  ber  öanbsgemeinbe, 
Safe  xbr  mit  (Jeff  gern  Sinn  ben  ^-rieften  ftört ! 
Stebn  trir  nicbt  alle  für  bieietbe  Sacbe? 

s£>htfelrieb. 

Senn  hnr'3  iKrfcbieben  bis  jum  gfefl  bes  §errnr       1400 
Sann  bringt's  ^ie  Sitte  mit,  M£  alle  3  äffen 
Sem  Sogt  ©efcbenfe  bringen  auf  baö  ScMob. 
So  tonnen  ;eben  Banner  ober  jtoölf 

Sieb  unt)erbacbtig  in  ber  8urg  oerfammeln, 

Sie  fübren  beimlicb  fpi^ge  Gifen  mit,  1405 


118  IDttyelm  (Teil. 

®ie  man  gefcfytoinb  iann  an  bte  ©täbe  ftecfen, 
Qznn  niemanb  fommt  mit  SBaffen  in  bie  Surg. 
gunäcfyft  im  2Balb  l)ält  bann  ber  gro£e  §aufe, 
Unb  totnn  bie  anbern  gtücflicfy  ftd)  be3  StorS 
•  @rmäd)tiget,  fo  toirb  ein  §orn  geblafen,  1410 

Unb  jene  brechen  au§  bem  §interfyalt. 
©0  hrirb  ba3  ©djlofs  mit  leichter  Arbeit  unfer. 

©en  Stofjberg  übemefym'  itf)  ju  erfteigen, 

2)enn  eine  35irn'  be3  ©cfyloffeS  ift  mir  fyolb, 

Unb  leidet  betör'  idj  fie,  jum  nächtlichen  1415 

33efud)  bie  fcfytoanfe  Seiter  mir  ju  reiben ; 

S3in  t$  broben  erft,  jtefy'  idfj  bie  greunbe  na$. 

JRebutg. 

3ft'8. aller  Söitte,  ba£  fcerfcfyoben  toerbe? 

(£>ic  2Kefyrfyeit  ergebt  bie  £cmb.) 
©tauffa^et  (*ä§It  bie  Stimmen.) 

(     ©3  ift  ein  9Dtefyr  bon  gängig  gegen  jtoölf! 
SBaltljer  Surft. 
SBenn  am  beftimmten  Sag  bie  Surgen  fallen,  1420 

©0  geben  toir  bon  einem  33erg  jum  anbern 
2)a§  geilen  mit  bem  9iaud£) ;  ber  Sanbfturm  toirb 
Aufgeboten,  fdjmell,  im  ^auptort  jebe§  £anbe£ ; 
2Senn  bann  bie  3Sögte  fefyn  ber  SBaffen  (Srnft, 
©laubt  mir,  fie  toerben  ftdj  be£  ©ireit3  begeben        1425 
Unb  gern  ergreifen  frieblt$e3  ©eleu, 
2tu3  unfern  Sanbe^marfen  ju  enttoetcfyen. 

©tauffatfjer, 
9tur  mit  bem  ©efjler  fürest'  xd)  fd^toeren  ©tanb, 
gurcfytbar  ift  er  mit  Seifigen  umgeben ; 


§n?eiter  2Iuf5ug.    Streite  S$ene.  119 

Stiebt  obne  39Ittt  räumt  er  bas  {yetb/  ja,  fetbft  1430 

Vertrieben  bleibt  er  furcbtbar  nccb  bem  öanb. 
Scbtoer  tft'3  unb  faft  gefäbrticb,  ibn  ju  fronen. 

Saumgarten. 
SSo's  ba(sgefäbrlidj)  tft,  ba  ftettt  micb  bin! 
3)em  Jett  berbanf  icb  mein  gerettet  Seben. 
©ern  fd^Iag1  icb'3  in  bie  Scbanje,  für  ba£  Sanb,       1435 
SJtein'  Gbri  ijab'  id)  befcfmt$t,  mein  öerj  befriebigt. 

Diebing. 

Sie  3eit  bringt  9fart«     Gnrartef*  in  ©ebulb  ! 
3Äon  muß  bem  ätugenblid  aucb  toas  vertrauen. 
—  Süd?  febt,  inbes  tarit  näcbtHcb  bier  nocb  tagen, 
Stellt  auf  ben  böcbften  Sergen  fcbon  ber  üKorgen      1440 
Sie  gtüb'nbe  £ocbtracbt  aus  —  Kommt,  laßt  uns  fcbeiben, 
Gfy'  uns  be§  Jages  Seucbten  überrafcbt. 

SSaltljer  Surft. 

Sorgt  nicbt,  bie  Dlacbt  freist  langfam  au§  ben  2a(ern. 

(2We  ^aben  nntoiHfürUa)  bie  £üte  abgenommen  unb  betrauten  mit  ftiller  Saturn; 
Umq  bie  Morgenröte.) 

Öfrjffelmatttu 


Sei  biefem  Siebt,  bas  uns  juerft  begrübt 
33on  allen  Sötfern,  bie  tief  unter  uns  1445 

Scbtoer  atmenb  mebnen  in  bem  Qualm  ber  Stäbte, 
2a£t  uns  ben  Gib  bes  neuen  33unbes  febfrören. 

—  -Sir  Motten  fein  ein  einjig  3SoII  bon  Srübem, 
%n  feiner  3ht  un*  trennen  unb  ©efabr. 

(2UIe  dreien  e§  nacb  mit  erb/ebenen  brei  K-ingem.) 

—  22ir  trotten  frei  fein,  tote  bie  Setter  waren,  1450 
Gber  ben  Job,  als  in  ber  Änecbtfcbaft  kb^n,  im*  oben.) 


120  ItHHtelm  ttcll. 

—  2öir  toollen  trauen  auf  itva  fyixfyften  ©Ott 

Unb  un$  nicf)t  fürchten  bor  ber  9#acf>t  ber  3Jienfd^en. 

(2Bie  oben.    Sie  ßanbleute  umarmen  etnanber.) 

©tauffa^er» 
3>e£t  gefye  jeber  feinet  2Sege§  ftiH 
3u  feiner  greunbfcfyaft  unb  ©eno^fame!  1455 

2ßer  igirt  ift,  tointre  rufyig  feine  §erbe 
Unb  toerb'  im  füllen  greunbe  für  ben  33unb! 

—  sißa§  nod)  bi3  bafyin  mu£  erbulbet  fterben, 
@rbulbei'§!   Sa^t  bie  S^edjnung  ber  Styrannen 
Slntoacfyfen,  bi§  ein  S£ag  bie  allgemeine  1460 
Unb  bie  befonbre  ©cfyulb  auf  einmal  jatylt. 
Sejäfyme  jeber  bie  geredete  58ut 

Unb  fyare  für  ba§  ®an%z  feine  9ta$e; 

Qmn  S^aub  begebt  am  allgemeinen  ©ut, 

2Ber  felbft  fid)  fyilft  in  feiner  eignen  ©ad)e.  1465 

(^nbern  fie  &u  brei  berfcMebenen  (Seiten  in  größter  Stufte  ah$tf)tn,  fällt  ba§  Dr* 
d>efter  mit  einem  pracfytbollen  ©cfytoung  ein;  bie  leere  ©jene  bleibt  nod)  eine 
3eitlang  offen  unb  geigt  ba§  ©a)auftnet  ber  aufgefyenben  ©onne  über  ben  @i§ge* 

birgen.) 


dritter  9t u f 5 u g. 

(£rfte  Sitm. 

§of  bor  <£ett8  oauie. 

Jcll  ijt  mit  ber   3^mmerart/  Öebroig  mit  einet  fjäuy tiefen  Arbeit  be= 
E)äftigt.     £8  alt  I)  et  unb  Si^elm  in  ber  Briefe  ipielenmit  einer  tleinen 

^rmbruft, 

SBalt^er   (fingt). 

9Jtit  bem  $Pfeil,  bem  vöogen, 
SDurd;  ©ebirg  unb  -tat 
Kommt  ber  2dnit5  gebogen 

grüfr  am  9JforgenftraM. 

SBie  im  fReicf>  ber  Säfte  1470 

König  ift  ter  äBetlj,  — 

£ur#  ©efrirg  unb  Klüfte 

Öerrfcfrt  ber  SdEptge  frei. 

3bm  gehört  bas  33eite, 

-Eae  fein  Sßfeil  erreicht,  1475 

3)a3  ift  feine  Q3eute, 

23a3  ba  freuest  unb  fleugt. 

(£ommt  gedrungen.) 

©er  Strang  ift  mir  enijtoei.     lOiadV  mir  Uftt,  Sater! 

Sea. 

3$  niefct.     Sin  rechter  Scfcüfce  büft  fxcf>  felbft. 

(Knaben  entfernen  fiefc.) 

öebarig. 
£ie  Knaben  fangen  ;eitig  an  ju  fließen.  14S0 


122  «MHielm  Cell. 

ZtU. 

grüfy  übt  fid),  toaS  ein  SUteifter  toerben  toiU. 

^ebnrig* 
21$,  tollte  ©ott,  fie  lernten' 8  nie ! 

©ie  fotlen  alles  lernen.     28er  burdjS  Seben 

©i$  frifcfy  toitt  fcfylagen,  mufs  jit  ©cfm£  unb  £ru£ 

©erüftet  fein* 

£ebttrig* 

21$,  e3  toxrb  leiner  feine  9tufy'         1485 
3u  ipaufe  finben. 

£eK, 

9Kutter,  t$  fann'8  audj  nicfyt, 
ßum  Wirten  fyat  Statur  mtcfy  mcfyt  gebilbet; 
SRaftloS  mu^  id)  ein  flüchtig  3iel  Verfolgern 
^ann  erft  genieß  irf)  meinet  2eben3  recfyt, 
2Benn  i$  mir'3  jeben  £ag  auf3  neu'  erbeute.        .1490 

^ebttrig. 

Unb  an  bie  2Ingft  ber  §au§frau  benlft  bu  nid)t, 

©ie  fxdj)  inbeffen,  beiner  toartenb,  fyarmt. 

Qmn  mid)  erfüllte  mit  ©raufen,  toa§  bie  $ne$te 

3Son  euren  Söagefafyrten  fxd)  er-jafylen. 

33ei  jebem  2lbf<f)ieb  gittert  mir  ba§  §e%  1495 

®af$  bu  mir  nimmer  toerbeft  toieberfefyren. 

$d)  fefye  btd),  im  Silben  @i§gebirg 

33erirrt,  bon  einer  flippe  gu  ber  anbem 

SDen  gefylfyrung  tun;  fefy',  toie  bie  ©emfe  bidji 

Jtücffyrtngenb  mit  fid?  in  ben  2lbgrunb  reifet,  1500 

üffiie  eine  äBinblatoine  btd)  fcerfcfmttet, 


Dritter  2Inf3tig.    (Erfte  53ene.  123 

2öie  unter  bir  ber  trügerifdfje  girn 

(gin&rid^t  unb  bu  fytnabfinfft,  ein  lebenbig 

SBegrab'ner,  in  bie  fc^auerlid^e  ©ruft  — 

2ld),  ben  fcertoegnen  Slfyenjager  fyafd&t  1505 

©er  £ob  in  Ijunbert  toecfyfetnben  ©eftalten! 

2)a3  ift  ein  unglücffeltgeS  ©etoerb', 

£>a£  ^al^gefä^rlid^  füljrt  am  Sl&grunb  Ijin! 

«dt 

2öer  frifcfy  umljerfyäljt  mit  gefunben  ©innen, 
Stuf  ©ott  vertraut  unb  bie  gelenle  $raft,  1510 

SDer  ringt  fidE;  leidet  au$  jeber  galjr  unb  -Kot: 
2)en  fcfyrecft  ber  33erg  nicfyt,  ber  barauf  geboren. 

(@r  $at  feine  Sirbett  fcoEenbet,  legt  ba§  ©erat  ijuttoeg.) 

3je$t>  mein'  id),  fyält  ba3  £or  auf  Sa^r  un^  ^a8- 
Sie  21$  im  $au$  erfyart  ben  ^ünmermann. 

(9ttmmt  ben  $ut.) 

^ebttJig, 

3Bo  gefyft  bu  r/in?  1515 

9laü)  Slltorf  ju  bem  33ater. 

£ebtt% 

©innft  bu  auty  nichts  ©efafyrlicf>e§?  ©eftefy*  mir'3! 

2Bie  lommft  bu  barauf,  grau? 

$cMrif. 

.@3  fyinnt  ftdp  ctoaä 

©egen  bie  35ögte  —  Stuf  bem  SRütli  toarb 
©etagt,  icfy  toeijs,  unb  bu  bift  aud?  im  Sunbe* 


124  IDityelm  Cell. 

%d)  fear  nicfyt  mit  babei  —  bod!)  toerb'  icfy  mi$       1520 
35em  Sanbe  mcfyt  entjiefyen,  toenn  e§  ruft. 

©ie  derben  bicfy  fyinftellen,  too  ©efafyr  ift ; 

$Da3  ©cfytoerfte  hrirb  bein  Slntcil  fein,  tote  immer. 

£efl. 

©in  jeber  toirb  befteuert  nad)  Vermögen. 

^ebtmg. 

3)en   Untertoalbner  fyaft  bu  aud)  im  ©türme  1525 

Über  ben  ©ee  gefcfyafft  —  ©in  Sßunber  toax% 
$Da£  ifyr  entnommen  —  ©adj)teft  bu  benn  gar  nid)t 
2ln  ßinb  unb  2Beib? 

Sieb  SBeib,  id)  badfyt'  an  eu$; 
£)rum  rettet'  id)  ben  3Sater  feinen  $mbern, 

§ebttJtg. 

3u  f Riffen  in  bem  toüt'gen  ©ee!   ©a§  fyei^t         1530 
9föd?t  ©ott  vertrauen !   £)a§  fyetftt  ©ott  fcerfudjen ! 

XttL. 
2ßer  gar  ju  t>iel  bebenft,  toirb  toentg  leiften! 

^ebiuig. 

^a,  bu  bift  gut  unb  fyilfretd),  bieneft  äffen, 

Unb  toenn  bu  felbft  in  -Kot  fommft,  fyilft  bir  leiner. 

£etf. 
aSer^üt'  e3  ©ott,  ba£  xfy  nicfyt  §ilfe  brause !         1535 

(<Sr  nimmt  bie  Slrmbruft  unb  Pfeile.) 


Dritter  2lnfou$>    (Erfte  S$mt.  125 

£ebtoig. 

2öa§  hrittft  bu  mit  ber  2trmbruft?  2a£  fte  ^ter! 

Wvc  fefylt  ber  2lrm,  toenn  mir  bie  SBaffe  fefylt. 

(£)te  Änaben  fomtnen  gurücf.) 

2Saltijer* 

33ater,  too  gefyft  bu  tyin? 

3lad)  SHtorf,  ßnabe, 
Sum  (Stym  — SBülft  bu  mit? 

2»altt)er. 

3a,  freiließ  toill  tcfy. 

^pebttiig, 

©er  Sanbfcogt  tft  jeijt  bort.  SIeib'  toeg  fcon  2lItorf !  1540 

£efl. 

@r  gefyt,  nocfj  fyeute. 

§ebttng, 

©rum  laft  um  erft  fort  fein! 
©emafyn1  tfyn  nicfyt  an  btdj,  bu  toetftt,  er  grollt  un£. 

£ett, 

9Jttr  foff  fein  böfer  2öiITe  nidjt  t>tel  fdjaben, 
$$  tue  red)t  unb  fdjeue  leinen  $emb. 

£ebttrig* 

3)ie  red^t  tun,  eben  bie  Ijaftt  er  am  meiften.  1545 

Sßeil  er  nicfyt  an  fte  fommen  fann  —  9Jti$  toirb 
SDer  bitter  toofyl  in  ^rieben  {äffen,  mein'  i$. 


126  HKHteim  Cell. 

£ebtt% 

©o,  toeiftt  bu  ba3? 

SeH, 

@3  ift  ntcfyt  lange  fyer, 
©a  ging  id?  jagen  burcfy  bie  toilben  ©rünbe 
©e£  ©c£)äcf)entat3  auf  menfcfyenleerer  ©pur ;  1550 

Unb  ba  idfj  einfam  einen  gelfenftetg 
Verfolgte,  too  nicfyt  au8jutoei$en  toar, 
©enn  über  mir  Ijing  fc^roff  bie  gefetoanb  fyer, 
Unb  unten  raufcfyte  fürcfyterltdf)  ber  ©cfyäcfyen. 

(2)ie  ßnaben  brängen  ftcg  re#t§  unb  IxnU  an  t^n  unb  fefyen  mit  gekannter  %ltu* 
gier  an  iljm  hinauf.) 

©a  fam  ber  Sanbbogt  gegen  mxä)  bafyer,  1555 

@r  ganj  allein  mit  mir,  ber  aucfy  allein  toar, 

33loJ3  9ttenfcfy  ju  SJlenfd^,  unb  neben  un$  ber  2lbgrunb. 

Unb  afö  ber  §erre  mein  anftcfytig  toarb 

Unb  micfy  erfannte,  ben  er  furj  jubor 

Um  Heiner  Urjac^  ftnllen  fcfytoer  gebüßt,  1560 

Unb  fafy  micfy  mit  bem  ftattlicfyen  ©etoefyr 

©afyer  gefcfyritten  fommen,  ba  berblafst'  er, 

©ie  Ante'  berfagten  ifym,  icfy  fafy  e§  fommen, 

©aft  er  jettf  an  bie  getetoanb  tottrbe  finfcn. 

—  ©a  jammerte  mtdj)  fein,  icfy  trat  gu  ifym  1565 

Sefdjeibentlid)  unb  fprad) :  $cfy  bin' 8,  §err  Sanbbogt. 

@r  aber  fonnte  feinen  armen  Saut 

2tu§  feinem  -JJhmbe  geben  —  9Ktt  ber  §anb  nur 

SBinlt'  er  mir  fcfytoeigenb,  meinet  2Beg§  ju  gefyn  ; 

©a  ging  icfy  fort  unb  fanbt'  tfym  fein  ©efolge.  1570 

$ebtirfa. 

@r  fyat  bor  bir  gegittert  —  SBefye  bir ! 
©af$  bu  ifyn  fötoaä).  gefefyn,  bergibt  er  nie. 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  Sprit.  127 

£efl. 

£)rum  meto'  id)  ifyn,  unb  er  toirb  micfy  ntcfyt  fixiert. 

§ebttng. 

SSIeib'  ^cute  nur  bort  toeg.     ®efy'  lieber  jagen. 

ZtU. 

2ßa3  fällt  bir  ein?  1575 

$ebtmg, 

3SJitd^>  ängftigt'3.     bleibe  toeg. 
£ea. 

Sßie  fannft  bu  bicfy  fo  ol)ne  Urfacf)'  quälen? 

£ebtt>tg. 
2Beü'3  feine  Urfac^  tyat  —  STetl,  bleibe  fyter ! 

ZtU. 

%d)  fyab'3  fcerfprodjen,  lieber  SBeib,  ju  fommen. 

£ebtotg- 
9Jtuj$t  bu,  fo  gelj'  —  nur  laffe  mir  ben  Knaben! 

Söartfjer, 
9iein,  9ftütter$en.     %d)  gefje  mit  bem  3Sater.  1580 

^ebttrig, 
3BäItt,  fcerlaffen  toillft  bu  beine  Butter? 

2ßaW)cr. 
3$  bring1  bir  aucf)  toa§  §übfdf)e3  mit  t>om  (gfyni. 

(®e§t  mit  bem  SBater.) 

«BtOjelttt, 

SUlütter,  i$  bleibe  bei  bir ! 


128  rDttfjelm  Cell. 

^pebttltg  (umarmt  i^n). 

Sa,  bu  bift 
9flein  liebet  ®inb,  bu  bleibft  mir  nocf)  atiein ! 

(Sie  gefyt  an  baä  £oftor  unb  folgt  ben  2lbge§enben  lange  mit  ben  Slugett) 


<5tt>ette  S3erte. 

(Sine  ctngcfd^Ioffetic  tu  Übe  SBalbgegenb.    ©taub6äd)e  ftür^en  üon  ben 

gelfett. 

23er ta  im  ^agbftetb.    ©leid)  barauf  9£uben$. 

SJerta. 
@r  folgt  mir.     ©nblid)  tarnt  icfy  miefy  erflären.       1585 

SRubett^  (tritt  rafa)  ein). 

gräulein,  je$t  enbltcf)  finb'  \<f)  @ud>  allein; 
Slbgrünbe  fd&liejsen  ring3uml)er  un£  ein; 
$n  biefer  SJBilbmS  fürest'  id)  feinen  beugen; 
33om  §erjen  toälj'  icfy  btefeS  lange  ©cfytoeigen! 

Serta. 

©eib  2#r  getoi^,  ba£  uns  bie  SaS^  wM&*  folgt  ?    1590 

9htbett£. 

©ie  $agb  ift  bort  tymauS —  $ei$t  °ker  ™e! 

3$  muft  ben  teuren  2tugenblicf  ergreifen  — 

@ntf (Rieben  fefyen  muj$  xä)  mein  ©efcfyicf, 

Unb  fottt1  e£  mtcfy  auf  etotg  öon  (Surf)  fcfyeiben. 

—  D,  toaffnet  6ure  gütigen  SBItdfe  nic^t  1595 

3Äit  biefer  finftern  Strenge  —  Söer  bin  i$, 

S)a^  icfy  ben  füfmen  2öunfcf)  ju  ©uefy  ergebe? 

9JUcf)  f)at  ber  9tuf)m  nod)  nicfyt  genannt;  xä)  barf 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    gtoette  S^tnt.  129 

SJttd)  in  bie  Stetig  mrf)t  ftetfen  mit  ben  JRitterr. 

2)ie  fiegberüfymt  unb  glänjenb  Surf)  umwerben.       1600 

9ii$t3  f^ab'  id?  al3  mein  §erj  fcotl  Streu'  unb  Siebe— 

S3etta  (ernft  unb  ftreng). 

2)ürft'  3^)t  fcon  Siebe  reben  unb  tion  Streue, 
£)er  treulos  toirb  an  feinen  näcfyften  ^3fli$ten? 

(«Rubenj  tritt  jurücf.) 

©er  ©flaue  Dfterreid^,  ber  fid^>  bem  grembling 
Verlauft,  bem  Unterbrürfer  feinet  SolfS  ?  1605 

Dluben^ 
33on  (Sucf),  mein  gräulein,  J)ör'  id)  biefen  33ortourf? 
2Ben  fud^'  td?  benn,  al§  Sud?,  auf  jener  (Seite  ? 

»erta* 

9fti$  benft  g$t  auf  ber  Seite  be£  S5errat§ 

3u  finben?   Sfyer  toollt'  icf)  meine  §anb 

Sern  ©e^Ier  felbft,  bem  Unterbrürfer,  fcfyenfen,        1610 

211$  bem  naturberge^nen  ©obn  ber  ©cf)toei$, 

2)er  ftd)  ju  feinem  SSerfjeug  marfjen  fann  ! 

SRubettj. 
D  ©ott,  toa8  mu£  id?  fyören? 

Serta. 

2öie?  2ßa§  liegt 

2)em  guten  9ttenfrf)en  näfyer,  als  bie  ©einen  ? 

©tbi'S  fdf)ön're  ^flicfyten  für  ein  eble§  §erj,  1615 

3113  ein  33erteibiger  ber  Unfcfmlb  fein, 

£)a3  Siedet  be£  Unterbrürften  ju  befcbirmen? 

—  3)ie  ©eele  blutet  mir  um  ©uer  SBolf, 

$cfy  leibe  mit  tbm,  benn  tdj  muft  e§  lieben, 

3)a3  fo  befcfyeiben  ift  unb  bocf)  bott  Äraft;  1620 


130  rDMjelm  Cell. 

63  jiefyt  mein  ganges  §erg  micf)  ju  ifym  fytn, 

Sötit  jebem  Stage  lern'  icfy'3  mefyr  bereiten. 

—  gfyr  aber,  ben  Statur  unb  9titter:pflidjt 

Sfym  $um  geborenen  Seftfm^er  gaben, 

Unb  ber'3  toerläftt,  ber  treulos  übertritt  1625 

,3um  geinb  unb  Letten  fcfymiebet  feinem  Sanb, 

3$r  feib%  ber  mi<f)  berieft  unb  franft ;  td)  ntufj 

Sftein  £>er$  bedingen,  baj$  i$  (Sucfy  nicfyt  fyaffe.    . 

^Rubens* 

mU  iä)  benn  nidbt  ba§  Sefte  meinet  SSoII^? 

3$m  unter  Dftreid)§  macfyt'gem  $e!pter  ro$t  l63° 

SDen  ^rieben  — 

SJerta. 

Änecfytfcfyaft  tooHt  3$r  tbm  bereiten! 
©ie  $reil)eit  toottV  $fyr  aus  bem  legten  Scfylofs, 
2)a3  ifyr  nocfy  auf  ber  @rbe  blieb,  Verjagen. 
35a3  SBoIf  fcerftefyt  fid)  beffer  auf  fein  ©lud, 
$ein  ©cfyein  fcerfüfyrt  fein  fixeres  ©efüfyL  1635 

@utf)  fyaben  fte  ba3  9le£  um3  feaupt  geworfen  — 

SBubett^ 

SBerta !  %fyx  fyaftt  micf),  3$r  öerac^tet  mi$ ! 

SSerta. 

%&V  \fy<*,  mir  toäre  beffer  —  2lber  ben 

SSerad^tet  fefyen  unb  t>eracbtung3toert, 

©en  man  gern  lieben  mochte  —  1640 

Serta!  Serta! 
3$r  geiget  mir  ba§  ^>ödE>fte  §immel3glücf 
Unb  ftürjt  micfy  tief  in  einem  2tugenblid. 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    gmette  53ene.  131 

SBerta. 

9?ein,  nein,  ba§  Gble  ift  nicfyt  ganj  erfticft 

^n  @ucf)  !  G3  fcf)Iummert  nur,  idj  totll  e£  toecfen ; 

Sfyr  müpt  ©etoalt  ausüben  an  Surf)  felbft,  1645 

3Me  angeftammte  Sugenb  $u  ertöten  ; 

2)odi),  toobl  Gud?,  jtc  ift  mächtiger,  afe  £$f?r/ 

Unb  trot$  Gurf>  fetber  feib  3#r  gut  unb  ebel ! 

3för  glaubt  an  midj !  D  Serta,  affe§  läfct 

9fttdE)  Sure  Siebe  fein  unb  toerben !  1650 

.  Serta. 

©eib, 

2ÖDju  bie  fyerrlxcfye  SZatur  Gucfy  machte! 
(Srfüfft  ben  5ßla£,  toobin  fie  Gucb  gefteüt, 
$u  Gurem  SJolfe  fte£>t  unb  Gutem  Sanbe 
Unb  Iätnj)ft  für  Guer  beüig  S^ec^t  ! 

SBe^mir! 
2Sie  fann  xcfy  Surf)  erringen,  Sud;  befifeen,  1655 

$8tnn  icf)  ber  5Jtacbt  be3  StaiferS  toiberftrebe  ? 
3ft'3  ber  3Serit)anbten  mäcbt'ger  23iffe  nid^t, 
S)er  über  Gure  §anb  tr/rannifc£>  toaltet? 

SBerta. 

Qn  ben  SBalbftätten  liegen  meine  GJüter, 

Unb  ift  ber  (Sdjtoexjer  frei,  fo  bin  aud)  id^'^.  1660 

Ohxbext^ 

SBerta,  toelcfy  einen  SBlicf  tut  3>br  mir  auf ! 

SBeria, 

Jpofft  nxcf)t,  burcf)  Dftreid^  ©unft  mxä)  ju  erringen, 
yiad)  meinem  Grbe  ftretfen  fie  bie  §anb, 


132  rDtltjelm  Cell. 

35a3  toitl  man  mit  bem  großen  @rb'   bereinen. 
©iefelbe  Sanbergier,  bie  eure  greifyeit  1665 

SSerfd^Iingen  toill,  fie  brofyet  and)  ber  meinen ! 
—  D  greunb,  jum  Dpfer  bin  icfy  auSerfefyn, 
33ielleicfyt,  um  einen  ©ünftling  ju  belohnen  — 
SDort,  too  bie  galfcfyfyeit  unb  bie  Sftänfe  froofynen, 
§in  an  ben  Äaiferfyof  tottf  man  micf)  jtefyn,  1670 

®ort  Darren  mein  fcerfyafster  @fye  Letten; 
©ie  Siebe  nur  —  bie  @ure  fann  micfy  retten ! 

SRttbenj. 

3$r  fönntet  @ud)  entfcfylie^en,  fyier  $u  leben, 
3n  meinem  33aterlanbe  mein  ju  fein? 
D  33erta,  all  mein  ©eignen  in  baS  2Beite,  1675 

2BaS  toar  eS,  als  ein  ©treben  nur  nacfy  @ud)? 
@ud)  fud^t'  icfy  einzig  auf  bem  2öeg  beS  3tufymS, 
Unb  all  mein  ©fyrgeij  toar  nur  meine  Siebe. 
gönnt  2$r  mit  mir  @ucfy  in  bieS  fülle  SJäl 
©infcfylief^en  unb  ber  @rbe  ©lanj  entfagen  —         1680 
D,  bann  ift  meines  ©trebenS  3iel  gefunben ; 
2)ann  mag  ber  ©trom  ber  toilbbetoegten  2ßelt 
2ln3  ficfyre  Ufer  biefer  33erge  fcfylagen  — 
Sein  flüchtiges  Verlangen  fyab'  xä)  mefyr 
§inauSjufenben  in  beS  SebenS  SBeiten  —  1685 

Qann  mögen  biefe  Reifen  um  uns  fyer 
Sie  unburcljbringlid)  fefte  9JJauer  breiten, 
Unb  bieS  fcerfd)lof$ne  fel'ge  £al  allein 
$um  §immel  offen  unb  gelittet  fein ! 

SSerta. 

3e£t  bift  bu  ganj,  Vx>te  btcfy  mein  afynenb  §erj        1690 
©etraumt,  micfy  fyat  mein  ©laube  nicfyt  betrogen ! 


Dritter  2luf3ug.    gleite  S^tm.  133 

%ai}Xy  Ijtn,  bu  eitler  SBafyn,  ber  mid?  betört ! 

%d)  foß  ba3  ©lud  in  meiner  §eimat  fvnben. 

§ier,  too  ber  Änabe  fröfyltcfy  aufgeblüht, 

2öo  taufenb  greubetyuren  mid)  umgeben,  1695 

3Bo  ade  Duellen  mir  unb  Säume  leben, 

^m  23aterlanb  totffft  bu  bie  Steine  Serben  ! 

2%  toofyl  l?ab'  id)  e3  ftetS  geliebt !  3d?  fü&I'8, 

@3  fehlte  mir  ju  jebem  ©lud  ber  @rben. 

23erta, 

2So  fear'  bie  fel'ge  Snfel  aufjufinben,  1700 

Söenn  fie  nidfjt  fyier  ift,  in  ber  Unfdmlb  £anb? 

§ier,  too  bie  alte  Streue  Ijeimifd)  toofynt, 

2öo  ficfy  bie  galfcfyfyeit  npcfy  nicfyt  t)ingefunben  ? 

2)a  trübt  lein  9ieib  bie  Quelle  unfern  ©lüd3, 

Unb  etoig  f)ell  entfliegen  un3  bie  ©tunben.  1705 

—  ©a  fei)'  icf)  bid^>  im  eckten  SJtannertoert, 

£)en  ©rften  fcon  ben  freien  unb  ben  ©leiten, 

Mit  reiner,  freier  §ulbigung  fcerefyrt, 

©rofs,  toie  ein  $onig  toirft  in  feinen  9teicfyen. 

D?ubeit^ 

3)a  fei)'  icfy  bicf),  bie  Ärone  aller  grauen,  1710 

$n  toeiblicfy  reijenber  ©efdjäfttgfeit, 

$n  meinem  feauZ  ben  §immel  mir  erbauen 

Unb,  tote  ber  gtüfyling  feine  Slumen  ftreut, 

SSJlit  fcfyöner  Slnmut  mir  ba§  Seben  fcfymüden 

Unb  alles  ring§  beleben  unb  beglüden!  1715 

S3erta, 
©iefy,  teurer  greunb,  toarum  xä)  trauerte, 


134  rfiUjelm  Cell. 

2113  id)  bie3  J>öd£>fte  SebenSglücf  bidf)  felbft 
3erftören  fal)  —  2öefy'  mir  !  2öie  ftünb'3  um  micfy, 
%Stnn  id)  bem  ftoljen  Dritter  rnü^te  folgen, 
Sem  Sanbbebrütfer,  auf  fein  finftre3  ©cfylofc  !         1720 
—  §ier  ift  lein  ©cfyloj*.     9Jtid)  fdjeiben  feine  dauern 
3Son  einem  35011,  ba£  tdj>  beglücfen  fann ! 

SRuben^ 

©od)  toie  miä)  retten  —  tote  bie  Schlinge  löfen, 
©ic  i$  mir  töricht  felbft  um§  §aupt  gelegt? 

»erta, 

3erreif$e  fie  mit  männlichem  @ntfd)luf$  !  1725 

2Ba3  aufy  brau§  toerbe  —  ftel)'  ju  beinern  SBolf ! 

6§   ift   bein   angebomer   5ßla£.    (Sagbljörner  in  ber  gerne.) 

©ie  ^agfc 
$ommt  näfyer  —  fort,  toir  muffen  fdjeiben  —  kämpfe 
gür£  Saterlanb,  bu  f  äntyfft  für  beine  Siebe ! 
@8  ift  ein  $einb,  fcor  bem  toir  alle  gittern,  1730 

Unb  eine  ^retfyett  macfyt  un£  alle  frei !  (®e$en  a&) 


Dritte  S3ene* 

SBiefe  bei  SXltorf.  —  3m  Sorbergrunb  Zäunte,  in  ber  £iefe  ber  §ut 

auf  einer  ©tange*    S)er  ^rofyeft  roirb  begrenzt  burdj  ben  Söamtberg, 

über  toeldjem  ein  (Sdjneegebirg  emporragt 

grtejsfyarbt  unb  £eutfyolb  galten  Sßaäje. 

Sfrießtyarbi 

2Bir  gaffen  auf  umfonft.     @3  toiH  fiel)  niemanb 
§eran  begeben  unb  bem  iput  fein'  ^eberenj 
(Srjeißen,     '8  toar  bocfy  fonft  tote  3>afyrmarft  fyier; 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  135 

!Je£t  ift  ber  gange  Singer  tote  beröbet,  1735 

©eitbem  ber  ^3opanj  auf  ber  Stange  bangt. 

2eutf;o(b. 
9fur  \d)kd)t  ©efxnbel  läpt  fid)  fefyn  unb  fcfyfrungt 
Un3  jum  33erbrie£e  bie  jerlum^ten  SRü^en. 
2Ba§  reite  Seute  jtnb,  bie  machen  lieber 
£)en  langen  Umtoeg  um  ben  ba(ben  gtecfen,  1740 

Sty1  fie  ben  Eueren  beugten  bor  bem  §ut. 

^rieparbt. 
(Sie  muffen  über  biefen  5ßla^,  it>enn  fie 
23om  9tatf)au5  fommen  um  bie  9J?ittag$ftunbe. 
Sa  meint'  icb  fefron,  'nen  guten  gang  $u  tun, 
Senn  feiner  baebte  bran,  ben  ©ut  ju  grüben.         1745 
S)a  ftebt'3  ber  Sßfaff,  ber  SWffelmann  —  fam  juft 
33on  einem  Traufen  r;er  —  unb  ftefft1  ftcb  bin 
5ERit  bem  ^odjftürbigen,  grab'  bor  bie  Stange 
©er  Sigrift  muffte  mit  bem  GHöcflein  febeften  : 
£>a  fielen  atP  auf$  Sure,  icb  [eiber  mit.  1750 

Unb  grüßten  bie  SDionftranj,  boef)  nid)t  ben  §ut. 

^eutfjolb. 
§öre,  ©efetP,  e3  fängt  mir  an  ju  beuebten, 
2Bir  fter)en  bier  am  oranger  fc>or  bem  ßut ; 
'§  ift  boef)  ein  Schimpf  für  einen  ^Reiteremann, 
©$übfr>acf)'  ju  ftefyen  t>or  einem  leeren  §ut  —      1755 
Unb  jeber  reebte  $erl  muB  uns  beraebten. 
—  2)ie  9^et)erenj  ju  machen  einem  §ut, 
@§  ift  boefy,  traun,  ein  narrifeber  Sefefyl ! 

^rieparbt. 

SBarum  niebt  einem  [eeren,  bohlen  öut  ? 

Sücfft  bu  bi$  bo$  bor  manchem  fjor/Ien  Sd^äbel.  1760 


136  nMHielm  Cell. 

£)i(begarb,  2ftecf)tfyüb  unb  (Stehet  treten  auf  mit  Äinbern  unb  ftetten  fid)  um 

bie  ©tauge. 

Unb  bu  bift  aucf)  fo  ein  bienftfert'ger  ©cfyurfe 
Unb  bräcfyteft  toacfre  ßeute  gern  m§  Unglücf. 
9Jiag,  toer  ba  toiH,  am  §ut  öorübergetyn, 
3$  brücf  bie  Slugen  ju  unb  fefy'  nicfyt  fytn. 

SRedjtljilb. 

SDa  fyängt  ber  Sanbfcogt —  fyabt  Stefpeft,  ifyr  Suben  !  1765 

Sßottt'g  ©ott,  er  ging'  unb  Itefc'  un§  feinen  §ut: 
@3  feilte  brum  nid^t  ftf)led)ter  ftefyn  um§  Sanb ! 

Sfrifftarbt  (öerföettd&t  fie). 

SBottt  tyr  bom  5ßla|!  Sertoünfc^teS  SSoII  ber  SGBeiber! 
2öer  fragt  naefy  euefy  !  ©cfyicft  eure  Scanner  fyer, 
SSenn  fie  ber  9Jiut  fticfyt,  bem  Sefefyl  ju  trogen.       1770 

(SBeiber  ge^en.) 

£ett  mit  bei  Strmbruft  tritt  auf,    beu  Knaben   an   ber  §anb    füfyrenb  ;  fie 
gefyen  au  bem  §ut  oorbei  gegen  bie  üorbere  ©jene,  oljne  barauj  $u  aalten. 

SBalt^er  (jeigt  naä)  bem  Sannberg). 

Sater,  tft'S  toafyr,  ba£  auf  bem  Serge  bort 
35ie  Säume  bluten,  tvinn  man  einen  ©treiefy 
©rauf  führte  mit  ber  Sljt  ? 

%&. 

2ßer  fagt  ba3,  ßnabe? 

2Battl>er, 

2)er  SfJZeifter  §irt  erjä^It'8  —  Sie  Saume  feien 
©ebannt,  fagt  er,  unb  toer  fie  fcfyäbige,  1775 

Sem  toacfyfe  feine  £>anb  fyerau£  jum  ©rabe. 


Dritter  2Juf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  137 

XtU. 

5Dte  Säume  ftnb  gebannt,  ba§  ift  bie  SBaljrljeit. 
—  ©iefyft  bu  bte  girnen  bort,  bte  toet^en  £örner, 
S)te  i)od)  bis  in  ben  §immel  ftd)  Verlieren? 

223altfjet\ 

2)a3  ftnb  bte  ©letfcfyer,  bte  be3  ;Ka$t3  fo  bonnern    1780 
Unb  un§  bie  ©djjlaglatoinen  nieberfenben. 

ZtU. 

©0  tft%  unb  bie  Salinen  Ratten  längft 

3)en  gletfen  Slltorf  unter  ifyrer  Saft 

33erfd)üttet,  tüenn  ber  Söalb  bort  oben  md)t 

2118  eine  Sanbtoefyr  fid)  bagegen  fteftte.  1785 

233 (titlet  (na$  einigem  Sefinnen). 

®ibt'§  Sanber,  33ater,  Wo  nicfyt  Serge  ftnb? 

ZtU. 

2öenn  man  ijinunterfteigt  bon  unfern  §öf>en 

Unb  immer  tiefer  fteigt,  ben  Strömen  na$, 

©elangt  man  in  ein  großes,  ebne§  Sanb, 

2öo  bie  SSalbtoaffer  nicfyt  meljr  braufenb  fcfyäumen,   1790 

2)ie  $lüffe  rufytg  unb  gemadjlid)  jieljn ; 

2)a  ftef)t  man  frei  nacfy  aden  §immel§raumen, 

£)a3  Äorn  toäd^ft  bort  in  langen,  frönen  2luen, 

Unb  toie  ein  ©arten  ift  ba£  Sanb  ju  fdjauen. 

Sßaitljer, 

©i,  SSater,  toarum  fteigen  toir  benn  m$t  1795 

©efdjtoinb  fytnab  in  btefeS  fdjöne  Sanb, 

Statt  ba£  toir  un§  fyter  ängftigen  unb  plagen  ? 


138  IDittielm  Cell. 

XtU. 

©a§  £anb  ift  fdjön  unb  gütig,  tote  ber  §immel ; 

©od?  bie'3  bebauen,  fxe  genießen  nxdjt 

©en  ©egen,  ben  fie  pflanzen.  1800 

2Batii)er, 

2öofynen  fie 
9iicfyt  frei,  tote  bu,  auf  tfjrem  eignen  @rbe? 

XtU. 

©a§  gelb  gehört  bem  SStfd^of  unb  bem  $önig. 

2öaW)ei\ 

©0   bürfen  fie  boefy  frei  in  SBalbern  jagen? 

Seil. 

©em  §errn  gehört  ba£  2öüb  unb  ba3  ©efieber* 
äßaltljer. 

©ie  bürfen  bod)  frei  fif^en  in  bem  ©trom?  1805 

£efl. 

©er  ©trom,  ba£  9Jteer,  ba§  ©alj  gehört  bem  $önig. 

2Ba(tf)cr. 

2Ber  ift  ber  $önig  benn,  ben  alle  fürchten  ? 

SelL 
@3  ift  ber  eine,  ber  fie  fcimttf  unb  nafyrt. 

SBaWjer, 

©ie  fönnen  ftcfy  mcfyt  mutig  felbft  beftf)üi$en? 

©ort  barf  ber  9?adjbar  nid^t  bem  3iad^bar  txautn.     1810 


Dritter  2luf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  139 

Söaltfjer* 

SSater,  e§  toirb  mir  eng  im  ft> eitert  2anb; 
2)a  toofyn'  irf)  lieber  unter  ben  Salinen. 

3a,  toor/I  tft'3  fceffer,  $inb,  bie  ©letf Verberge 
^m  9tücfen  f/aben,  afö  bie  böfen  3SJienfd^en* 

(©ie  tooEen  Vorübergehen.) 

SSaltfjer, 

@i,  33ater,  fter)  ben  $ut  bort  auf  ber  ©tange!       1815 

2Ba§  fümmert  un§  ber  §ut?   JRomm,  lafi  un£  gelten! 

(Snbem  er  abgeben  tütCC,  tritt  tfym  §rief$arbt  mit  vorgehaltener  Sßtf  e  entgegen.) 

3f?tef$arbi 

Sn  be§  $atfer§  yiamtn !   galtet  an  unb  fter)t ! 

£efl  (greift  in  bie  $ife). 

2ßa§  toottt  3r/r?  2ßarum  galtet  3ftr  mid&  auf? 

ftrieParbt, 

%i)x  r)abt'§  9#anbat  berieft;   ^r)r  müfjt  uns  folgen. 

ßeutljoib, 

%f)x  r)abt  bem  §ut  nicr/t  9teberenj  beriefen.  1820 

Seö, 

greunb,  lafj  mtd)  gelten. 

grieparbt* 

gort,  fort  in§  ©efangnte  ! 
233altf)et\ 

SDen  SSater  in§  ©efängni3  !   £>t(fe !   §üfe ! 

(3«  bie  ©jene  rufenb.) 


140  Wxttidm  Seil. 

igerbei,  3$r  SMnner,  gute  Seute,  fyelft! 
©etoalt !   ©etoalt !   ©ie  führen  ifm  gefangen. 

^öffelmann,  ber  Pfarrer,  unb  Leiermann,  ber  ©igttft,  fomtnen  gerbet, 
mit  brei  anbeten  Scannern. 

©tgrift. 
2Ba8  gibt' 8?  1825 

Stöffettttamt, 

28a3  legft  bu  £>anb  an  biefert  9flann? 

$rief#arbt 

@r  ift  ein  $einb  be3  ^aifer^,  ein  Verräter ! 

Xtü  (fafct  i^n  heftig). 

@in  Verräter,  icfy ! 

9töffetmantt. 

S)u  irrft  bid£>,  greunb.    ®<*3  ift 
$er  £eft,  ein  ©fyrentnann  unb  guter  Bürger. 

2Bdltl)er  (er&Iicft  Söaltfyer  dürften  unb  eilt  ifym  entgegen.) 

©roftfcater,  ^>itf !   ©etoalt  gef  tfnefyt  bem  SSater. 

OfrteParbt 

3n§  ©efcingmS,  fort !  1830 

2Baft!)er  $Ürft  (Derbeieüenb). 

3$  leifte  Sürgfc^aft,  galtet! 
—  Um  ©otteS  Sßillen,  Stell,  toa8  ift  gef^e^en? 

2tt  e  i  tf)  t  §  a  l  unb  <5  t  a  u  f  f  a  d)  e  r  kommen. 

3frteparbt. 

$)e§  SanbfcogtS  oberfyerrüdje  ©ett>alt 
SSerad^tet  er  unb  Wxü  fie  nicfyt  erlennen. 

Stauffatfjer* 
2)a§  ^att'  ber  STett  getan? 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  141 

£a£  tügfi  bu,  33ube! 
Seutfj.nfb, 
@r  i)at  bem  §ut  nicfyt  3teberenj  beriefen.  1835 

93Salt^cr  ftürft 

Unb  barum  foH  er  in£  ©efängniS?    greunb, 
9limm  meine  Sürgfd^aft  an  unb  lafe  il?n  lebig. 

§rteparbt 

Öürg'  bu  für  bidf)  unb  beinen  eignen  Seib ! 
2Bir  tun,  toaS  unfern  2lmte3  —  gort  mit  ifym ! 

ÜSJlel^tfjttf  (§u  ben  Sanbleuten). 

9ietn,  ba£  ift  fd£)reienbe  ©etoalt !  ©rtragen  toir'3,    1840 
2)a£  man  ifyn  fortführt,  fredf),  fcor  unfern  2Iugen? 

(Stgrtft, 
2öir  ftnb  bie  ©tarfem     greunbe,  bulbet'3  m$t  ! 
2ßir  Ijaben  einen  Stücfen  an  ben  anbem. 

Sfriefftarbt. 
2ßer  totberfe^t  fi$  bem  Sefefyl  be3  33ogt3? 

9lüä)  brei  SaitbteutC   ßerbetetlenb). 

2ßir  Reifen  eud&.  2Ba§gibt'§?  ©dalagt  fte  juSoben?  1845 

(£tlbegarb,  3D^ed&t^tIb  unb  ©labet  fommen  jurücf.) 

Seil, 
3$  fyelfe  mir  fdpn  felbft.     ©eljt,  gute  Seute. 
ÜTZeirtt  tljr,  toenn  \<fy  bie  Äraft  gebrauten  tt>oHte, 
%d)  toürbe  micfy  fcor  iljren  ©pieken  fürchten? 

Wittytfial  (ju  ^rie^arbt). 

SBag'S  ifyn  au£  unfrer  SWttte  toegjufüljren ! 


142  rDtHtelm  Cell- 

933a(t^cr  $ürft  unb  ©tauffatfjer, 

©elaffen  !    SJtufytg !  1850 

gttCparbt   (föreit). 

2Iufrufyr  unb  ©tnpörung! 

(3ftan  §ört  ^agbfyömer.) 

3®etber* 

SDa  !ommt  ber  Sanbüogt ! 

$rieParbt  (ergebt  bie  Stimme). 

Meuteret !  ©mpörung ! 

©tauffatf)er* 

©$ret',  bi§  bu  Berfteft,  ©tfmrfe! 

SRöffefatamt  mtb  äßeld|tljal* 

2Btflft  bu  fd&toeigen? 

^ricParbt  (ruft  nod&  lauter). 

$u  §üf ,  ju  §Uf  ben  ©tenern  be§  ©efei$e£  ! 

SBait^cr  pfifft 

S)a  ift  ber  33ogt !  SSefy'  un§,  toa§  tt>irb  ba§  derben ! 

©egler  ju^ferb,  btn  galfett  auf  ber  gauft,  ^Rub 0 If  ber.  §arra§,  23erta 

unb  9£uben$,  ein  gto|e§  ©efofge  üon  bewaffneten  Jtnecfyten,  toelaje  einen 

Ärei§  öon  ^pi!en  um  bte  a,an$e  @^ene  j^üefeen. 

JRttbolf  ber  £arra£, 
$pia$,  $Ia£  bem  Sanbfcogt !  1855 

©eßter* 

treibt  fie  au^einanber! 

2Ba3  läuft  ba3  SBolf  jufammen  ?    2Ber  ruft  $üfe  ? 

(2Ul$ememe  ©title.) 

2Ber  toar'£?    3$  toiß  ^  toiffen.  (Bu  snc^arbt.) 

©u  tritt  bor ! 
2Ber  Bift  bu,  unb  tt>a8  fyältft  bu  btefen  9Rann  ? 

(@r  gibt  ben  Ralfen  einem  Siener.) 


Dritter  ^uf3ug.    Dritte  5pnt.  14=3 

^rteparbt 

©eftrenger  §err,  icb  bin  betrt  23affenfnedf)t 

Unb  toofylbeftellter  SBäd^ter  bei  bem  §ut.  1860 

3)iefen  9Jtann  ergriff  xä)  über  frifeber  3Tat, 

SBie  er  bem  &ut  ben  (Sfyrengrufs  üerfagte. 

33erljaften  tooHt1  \ä)  ifyn,  tote  bu  befafylft, 

Unb  mit  ©etoalt  toift  ibn  ba3  Sßolf  entreißen. 

©e^Cer  (nad&  einer  ^aufe). 

SSerad^teft  bu  fo  beinen  £aifer,  £ett,  1865 

Unb  mid),  ber  E)ier  an  feiner  Statt  gebietet, 
£)a£  bu  bie  @br'  berfagft  bem  Sut,  ben  id? 
ßur  Prüfung  be£  ©eborfam3  aufgefangen? 
©ein  böfe§  £radf)ten  baft  bu  mir  verraten. 

XtU. 

SSerjei^t  mir,  lieber  §err!  2lu3  Unbebaut,  1870 

5tid)t  au£  35eracf)tung  ßurer  ift's  gefebebn. 

2Mr'  icf)  befonnen,  fnej^  icb  niebt  ber  STell, 

3$  ixtV  um  ©nab',  e3  fott  niebt  meljr  begegnen. 

@CJ^(er   (nad?  einigem  Stillfc&toeigen). 

©u  bift  ein  üSJteifter  auf  ber  SIrmbruft,  Seit, 

3Jtan  fagt,  bu  nefymft  e3  auf  mit  jebem  SdBü^en?     1875 

SBalifjer  Sefl, 

Unb  ba§  muf$  toatyr  fein,  §err,  'nen  2fyfel  fcfytefjt 
SDer  SSater  bir  öom  Saum  auf  fmnbert  (Schritte. 

®e£Ier, 
3ft  ba3  bein  ßnabe,  £eH? 

Sefl. 

3a,  lieber  §err. 


144  rDiltjelm  Cell. 

©eftler, 

§aft  bu  ber  ßinber  mefyr? 

Seil, 

3toet  Knaben,  £err. 

©eßler, 

Unb  toelcfyer  tft%  ben  bu  am  meiften  liebft?  1880 

£e«, 
§err,  beibe  ftnb  fie  mir  gleicfy  liebe  $inber. 

©efjler* 
9hm,  £ett !  toeil  bu  ben  2tyfel  triffft  bom  Saume 
2Iuf  fyunbert  (Schritt,  fo  totrft  bu  beine  Äunft 
SSor  mir  betoafyren  muffen  —  Sfämm  bie  Strmbruft  — 
©u  Jjaft  fie  gleidf)  jur  £>anb  —  unb  macf)'  bid)  fertig,  1885 
©inen  Styfel  fcon  be3  Knaben  $opf  ju  fcfytefjen  — 
©odj,  toül  idj  raten,  jiele  gut,  baf$  bu 
S)en  Styfel  treffeft  auf  ben  erften  ©djufc  ; 
2)enn  fefylft  bu  ifyn,  fo  ift  bein  $opf  verloren. 

(9ltte  geben  «Seidjen  &e§  ©djrecfenä.) 

£ett, 

§err  —  toeldjeS  Ungeheure  finnet  $$r  1890 

ÜRir  an?  —  3$  fall  öom  Raupte  meinet  ®inbe§ — 
—  Stein,  nein  bo$,  lieber  §err,  ba3  fomntt  ©udj  ntdjt 
3u  ©inn  —  üBer^üt'  3  ber  gnäb'  ge  ©ott  —  2)a3  fönnt  3$r 
gm  ©ruft  fcon  einem  33ater  nicfyt  begehren  ! 

©efcler. 

©u  toirft  ben  Sfyfel  fcfyie^en  fcon  bem  $opf  1895 

2)e§  Knaben  —  icfy  begeljr'3  unb  hritt'8. 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  145 

£elL 

33>  foCC 

9Kit  meiner  2trmbruft  auf  ba$  liebe  §au!pt 

£)e3  eignen  $inbe§  fielen  ?  —  @ljer  fterb'  iä) ! 

©efeler, 

S)u  fcfyiefceft,  ober  ftirbft  mit  beinern  Knaben. 

%d)  foll  ber  ÜJlörber  toerben  meinet  $inb£  !  1900 

igerr,  3j^r  fyabt  feine  $inber  —  toiffet  nidjt, 
2öa§  \xä)  belegt  in  eines  33ater3  §erjen. 

©eßter* 

@t,  SEett,  bu  bift  ja  plöijftclj  fo  befonnen ! 

SJtan  fagte  mir,  ba£  bu  ein  Träumer  fetft 

Unb  bicfy  entfernft  fcon  anbrer  3Jtenfd)en  2Beife.      1905 

2)u  liebft  ba§  ©eltfame  —  brum  i)ab'  itf)  jeijt 

©in  eigen  2Bagftücf  für  bid)  au3gefud)t. 

@tn  anbrer  toofyl  bebaute  ficfy  —  bu  brüdft 

2)ie  Slugen  ju  unb  greifft  e3  J?er§^aft  an. 

23erta* 
©cfyerjt  nid^t,  0  §err,  mit  biefen  armen  Seuten !      1910 
3$r  fefyt  fie  bleicfy  unb  jitternb  ftefyn  —  fo  toenig 
©inb  fie  ^ur^eilS  getoofynt  au£  @urem  9Jtunbe. 

2Ber  fagt  @u$,  bafe  td)  fd^erje  ? 

(©reift  nad)  einem  33aum§tr>eige,  ber  über  i^n  fyerfyättgt.) 

§ier  ift  ber  Sfyfel. 
9Jtan  madfye  3taum  —  er  nefyme  feine  2ßeite, 
2Bie'3  SraudE)  ift  —  ad^ig  ©dritte  geb'  tefy  il)m —  1915 
3^id^t  Weniger,  noefy  mefyr  —  @r  rühmte  ftdj), 


146  IDttyelm  Cell. 

2luf  ifyrer  fyunbert  feinen  9Jlann  ju  treffen  — 
Sefci,  ©$ü$e,  triff  unb  fefyle  nicfyt  ba$  £iel ! 

SRubotf  ber  %avta§. 

©ott,  ba3  toirb  ernftfyaft  —  gatte  nieber,  $nabe, 

@3  gilt,  unb  flefy'  ben  Sanbfcogt  um  bein  Seben  !    1920 

2»attl)er  $ürft 

(beifeite  ju  9M$tfyaI,  ber  faum  feine  Ungebulb  bedingt). 

galtet  an  (&ud),  icfj  fiel)'  (Sud)  brum,  bleibt  rufyig ! 

SJerta  feum  Sanböogt). 

Saftt  e3  genug  fein,  §err !  Unmenfcfylicfy  ift% 
9Jlit  eine3  SSaterS  Slngft  alfo  ju  fielen. 
SSenn  biefer  arme  2Rann  auä)  Seib  unb  Seben 
SBertoirlt  burd)  feine  leiste  ©cfmlb,  bei  ©Ott !        1925 
@r  f)ätte  je^t  jefynfacfyen  £ob  empfunben. 
©nilaftt  ilm  ungefränft  in  feine  $ütU, 
@r  fyat  @u(f)  fennen  lernen  ;  biefer  ©tunbe 
Söirb  er  unb  feine  $inbe3finber  beulen. 

Öffnet  bie  ©äffe  —  ^rifcf),  toa§  jauberft  bu?  1930 

©ein  Seben  ift  toertoirft,  tcf)  lann  birf)  töten ; 

Unb  fiel),  tcf)  lege  gnabig  bein  ©efcl)itf 

$n  beine  eigne  funftgeübte  §anb. 

©er  lann  mcf)t  flagen  über  garten  ©prucfy, 

©en  man  jum  3Jletfter  feinet  ©cf)icffal§  mad)t.       1935 

©u  rüfymft  bid^>  beine§  fiebern  SJlicfS.     SSofylan! 

£ier  gilt  e8,  ©cfyü^e,  beine  Äunft  ju  geigen ; 

®a§  3^eI  ift  toürbig,  unb  ber  $rei3  ift  groft ! 

©a3  ©cfytoarje  treffen  in  ber  Scheibe,  ba§ 

$ann  aud)  ein  anbrer  ;  ber  ift  mir  ber  SJieifter     1940 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S3ene.  147 

©er  feiner  Äunft  getotf$  ift  überaß, 

SDem'3  §erj  nicfyt  in   bie  §anb  tritt,  nod?  in3  2tuge. 

Söaftfjer  fjürft  (toirft  fic&  bor  i$m  nieber). 

§err  Sanbbogt,  ferir  erfennen  (Sure  £>ofyeit ; 

3)o$  laffet  ©nab'  bor  3^ed£>t  ergeben,  neljmt 

SDie  §älfte  meiner  §aber  nefymt  fie  ganj!  1945 

3^ur  biefe^  ©rafslicfye  ertaffet  einem  SSater! 

SSaftfjer  Seil, 

©rof$t>ater,  fnie'  mdE)t  bor  bem  falfcfyen  9JJann! 
(Sagt,  too  id)  f)inftet?n  folL     3$  fürest'  mitf)  nietyt. 
£)er  Sater  trifft  ben  SSogel  ja  im  ging, 
@r  tüirb  ntcfyt  fehlen  auf  ba§  §erj  be§  $inbe§.       1950 

©tauffatfjer* 
§err  Sanbbogt,  rüfyrt  (Sud?  nicfyt  be§  $inbe3  Unfcfyulb  ? 

SRöffefmann» 

D/  benlct,  ba£  ein  ©ott  im  §immel  ift, 
3)em  3$r  müfct  S^ebe  ftefyn  für  @ure  Katern 

@e^(er  (seigt  auf  ben  Knaben). 

9Jlan  binb' tfyn  an  bie  Sinbe  bort! 

Bdiler  £e«.        m  ^^ 

9Jein,  tefy  toiff  nidjt  gebunben  fein.     %<§  toiH  1955 

©tili  galten,  tote  ein  Samm,  unb  auefy  mcfyt  atmen. 
23enn  tyx  mxä)  binbet,  nein,  fo  fann  id)'§  nicfyt, 
©0  toerb'  id)  toben  gegen  meine  Sanbe. 

[Rubolf  ber  £arra3. 

SHc  2(ugen  nur  lafc  bir  berbinben,  Rnahtl 

aSaltfjer  SeJL 

2ßarum  bie  2tugen?  ©enfet  3$r,  td)  fürchte  i960 


148  rDtttjelm  Cell. 

SDen  «ßfcil  bon  «BaterS  §anb?     3$  toiff  tfyi  feft 
©rtoarten  unb  nieftt  juefen  mit  ben  SBim^em. 
—  grtfcf),  «Bater,  jeig%  baft  bu  ein  ©<f)itt$e  btft ! 
@r  glaubt  bir'8  nicfyt,  er  ben!t  un$  ju  berberben  — 
Sern  «ffiütrid)  jum  SSerbruffe  fcfrieft'unb  triff!  1965 

(@r  ge^t  an  bte  Stnbe,  man  legt  tfym  ben  2tyfel  auf.) 
9Jleltf)tl)al  (su  ben  Sanbleuten). 

2Ba3?    ©oll  ber  grebel  fiefy  bor  unfern  2lugen 
«Bollenben?    SBoju  fyaben  toit  gefcfytooren? 

©taxtffaeljer* 

@3  ift  umfonft.     2ötr  fyaben  feine  SBaffen; 
%fyx  fefyt  ben  Söalb  bon  Sanken  um  un3  fyer. 

§Weldjfl>al. 

D,  Ratten  toir'3  mit  frifcfyer  Xat  öollenbet!  1970 

SBerjeify'g  ©Ott  benen,  bte  jum  Sluffd^ub  rieten! 

©efjler  (sum  sdt>. 
2ln3  3Berf !  9Jtan  fityrt  bie  Söaffen  nid&t  fcergeben§. 
©efa^rlid)  tft'S,  ein  «DJorbgetoeljr  ju  tragen, 
Unb  auf  ben  ©cfmi$en  tyrtngt  ber  «Pfeil  jurüdf. 
SDieS  ftolje  «Recfyt,  ba3  fiefy  ber  33auer  nimmt,  1975 

33eleibiget  ben  fyöcfyften  §errn  be3  SanbeS. 
©etoaffnei  fei  niemanb,  als  toer  gebietet. 
grcut'8  eud),  ben  «Pfeil  ju  führen  unb  ben  Sogen, 
SBofyl,  fo  teilt  i  ä)  ba§  3^^  eu$  kaju  ß^cn. 

Seö  (fpannt  bie  2Irmfcruft  unb  legt  ben  ?feU  auf). 

Öffnet  bie  ©äffe !  «pia£  !  1980 

©tauffatfjer* 
2Ba3,  Seil?  3ftr  Solltet  —  «mmmermetyr  —  S^r  gittert, 
SDie  §anb  erbebt  ßu$,  @ure  $niee  hänfen  — 


Dritter  2Iuf3iig.    Dritte  S3ene.  149 

Xefl  (Iäjjt  bie  2£rmbruft  ftnfen). 

9fttr  fcfytotmmt  e$  fcor  ben  2(ugen! 

28etfcer. 

©ott  im  .§immel! 

Xtü  ($um  Eanbbogt). 

©rlaffet  mir  ben  Schuft,     §ier  ift  mein  ©erj! 

(@r  reifst  bie  93ruft  auf.) 

Stuft  (Sure  Seifigen  unb  ftoftt  midi)  nieber!  1985 

®ejjlct\ 

3$  totll  bein  geben  nicf)t,  xä)  toitt  ben  ©cfmfs. 

—  2)u  fannft  ja  affeö,  ü£etf,  an  nicf}t3  berjagft  bu ; 

2>a3  Steuerruber  für/rft  bu  tote  ben  Sogen, 

3>t$  fcfjrecft  fein  Sturm,  toenn  es  ju  retten  gilt. 

Sefct,  fetter,  bilf  bir  felbft  —  bu  retteft  alle!  1990 

(£ell  fter)t   in   fürchterlichem  ßampf,   tritt   ben   £änben   juefent»  unb  bie  rollenben 

2lugen  6alb  auf  ben  Sanbbogt,  balb  jum  £immel  geriettet.  —  ^lö|ltdj  greift  er  in 

feinen  £ö$er,  nimmt  einen  jtoeiten  |5feU  t)eraus  unb  fteeft  Ufn  in  feinen    ©oüer. 

2>er  Sanböogt  bemerft  alle  biefe  Setoegungen.) 

SÖßalt^et  £ett  (unter  ber  ßinbe). 

SSater,  f$ie£'  ju !  S$  fürest'  mid)  nidjt. 

Sefl. 

S§  muft  ! 

(@r  rafft  ftdj  jufammen  unb  legt  an.) 

IRuben^ 

(ber  bie  gange  3eit  über  in  ber  beftigften  Spannung  geftanben  unb  mit  ©eroalt 

an  fict)  geb alten,  tritt  berüor;. 

§err  Sanbfcogt,  toeiter  toerbet  3$r'3  nidf)t  treiben, 
3$r  toerbet  nid>t  —  63  toar  nur  eine  Prüfung  — 
2)en  ßtoeef  Ijabt  %bx  erreicht  —  $u  toeit  getrieben, 
33erfer;lt  bie  Strenge  tr)re§  toeifen  3toecf3,  x995 

Unb  attjuftraff  gekannt,  jerfprmgt  ber  Sogen. 


150  lÜtHjelm  «Cell. 

©egler, 

3fyr  fcfytoeigt,  bi£  man  @ud)  aufruft. 

3$  to tll  reben  ! 
3$  barf'3!     ©e3  $önig§  @fyre  ift  mir  fyeüig ; 
£)od)  folcfyeg  Regiment  muf$  £>af$  ertoerben. 
2)a3  ift  be§  $önig§  SBxtle  rnd^t  —  t$  barf'8  2000 

Sefyaupten —  (Solche  ©raufamfeit  fcerbient 
sJKein  33olf  ntcfyt,  baju  Ijabt  3fyr  &we  SSottmad&t. 

§a,  3fy*  erlü^nt  @ucfy! 

9htbett$* 

3$  fyab'  fttff  gefcfyftriegen 
3u  allen  feieren  3:aten,  bie  icfy  fafy ; 
9Äem  fefyenb  3luge  fyaV  icfy  jugefdjloffen,  2005 

50iein  überfcfytoellenb  unb  empörtet  §erj 
§ab'  iä)  fyinabgebrücft  in  meinen  Sufen. 
©od)  länger  fcfytoeigen  fear'  33errat  jugleid? 
Sin  meinem  SSaterlanb  unb  an  bem  JRaifer. 

SSetta  (tuirft  fid&  jmifc^en  i^n  unb  ben  Sanböogt). 

D  ©Ott,  3^r  WJ*  ben  Sßütenben  noefy  mefyr.  2010 

fRubmfr 

9Jiein  33oI!  fcerliefs  icfy,  meinen  33lut3fc>erft>anbten 

©ntfagt?  iä),  alte  Sanbe  ber  9iatur 

3erri^  ify,  um  an  (Sucfy  miefy  anjufd)lie£en  — 

©a3  33efte  aller  glaubt'  td)  $u  beförbern, 

©a  td)  be§  $atfer3  9ftad)t  befeftigte  —  2015 

Sie  Sinbe  fällt  fcon  meinen  Slugen  —  ©cfyaubernb 


Dritter  Tlnfouq,.     Dritte  S3ene.  151 

©er;'  icr;  an  einen  2lbgrunb  midj  geführt  — 

3JJein  freiet  Urteil  fyabt  %t)x  irr'  geleitet, 

9Jtetn  reblid^  §erj  t>erfür/rt  —  %<$)  toar  barem, 

9Jlein  SSoII  in  befter  Meinung  ju  fcerberben.  2020 

0effer« 
33ertoegner,  biefe  (Sprache  beinern  öerrn? 

9htbett$, 

©er  ®aifer  ift  mein  §err,  nicE)t  3$r  —  frei  bin  td? 

2öie  2$r  geboren,  unb  \<fy  meffe  miefi 

9Jlit  @ucf)  in  jeber  ritterlichen  Jugenb. 

Unb  ftünbet  3#r  md)t  Her  in  ÄatferS  tarnen,      2025 

SDen  id)  berer/re,  felbft,  too  man  ifyti  fdjänbet, 

SDen  §anbftf)ur;  toärf  icr;  fcor  ßueb  tyttt,  3#r  fotttet 

9ta$  ritterlichem  Sraurf)  mir  Stnttoort  geben. 

—  3a,  ftinft  nur  ßuren  Seifigen  —  %i)  ftef/e 

TOcfyt   toe^tlo^    ba,  tüte    b  i  e  —  (auf  bas  ©olf  jetgenb). 

^d?  i)ab'  ein  ©cfytoert,    2030 
Unb  toer  mir  nar/t  — 

©tauffatfier  (ruft). 

©er  Sfyfel  ift  gefallen! 

(^nbem  fid)  alle  naä)  btefer  (Bette  getoenbet  unb   Serta  gtmföen  Gubens  unb  ben 
Sanbbogt  fiefy  geworfen,  §at  Seil  ben  ^ßfeil  abgebvücft.) 

IKöffefatamt. 

©er  $nabe  lebt! 

Stele  Sttmntetu 

2>er  Sfyfel  ift  getroffen  ! 

(2B*It$er  ftfirft  fötoanft  unb  bro^t  31t  finfen,  Serta  fyält  t§n.) 
©e^let  (erftaunt). 

®r  r,at  gesoffen?   2Bie?   ©er  3tafenbe ! 


152  nWfjeim  (Eeli. 

SBerta, 

®er  Rnaht  lebt!  Sbmmt  ju  Sucfy,  guter  Sater! 

aSBaltfter  XtU    (fommt  mit  bcm  2Ipfel  gedrungen). 

Sater,  Wer  ift  ber  2tyfel  —  2öu£t'  id^'g  ja,  2035 

S)u  toürbeft  beinen  Knaben  nicfyt  beriefen. 

(£ell  ftanb  mit  fcorgebogenem  £etb,  al§  trollt'  er  bem  ^ßfeit  folgen  —  bie  Ölrmbruft 
entfinft  feiner  £anb  —  tüte  er  ben  ßnaben  fommen  fiefyt,  eilt  er  tl?m  mit  auSge* 
breiteten  2trmen  entgegen  imb  §ebt  ibn  mit  heftiger  ^nbrunft  ju  feinem  bergen 
hinauf;  in  biefer  (Stellung  fintt  er  fraftloS  jufammen,    Stile  fte&en  gerührt.) 

SSerta, 

D  güt'ger  §immel! 

äßaltljer  §Ütft   foii  äßater  unb  ©o§n). 

Ämber  !  meine  $inber  ! 

©tauffadjer, 

©ott  fei  gelobt ! 

fieutfjolb- 

2)a3  toax  ein  ©$u£ !  3)abon 
Sßirb  man  nod)  reben  in  ben  tyätften  Reiten. 

JRubolf  ber  §arra3, 
@rjä£>Ien  toirb  man  fcon  bem  ©$ü|en  Stell,  2040 

©olang'bie  Serge  ftefyn  auf  ifyrem  ©runbe. 

(9f*eia)t  bem  Sanbbogt  ben  2tyfel.) 

©efffer. 
Sei  ©ott!  ber  Sfyfet  mitten  bur$  gefcfyoffen! 
©8  toar  ein  9Jteifterfcfyuf$,  \<$)  muf$  ii)n  loben. 

9t3fjelmatttt« 

2)er  ©dmf$  toar  gut !  bocf)  foelje  bem,  ber  ifyn 

S)aju  getrieben,  ba£  er  ©ott  t>erfu$te.  2045 


Dritter  2faf3Ug.    Dritte  S^nt.  153 

3tauffacfjer. 

£ommt  ju  ßucb,  Jett,  ftebt  auf!  %fft  habt  Qnd)  maunlicb 
©elöft,  unb  frei  tonnt  ^bv  nafy  §aufe  gef/en. 

JRöffefatamt. 

Äommt,  fommt  unb  bringt  ber  9JJutter  ibren  @o$n! 

(Sie  motten  i&rt  toegfü^ren.) 

©efjfer, 

Jett,  bore ! 

ZtU   (fommt  jurücf). 

23a3  befehlt  gljr,  öerr? 

(Segler. 

3)u  ftecfteft 

9iocfy  einen  gleiten  SßfetI  ju  bir  —  ^a/  ia/  2°5° 

gdjj  far;  e§  ftobl  —  3Ba3  meinteft  bu  bamit  ? 

Xett   (oerlegen). 

§err,  ba$  ift  alfo  braucblicb  bei  ben  Scbüfeen. 

©efjfer, 

Stein,  Jett,  bie  2lnttoort  (äff1  icb  bir  nicbt  gelten  ; 

63  rDtrb  toaS  anberS  trobl  bebeutet  baben. 

Sag'  mir  bie  ©abrbeit  frifcb  unb  frcbücb,  Jeff  ;    2055 

2öa3  e£  aucb  fei,  bein  2eben  ficbr'  icb  bir. 

2Boju  ber  jroeite  Sßf ext  ? 

SeK, 

SSobtan,  0  öerr, 
2Seü  ^br  mic§  meines  Sebens  babt  gefiebert  — 
©0  toiH  icb  Gucb  bie  3Sabrbeit  grünblicb  iagen. 

(ör  jtebt  ttn  Pfeil  aus  bem  ©oller  unb  nebt  ben  Sanboogt  mit  einem  furc&tbaren 

Süd  an.) 

2Jtti  biefem  Reiten  ?pfeü  burebfebofe  icb  —  Sucf),       206c 


154  XPiltjcIm  Cell. 

$8tnn  \d)  mein  liebet  $inb  getroffen  fyätte, 
Unb  (Surer  —  toafyrlid)  !  fjätt'  id)  nic£>t  gefehlt. 

28o^t,  Seil!  2)e3  SebenS  i?ab'  xd)  bi$  gefiebert; 

3$  gab  mein  Sftttertoort,  ba§  toilt  icfy  galten  — 

SDocfy  toeil  id)  beinen  böfen  Sinn  erfannt,  2065 

SBtff  icfy  bidj  führen  laffen  unb  fcertoafyren, 

2ßo  toeber  SJlonb  no$  ©onne  bieb  befcfyemt, 

©amit  ic£>  fid£>er  fei  bor  beinen  Pfeilen. 

Ergreift  xfyn,  Stnttyti !  Sinbet  i£)n  !  (steil  tob  gefomben.) 

©tauffacfyer* 

Sßxe,  §err? 

©0  formtet  3#r  an  einem  SJtanne  Ijanbeln,  2070 

2tn  bem  fidE>  ©otte3  §anb  fidjjtbar  fcerfünbigt? 

©eßler, 

£af$  fefyn,  ob  fie  ifyn  jtoeimal  retten  toirb. 

—  SDtan  bring5  tfyn  auf  mein  ©d)iff !  %<fy  folge  na$ 

©ogleid),  \<fy  felbft  toiff  i£)n  naefy  $üj$nacf)t  führen. 

Otöffelmantt» 

$fyr  tootlt  ifyn  au^er  Öanb3  gefangen  führen?        2075 

Sattbleute, 

2)a3  bürft  !gfyr  ™$*/  ka£  ^arf  ^tx  Genfer  mcfyt, 
®a§  ftuberftreitet  unfern  greil)eit3briefen  ! 

®efcler* 

2Bo  finb  fie?    §at  ber  ßaifer  fie  beftatigt? 

@r  fyat  fie  nid)t  beftatigt  —  ©iefe  ©unft 

9Jiu^  erft  erworben  derben  burd)  ©efyorfam.  2080 

Gebellen  feib  tfyr  ade  gegen  ®aifer3 


Dritter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  £3erte.  155 

©ericfyt  unb  nafyxt  fcertoegene  ©mpörung. 

%$  fenn'  eudf>  alle  —  \d)  burcfyfcbau'  eud?  ganj — 

£)  e  n  nefym'  td)  je|t  fyerau3  au*  eurer  -äJlttte ; 

2)od)  alle  feib  tyx  teilt)aft  feiner  Scfyulb.  2085 

2Ber  fing  ift,  lerne  ftf)toetgen  unb  gefyorcfyen. 

5r  entfernt  fidj,  üöerta,  Gubens,  öarras  unb    £ned)te   folgen,  ^riefjlparbt   unb 
Seut^olb  bleiben  jurücf.) 

2öaftfjer  f?Ürft    (in  beftigem  Schmers). 

.@S  ift  fcorbet ;  er  fyat's  befcfjtoffen,  mtcf) 
Sflit  meinem  ganzen  ipaufe  ju  b erberben ! 

©tauffadjer  (sum  seit). 
D,  toarum  mußtet  3$r  ben  äöütridj  reiben ! 

£eü, 
33ejrt>inge  fid),  toer  meinen  ©d^merj  gefüllt !  2090 

Stauffadier, 

D,  nun  ift  atteS,  alles  fyin !  3Jttt  Sucfy 
<Sinb  toir  gefeffelt  alte  unb  gebunben ! 

Sattbleute   (umringen  ben  Seil). 

9Jlit  @ud)  geljt  unfer  fester  üEroft  baljin. 

2eutl)0lb    (nähert  fic§). 

£etf,  e$  erbarmt  m\6)  —  boefy  idf)  mufs  geljordjen. 

ZtU. 

Sebt  too&I ! 

Söaltljer  Seil 

(fid)  mit  heftigem  Sd)mer$  an  iljm  fd)mtegenb). 

D  SSater  !  33ater  !  lieber  SSater !  2095 

Xtü  (fyzbt  bie  2Irme  jum  Stmmel). 

©ort  broben  ift  bein  SSater  !  2>en  ruf  an  ! 


156  XMlfcelm  Cell. 

©tauffacfyer. 

Seit,  faß'  icfy  ©urem  Söeibe  ntdjt§  fcon  @ucfy  ? 

Sett 

(fyebt  ben  ßnaben  mit  Sn&runft  an  feine  S3ruft). 

©er  $nah'  tft  unfcerlettf ;  mir  toirb  (Sott  Reifen. 

(Heifjt  fia)  fa)neß  Io0  unb  folgt  ben  2Baffenfneä)ten.) 


J 

1 

m 

t/3 


Vierter  Stufgug* 

(Erftc  Sjene- 

ÖfHidjeS  Ufer  be§  Ü5tertralbftätterfec§. 

£ie  fettjam  gematteten  fd^Toffen  getjen  im  Söeften  fdjjtieBen  bett  ^rofpeft.     £er 
See  ift  betüegt,  heftiges  ;)taujä)en  unb  Sojen,  ba$tt>ifd)en  25(i|e  unb  2)onner= 

jd)(äge. 

Äunjbon@crfau.    gifa)er  unb  gtjdjerfnabe. 

£ttti£. 

%<fy  fafy'3  mit  2Iugen  an,  3fyr  formt  mir'§  glauben. 
'§  ift  alles  fo  gefc^etjn,  toie  icf)  Qua)  fagte.  2100 

2)er  Seil  gefangen  abgeführt  naä}  Aufmacht, 
©er  befte  9Jiann  im  2anb,  ber  brabfte  3lrm, 
Sßenn'S  einmal  gelten  foltte  für  bie  greifyeit. 

©er  Sanbbogt  fübrt  ifyn  felbft  ben  See  herauf ; 

©te  toaren  eben  bran,  fiefj  emjufcfyiffen,  2105 

2113  xd)  bon  gtüelen  abfubr  ;  bodf)  ber  Sturm, 

©er  eben  jei$t  im  2lnjug  ift,  unb  ber 

2Iud6  midf)  gelungen,  eilenb3  r)ier  ju  lanben, 

9Kag  ifyre  Stbfabrt  toofyl  ber^inbert  fyaben. 

&tftf)er, 

©er  Seil  in  geffeln,  in  be§  9Sogt§  ©etoalt !  2110 

D,  glaubt,  er  toirb  ifm  tief  genug  Vergraben, 
©a£  er  be£  3Tage3  Siebt  nidri  lieber  fielet! 
©enn  fürdbten  muf;  er  bie  geredete  9tacf»e 
©e3  freien  9ttanne3,  ben  er  fcfytoer  gereift ! 

159 


160  XWrtjeim  Cell. 

©er  Sdtlanbammann  autf),  ber  eble  §err  2115 

3Son  2lttingfyaufen,  jagt  man,  lieg'  am  Xobe. 

ftifrfjer, 
©0  bricht  ber  Ie|te  Stnfer  unfrer  Hoffnung  ! 
©er  toar  e3  noä)  allein,  ber  feine  ©timme 
©rieben  burfte  für  be3  Sollet  Steckte ! 

©er  ©türm  nimmt  überfyanb.     ©efyabt  @ud)  toofyl!   2120 
%d)  nefyme  §erberg'  in  bem  ©orf ;  benn  fyeut' 
gft  bocf)  an  feine  2tbfabrt  mefyr  $u  benlen.  (®e$t  as.) 

§tfrf)er. 
©er  !£eH  gefangen  unb  ber  greifyerr  tot ! 
©rfyeb'  bie  fredje  ©tirne,  £t)rannei, 
2Birf  aUe  ©cfyam  £)intt>eg !  ©er  9Jlunb  ber  2Bat)r^eit  2125 
3ft  ftumm,  ba§  fefy'nbe  Sluge  ift  geblenbet, 
©er  2lrm,  ber  retten  feilte,  ift  gefeffelt ! 

Sttafce* 

©3  fyagelt  f  elfter.     $ommt  in  bie  §ütfe,  SSater ; 
@3  ift  nicfyt  fommlicfy,  £>ier  im  freien  Raufen. 

$tfd)er, 
Sftafet,  tyx  2öinbe !  flammt  fjerab,  Ujr  23lt£e !         2130 
3$r  SBolfen,  berftet!  ®ief$t  herunter,  ©tröme 
©e§  §immel§,  unb  erfäuft  bae  2anb  !  gerftört 
i^nx  $eim  bie  ungeborenen  ©efdjlecfyter ! 
%i)T  trüben  (Elemente,  kerbet  §err ! 
3$r  Saren,  fommt,  ifyr  alten  SBölfe  lieber  2135 


Dterter  2luf3ug.    (Erfte  53ene.  161 

©er  großen  SBüfte !  eucb  gehört  ba§  Sanb, 
2ßer  toirb  l)ier  leben  toollen  ofjne  fjrei^eit ! 

ßnabe, 

§ört,  toie  ber  2(bgrunb  toft,  ber  2Birbel  brüllt, 
©o  tyat'3  nod)  nie  geraft  in  biefem  ©cfylunbe ! 

gu  jielen  auf  be§  eignen  SinbeS  feaupt,  2140 

©olcf)e§  toarb  feinem  SSater  nod)  geboten ! 

Unb  bie  9tatur  foll  nicf)t  in  toilbem  ©rimm 

©icf)  brob  empören  —  D,  mxd)  fott'3  nidjt  tounbern, 

SBenn  ftd)  bie  Reifen  bücfen  in  ben  ©ee, 

$£>tnn  jene  3a(^en/  iene  @ife§türme,  2145 

Sie  nie  auftauten  feit  bem  ©cfjityfungstag, 

93on  ifyren  fjofyen  Kulmen  nieberid^meljcn; 

2öenn  bie  Serge  brechen,  toemt  bie  alten  Klüfte 

©inftürjen,  eine  §tt>eite  ©ünbflut  alle 

Sßofynftätten  ber  Sebenbigen berf cblingt !  man  prt  laut™.)  2150 

£nabe. 

§ört  Ü)r,  fie  läuten  broben  auf  bem  93erg. 
©etoift  fyat  man  ein  Schiff  in  5Rot  gefehlt 
Unb  jieljt  bie  ©locfe,  bajs  gebetet  tt>erbe*  (steigt  auf  eine  tum^) 

■löefje  bem  gafyrjeug,  ba3,  jettf  untertoegS, 

3n  biefer  furcfytbarn  Stiege  toirb  gesiegt !  2155 

§ier  ift  ba3  ©teuer  unnü£  unb  ber  ©teurer, 

©er  ©türm  ift  Stteifter,  2Binb  unb  SSelle  fpielen 

33aU  mit  bem  -JfJtenfcben  —  ©a  ift  nab  unb  fern 

Äein  SBufen,  ber  ibm  freunbltcf)  ©cfmi3  getoäfjrte ! 

§anblo3  unb  fdjroff  anfteigenb  ftarren  tfym  2160 


162  rOtüielm  Cell. 

Sie  Reifen,  bie  unwirtlichen,  entgegen 

Unb  Reifen  tfym  nur  i^re  fteinern  fcfyroffe  Sruft. 

Sttafce  (beutet  ItntS). 

SSater,  ein  ©cfyiff !  e§  fommt  fcon  glüelen  fyer. 
Sifc^er. 

©ott  fyelf  ben  armen  Seuten!  3Benn  ber  ©türm 

$n  biefer  SBafferfluft  fid?  erft  Verfangen,  2165 

S)ann  raft  er  um  fid)  mit  be§  SWaubtier^  Slngfi, 

®a§  an  be3  ©itter«  (Sifenftabe  fcfylägt ! 

Sie  Pforte  fud)t  er  fyeulenb  jtd;  fcergebenä ; 

3)enn  ringsum  fcfyranfen  ibn  bie  Reifen  e*n> 

©ie  fyimmelljocf)  ben  engen  $aft  Vermauern.  2170 

(@r  ftetgt  auf  bie  2ln§öl?e.) 

Sttafce* 

63  ift  ba§  ^errenfc^iff  fcon  Uri,  33ater, 

3$  fenn'3  am  roten  ©ad?  unb  an  ber  $afyne. 

©eric^te  ©otteS  !  %a,  er  ift  e3  fclbft, 

©er  Sanbbogt,  ber  ba  fätyrt  —  ©ort  fcfyifft  er  fyin 
Unb  fütyrt  im  ©cfyiffe  fein  3Serbred^en  mit !  2175 

©dfmelt  fyat  ber  3lrm  be§  9tä$er8  il)n  gefunben, 
$et$t  fennt  er  über  ficfy  ben  ftärfern  §errn. 
©iefe  JBellen  geben  ni$t  auf  feine  ©timme, 
©iefe  gelfen  bücfen  ifyre  Häupter  nicfyt 
SSor  feinem  $qv&i  —  .Knabe,  bitt  nicfyt,  2180 

©reif  nid^t  bem  3ti$ter  in  ben  2lrm ! 

%ü)  bete  für  ben  Sanbfcogt  nicfyt  —  %<$)  biti 

gür  ben  Stell,  ber  auf  bem  ©cfytff  ficfy  mit  befmbet, 


Pterter  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  S$tx\t.  163 

$iftf)er, 

D  Unvernunft  be§  blinben  6Iement3 ! 

ÜJiu^t  bu,  um  einen  ©djulbigen  ju  treffen,  2185 

©a§  ©cfyiff  mitfamt  bem  ©teuermann  verberben ! 

©ielj,  fiel),  fie  toaren  glucflid)  fdfjjon  Vorbei 

2lm  23uggi3grat ;  bod^  bie  ©efroalt  be3  ©türmet, 

2)er  von  bem  £eufefemünfter  totbcr^rattt, 

SBirft  fie  jum  großen  Sljenberg  jurücf.  2190 

—  3$  W  fo  ni$*  mtyx. 

ftifdjer, 

©ort  ift  ba3  §acfmeffer, 
2Bo  fdjon  ber  ©cfytffe  mehrere  gebrochen. 
%äznn  fie  ntcfyt  toei3lt$  bort  vorüberlenfen, 
©0  tt>irb  ba3  ©cfyiff  jerfcfymettert  an  ber  $Iufy, 
Sie  ftdj  gafyftot^ig  abfenlt  in  bie  £iefe.  2195 

*     —  ©ie  fyabtn  einen  guten  ©teuermann 

2lm  S3orb ;  tonnt'  einer  retten,  toär'3  ber  Seil; 
2)otf)  bem  finb  2lrm'  unb  §anbe  ja  gefeffelt. 

SBü^elm  2: eil  mit  ber  Ermbruft. 

(@r  lommt  mit  raffen  ©dritten,  blicft  erftaunt  umfyer  unb  ^eigt  bie  Ijefttgfte  33es 

toegung.    2Benn  er  mitten  auf  ber  ©gene  ift,  wirft  er   fid)   nieber,  bie  £änbe  gu 

ber  @rbe  unb  bann  jum  §immel  ausbreitend) 

$lta&e  (bemerft  t$n). 

©ielj,  SSater,  toer  ber  9Jtann  ift,  ber  bort  Iniet? 
fttftfjer* 

@r  fafjt  bie  @rbe  an  mit  feinen  §änben  2200 

Unb  fcfyeint  tote  aufcer  fid)  ju  fein. 

$ttat>C  (lonimt  öcrtoärt§). 

5Sa§  fei?'  xä)l  3Sater  !  $ater,  lommt  unb  fefyt! 


164  rDüfclm  Cell. 

$lfff)er  (näbert  fi#). 

2Ber  tft  e*?  —  ©ott  im  §immel !  2Ba§?  ber  Stell? 
2öie  lommt  $f>r  fjte^er ?    Siebet! 

$$nabt. 

2Bart  3^r  nid)t 

SDort  auf  bem  ©cfytff  gefangen  unb  gebunben?  2205 

3$r  ttmrbet  nid)t  nadj)  ®ü£nad)t  abgeführt? 

SCÖ  (fte$t  auf). 

$$  bin  befreit. 

§tftfjer  unb  Snalie* 

befreit !  D  Söunber  ©oite§ ! 

2Bo  lommt  gfyr  fyer  ? 

Seil. 
©ort  au§  bem  ©cfyiffe. 

2Ba3? 
finabe  Gußiei#). 

2öo  ift  ber  Sanbfcogt? 

£cB. 

Stuf  ben  SBeCen  treibt  er. 

3ft'8  möglich?  3tber  g$r?  SBBte  feib  3$r  fyier?         2210 

©eib  Suren  Sanben  unb  bem  ©türm  entfommen? 

Sefl. 

©urcb  ©otte3  gnäb'ge  gürfebung —  §ört  anl 


Dterter  ^lufeng.    (Erftc  ^ene,  165 

D,  rebet,  rebet ! 

XtU. 
2Ba3  in  Slltorf  ftd& 
Segebett,  hrifjt  3$r'3? 

Stftfjer. 

2tHe§  lr>ei{3  i$,  rebet ! 
XtU. 

©aft  midE)  ber  Sanbbogt  fasert  lieft  unb  binben,        2215 
3la<$)  feiner  SBurg  ju  Aufmacht  tooffte  führen. 

Unb  ftcfy  mit  @u$  ju  glüelen  etngefdjiffi. 

2öir  totffen  alles,     ©precfyt,  tote  3^r  entfommen? 

ZeL 

3$  lag  im  ©cfyiff  mit  ©triefen  feft  gebunben, 
2Sel)rlo3,  ein  aufgegebner  Sütann  —  3l\d)t  fyofft'  icf),   2220 
2)ae  frofye  2t$t  ber  ©onne  mefyr  ju  fefyn, 
35er  ©attm  unb  ber  $inber  liebet  2lntlt$, 
Unb  troftloS  blieft'  \<fy  in  bie  SBaffertoüfte  — 

$tftf)er, 
D  armer  Wann ! 

Sefl, 

©0  fuhren  toir  bafyin, 
©er  SSogt,  3iuboIf  ber  §arra3  unb  bie  ^necfyte.        2225 
ÜRein  $ötf)er  aber  mit  ber  Slrm&ruft  lag 
2tm  ^intern  ©raufen  bei  bem  ©teuerruber. 
Unb  als  hrir  an  bie  @cfe  jei$t  gelangt 
93eim  fleinen  2t£en,  ba  fcerfyängt'  e§  ©ott, 
SDaft  folefy  ein  graufam  mörbrifcf)  Ungetoitter  2230 


166  rDtttietm  Cell. 

©äfylingS  fyerfürbracfy  au£  be§  ©ottfyarbS  ©cfylünben, 

£)af$  äffen  Ruberem  ba§  §erj  entfanf, 

Unb  meinten  alte,  elenb  ju  ertrmfen. 

35a  fyöxV  idf)%  ftrie  ber  Siener  einer  fid^> 

3um  Sanbfcogt  toenbet'  unb  bie  2Borte  fyracfy:  2235 

„3#r  fefyet  (Sure  9Zot  unb  unjre,  §err, 

Unb  baft  toir  au'  am  9fanb  be£  £obe§  fcfytoeben  — 

®ie  Steuerleute  aber  hnffen  \\<fy 

SSor  großer  gfurcfyt  nidfyt  9tat  unb  finb  bee  gafyren£ 

3liä)t  toofyl  berichtet  —  9^un  aber  ift  ber  Stell  2240 

©in  (tarier  ^Biaxin  unb  toetj}  ein  ©cfjiff  ju  fteuern. 

SOBie,  toenn  toir  fein  je|t  brausten  in  ber  9tot?" 

$)a  tyrad)  ber  33ogt  $u  mir:  „£eff,  toenn  bu  btr'S 

©etraute(t,  un£  ju  Reifen  au3  bem  Sturm, 

©0  mödfyt'  tdj  biefy  ber  Sanbe  toofyl  entleb'gen."         2245 

3<#  aber  fyracfy:  „3a,  §err,  mit  ©otte§  §ilfe 

©etrau'  tefy  mir' 8  unb  fyelf  un§  toofyl  fyiebannen." 

©0  toarb  xä)  meiner  33anbe  I08  unb  (tanb 

2lm  ©teuerruber  unb  fufyr  reblicfy  fyn. 

©od)  fdfnelt'  id)  feütoärts,  too  mein  ©tfnej^eug  lag,   2250 

Unb  an  bem  U(er  merftf  id)  fd)arf  untrer, 

2öo  (i$  ein  Vorteil  auftäf  jum  ©ntfyringen. 

Unb  h>te  tefy  eine3  gfelfenrtffs  getoafyre, 

2)a3  abgeplattet  fcorfyrang  in  ben  ©ee  — 

3$  lehn'g,  e3  ift  am  guft  be§  großen  Stsen,  2255 

2)o$  nicfyt  (ür  möglid)  acfyt'  id^S  —  (0  gar  (teil 
©efyt'8  an  —  Dom  ©cfyiff  e£  fyringenb  abjureid^en  — 

©cfyrte  xä)  ben  Aneckten,  fyanblid)  jujugefyn, 


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Dterter  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  S$ene.  169 

33i3  baß  tote  bot  bie  gelfenplatte  fämen, 

©ort,  rief  i$,  fei  ba§  ätrgfte  überftanben  —  2260 

Unb  ate  toir  fie  frifcfyrubernb  6alb  erteilt, 

%W  id)  bie  ©nabe  ©otteS  an  unb  brücfe, 

9Jtit  allen  £eibe§fräften  angeftemmt, 

£)en  fyintem  ©raufen  an  bie  getetoanb  fytn.  2264 

3e£t,  fdjneU  mein  ©cfjieftjeug  faffenb,  fdjtoing'  \<fy  felbft 

§oc£)fpringenb  auf  bie  platte  midj)  hinauf, 

ttnb  mit  geaalt' gern  gufsftojs  binter  mi$ 

©dE)teubr'  \i)  ba£  SdEnfflein  in  ben  ©cblunb  ber  Sßaffer  — 

©ort  mag%  toie  ©ott  n>xff,  auf  ben  Söetten  treiben! 

©0  bin  \§  Ijier,  gerettet  <xu%  be§  ©turm§  2270 

©etoalt  unb  au£  ber  flimmeren  ber  9Jtenf$en. 

Stfdjcr. 

£ett !   £eß !  ein  ficfytbar  SSunber  Ijat  ber  §err 

2ln  Qua)  getan  ;  faum  glaub'  tcfy'3  meinen  Sinnen  — 

SDo$  faget!    3Bo  gebenfet  %l)x  je$t  fym? 

SDenn  ©tcfyerljett  ift  nidjt  für  @u$,  Sofern  2275 

35er  Sanbfcogt  lebenb  biefem  ©türm  entfommt. 

ZtU. 

3$  fyört'  iljn  fagen,  ba  xä)  nodfj  im  ©$iff 
©ebunben  tag,  er  toolP  bei  Brunnen  lanben 
Unb  über  ©cfyto%  naty  feiner  SSurg  micfy  führen. 

Stfdjer, 
2öitt  er  ben  2Beg  bafyin  $u  Sanbe  nehmen?         2280 

2ett, 

@r  benft'8. 

gtfdje*« 

D,  fo  verbergt  Qud)  ofyne  ©äumen ! 

9tt$t  jtoeimal  fyilft  @u$  ©ott  au$  feiner  §anb. 


HO  nWttelm  Cell. 

£eö. 

5ftennt  mir  ben  näcfyften  2Beg  nacfy  3lrtE>  unb  $üf$nacf)t. 

$iftf)er. 

SDie  offne    ©tra^e  §tet>t  ftd)  über  (Steinen ; 

©od;  einen  fürjern  2öeg  unb  fyeimlicfyern  2285 

Äann  @utf)  mein  $nabe  über  Softer^  führen. 

£efl  (gibt  i^m  bie  £anb). 

©Ott  lotyn'  @ud>  @ure  ©uttat.     Sebet  toofyl. 

(®e$t  unb  fetyrt  hneber  um.) 

—  §abt  $fyr  nid^t  aucfy  im  SftütK  mitgef cfytooren  ? 
9Jlir  beucht,  man  xxannV  @ud)  mir. 

Stfcfter* 

3$  toar  babei 
Unb  fyab'  ben  @ib  be3  33unbe3  mit  befrfjtooren.     2290 

ZtU. 

©0  eilt  nacfy  ^Bürgten,  tut  bie  Sieb  mir  an, 
SRein  Söeib  üerjagt  um  micfy  ;  fcerfünbet  ityr, 
®af$  icfy  gerettet  fei  unb  toofyl  geborgen. 

©0$  toofyin  fag'  \ti)  tyx,  ba£  gfyr  geflofy'n? 

£ett, 

5$r  Werbet  meinen  ©cfytoafyer  bei  ifyr  finben  2295 

Unb  anbre,  bie  im  SWttR  mitgefcfytooren  —  * 
©ie  follen  toacfer  fein  unb  gutes  SJlutS, 
©er  £eß  fei  frei  unb  feinet  2lrme£  mächtig ; 
SBalb  toerben  fie  ein  SBeitreS  fcon  mir  Ijören. 

Sifciier. 

2Ba3  Ijabt  %fyx  im  ©emüt?  ©ntbedct  mir'3  frei!    2300 


Dierter  2Iuf3ug.    gleite  S$tne.  171 

3ft  e3  getan,  toirb'3  aud>  jur  Siebe  fommen.  (®e$t  a&.) 

??tfdjer, 

3eig'  ifym  ben  2Beg,  S^nni  —  ©ott  ftefy'  ifym  bei ! 
@r  fütyrt'S  jum  giel,  tod8  er  aucfy  unternommen,  mu  ab.) 


<5tx>ette  S3ene. 
(Sbettjof  3U  2fttingf)aufen. 

©et  greifyerr,  in  einem  Slrmfefjel,  fterbenb.  Sßatt  Ijer  gf  ü  r  ft,  ©  t  auf; 

f  ad)  er,.5fteldjttjal  nnb  23aumgarten  um  ifyn  befdjäfttgt.   Sßalt^er 

Jell,  t'nieenb  öor  bem  «Stetbenben. 

2ßaltf)er  gflirft 
@£  ift  Vorbei  mit  itym,  er  ift  fyinüber. 

©tauffacfyer» 
@r  liegt  nicfyt  tote  ein  £oter  —  ©efyt,  bie  geber     2305 
Stuf  feinen  Sippen  regt  ftcfy  !  Stufig  ift 
©ein  ©cfylaf,  unb  friebltcfy  lächeln  feine  Büge. 

(Saumgarten  geljt  an  bie  £üre  unb  f priest  mit  jemanb). 
äBaftfjer  f^iirft  (*u  Saumgarten). 

2Ber  ift1*» 

SBaumgarten  (fommt  surücf). 

©3  ift  grau  §ebtotg,  Sure  Softer; 
©ie  toift  @ud£>  fprecfyen,  fruit  ben  Knaben  fefyn. 

(Sßaltfjer  £eE  richtet  fic^  auf.) 

StoWer  Surft. 
$ann  i$  fie  tröften?  ^ab'  icfy  f eiber  £roft?         2310 
§äuft  alles  Seiben  fiefy  auf  meinem  §aupt? 


172  rDil^elm  Cell. 

$ebrot(J  (fyeretnbrvngenb). 

2Bo  ift  mein  $inb?    2a£t  micfy,  icfy  mu$  e3  fefyn  — 
©tauffatf|et\ 

gaftt  @ud) !  SBcbenlt,  ba£  ^t)t  im  £au3  be3  £obe3  — 

^Cbttlig  (ftür§t  auf  ben  Knaben). 

SSJlein  Sßältt!   D,  er  lebt  mir! 

SBattljer  Xefl  (^ängt  an  i$r). 

2lrme  Butter! 


Sft'8  au$  gefirifj?    S5ift  bu  mir  unfcerleijt?  2315 

(23etrad)tet  \i)n  mit  ängftlid?er  (Sorgfalt.) 

Unb  ift  e3  möglief)?  $onnt'  er  auf  bi$  fielen? 
3Bie  formt'  er' 3?    D,  er  \)<xt  lein  §erj  —  @r  fonnte 
S)en  $feil  abbrücfen  auf  fein  eignet  $inb ! 

2BaIt^er  gffeft. 

@r  taV$  mit  2Ingft,  mit  fd^meräjerri^ner'  ©eele; 
©e^tüungen  tat  er' 3,  benn  e£  galt  ba3  Seben.  2320 

£ebtoig. 

D,  fyätV  er  eine§  23ater3  §erj,  ei)'  er'3 
©etan,  er  toäre  taufenbmal  geftorben ! 

©tauffadjer. 
%i)x  feiltet  ©otte§  gnäb'ge  ©efnefung  greifen, 
Sie  e3  fo  gut  gelenft  — 

£ebttug* 

Kann  td)  fcergeffen, 
23ie'3  fyatte  fommen  lönnen?  —  &ott  be3  §immel3!   2325 
Unb  lebt'  i$  ad^tgig  Satyr'  —  icfy  fei)'  ben  Änaben  etoig 


Vierter  2Iuf3ug.    gleite  i^ene.  173 

©ebunben  ftefyn,  ben  33ater  auf  ifyn  fielen, 
tlnb  etoig  fliegt  ber  $feil  mir  in  ba£  §erj. 

äReWjflJaL 

grau,  toüjjtei  Sfyr,  tote  ifyn  ber  SSogt  gereijt ! 

§ebttng. 

D  rofye3  §er$  ber  9J£änner!  SSenn  tfyr  ©tolj         2330 

SSeleibigt  ftnrb,  bann  achten  fie  nicfyt§  mefyr ; 

©ie  fe^en  in  ber  btinben  2But  be3  ©:piel§ 

2)a3  §au!pt  be§  $inbe§  unb  ba§  §erj  ber  SJtutter ! 

SBaumgartem 

3ft  6ure§  9Jlanne§  2o3  ntd&t  fyart  genug, 

2)a£  Sfyr  mit  fd^toerem  £abel  ityn  nod£)  Iränlt?     2335 

gür  feine  Seiben  fyaht  %fyx  fein  ©efül)I? 

$ebtuig 

(fetyrt  fid)  nac§  tfym  um  unb  fie^t  il)n  mit  einem  großen  «Bücf  an.) 

§aft  bu  nur  tränen  für  be3  $reunbe£  Unglücf? 

—  2öo  toaret  iljr,  ba  man  ben  trefflichen 

3>n  Sanbe  fcfylug?  2Bo  fear  ba  eure  §ilfe? 

3$r  fafyet  ju,  iljr  liefet  ba3  ©räj$lid)e  gefcfyeljn?     2340 

©ebulbig  littet  iljr%  bafs  man  ben  greunb 

2lu§  eurer  3Jtttte  führte  —  §at  ber  SeH 

Sludf)  fo  an  eucfy  gefyanbelt?  ©tanb  er  aud£) 

Sebauernb  ba,  afö  hinter  bir  bie  Leiter 

2)e3  Sanbfcogt»  brangen,  ate  ber  ftmt'ge  ©ee        2345 

SSor  bir  erbraufte?  SRtd^t  mit  mitogen  tränen 

SBeflagt'  er  btcfy,  in  ben  SKacfyen  tyrang  er,  2ßeib 

Unb  $inb  fcergafs  er  unb  befreite  bid?  — 

ffiSaltljer  gfltft. 

2öa§  lonnten  toir  ju  feiner  Rettung  toagen, 

©ie  Heine  Sotyl,  bie  unbewaffnet  toar !  2350 


174  tPiHjelm  Cell- 

^Cbttlig  (toirft  fief;  an  feine  »ruft). 

D  33ater  !   Unb  autf>  bu  fyaft  ifyn  verloren ! 

©a3  Sanb,  toir  alle  fyaben  ifyn  Verloren  ! 

Un§  offen,  fefylt  er,  äcfy,  toir  fehlen  iljm ! 

©ott  rette  [eine  ©eele  bor  SSerjtoetflung. 

3u  ifym  fyinab  in3  öbe  33urgüerlte3  2355 

©ringt  feines  greunbeS  Sroft  —  23enn  er  erfranfte ! 

21$,  in  be3  Werfers  feuchter  ginfterniS 

2ftu£  er  erlranlen  —  2Bie  bie  2ltyenrofe 

33lei$t  unb  berlümmert  in  ber  ©umpfeSluft, 

©0  ift  für  tyn  lein  SeBen  aH  im  2i$t  2360 

©er  ©onne,  in  bem  SBalfotnftrom  ber  Stifte. 

©efangen !  6r !  ©ein  2ltem  ift  bie  $reifyeit, 

@r  lann  nicfyt  leben  in  bem  Qauü)  ber  ©rufte. 

©tauffadjer, 
S3eru^igt  @u$.     Sßir  äffe  tooffen  fycmbeln, 
Um  feinen  Werfer  aufjutun.  2365 

£ebtmg, 

2Sa3  lönnt  xi)x  f Raffen  ofyne  ifyn? —  Solang' 

©er  STeff  nod)  frei  toar,  ja,  ba  toar  no$  Hoffnung, 

35a  fyatte  no$  bie  Unfcfmlb  einen  greunb, 

©a  ^atte  einen  Reifer  ber  Verfolgte, 

@ud)  äffe  rettete  ber  Xeff  —  2#r  öffc  2370 

gufammen  lönnt  nicfyt  feine  geffeln  löfen ! 

(£)er  ^reifyerr  erit>ac§t.) 

SJaumgarteiu 

@r  regt  ft<$,  ftiff ! 

2lttingljaufett  (M  oufrid&tcnb). 
2ßo  ift  er? 


Vierter  2Iuf3ug-    §n?ette  S^ne.  175 

Stimffarfier* 

2ßer? 
5ltthtgljaufen. 

,    @r  feljlt  mir, 

33erlä£t  mtd)  in  bem  legten  2tugenblicf  ! 

©tauffatf)er» 
@r  meint  ben  ^un^er  —  ©Riefte  man  nad£)  ifym? 

SSalt^cr  Surft 

@3  ift  nad&  xljm  gefenbet  —  Sröftet  @u$  !  2375 

@r  bat  fein  §erj  gefunben,  er  ift  unfer. 

Slttingfjaufetu 

£at  er  gefprocfyen  für  fein  3SaterIanb? 

<Stauffad)er. 
3Jtit  £elbenfitfmfyeit. 

Slttutgljaufetu 

SBarum  fommt  er  nid^t, 
Um  meinen  legten  ©egen  ju  empfangen? 
3$  füfyle,  baft  e§  fcfyleunig  mit  mir  enbet.  2380 

©tauffatfjer, 

Sfäcfyt  alfo,  ebler  §err !  ©er  furje  ©<f>laf 
§at  ©udfj  erquieft,  unb  fyell  ift  (hier  SBücf. 

5tttittg^aufen* 

35er  ©dj>mer$  ift  Seben,  er  fcerltefc  midfj  auefy. 
£)a§  Seiben  ift,  fo  tote  bie  Hoffnung,  au3. 

(@r  bemerft  ben  ßnaben.) 

SBer  ift  ber  £nabe? 

2Baltf)er  Surft. 

©egnet  ifyn,  0  §err !  2385 

@r  ift  mein  ßnlel  unb  ift  fcaterIo3. 

(£ebhrig  finft  mit  bem  Änaben  bor  bem  ©terbenben  nieber.v, 


176  IDifitelm  Cell. 

5ltting^aufett* 

Unb  fcaterloS  laff  \<fy  eudf)  alle,  alle 

3urücf  —  2öet)'  mir,  bafs  meine  legten  Sltcfe 

25en  Untergang  beS  33aterlanb3  gefelm ! 

SJtufjt'  icf)  beS  gebend  fyöcfyfteS  Ma$>  erreichen,  2390 

Um  ganj  mit  allen  Hoffnungen  ju  fterben! 

©tauffatfjet  ftu  2öalt§er  gfttrft). 

©oll  er  in  biefem  finftern  Kummer  fdfyeiben? 
©reellen  toir  ifym  nicf)t  bie  letzte  ©tunbe 
9Jtit  f Tonern  Strahl  ber  Hoffnung  ?  —  ©bler  $retfyerr ! 
©riebet  ©uren  ©eift !  2ßir  finb  nid)t  ganj  2395 

33erlaffen,  finb  nidfyt  rettungslos  verloren. 

9Ititttgf)aufetu 

2Ber  foH  eucfy  retten? 

2BaW)er  gftrft. 

2öir  uns  felbft!  Seme^mt! 
@S  f)aben  bie  brei  Sanbe  ftcfy  baS  3öort 
©egeben,  bie  Scannen  ju  ^erjagen. 
©efcf)toffen  ift  ber  93unb ;  ein  fyeiFger  ©cfytour  2400 

SSerbinbet  \m$.     @S  toirb  gefyanbelt  toerben, 
©fy'  nocfy  baS  igafyr  ben  neuen  $reiS  beginnt, 
©uer  ©taub  toirb  rufy'n  in  einem  freien  Sanbe. 

Sfttütgfjaufett. 

D,  faget  mir!     ©ef^loffen  ift  ber  Sunb? 

Stm  gleiten  £age  derben  alle  brei  2405 

SBalbftätte  ficfc  ergeben.     2llleS  ift 
bereit  unb  baS  ©efyeimniS  toofylbetoafyrt 


Dterter  2Iuf3ug.    gmette  S^nt.  177 

33i3  jeijt,  obgletcb  bicl  §unberte  e3  teilen. 

Jgofyl  ift  ber  Soben  unter  ben  Joannen, 

3)ie  Sage  ifyrer  §errfcbaft  ftnb  gejault,  2410 

Unb  balb  ift  xfyre  Spur  nicbt  mebr  ju  finben. 

5Itttugljaufett. 

Sie  feften  23urgen  aber  in  ben  Sanben? 

Sie  fallen  alte  an  bem  gleiten  3Tag. 

Sltttugljrmfetu 
Unb  ftnb  bie  (gbeln  btefe§  23unb3  teilhaftig? 

<3tauffadier. 
2Öir  fyarren  ifyre§  Seiftanbs,  beim  e£  gilt;  2415 

^e|t  aber  bat  ber  Sanbmann  nur  gefcbiroren. 

5ltttUfjl)Clttfeu  (richtet  fid?  langfam  in  bie  Söfre  mit  großem  ©rftaunen). 

$at  fid)  ber  Sanbmann  folcber  Zat  bertoogen, 

2lu3  eignem  Mittel,  obne  öilf  ber  ßbeln, 

§at  er  ber  eignen  Kraft  fo  biel  vertraut  — 

^a,  bann  bebarf  e£  unferer  nicbt  mefyr,  2420 

©etröftet  fönnen  ftrir  ju  ©rabe  fteigen, 

®3  lebt  nacb  un£  —  burd)  anbre  Gräfte  toiD 

3)a3  ©ertliche  ber  Sftenfcbbeit  ficb  erbalten. 

(©r  legt  feine  §anb  auf  ba§  §aupt  be§  5Unbe§,  ba§  bor  iljtn  auf  ben  ßnieen  liegt.) 

2lu§  biefem  öaupte,  too  ber  2l:pfel  lag, 

2öirb  eud)  bie  neue,  beftre  greibeit  grünen  ;  2425 

35a§  Sitte  ftürjt,  e3  änbert  ftcb  bie  ßeit, 

Unb  neue3  Seben  blüfyt  au§  ben  Ruinen. 

Stauffac^er  fcu  Saltfcer  gürfl). 

©etyt,  toelcber  ©lang  ficfy  um  fein  2tug'  ergießt! 


178  rDttyefm  Cell. 

2)a3  ift  nicfyt  ba£  (Srlöfcfyen  ber  Sftatur, 

2)a3  ift  ber  ©trafyl  fd^on  eines  neuen  SebenS.  2430 

5ltttng^aufett. 
2)er  2lbel  fteigt  fcon  feinen  alten  Surgen 
Unb  fdjtoört  ben  ©täbten  feinen  Sürgereib  ; 
^m  Ücfytlanb  fcfyon,  im  £fyurgau  i)aV$  begonnen, 
Sie  eble  Sern  ergebt  ifyr  Ijerrfcfyenb  §aupt, 
greiburg  ift  eine  fidjre  Surg  ber  freien,  2435 

®ie  rege  ftüxiä)  löäffnet  tfyre  fünfte 
3um  friegerifcfyen  §eer  —  e§  bricht  bie  Wlatyt 
©er  Könige  fid)  an  ifyren  et» -gen  Sßaffen  — 

(<Sr  f^rtd^t  ba§  ^olgenbe  mit  bem  Xon  eine3  <Se^er§  —  feine  3tebe  fteigt   feiä  §ur 

SBegeifterung). 

Sie  dürften  fefy'  x<fy  unb  bie  ebeln  §errn 

$n  §armfcfyen  herangezogen  fommen,  2440 

©in  fyarmlo§  Solf  bon  §irten  ju  belriegen. 

Stuf  £ob  unb  Seben  toirb  gefäntyft,  unb  fyerrlicfy 

SBirb  mancher  $a£  burd)  blutige  (Sntfcfyeibung. 

3)er  Sanbmann  ftürjt  fid)  mit  ber  nadten  löruft, 

(Sin  freiet  Dpfer,  in  bie  ©djar  ber  Sanken !  2445 

@r  bricht  fie,  unb  be§  2lbel3  Slüte  fällt, 

@§  f)ebt  bie  fjret^eit  fiegenb  ifyre  $afynz. 

(2Bal%r  $ürft3  unb  ©tauffaä)er§  £änbe  faffenb.) 

®rum  galtet  feft  jufammen  —  feft  unb  eftrig  — 
$em  Drt  ber  greifyett  fei  bem  anbem  fremb  — 
§ocfytoa$ten  ftellet  au$  auf  euren  Sergen,  2450 

$)a£  fic^>  ber  Sunb  jum  Sunbe  rafcfy  fcerfammle 
©eib  einig  —  einig  —  einig  — 

(@r  fällt  in  ba§  ßiffen  zuvM  —  feine  £änbe  galten  entfeelt  nod?  bie  anberen  gefaxt, 
ftürft  unb  ©tauffadjer  betrachten  ifyn  noa)  eine  3^tla«9  fcf>toeigenb  ;  bann  treten 
fie  fyintoeg,  jeber  feinem  ©d)mer^  üfcerlaffen.  Unterbeffen  finb  bie  Anette  fttll 
fcereingebrungen,  fie  nähern  ftcr)  mit  ßeicfyen  etneS  ftillern  ober  heftigem  Säumer* 
je3,  einige  fnieen  bei  il)m  nieber  unb  meinen  auf  feine  $anb ;  roäfyrenb  biefer 
ftummen  ©jene  nmb  bie  33urgglotfe  geläutet.) 


DEATH  OF  ATTIXGHAUSEN 


Dtcrtcr  2(uf3ug.    <$tpeite  S^xxz.  181 

9t  u  b  e  n  5  $u  bert  Sonden. 
O^ubcit^  (rafcfy  eintretenb). 

Sebt  er?    D  faget,  lann  er  mid)  nod)  Ijören? 

2öaftf|er  f^Ürft  (beutet  tytn  mit  toeggetoanbtem  ©eftd&t). 

3fyr  feib  jeijt  unfer  Sefyen^err  unb  Scfnrmer, 

Unb  biefeS  ©rf)Io§  fyat  einen  anbem  9lamtn  2455 

01ubett§  (erblidt  ben  £eid?nam  unb  ftefyt  fcon  heftigem  ©c§mer&  ergriffen). 

£)  güt'ger  ©oft!  —  $ommt  meine  9teu'  ju  fpät? 

$onnt'  er  mcfyt  toen'ge  $ßulfe  länger  leben, 

Um  mein  geänbert  §erj  $u  fefyn? 

SSerad^tet  fyab'  i<fy  feine  treue  Stimme, 

©a  er  nocfj  toanbelte  im  £icf)t  —  er  ift  2460 

3)al)in,  ift  fort  auf  immerbar  unb  laf$t  mir 

Sie-  fd^tuere,  unbejafylte  ©ctyulb  !  —  D,  faget ! 

©cfyieb  er  bafyin  in  Unmut  gegen  micfy? 

©iauffadjer, 

@r  Ijörte  fterbenb  nocfy,  toa3  2$r  getan, 

Unb  fegnete  ben  Sßut,  mit  bem  S^r  f^tad^t !  2465 

Otubeit^  (fntet  an  bem  SToten  nieber). 

3ja,  fyeil'ge  tiefte  eine3  teueren  9Jlanne§! 

(Sntfeelter  Seitfmam  !  fyier  gelob'  \6)  bir'3     • 

3n  beine  falte  Sotenfjanb  —  jerriffen 

£>ab'  icfy  auf  etoig  alle  fremben  Sanbe ; 

gurücf  gegeben  bin  icfy  meinem  3Solf;  2470 

©in  ©d^toetjer  bin  idj,  unb  idj  tDtCC  e$  fein 

SSon  ganzer  ©eete (siufftc^enb.) 

trauert  um  ben  greunb, 
SDen  SSater  aller,  bocf)  fcerjaget  nidjt ! 


182  ttMIfjelm  Cell. 

%l\d)t  bloft  fein  @rbe  ift  mir  jugefaßen, 

@3  fteigt  fein  §erj,  fein  ©eift  auf  mi$  fyerab,       2475 

Unb  leiften  foff  eucfy  meine  frifcfye  3u9enk, 

2Ba3  eudj  fein  greifet  Stlter  fcfyulbig  blieb. 

—  (Sfyrtoürb'ger  33ater,  gebt  mir  @ure  §anb! 

®tht  mir  bie  ©urige!  Wltlfyfyal,  aucfy  %fyx\ 

33ebenft  6ud)  nicfyt!    D,  toenbet  @ucb  nid^t  toeg!    2480 

Empfanget  meinen  ©cfytour  unb  mein  ©elübbe! 

SSBalt^er  ftürft, 

®zbt  ibm  bie  §anb!     ©ein  toieberfefyrenb  §erj 
SSerbient  Verträum 

SReidjt^al. 

3$r  fyabt  ben  Sanbmann  ni$t3  geartet. 
©predjt,  Neffen  foß  man  ficfy  ju  ©ucfy  fcerfefyn? 

Kubett^ 
D,  benfet  mcfyt  be§  ^rrtum§  meiner  ^ugenb  !        24% 

©tauffarffer  (m  3M$t§ai). 
©eib  einig,  foar  ba3  Ie£te  SSort  be£  33ater§. 
©ebenfet  beffen! 

£ier  ift  meine  §anb  ! 
®e£  Sauern  §anbfd)Iag,  ebler  £>err,  ift  aucfy 
@in  9Kanne3ft>ort!   2Ba3  ift  ber  bitter  ofyne  un3? 
Unb  unfer  ©tanb  ift  älter,  als  ber  @ure.  2490 

SRubett^ 

%<$)  efyr'  ifyn,  unb  mein  ©c^toert  foß  tfyn  befcfyü^en. 

SReldjifjaL 

®er  2Trm,  §err  $reÜ)err,  ber  bie  fyarte  @rbe 


Dicrter  2Iuf3ug.    goette  S$tne.  183 

©id)  unterwirft  unb  tljren  ©dE)o£  Befruchtet, 
$ann  aud)  be3  yflanntZ  93ruft  befd^ü^ett. 

©ollt  meine  SBruft,  icfy  toitt  bie  eure  fd£)ü£en,  2495 

©0  finb  toir  einer  burd?  ben  anbern  ftarf. 

—  ©od)  tooju  reben,  ba  ba3  SSaterlanb 
@in  9taub  nocfy  ift  ber  fremben  Stjrannei? 
SBenn  erft  ber  33oben  rein  ift  Don  bem  getnb, 
©ann  tootlen  ft>ir'§  in  grieben  f$on  Dergleichen.    2500 

(9ftad)bem  er  einen  2lugen6Iicf  tnne  gehalten.) 

Sfyr  fcfytoeigt?  %i)x  fyaht  mir  nichts  ju  fagen?   28ie? 
Serbien1  icfy'g  nocfj  nidjt,  baj$  if)r  mir  Vertraut? 
©0  muß  icf)  lütber  euren  2Sülen  micfy 
^n  ba§  ©efyetmni3  eures?  SunbeS  brangen. 

—  3I)r  Ijabt  getagt  —  gefdjtooren  auf  bem  9KitIi —  2505 
%d)  toetft  —  toeif}  atte3,  fta3  if)r  bort  fcerfyanbelt, 
Unb,  toa§  mir  nidfjt  bon  eucf)  vertrauet  toarb, 

%<$)  Ijab'3  betoafyrt  gleicfytoie  ein  Ijeitig  $fanb. 

?iie  toar  icfy  meinet  £anbe3  getnb,  glaubt  mir, 

Unb  niemals  fj'ätV  xä)  gegen  eucfy  gefjanbelt.  2510 

—  Sod)  übel  tatet  il)r,  e§  §u  t>  ergeben, 

Sie  ©tunbe  bringt,  unb  rafdjer  Xat  bebarf'3  — 
S)er  £ell  toarb  fd)on  ba§  Opfer  eurer  ©äumenS  — 

©tauffatfjer* 

£)a§  Gljriftfeft  ab  juto  arten,  fdjtouren  toir. 

9Juben^ 

3$  toar  nid)t  bort,  idf)  §ab'  niä)t  mitgefcfytooren,    2515 
SSartet  tt?r  ab,  id£>  banble. 


184  rttttyelm  Cell. 

äKeldjtljaL 

2Ba3?  ^>r  Solltet  — 

35e3  £anbe§  SSatern  gä^P  icfy  midi)  je^t  bei, 
Unb  meine  erfte  ^flicfyt  tft,  eudj  ju  fd^en. 

2Saltf)er  ftürft 
©er  @rbe  biefen  teuren  ©taub  ju  geben, 
Sft  Sure  näcfyfte  ^ßflid^t  unb  fyeiligfte.  2520 

9?ubett3* 

SSenn  toir  ba§  Sanb  befreit,  bann  legen  toir 

©en  frifcfyen  ^ranj  be3  ©teg§  ifym  auf  bie  Safjre. 

D  greunbe !  eure  ©a$e  mcfyt  allein, 

$cl)  fyabe  meine  eigne  anzufechten 

3Jttt  bem  Scannen  —  £ört  unb  toiftt !  SSerf cfytounben  2525 

3ft  meine  Serta,  Ejeimltc^  toeggeraubt, 

3Jtit  fedfer  grefceltat,  auZ  unfrer  SJiitte ! 

©tauffad)er, 

©oldfjer  ©etoalttat  fyatte  ber  üEfyrann 
Sßiber  bie  freie  @ble  ftdj  fcertoogen? 

SRubeit^ 

D  meine  greunbe !  @udj  fcerfpracfy  idfy  §itfe,  2530 

Unb  icf)  guerft  muj$  fie  fcon  m<$)  erfle^n. 

©eraubt,  entriffen  ift  mir  bie  ©eliebte. 

2ßer  toeift,  too  fie  ber  SBütenbe  verbirgt, 

SSeld^er  ©etoalt  fie  frebelnb  fid)  erfüfmen, 

3$r  §erj  ju  fingen  jum  fcerfyaf$ten  Sanb  !  2535 

33erlaftt  mid)  nid^t,  o,  fyelft  mir  fie  erretten  — 

©ie  liebt  eud) !  o,  fie  fyat'3  fcerbient  um3  Sanb, 

Saft  alle  2lrme  fid£>  für  fie  bewaffnen  — 


Pterter  2Iuf3ug.    gtpcttc  S^tm.  185 

2öaltfjer  Surft. 
2Ba3  toottt  ^E)r  unternehmen? 

Otub  cnj. 

2Bei£  tc^'3?  2td^> ! 

$än  biefer  9ladjt,  bie  ifjr  ©efcbicf  umbüllt,  2540 

$n  biefe§  gföeifelä  ungeheurer  Slngft, 

2ßo  i$  ni$t£  gefiel  ju  erfaffen  toei^, 

3ft  mir  nur  biefe^  in  ber  (Seele  !Iar : 

Unter  ben  Krümmern  ber  ^ijrannenmadjt 

SlHein  fann  fte  berfcorgegraben  Serben ;  2545 

Sie  geften  alle  muffen  toir  bedingen, 

£)b  toir  fcielleicfjt  in  iljren  Werfer  bringen. 

$ommt,  füfyrt  un§  an  !  23ir  folgen  6u$.     üßarum 

33i3  morgen  fparen,  toas  toir  beut1  Vermögen? 

grei  toar  ber  2:eIIr  aU  toir  im  Sftitli  fcfytouren;         2550 

Sa3  Ungeheure  toar  nod)  nicfyt  gefcfyefyen. 

@3  bringt  bie  $eit  rö  anberes  ©efe£  ; 

2Ber  ift  fo  feig,  ber  jefet  nocf)  fönnte  jagen ! 

Oiubenj   ($u  3tauffac§er  unb  2ßalt§er  yürft). 

i^nbes  bewaffnet  unb  jum  9Berf  bereit, 

©rtoartet  xi)x  ber  Serge  geuerjetdjen,  2555 

2)enn,  fdjmetfer  aU  ein  Sotenfegel  fliegt, 

©oß  eud?  bie  Sotfcbaft  unfere  Siege  erreichen, 

Unb  fef)t  iljr  leuchten  bie  ttnUfommnen  gfammett/ 

®ann  auf  bie  geinbe  ftürjt   tote  23etter3  Strahl, 

Unb  brecht  ben  S3au  ber  Sfyrannei  jufammen.  (@ei}en  ab.)  2560 


186  HJiHjelm  Cell. 

Dritte  S$ene, 

Sie  fjo^te  ©äffe  bei  Äfißnadjt. 

Wlan  ftetgt  toon  hinten  $imfd)en  Reifen  herunter,  unb  bie  Sauberer  roerben, 

efye  fie  auf  bet  ©$ette  er)djeinen,  jttjon  toon  ber  £>öf)e  cjefefyen.    Reifen  um; 

fliegen  bit  ganje  S^ene;  auf  eiuem  ber  borberften  tft  ein  ^orjptung    mit 

©efträua)  betrafen. 

£ell  tritt  auf  mit  ber  Sttrmbruft. 

2)urcfy  biefe  Ijofyle  ©äffe  muf$  er  lommert ; 

@3  füfyrt  lein  anbrer  2Beg  naefy  $üf$nacfyt  —  §ier 

33ottenb'  icfy'3  —  Sie  (Gelegenheit  ift  günftig. 

2)ort  ber  §olunberftraudj)  Verbirgt  mid)  ifym, 

S3on  bort  fyerab  lann  iljm  mein  ?ßf eil  erlangen ;     2565 

2)e3  2ßege3  @nge  toefyret  ben  Verfolgern. 

Wafy  beine  5iedjmmg  mit  bem  §immel,  33ogt, 

gort  muf$t  bu,  beine  Ufyr  ift  abgelaufen. 

^d)  lebte  ftilt  unb  fyarmlo3  —  ba§  ©efcfyofc 
2ßar  auf  be§  22albe3  £tere  nur  gerietet,  2570 

sJJieine  ©ebanfen  toaren  rein  t>on  SJZorb  — 
©u  Ijaft  au3  meinem  ^rieben  mid)  fyerauS 
©efcljrecft,  in  gafyrenb  Sra^engift  fyaft  bu 
2)ie  SJtilcfy  ber  frommen  Senfart  mir  fcertoanbelt; 
gum  Ungeheuren  fyaft  bu  mtd)  getoöfmt  —  2575 

2Ber  fiefy  be3  Ätnbe§  £aupt  ^um  ßiele  fe^te, 
2)er  fann  auefy  treffen  in  ba£  §erj  be3  $einb§. 

©ie  armen  Slinblein,  bie  unfcfyulbigen, 
®a3  treue  Söetb  mufc  tefy  fcor  beiner  2öut 
SSefc^ü^ert,  Sanbfcogt ! — 35a,  al8  td&  ben  Sogenftrang  2580 
Stnjog  —  ate  mir  bie  §anb  erbitterte 
3tl§  bu  mit  graufam  teufetifdjer  Suft 


Vierter  auftritt.    Dritte  S$t\\e.  167 

SKicr)  jtoangft,  auf3  §aupt  be§  £inbe3  anzulegen  — 

2tl3  ict)  or/nmäcf)tig  flefyenb  rang  bor  bir, 

£)amal3  gelobt'  td)  mir  in  meinem  $nnern  2585 

3Jiit  furdjtbar'm  ©ibfdjtour,  ben  nur  ©Ott  gehört, 

Saft  meinet  näcl)ften  ©cfyuffeS  erfte§  $iel 

S)ein  §erj  fein  fotfte  —  28a3  id)  mir  gelobt 

$n  jene*  3tugenblicfe3  Höllenqualen, 

3ft  eine  fyeiPge  ©cfmlb —  xdj>  toitt  fie  jaulen.        2590 

©u  bift  mein  §err  unb  meinet  $aifer§  33ogt ; 
©od)  nict/t  ber  Äaifer  fjätte  ftcr)  erlaubt, 
2Ba3  bu  —  @r  fanbte  bidf)  in  biefe  Sanbe, 
Um  Stecht  ju'  fpredfyen  —  ftrenge3,  benn  er  jfirnet  — 
3)o$  nidjt,  um  mit  ber  mörberifdjen  Suft  2595 

£>id)  jebeS  ©reuel§  ftrafloS  ju  erfreuen ; 
@3  lebt  ein  ©ott,  ju  ftrafen  unb  ju  rächen. 

fiotnm  bu  fyerbor,  bu  Sringer  bittrer  ©ctymer^n, 
ÜJJtein  teurem  Äleinob  jefct,  mein  r/öcr)fter  ©cr)ai$  — 
©in  3^e^  tottt  *$  Wt  geben,  ba3  bi£  jettf  2600 

SDer  frommen  Sitte  unburcfybringlicf)  roar  — 
3)oct)  bir  foU  e3  nicbt  toiberfte^n  —  Unb  bu, 
Vertraute  Sogenfeime,  bie  fo  oft 
9Jlir  treu  gebient  r/at  in  ber  greube  ©fielen, 
SSerla^  rntcf)  nicr)t  im  fürchterlichem  ©ruft !  2605 

9lur  jefct  noct;  fyalte  feft,  bu  treuer  ©trang, 
35er  mir  fo  oft  ben  gerben  Sßfeü  beflügelt  — 
ßntrann'  er  je^o  IraftloS  meinen  §anben, 
3$  ^abe  leinen  jroeiten  ju  fcerfenben. 

(Sßanberer  geben  über  bie  ©jene.) 

Stuf  biefer  San!  Don  ©tein  roitl  icf>  mtcfy  fe^en,  2610 


188  lüiltjclm  Cell. 

®em  SBanberer  jur  furzen  9htfy'  bereitet  — 
2)enn  t?ter  i(t  feine  §eimat  —  jeber  treibt 
©idj  an  bem  anbern  rafcl)  unb  fremb  vorüber 
Unb  fraget  nicfyt  nacfy  feinem  ©ctymerj  —  §ier  ge^t 
©er  forgenfcolle  Kaufmann  unb  ber  leicht  2615 

©efc^ürjte  $tlger  —  ber  anbäcfyt'ge  Wönü), 
2)er  büftre  9täuber  unb  ber  fyeitre  ©ptelmann, 
©er  ©äumer  mit  bem  fcfytoerbelabnen  9}ofc, 
35er  ferne  fyerfommt  fcon  ber  SJtenfcfyen  Sänbern; 
Qtrm  jebe  ©traf$e  füfyrt  an§  @nb'  ber  2ßelt,        2620 
©te  alle  Rieben  ifyreä  2öege§  fort 
Sin  ifyr  ©efd^aft  —  unb  meines  ift  ber  9Jtorb  !  (@e#  fwj.) 

©onft,  totnn  ber  SSater  au^og,  liebe  $inber, 
©a  toar  ein  freuen,  toenn  er  toieberfam; 
Dtrin  niemals  fetyrt'  er  fyeim,  er  bradjt'  eucfy  ettoaS,  2625 
SBBar'S  eine  fcfyöne  Stfyenblume,  toar'8 
©in  feltner  SSogel  ober  2tmmon3fyorn, 
2öie  e§  ber  Söanbrer  finbet  auf  ben  Sergen  — 
J^eitf  ge^t  er  einem  anbern  Söeibtoerf  nacfy, 
21m  toüben  9Beg  ftttf  er  mit  9Jtorbgebanfen :         2630 
2)e3  geinbeS  Seben  ift%  Vorauf  er  lauert. 
—  Unb  bocfy  an  eud)  nur  beult  er,  liebe  Äinber, 
2Iu$  je£t  —  eucfy  311  fcertetb'gen,  eure  fyolbe  Unfcfyulb 
£u  fcfyü^en  bor  ber  S^adje  beS  Scannen, 
SBilt  er  jum  3JJorbe  je^t  ben  Sogen  f Rannen.  (@te$t  auf.)  2635 

3$  laure  auf  ein  ebleS  SSilb  —  Saftt  fid^'3 
3)er  Säger  ntcfyt  üerbrie^en,  tagelang 
Umfyerjuftreifen  in  be3  SöinterS  ©trenge, 
Sßon  $el3  ju  $el£  ben  ffiagetyrung  ju  tun, 


Dterter  2Juf3ug.    Dritte  Sse.xe.  189 

§mcm  ju  Ilimmen  an  ben  glatten  2ßänben,  2640 

2Bo  er  fid)  anleimt  mit  bem  eignen  Slut, 

—  Um  ein  armfelig  ©rattier  ju  erjagen» 

§ier  gilt  e3  einen  föftltcfyeren  *]3rei3, 

2)a3  §erj  be$  5£obfeinb3,  ber  mtcfy  ftuß  öerberben. 

(2Jian  ^ört  bon  ferne  eine  fettere  2ftufvf,  toeidje  fWj  nähert.) 

_9Jiein  ganje3  Seben  lang  fyab'  icfy  ben  Sogen         2645 
©efyanbfyabt,  mid£>  geübt  na$  ©d^ü^enregel; 
%<fy  l)abe  oft  gefcfyoffen  in  ba£  ©cfjtoarje, 
Unb  mannen  fcbönen  ^ßrei^  mir  Ijeimgebrad^t 
33om  $reubenfdjne£en  —  2lber  Ijeute  tottl  id) 
S)en  3Jteifterfdfmf$  tun  unb  ba§  33efte  mir  2650 

^m  ganjen  UmfreiS  be3  ©ebirg§  gewinnen. 

©ine  ^od^ett  jie^t  über  bie  ©jene  unb  burd)  ben  &ofrltoeg  Mnauf.    £eli  6etraa> 
tet  fie,  auf  feinen  Sogen  gelernt;  Stüffi,  ber  $Iurfdjü$,  gefeilt  ficr)  ju  ifytn. 

©tüfft. 

2)a£  ift  ber  ßloftermei'r  fcon  9Jtörlifd;ad)en, 

2)er  J^ier  ben  Srautlauf  fyält  —  ein  reifer  2Kann, 

@r  i)at  toofyl  jefyen  Griten  auf  ben  Silben. 

SDie  Sraut  f)o!t  er  jei$t  ah  ju  ^mifee,  2655 

Unb  biefe  9ta$t  Vr>irb  bod)  gefcf>tr>elgt  ju  ^ü^nad^t. 

$ommt  mit!  '§  ift  jeber  Siebermann  gelaben. 

£eö. 

@in  ernfter  ©aft  ftimmt  nidjt  jum  §od^eitf)au§. 
©tüffL 

SDrüdEt  @ucfy  ein  Kummer,  toerft  iE?n  frifcb  fcom  §erjen! 
?iet)mt  mit,  toa3  fommt ;  bie  $eiten  finb  jeijt  fd^>n>er;  2660 
S)rum  mu£  ber  9ftenfcfy  bie  greube  leidet  ergreifen. 
§ier  Vrirb  gefreit  unb  anber^too  begraben. 


190  rDityelm  Cell. 

2eU. 

Unb  oft  lommt  gar  ba§  eine  $u  bem  anbern. 


©o  gefyt  bie  2öelt  nun»     @3  gibt  allertoegen 
Unglück  genug  —  ©in  Jtuffi  ift  gegangen  2665 

gm  ©larner  £anb  unb  eine  ganje  ©eite 
Sßom  ©larnifd)  eingefunfen. 

Seil. 

SBanfen  auä) 
SDie  Serge  felbft?  @3  ftefyt  nichts  feft  auf  @rben. 

©tüffu 
3lud^)  anber§too  hernimmt  man  Sßunberbtnge. 
SDa  fpracfy  xä)  einen,  ber  tion  Saben  lam  1  2670 

©in  3titter  tootfte  ju  bem  $önig  reiten, 
Unb  untertoeg3  begegnet  ifym  ein  ©cfytoarm 
33on  §omiffen;  bie  fallen  auf  fein  9toj$, 
©afc  e§  bor  harter  tot  ju  Soben  finft 
Unb  er  ju  gufce  anfommt  bei  bem  $önig.  2675 

Sei 

SDem  ©cfytoacfyen  ift  fein  ©tacfyel  aud)  gegeben. 

Slrmgarb  fommt  mit  mehreren  ßtnbern  unb  fteüt  fic§  an  ben  Eingang  beS 

$oijlh>eg3. 

©tftfft. 

SJian  beutete  auf  ein  grofteS  £anbe§unglütf, 
Sluf  fcfytoere  %attn  toiber  bie  Statur, 

£eH. 
^Dergleichen  Saaten  bringet  jeber  .Sag  ; 
Äein  2BunberjeidE)en  brauet  fie  ju  üerfünben.  2680 

©tftfft. 
Sei,  toofyl  bem,  ber  fein  gelb  beftellt  in  Sftuty' 
Unb  ungelränlt  bafyetm  ft|t  bei  ben  ©einen. 


Pierter  2Juf3ug.    Dritte  S$tnz.  191 

@s  fann  ber  grömmfte  nicbt  im  ;weken  Bleiben, 
SBenn  e§  bem  böfen  9?acbbar  ntdjt  gefaßt. 

(£eü  ficl?t  oft  mit  unruhiger  ßrtoartmtg  nadj  ter  &bfre  be§  2Bege§.) 

3tiifji. 
©efyabt  @u$  tooljl  —  2>br  toartet  Her  auf  jemanb.    2685 

£>a3  tu'  \i). 

Stüfjt. 

grobe  §eimfebr  ju  ben  ©uren ! 

—  3^r  feto  au^  Uri?  Unfer  gnäb'ger  §err, 

£)er  Sanbfcogt,  toirb  nocb  beut'  bon  bort  erwartet. 

SSanberer  (ftmmt). 

£>en  SSogt  erwartet  beut'  nicbt  mebr.     Sie  SSaffer 
Sinb  ausgetreten  bon  bem  großen  Siegen,  2690 

Unb  alle  örücfen  bat  ber  Strom  jerriffen.  (*ea  fte§t  auf.) 

5Irtttgarb  (fommt   OortoartS). 

35er  Sanbfcogt  fommt  nic^t ! 

Stüfft. 

2ud)t  %f)x  toa$  an  tljm? 

5fnngarb* 
2T$  freitid^ ! 

Sßarum  ft eilet  5>br  @ucb  beim 
Sn  biefer  fyofylen  ©äff  il)m  in  ben  93eg? 

3(rmgarb. 
§ter  toeidjt  er  mir  nicbt  au§,  er  muß  midj  boren.     2695 
fyrteparbt 

(fommt  eilfertig  ben  £of?lmeg  fcerao  unb  ruft  in  bie  Sterte). 

9Jtan  fafyre  au$  bem  3Beg  —  9Jtein  gnäb'ger  öerr, 
©er  Sanbfcogt,  fommt  bicfyt  fnnter  mir  geritten.  (£ea  ge§t  ab.) 


192  rmtyelm  (teil. 

9trtttgorb  (lebhaft), 
©er  Sanbfcogt  fotnmt ! 

(©ie  getyt  mit  tfyren  ßtnbern  nac^  her  öorberen   ©jene,    ©efcler  unb    föubolf  ber 
£arra3  aeigen  fi#  8«  Sßferb  auf  ber  £ötye  be3  2Beg§.) 

©tüfft  ftum  ftrte^arbt). 

2öie  famt  ifyr  burtf)  ba3  Sffiaffer, 
2)a  bocfy  ber  ©trom  bie  Srücfen  fortgeführt? 

gfriefjljarbt* 

2Bir  fyaben  mit  bem  ©ee  gefönten,  greunb,  2700 

Unb  fürchten  un$  t>or  feinem  Slfyentoaffer. 

©tüffu 

3$r  toar't  ju  ©cfyiff  in  bem  getoalt'gen  ©türm? 

^ricParbt 

®a$  toaren  toir.     SfJlein  Sebtag  benf  i$  bran  — 

©tüffu 

D,  bleibt,  erjagt! 

$rtef?ljarbt 
Saftt  mid£),  td)  muf}  ioorauS, 
®en  Sanbfcogt  mufs  icfy  in  ber  33urg  fcerfünben.  01&.)  2705 

Stiiffu 

•JBär'n  gute  Seute  auf  bem  ©djtff  geU>efen, 
Qu  ©runb  gefunlen  tüär'8  mit  9Jtann  unb  9Jiau§ ; 
2)em  SBolf  fann  toeber  Sßaffer  bei  no$  geuer.  (®r  fw&t  m  um.) 
2Bo  lam  ber  Sßeibmann  fyin,  mit  bem  xä)  fyradE)  ?  (®e$t  ab.) 

©e^ler  unb  Sftubolf  ber  £atra3  ju  $ferb. 

©efcfer. 

©agt,  toa3  3#r  tooBCt,  i$  bin  be§  $aifer§  Wiener      2710 
Unb  mujs  brauf  benfen,  tote  icfy  ifym  gefalle, 
ßr  fyat  mtcfy  nid)t  ins  2anb  gefcfyicft,  bem  Sßolf 


Dierter  2luf3ug.     Dritte  3$ene.  193 

$u  fcfymeicfyeln  unb  ifym  fanft  31t  tun  —  ©efyorfam 

(Srtoartet  er.  ©er  ©treit  ift,  ob  ber  33auer 

©oll  §err  fein  in  bem  Sanbe,  ober  ber  $aifer.  2715 

Slrmgarb* 

Sefct  ift  ber  Slugenblicf!     igefct  bring'  u§'§  an! 

(labert  ficö  furdjtfam.) 

3$  l)ab'  ben  §ut  nidjt  aufgeftecft  ju  Slltorf 

2)e3  ©dljerje^  toegen,  ober  um  bie  §erjen 

£)e3  93olf3  ju  prüfen ;  btefe  lenn1  icf)  längft. 

3$  r/ab1  ibn  aufgeftecft,  ba£  fie  ben  9?acfen  2720 

9Jiir  lernen  beugen,  ben  fie  aufredet  tragen; 

3)a§  Unbequeme  hab1  itf)  binge^flanjt 

Stuf  ifyren  28eg,  too  fie  borbeigebn  muffen, 

£>aft  fie  brauffto^en  mit  bem  2ütg'  unb  ftdj 

©rinnern  ifyreS  §errn,  ben  fie  bergeffen.  2725 

9?ubotf  ber  §arra3, 

2)a§  SBolf  ijdt  aber  bocf)  getoiffe  Steckte  — 

©efKer. 

©ie  abjutoägen,  ift  jettf  leine  $eit  ! 

—  üßeitfdndfrt'ge  3)inge  finb  im  Söerl  unb  Söerben; 

2)a3  $aiferf)au3  toitt  toacbfen;  toa3  ber  33ater 

©lorreicf)  begonnen,  triff  ber  ©obn  boffenben.  2730 

£)ie§  fletne  Sßolf  ift  un£  ein  Stein  im  2ßeg  — 

©0  ober  fo  —  e3  muf$  ficfy  unterwerfen. 

(Sie  tooßen  borüber.    Sie  grau  toirft  fic^  bor  bem  Scmbbogt  nieber.) 

5lrtttgarb. 

Sarm^erätgleit,  §err  £anbt>ogt !  ©nabe !  ©nabe ! 


194  tPi^elm  Ceti. 

@ef?fo\ 

2Ba§  bringt  3$r  (Sud)  auf  offner  (Strafe  mir 
Sn  9ßeg  ?    3urücf !  2735 

2(rmgarb* 
SRein  9Jiann  liegt  im  ©efängniS; 
®ie  armen  Sßaifen  fcfyrei'n  naefy  Orot  —  §abt  Sftitleib, 
©eftrenger  £err,  mit  unferm  großen  ©lenb. 

IRubülf  ber  $axva§. 

2ßer  feib  3ftr?    2ß er  ift  ©uer  9Jtann? 

Slrmgarb. 

©in  armer 

Sßübfyeuer,  guter  iperr,  Dom  3tigiberge, 

35er  überm  Slbgrunb  toeg  ba£  freie  ©ra§  2740 

2Ibmafyet  bon  ben  fcfyroffen  gelfentoänben, 

2ßofyin  ba£  aSief>  fiefy  nicfyt  getraut  ju  fteigen  — 

Siubolf  ber  Qavxaä  dum  sanbt-ogt). 
93ei  ©ott !  ein  elenb  unb  erbarmlidf)  Seben ! 
3$  bitt'  @ud^  gebt  ifyn  IoS,  ben  armen  9Jlann ! 
2öa§  er  and)  ©d^toere^  mag  fcerfdfmlbet  fyaben,  2745 

©träfe  genug  ift  fein  entfe^lidf)  ipanbtoerf.    esu  ber  grau.) 
©uc§  foU  Siecht  Serben  —  Irinnen  auf  ber  33urg 
9iennt  ßure  Sitte  —  fyier  ift  nicf)t  ber  Drt. 

9Jrmgarb, 
Sttein,  nein,  t$  toeiebe  tixäjt  fcon  biefem  Sßlafc, 
93i3  mir  ber  33ogt  ben  SÄann  jurücfgegeben !  2750 

©$on  in  ben  fechten  SUlonb  liegt  er  im  Sturm 
Unb  fyarret  auf  i^n  ^idbterfprucf)  i>ergeben§. 

©efcfer* 
äßeib,  toottt  3$r  mir  ©etoalt  antun?    §intoeg ! 


Dierter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S^zne.  195 

Slrmgarb. 

©ered£)tigfeit,  £anbt>ogt !  SDu  btft  ber  9K$ter 

$m  Sanbe  an  be£  $aifer3  ©tatt  unb  ©otteS.  2755 

2u'  beine  $flicf)t!  ©0  bu  ©erecf)ttgfeit 

93om  §immel  fyoffeft,  fo  ergeig'  fie  un§! 

©efeler. 

gort!  ©cfyafft  ba§  frecfye  SSolf  mir  au3  ben  2(ugen! 

5trmgatb  (greift  in  bie  Bügel  be§  $ferbe§). 

üftein,  nein,  icfy  fyabe  nidf)t§  meljr  $u  Verlieren. 

—  2)u  fommft  nicfyt  fcon  ber  ©teile,  33ogt,  big  bu     2760 

SJiir  recfyt  getyrocfyen  —  gälte  beine  ©tirne, 

Stolle  bie  Slugen,  tote  bu  hrittft. —  2Sir  finb 

©0  grenzenlos  unglücfltdf),  ba£  totr  nichts 

3laä)  beinern  $orn  mefyr  fragen.  — 

©efeler, 

Sßeib,  madj'  Sßtafc, 
Ober  mein  9to£  gefyt  über  btd^>  fytntoeg.  2765 

Sfottgarb* 

Saft  e3  über  midf)  bafyin  gefyn  —  ©a  — 

((Sie  reißt  ifyre  ßinber  &u  Soben  unb  toirft  fid^  mit  i^nen  itym  in  ben  2Beg.) 

§ier  lieg'  idfj 
üWit  meinen  $inbern  —  Saft  bie  armen  2ßaifen 
3Son  beine3  $ferbe§  §uf  vertreten  toerben! 
@§  ift  ba§  Strgfte  nicfjt,  toa3  bu  getan.  — 

Otttbolf  ber  tgaxxaä. 

28eib,  feib  3$r  rafenb?  2770 

Stttttgatb  heftiger  fortfatyrenb). 

£rateft  bu  bod)  langft 
2)a§  Sanb  be§  $aifer§  unter  beine  güfte! 


196  XDtlfjerm  Ceti. 

—  D,  xä)  bin  nur  ein  2Beib.     9ßär'  idj  ein  9flann, 
gcfy  toüfcte  toofyl  toa£  33effere3,  als  fyier 
gm  ©taub  ju  liegen  — 

(2Ran  tyört  bie  fcorige  Sftufif  triebet  auf  ber  £ö§e  be§  2Beg§,  aber  gebämpft.) 

©eile*. 

2So  finb  meine  Anette? 
•Jftan  retfce  fie  Don  Rinnen,  ober  icfy  2775 

23ergeffe  mitf)  unb  im,  toaS  micfy  reuet. 

JRubotf  ber  §arra3, 

©ie  ^nedjte  fönnen  nidjt  Ijinburcf),  0  §err, 
©er  §ofyltoeg  ift  gefperrt  burtf)  eine  §od^ett. 

@te£ier. 

@in  affju  milber  §errfd)er  bin  icfy  nocfy 

©egen  bie§  Soll  —  bie  $ungen  fwb  nofy  fah  27%> 

@3  ift  nod)  ntcfyt  ganj,  tote  e§  fott,  gebänbigt  — 

3)odj  e§  fott  anber3  derben,  tcfy  gelob'  e£: 

gcfy  tötö  ifyn  brechen,  biefen  ftarren  ©inn, 

©en  fecfen  ©eift  ber  f^ret^ett  toitf  idj  beugen, 

@in  neu  ©efe^  toitt  \<fy  in  biefen  Sanben  2785 

3Serfünbigen  —  %<$)  itntl  — 

(@in  ^Pfeit   burdjfcotyrt   t§n ;   er  fäfyrt  mit  ber  £anb  an§  £erj  unb  tüiU  fittten. 
Sftit  matter  ©timme.) 

©Ott  fei  mir  gnäbig! 

9htbolf  ber  ^>arra3. 

£err  Sanbfcogt  —  ®ott!  2Sa§  ift  ba3?  2öofyer  lam  ba3? 

^rmtjarb  (auffatyrenb). 

SDtorb!  Sttorb!  @r  taumelt,  finlt!  @r  ift  getroffen! 
■äJtitten  in§  §erj  fyat  ifyn  ber  $feü  getroffen! 


Dierter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S^tae.  197 

Ohtbütf  ber  $awa§  (formst  öom  sterbe.) 

Sßeldf)  gräpcbe^  Greignis  —  ©ott  —  £err  SRitter  —     2790 
9?uft  bie  Grbarmung  ©ottes  an;  %f)T  feib 
@in  Sftann  be§  £obe3! 

©efUer. 
$a§  ift  £ett$  ©eftf)o$! 

(3ft  bom  $ferb  §erab  bem  S^ubolf  £arras  in   bert   2(rm   gegleitet  unb  hrirb  auf 
ber  San!  mebergelajjen.) 

Xtü  (erfcbeint  oben  auf  ber  &ö§e  bes  Reifen). 

2)u  fennft  ben  Scbüt^en,  fucfye  leinen  anbern ! 

grei  finb  bie  §ütten,  fieser  ift  bie  Unfrfmlb 

SSor  bir,  bu  toirft  bem  Sanbe  nid)t  meljr  fd^aben !      2795 

(SSerfc^roinbet  bon  ber  6öbe.    2*oIf  ftürjt  berein.) 
Stttffi  (üüran). 

2Ba§  gibt  e3  Ijier?    2ßa3  fyat  fic£>  ^getragen? 

5frmgarb. 

©er  Sanbbogt  ift  bon  einem  ^3feü  burcbfdjoffen. 

%$oit  (im  ^ereinftürjen). 

2Ber  ift  erhoffen? 

Qnbem  bie  Sorberften  bon  bem  53raut;ug  auf  bie  Sjene  fomtnen,  fmb  bie  hinter* 
ften  noä)  auf  ber  £>öl?e,  ünb  bie  SKufif  gebt  fort.) 

Öfubolf  ber  £>arra£* 
@r  verblutet  ficf>. 
gort,  fdbaffet  §ilfe!     Se£t  bem  9ttörber  naefy! 
—  Verlorner  93tann,  fo  muft  e§  mit  bir  enben  ;        2800 
2)odj  meine  SBarnung  tooffteft  bu  niebt  boren ! 

@tüffi. 
33ei  ©ott,  ba  liegt  er  bleicf)  unb  ofme  Seben  ! 

$tele  Stimmen, 
2ßer  bat  bie  2at  getan? 


198  rDtl^elm  Cell. 

Shtbolf  ber  $axta§. 

SRaft  biefeS  Soll, 
©afc  e§  bem  9florb  SHufif  matf)t?  £a£t  fte  fcfjtoeigen! 

(3ftufif  bricht  plö^Itd)  ab,  e§  fommt  noa)  mefyr  58ol!  nad).) 

§err  Sanbfcogt,  rebet,  toenn  3$r  fönnt  —  §abt  3#r  28°5 
9Jtir  ntd^tö  mefyr  ju  fcertraun  ? 

(©efjler  gibt  $eid)en  mit  *>er  ^anb,  bie  er  mit  £efttgfeit  nrieberfyolt,  ba  fte  ntd&t 
gleich  fcerftanben  werben.) 

2öo  foC  i$  tyin? 

—  3laä)  Äü^nad^t?  %<$  berftefy'  @ud)  nicfyt  —  D,  Werbet 
9ftcfyt  ungebulbig  —  Saftt  ba§  ^rbifcfye, 

S)enft  ie|t,  @u^  mit  bem  §immel  gu  fcerjofynen. 

($>ie  gange  £odfoeitgefettfd)aft  umftefyt  ben  ©terbenben  mit  einem  füpofen  ©raufen.) 

©tüffu 
©tefy,  tote  er  bleid)  toirb  —  3je$t,  jettf  tritt  ber  !£ob  2810 
3$m  an  ba§  §erj  —  bie  2tugen  finb  gebrochen. 

$rtttjjarb  {fytht  ein  ßtnb  emfcor). 

©efyt,  $inber,  tote  ein  Söütericfy  fcerfdjeibet ! 

9Jubo(f  ber  £arra3, 
aöafmfinn'ge  SÖeiber,  £>abt  ifyr  fein  ©efüfyl, 
2)af$  ifyr  ben  SBItcf  an  biefem  ©d)recfni£  toeibet? 

—  §elft  —  feget  £>anb  an —  ©tefyt  mir  niemanb  bei,  2815 
Sen  ©cfymerjenSpfeü  tfytn  au§  ber  ©ruft  $u  jiefyn? 

233etBer   (treten  äurütf). 

2ßir  ifm  berühren,  toeldjen  ©ott  gefcfytagen ! 

SRubulf  ber  §arra3* 
ftlutf)  trefft  eu$  unb  33erbammni§! 

CSie^t  ba§  <Sä}iüert.) 
©tüffi  (fäat  itym  in  ben  2Irm). 

2öagt  e8,  £err! 


Vierter  2Iuf3ug.    Dritte  S$mz.  199 

@u'r  2SaIten  fftä  ein  @nbe.     3)er  STfyrann 

2)e3  SanbeS  ift  gefallen.     2ßir  erbulben  2820 

$etne  ©etoalt  mefyr.     2öir  firtb  freie  9Jienfcf>en. 

3(üe  (tumultuartfc§). 

SDaS  Sanb  ift  frei! 

SRubolf  ber  £arra3, 
Sft  e3  bafytn  gefommen? 
©nbet  bte  gatrcfyt  fo  fdmetf  unb  ber  ©eljorfam? 

(3u  ben  Sßaffenfned)ten,  bte  hereinbringen.) 

3#r  fefyt  bte  graufenfcotte  %at  be§  SftorbS, 

£)ie  Ijter  gefeiten  —  £>üfe  ift  umfonft  —  2825 

33ergebltd)  tft%  bem  SCRörber  nad^ufe^en. 

Un3  brangen  anbre  ©orgen  —  Stuf,  nacf)  Äü^nacfyt, 

2)a§  töir  bem  ^aifer  feine  gfefte  retten  ! 

©enn  aufgelöft  in  biefem  2Iugenbltcf 

©inb  aller  Drbnung,  alter  Sßflicfyten  33anbe,  2830 

Unb  feinet  9Jtanne§  S£reu'  ift  ju  vertrauen. 

Snbem  er  mit  ben  2Baffen!ned)ten  abgebt,  erfd)einen  fecr)ö  barmherzige  trüber. 

$rmgarb. 
5ßla^!  $latj!  2)a  fommen  bte  barmljerä'gen  Srüber. 

©tüffu 
2)a3  Dpfer  liegt  —  bte  Viahtn  ftetgen  nteber. 
Sarm^er^tge  trüber 

(fcr)Iie^en  einen  £alb?rei§  um  ben  £oten  unb  fingen  in  tiefem  £on). 

Sftafdj  tritt  ber  £ob  ben  SJlenfcfyen  an, 

@3  ift  il)m  feine  fjrtft  gegeben;  2835 

©3  ftür§t  iljn  mitten  in  ber  %5afyn, 
@3  reifst  ifyn  fort  fcom  fcolten  Seben. 

bereitet  ober  nicbt,  ju  gelten, 

@r  muf$  bor  feinen  Stifter  fielen! 

($nbem  bie  Testen  geilen  toieber^olt  Serben,  fällt  ber  SSor^ang.) 


fünfter  ^tufjug* 

(£rfte  S$ent. 

Öffentlicher  ytat$  bei  2Morf. 

3«i  £)intergrunbe  red^tä  bie  ftefte  S^ing  Uri  mit  bem  nodj  ftefyenben  33au= 

gerüfte  hne  in  ber  britten  ©jene  be§  erften  ^tuf^ugä ;  tinfs  eine  $tu§fid)t  in 

biete  25erge  fytnetn,  auf   ttelcijen  allen   6ignalfeuer   brennen.    (53   ift  eben 

£age§anbmä),  ©loaen  ertönen  au§  berfdjtebenen  gernen. 

iRuobt,  Stnonx,  SBerni,  Reiftet  ©teinmefc  unb  iriele  anbere  Sanbleute,  au$  2Beiber 

unb  ßinber. 

dluobi. 

©efyt  ifyr  bte  geu'rfignale  auf  ben  Sergen?  2840 

©tetttme^ 
§ört  ifyr  bte  ©locfen  brüben  überm  2öalb? 

9inobu 
Sie  getnbe  ftnb  berjagt. 

©tetnme^. 

®te  Surgen  finb  erobert. 
SRuobt. 
Unb  toir  im  Sanbe  Urt  bulben  nocfy 
2luf  unferm  33oben  ba§  S^rannenf cf)lof$  ? 
©tnb  hnr  bte  Seiten,  bte  ftcfy  frei  erllären? 

©tetttmei^ 

©a£  %oü)  fott  fielen,  ba§  un§  fingen  tooßte? 
Sluf,  rei^t  e§  nieber! 

2We, 

lieber!  nieber!  nieber! 
200 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.     (Erftc  S^ene.  201 

Öiuobt. 
2ßo  ift  ber  Stier  bon  Uri? 

8tter  öon  Uri* 

§ier!    2£sa§  foH  id&? 
SRiwbi. 

Steigt  auf  bxe  JQf>ä)toad)t,  Haft  in  ßuer  £>orn, 

2)af$  e3  toeitfcfymetternb  in  bie  Serge  fdjaHe  2850 

Unb,  jebe3  Scbo  in  ben  gelfenflüften 

Sluftoecfenb,  fc&neU  bie  Männer  be3  ©ebirg§ 

ßufammenrufe. 

Stier  bon  Uri  ge§t  ab.    2BaIt§er  Surft  lammt 

Söaftfjer  &ürft. 

galtet,  greunbe!  galtet! 

9toä)  fe£>It  un§  Äunbe,  toas  in  Untertoalben 

Unb  ©cf>to%  gefcfyeljen.     Sa^t  un£  Soten  erft  2855 

@rft>  arten  ! 

O^uöbi. 

2Sa3  erwarten  ?   2)er  Sijrann 
3ft  tot,  ber  Jag  ber  gretbeit  ift  erfcbienen. 

<3teutmefc, 
3ft'8  nidf)t  genug  an  biefen  flammenben  Soten, 
©ie  ring3f)erum  auf  allen  Sergen  (eudbten  ? 

IRuobu 

Kommt  alle,  fommt,  legt  öanb  an,  Scanner  unb  Söetber !  2860 
Srecbt  bas  ©erüfte!  Strengt  bie  Sogen!  Steifst 
2)ie  dauern  ein!  Kein  Stein  bleib'  auf  bem  anbern! 

©teittme^ 

©efetten,  fommt!  2Bir  fyaben'3  aufgebaut, 
2öir  toiffen'S  ju  jerftören. 


202  rDilljelm  Cell- 

$ommt,  reifet  nieber ! 

(©ie  ftürjen  fid)  bon  aßen  Seiten  auf  ben  33 au.) 

SSSalt^er  gffirft 

(58  ift  im  Sauf.     %<$)  fann  fie  rttcfyt  tnefyr  galten.     2865 

3Mä)tfyal  unb  Saumgarten  fommen. 

SRetöjtljai. 

2ßa§  ?  ©tefyt  bie  23urg  notf),  unb  ©d)lof$  ©amen  liegt 
$n  21fcf)e,  unb  ber  9tof$berg  ift  gebrochen? 

SBaltfier  ftürft, 
©eib  Sfyr  e8,  SKel^al?  bringt  3tyr  un8  bie  gretyett? 
©agt,  ftnb  bie  Sanbe  alle  rein  fcom  $einb  ? 

SKelrfjtljaf  (umarmt  t$n). 

Stein  ift  ber  33oben.     greut  @ucf>,  alter  3Sater!         2870 

^n  biefem  3lugenblirfe,  ba  ftnr  reben, 

3ft  lein  SEfyramt  meljr  in  ber  ©d^toeijer  £anb. 

SBattljer  ftürft 
D,  f^red^t,  tote  fourbet  if)r  ber  Surgen  mädfjtig? 

3ReW)tf)rtf. 

2)er  Stubenj  toar  e8,  ber  ba8  ©amer  ©cfylof* 

SCRit  männlid)  füfyner  %8aQttat  gewann.  2875 

SDen  Stoperg  fyatt'  tcfy  naä)t$  ^ubor  erftiegen. 

—  ©0$  fyöret,  toaZ  gefdfyafy.     2118  toir  ba8  ©cfyloft 

33öm  geinb  geleert,  nun  freubig  angejünbet, 

2)ie  flamme  praffelnb  fcfyon  $um  ^immel  fdjlug, 

3)a  ftürjt  ber  ©ietfyelm,  ©e£ler8  33ub'  fyerfcor  2880 

Unb  ruft,  bafs  bie  33runecferin  Verbrenne. 

333aW)er  ftürft, 
(geredeter  G&ott  ! 

{man  $ört  bie  halfen  be§  ©erüfteS  ftür^en.) 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  5$tne.  203 

©ie  toar  e£  felbft,  war  l)eimticf) 
§ier  eingefd^Ioffen  auf  be§  SSogt^  ©efyetfs. 
SRafenb  erfyub  fid?  S^ubenj  —  benn  ftrir  borten 
2)ie  Sallen  fcfyon,  bie  feften  *ßfoften  ftürjen  2885 

Unb  au§  bem  9?aud)  berbor  ben  ^ammerruf 
3)er  Ungtücffeligen. 

2Ba(tf)er  ftürft. 
©ie  ift  gerettet? 

2)a  galt  ©ef^hrinbfein  unb  ßntfc^üffenljeit ! 

—  2ßär'  er  nur  unfer  ©beimann  geWefen, 

SBir  Ratten  unfer  Seben  Wohl  geliebt ;  2890 

£)ocb  er  toar  unfer  Gibgenof^  unb  Serta 
@E)rte  ba3  Soll  —  ©0  festen  toir  getroft 
£)a§  Seben  bran  unb  ftürjten  in  ba£  geuer. 

Söaltljer  prft. 

©ie  ift  gerettet? 

Wcltyf)al. 

©ie  ift'3.     SRubenj  unb  i$, 
2Bir  trugen  fie  felbanber  au§  ben  flammen,  2895 

Unb  hinter  un§  fiel  frad)enb  ba£  ©e&älf. 

—  Unb  jefct,  als  fie  gerettet  fxcf)  ernannte, 
Sie  Slugen  auffdjlug  ju  bem  §immefölid^t, 
ge|t  ftürjte  mir  ber  greiberr  an  ba3  ^erj, 

Unb  fcfytoeigenb  Warb  ein  SBünbnte  jefet  befcfytooren,    2900 
£>a3,  feftgefjärtet  in  be3  $euer§  ©lut, 
Seftefjen  Wirb  in  allen  ©cbicffalsproben  — 

Sßaftljer  ftürft 

2öo  ift  ber  Sanbenberg? 


204  rmitjefm  Cell. 

Über  ben  33rünig. 
Sfticfyt  lag'S  an  mir,  bafs  er  ba§  Sicfyt  ber  2lugen 
©afcontrug,  ber  ben  33ater  mir  geblenbet.  2905 

%lad)  jagt'  \6)  ifym,  erreicht'  x^n  auf  ber  gluckt 
Unb  ri£  ifyn  $u  ben  güf$en  meinet  33ater3* 
©efcfyftmngen  über  tfym  toar  fcfyon  ba§  ©cfytoert; 
33on  ber  33armfyerjigfeit  be3  blinben  ©reifet 
©rfyxelt  er  flefyenb  ba£  ©efcfyenf  be§  SebenS.  2910 

Urfefybe  fcfytour  er,  nie  juriirfgufe^ren  ; 
@r ■  toirb  fie  galten;  unfern  Strm  fyat  er 
©efitylt. 

28aW)er  ftürft, 

Söofyl  eucfy,  ba£  i£>r  ben  reinen  ©ieg 
mit  Slute  mit  gef Raubet! 

Ätttbet  (eilen  mit  Krümmern  be3  ©erüfteä  über  bie  ©jene). 

$reifyeit!   $reifyeit ! 

($)a3  £orn  Don  Uri  nnrb  mit  2Jtaä)t  geblafen.) 

SSaWjer  prft 
©efyt,  toelcfy  ein  gfeft!   SDeS  £age3  Serben  ficfy  2915 

3)ie  $tnber  f!pät  aU  ©reife  nodj  erinnern. 

(2ftäbä)en  bringen  ben  £ut  auf  einer  (Stange  getragen ;  bie  ganje  ©jene  fußt  fid) 

mit  Sott  an.) 

§ier  ift  ber  §ut,  bem  toir  un§  beugen  mußten. 

Saumgartem 
©ebt  un§  SSefd^eib,  toaS  bamit  derben  foff. 

2Sattf>er  dürfte 
©ott!  Unter  biefem  §ute  ftanb  mein  (Snfel. 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    (Erfte  53ene.  205 

äfleljrere  ©tumnetu 

3erftört  ba3  ©enfmal  ber  Xfyrannenmacfyt !  2920 

$n3  geuer  mit  if)m! 

28aftf)er  Surft. 
SRetn,  lajjt  iljn  aufbewahren! 
25er  Üfyrannei  mufst'  er  jum  SBerfjeug  bienen, 
@r  fott  ber  gretfyeit  etoig  3eid)en  fein! 

($)ie  ßanbleute,  Männer,  2Beiber  unb  ßinber  fielen  unb  ft$en  auf  ben  halfen  beä 
verbrochenen  ©erüftes  malerifcfy  gruppiert  in  einem  großen  £alb!rei§  umfyer.) 

3Mtf)tf}ar. 
©0  ftefyen  tr>tr  nun  fröljlid)  auf  ben  Krümmern 
2)er  Styrannei,  unb  Ijerrlicfy  ift '3  erfüllt,  2925 

2Ba3  toir  im  Stütli  fcfytouren,  ©bgenoffen ! 

2ßaltf)er  ftürft. 

2)a3  SSerf  ift  angefangen,  ntcfyt  boüenbet. 

Sefct  ift  un§  3Rut  unb  fefte  eintragt  not ; 

fttrin,  feib  getoifs,  mcfyt  faumen  totrb  ber  Äönig, 

2)en  %oi  ju  rächen  feinet  33ogt3  unb  ben  2930 

SSertriebnen  mit  ©etoalt  jurücfjufü^ren. 

9tfeltf)tf>af, 

@r  jielj'  fyeran  mit  feiner  ^eereSmadEjt, 

3ft  au3  bem  Innern  k°$  ^er  §teinb  ^erjagt ; 

2)em  geinb  fc>on  aujsen  tooffen  toir  begegnen. 

9iur  toen'ge  5ßäffe  öffnen  ifym  ba§  Sanb,  2935 

2)ie  tootten  tr>xr  mit  unfern  2eibern  bedfen. 

SBawitgartett. 
2ßir  finb  bereinigt  burcfy  ein  etoig  Sanb, 
Unb  feine  §eere  fotten  un§  nid^t  fd^recf en ! 

SKöffelmann  unb  <Stauffa#er  fommen. 


206  VOxlkdm  Cell. 

U?Öffefatamt  (im  eintreten). 

$)a3  finb  be3  QimmtU  furchtbare  ©ertöte. 

fianbleute* 

2ßa3  gibt'S?  2940 

Stöffelmamu 

^n  freieren  fetten  ^e&en  ^°xx  ' 
333alti)er  gürft 
©agt  an,  toa§  ift  e§?  feib  3$*%  §err  Sßerner? 
2öa§  bringt  S^r  un§? 

Sanbleute. 

2öa3  gibt'«? 

SRtfffclmamu 

§ört  unb  erftaunet ! 

©tauffadjen 

33on  einer  großen  $ur$t  finb  fair  befreit  — 

Otijffetmamt. 

2)er  Äaifer  ift  ertnorbet. 

2ßaltf)er  Surft. 

©nftb'ger  ©Ott! 

(Sanbleute  machen  einen  2lufftanb  unb  umbrängen  ben  ©tauffad&er.) 

©rmorbet!   2BaS!   ©er  ßaifer!   §ört!   ©er  ßaifer!    2945 

9tt$t  rnögltd^ !   SSofyer  f am  @u$  biefe  ßunbe  ? 

©trmffatfjer, 

@§  ift  getoifj.     93ei  Srucf  fiel  ßimig  2Hbred;t 
©urd)  9}törber§  §anb  —  ein  glaubenStoerter  9Jiann, 
gofyanneS  9Jtitfler,  bracht'  e£  fcon  ©cfyafffcaufen. 


fünfter  21uf3ug.    (Erfte  53ene.  207 

2Sdtf)er  ftiirft 
2Ber  h>agte  foldje  grauenvolle  3Tat  ?  2950 

Stauffatfjer* 
©ie  toirb  nocfy  grauenvoller  burcfy  ben  Später. 
@3  toar  fein  SReffe,  feinet  SruberS  Jttnb, 
§erjog  S°^ann  ^n  ©df?toaben,  ber' 3  vollbrachte. 

SteUrÜaL 
2öa§  trieb  iljn  ju  ber  £at  beä  23atermorb3? 

©ttwffarfjer, 
©er  Slaifer  ^>ielt  ba3  Väterliche  @rbe  2955 

S5em  ungebulbig  -Jftalmenben  jurücf ; 
@3  f)ief$,  er  benf  iljn  ganj  barum  ju  fürjen, 
9ftit  einem  93ifd^of^^ut  if>n  abjufinben. 
Söie  bem  aucfy  fei  —  ber  Jüngling  öffnete 
©er  Söaffenfreunbe  böfem  diät  fein  Dfyr,  2960 

Unb  mit  ben  ebeln  §errn  Von  Sfcfyenbacf), 
33on  £egerfelben,  Von  ber  Söart  unb  ^3alm 
Sefdjlofs  er,  ba  er  9ted^t  nicfyt  fonnte  finben, 
©icl)  $iafy  ju  Ijolen  mit  ber  eignen  §anb. 

2$aitf)er  prft 
D  f^red^t,  tote  toarb  ba3  ©ra^licfye  Vottenbet?  2965 

©tauffadjer, 

3)er  ßönig  ritt  fyerab  Vom  ©tein  ju  33aben, 

©en  S^einfelb,  too  bie  §offtatt  toar,  ju  siefy'n, 

SSJlit  iljm  bie  gürften  §an£  unb  Seopolb 

Unb  ein  ©efolge  fyocfygebomer  §errn. 

Unb  aU  fie  famen  an  bie  9teuj3,  too  man  2970 

2luf  einer  $afyre  fiel)  läfct  überfeinen, 

2)a  brängten  fiel)  bie  3flörber  in  ba£  ©dEnff, 


208  XDxttitlm  CcO. 

©aft  fie  ben  ßaifer  bom  ©efolge  trennten. 

©rauf,  afö  ber  $ürft  burcf)  ein  geädert  gelb 

§tnreitet  —  eine  alte  grofte  ©tabt  2975 

©oll  brunter  liegen  au3  ber  Reiben  geit  — 

©ie  alte  gefte  ^abäburg  im  ©eficfyt, 

2öo  feinet  ©tammeS  §ofyeit  ausgegangen  — 

©tö§t  §erjog  §an3  ben  ©olcf)  ifym  in  bie  Äefyle, 

SWubolf  fcon  $alm  burcfyrennt  ifm  mit  bem  ©peer,      2980 

Unb  ©fd^enba^  jerfyaltet  tbm  ba£  §au£t, 

©aft  er  fyerunterftnft  in  feinem  331ut, 

©emorbet  fcon  ben  ©einen,  auf  bem  ©einen. 

2lm  anbern  Ufer  faben  fie  bie  ^at ; 

©ocfy,  burcf)  ben  ©trom  gefd^ieben  fonnten  fie  2985 

9htr  ein  ofmmäcl)tig  2öeljgefd)rei  erbeben  ; 

2lm  Söege  aber  fajj  ein  arme§  2öeib, 

^n  ifyrem  ©d)oJ3  Verblutete  ber  Äaifer. 

wuafiti. 

©0  tyat  er  nur  fein  frühes  ©rab  gegraben, 

©er  unerfättlid)  alles  toollte  fyaben !  2990 

©tmtffadjer. 

©in  ungeheurer  ©Freden  ift  im  Sanb  umfyer ; 

©efyerrt  finb  alle  *ßäffe  beS  ©ebtrgS, 

IJebfoeber  ©tanb  fcertoafyret  feine  ©renjen ; 

©ie  alte  ßimdj  felbft  fdjloft  il)re  Store, 

©ie  breißig  gafyr  lang  offen  ftanben,  ju,  2995 

©te  SJtörber  fürcbtenb  unb  nod)  meljr  —  bie  9tä$er. 

Qtnn,  mit  beS  SanneS  %l\xä)  bewaffnet,  lommt 

©er  Ungarn  Königin,  bie  ftrenge  STgneS, 

©te  nicfyt  bie  SJlübe  fennet  ifyreS  garten 

©ef$lecf)t3,  be£  93ater§  löniglirf)e§  SBIut  3000 


fünfter  2tuf3ug.    (Erfte  S'^nt.  209 

$u  rächen  an  ber  3ERßrber  gangen  ©tamm, 

2ln  ifyren  $nedjten,  Äinbern,  $inbe£finbern, 

Sa,  an  ben  Steinen  ifyrer  ©ctylöffer  felbft. 

©efd^tt>oren  fyat  fie,  ganje  3eu9un0en 

iptnabjufenben  in  be£  S3ater3  ®rab,  3005 

3n  Slut  ftdj,  tüte  in  Tlakntavi,  ju  baben. 

Söeift  man,  too  ftcfy  bie  9Jtörber  Eingefluchtet? 

©tauffadjer* 

©ie  flogen  afebalb  nad)  fcollbracfyter  £at 

Stuf  fünf  i)erfrf)iebenen  ©trafen  au^einanber 

Unb  trennten  ftd),  um  nie  fiel)  meljr  ju  fefyn  —         3010 

§erjog  3°fyann  foH  irren  im  ©ebirge. 

2BaW)er  %ik% 

©0  trägt  bie  Untat  tfynen  feine  grudfjt ! 

Sfatfje  trägt  feine  grucfyt !    ©icfy  felbft  ift  fie 

SDie  fürchterliche  5Rafyrung,  tfyr  ©enuß 

Sft  -JJtorb,  unb  ifyre  Sättigung  ba§  ©raufen.  3015 

Stauffadjer, 

S)en  9Jlörbern  bringt  bie  Untat  nidjt  ©eftnnn; 

2ßir  aber  brechen  mit  ber  reinen  §anb 

2)e3  btut'gen  grefcefö  fegenboUe  §ru$t. 

SDenn  einer  großen  gatrcfyt  finb  ttrir  entlebigt; 

©efaflen  ift  ber  $reil)eit  größter  $einb,  3020 

Unb  toie  verlautet,  ftnrb  ba§  fttptix  gelm 

2lu§  §ab3burg§  £>au£  ju  einem  anbern  Stamm, 

3)a§  Sftetcfy  tx>tlt  feine  Sßafylfreifyett  behaupten, 

233aftljer  fjürft  unb  äßeljme, 
93ernafymt  Sfyr  toa8? 


210  HHHtelm  Cell. 

©tauffadjer, 

©er  ©raf  Dort  Sujemburg 
3ft  fcon  ben  mefyrften  Stimmen  fcfyon  bejeicfynet.         3025 

äßaltfjer  gfürft. 
9Bof>I  un£,  baß  toir  beim  ^eicfye  treu  gehalten ; 
$e£t  ift  ju  fyoffen  auf  ©erecfytigfeit ! 

©tauffadjer, 

2)em  mutn  §errn  tun  tapfre  $reunbe  not ; 
@r  toirb  un£  fcfyirmen  gegen  Dftretd^^  9tatf)e. 

(£)ie  £anbleute  umarmen  einanber.) 
«Sigrtft  mit  einem  Steicpboten. 

©igrift, 

§ier  finb  be£  2anbe3  toürb'ge  Dberfyäupter.  3030 

SRöfjelmatm  unb  Sftefjrere. 
©igrift,  toaZ  gibt's? 

©igrtft 

@in  9teicf)sbot'  bringt  bte§  Schreiben. 

Sltfe  (su  SBalttyer  Surft). 

©rbrecfyt  unb  lefet. 

SBaltfjer  ftiirft  (Heft). 
,,©en  befcfyeibnen  Bannern 
„SCon  ttri,  @$tatin  unb  Untertoalben  bietet 
,,©ie  Königin  ©iSbet^nab'  unb  alles  0Jute8." 

Siele  Stimmen* 

2Ba3  ftriH  bie  Königin?    ^fyr  9teicfy  ift  au§.  3035 

äöattfjer  $ürft  (lieft). 
„3n  intern  großen  ©cfymerj  unb  Sßittoenleib, 
„Sßoretn  ber  blut'ge  §infd)eib  i^reS  §erm 


fünfter  2luf3ug.     (Erfte  S$ent.  211 

„2)ie  Königin  berfe|t,  gebenft  fie  nocf) 

„©er  alten  Sreu'  unb  Sieb'  ber  Sdjfteijerlanbe," 

8ReWjt!>at. 

$n  i^rem  ©lud  Ijat  fie  ba§  nie  getan,  3°4o 

JRöffefatamu 
Still !  gaffet  fyoren  ! 

SBaltfjer  ftürft  (lieft). 
„Unb  fie  berfie&t  jtdj  ju  bem  treuen  33oIf, 
„2)aj$  e§  geregten  SIbfcbeu  toerbe  tragen 
„33or  ben  berflucbten  Tätern  biefer  iat; 
„©arum  erwartet  fie  bon  ben  brei  Sanben,  3045 

„3)af$  fie  ben  9Jtorbern  nimmer  Sorfcbub  tun, 
„93ielmebr  getreulich  baju  Reifen  Serben, 
,,©ie  anzuliefern  in  bei  9iä$er3  ßanb, 
„©er  Sieb'  gebenlenb  unb  ber  alten  ©unft, 
„Sie  fie  öon  SRubolfS  gatrftenljaus  empfangen."         3050 

(3et$en  be§  UntoiUenS  unter  ben  Sartbleuten.) 

Stiele  <Stimmtn. 

©er  Sieb'  unb  ©unft ! 

Stauffatfjer. 
SBir  fyaben  ©unft  empfangen  fcon  bem  SSater; 
©od)  toeffen  rübmen  ftrit  un3  bon  bem  ©ofyn? 
§at  er  ben  ©rief  ber  greiljeit  ur\$  beftatigt, 
2Bie  bor  ifym  alle  $aifer  bod^  getan?  3055 

§at  er  gerietet  naef)  geregtem  ©prudj 
Unb  ber  bebrangten  Unfcbulb  (&ü)\x%  betiteln? 
§at  er  aud)  nur  bie  Soten  Motten  boren, 
©ie  toir  in  unfrer  Slngft  ju  ifym  gefenbet? 
9tödjt  eing  bon  biefem  alten  f)at  ber  $önig  3060 


212  rDttyelm  Ceti. 

2tn  un$  getan,  unb  Ratten  totr  nicfyt  felbft 

Un3  Sfocfyt  berfcfyafft  mit  eigner  mut'ger  §anb, 

3$n  rührte  unfre  3lot  nicfyt  an  —  2$m  3)anl  ? 

SRicfyt  2)anl  fyat  er  gefät  in  biefen  Tälern. 

@r  ftanb  auf  einem  fyoljen  Sßla$,  er  lonnte  3065 

©in  35ater  feiner  3SöIler  fein ;  botf)  ifym 

©efiel  e§,  nur  ju  forgen  für  bie  Seinen. 

©ie  er  gemehrt  fyat,  mögen  um  ifyn  deinen ! 

SBaltlier  ftfirft 

2Bir  trollen  nid£)t  frofylocfen  feinet  gall3, 

9ticf)t  be£  empfangnen  Söfen  jefct  gebenfen,  3070 

$ern  fei'8  öon  un3!    ©od),  bajs  fair  rädjen  feilten 

©e3  Äönig3  Stob,  ber  nie  un§  ©ute$  tat, 

Unb  bie  verfolgen,  bie  un§  nie  betrübten, 

©a§  $iemt  un3  nicfyt  unb  toiff  un§  triebt  gebühren. 

Sie  Siebe  hutt  ein  freiet  Dpfer  fein;  3075 

©er  £ob  entbinbet  fcon  erjftmngnen  ^ßflidjten, 

—  3$m  fyaben  toir  nichts  Leiter  ju  entrichten. 

wuuwA 

Unb  toeint  bie  Königin  in  tfyrer  Kammer, 

Unb  flagt  i|r  Silber  ©etymer^  ben  §immel  an, 

©0  fefyt  iE>r  fyier  ein  angftbefreite3  SSoII  3080 

3u  tb^n  biefem  §immel  banfenb  flehen  — 

üöer  tränen  ernten  toitf,  muf$  Siebe  fäen. 

(3^eid^§bote  gc^t  ah.) 

©tauffatfjer  (§«  bem  ssoü). 
2Bo  ift  ber  £eE?   ©olt  er  allein  un3  fehlen, 
©er  unfrer  greifyeit  ©tifter  ift?  ©a3  ©rö£te 
$at  er  getan,  ba§  §ärtefte  erbulbet.  3085 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    §tr>eito  S3ene.  213 

$ommt  alle,  fommt!  nadf)  feinem  $au$  ju  toatten, 
Unb  rufet  §eü  bem  Ketter  bon  un3  allen! 

(STtte  ge^en  ab.) 


^tpeite  Sjene. 

^eEö  §au§ffur. 

(Sin  geuer  brennt  anf  bem  §  erb.    Sie  offenftet)enbe  £üre  geigt  tn§  greie. 

#  e  b  to  t  g.    äßait^er  unb  SS  i  l  §  e  t  m. 

§ebtt% 
igeut1  fommt  ber  23ater.     Äinber,  liebe  föinber! 
@r  lebt,  ift  frei,  unb  toir  finb  frei  unb  atte3 ! 
Unb  euer  SSater  tft'S,  ber'3  Sanb  gerettet.  3090 

2öaltf)er. 

Unb  tdj  bin  aud)  babei  getoefen,  SJtutter  ! 
Tliä)  muf*  man  aucfy  mit  nennen.     33ater3  $feil 
©ing  mir  am  2thzn  fyart  Vorbei,  unb  idj 
feab'  nid)t  gegittert. 

^CbttJtg  (umarmt  t§n). 

^a,  bu  bift  mir  toieber 
©egeben !   gtoeimal  ^a^  x§  ^^  geboren  !  3095 

gtoeimal  litt  xä)  ben  2Rutterf$mer$  um  bidj ! 
@s  ift  Vorbei  —  \<$)  I)ab'  eucfj  beibe,  beibe ! 
Unb  Ijeute  lommt  ber  liebe  33ater  toieber ! 

(Sin  Dftönd?  erfcfceint  an  ber  £au§türe. 

SStOjetm. 

©ieb,  SJhttter,  fieb  —  bort  ftebt  ein  frommer  Sruber ! 
©etoift  toirb  er  um  eine  &ahz  flefy'n.  3100 


214  rDHtjelm  Cell. 

£ebtoiö. 

$üfyr'  ifyn  herein,  bamit  Vt)ir  ifyn  erquicfen ; 
@r  füfyl'S,  bajs  er  in3  greubenfyau^  gefommen. 

(©efyt  hinein  unb  fommt  balb  mit  einem  23e$er  lieber.) 
SßtUjefat  (jum  2Jiön$). 

$ommt,  guter  9Jtann.     Sie  Butter  foul  @u$  laben. 

SBait^er; 

$ommt,  rufyt  ©ucfy  au3  unb  gefyt  geftärft  fcon  bannen. 

SDWttdj  (fdjeu  um^er&Iicfenb  mit  jerftörten  Bügen). 

2öo  bin  icfy  ?   ©aget  an,  in  freierem  Sanbe  ?  3105 

2SaW)er. 

©eib  3$r  Verirret,  ba£  %i)x  ba§  ntcfyt  itnftt? 
3$r  feib  ju  SSürglen,  £>err,  im  Sanbe  Uri, 
•2Bo  man  fyineingefyt  in  ba3  ©cfyätfjental. 

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bleibt  ferne  ftefyn,  toenn  id)  @udj  fyören  foll! 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    gtoette  S$tne.  215 

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(2BtH  nad),  gittert  unb  I)ält  ftd?  an.) 
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£)a  bin  \i)  lieber  —  2öo  ift  eure  Butter?  (treten  herein.) 

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216  Wüftkm  EeH. 

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§ebttiig. 
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—  SDarf  iä)  fie  faffen?  —  ®iefe  §anb  —  0  ©ott! 

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(2ftön$  mad)t  eine  rafcfye  SBetoecumg,  er  erblicft  iljn.) 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    gtpeite  53cne.  217 

2Ber  ift  ber  ©ruber  t?ier? 

£ebtt>ig* 

31$,  ify  fcergaft  tfyn! 
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äftöttrf)  (tritt  näfrer). 

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3)er  bin  tcfy,  tcfy  berberg'  e§  feinem  9ftenfcfyen. 
äftottdj. 

3$r  feib  ber  STelt!   Slcf),  e3  ift  ©otteS  §anb,  3150 

Sie  unter  @uer  SDadf)  micf)  fyat  geführt. 

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S^t  erfcfylugt 

2)en  Sanbfcogt,  ber  Sud)  23öfe3  tat  —  2Iud)  idj 
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£efl  (jurücffa^renb). 

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Gntfe^en  !  —  $inber!   $inber,  gefyt  hinein  ! 
®tty,  liebet  2Seib  !   ©ef>',  ge&M  —  Unglücf  lieber ! 
3fyr  ftmret  — 

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£etf, 

grage  nid^t ! 

gort,  fort!    SDie  $inber  bürfen  e§  nidjt  fyören.  3160 


218  tütltielm  Eell. 

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yixtyt  unter  einem  SDacfy  mit  biefem  toofynem 

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©rfcfylagen,  ©uern  Dfym  unb  §errn.  3165 

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3)ie  @rbe  nodj !   @ud)  leuchtet  nod)  bie  ©onne! 

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Stell,  fyört  midj,  efy'  $fyr  — 

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Unglücf  lieber! 
SDarfft  bu  ber  ©fyrfudjt  blut'ge  ©cfmlb  Vermengen 


fünfter  2Iuf3ug.    gtueüe  S3ene.  219 

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^arrtctba. 

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2elL 
9Jlid^  fa£t  ein  ©raufen,  ba  td)  mit  bir  rebe. 

gort !    SBanble  beine  fürcbterlicbe  (Strafe ! 
Sajs  rein  bie  tQütU,  too  bie  Unfcfmlb  toofynt! 

^arriciba  (toenbet  ft#  311  ge^en). 

(So  f  a  n  n  i$,  unb  f  0  ft>  i  ( l  i$  nid)t  mefyr  leben !     3190 

Unb  bpcfy  erbarmt  midf)  beiner  —  ©ott  be§  §immel3 ! 

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2113  9Jti3rber  flüchtig,  Ijier  an  meiner  Scfytoeffe, 

£)e3  armen  9Jtanne3  —  flebenb  unb  fcerjtoeifetnb  —   3195 

(SSer&üßt  ficfi  ba§  ©eficfct.) 

^arriciba. 

D,  totnn  ^hx  deinen  fönnt,  lajst  mein  ©efcfyicf 
(Sud)  jammern ;  e3  ift  fürcbterlid?  —  3$  Bin 
ßin  fjürft —  iä)  toar'ä —  icb  lonnte  glüdHidj  derben, 
SBenn  id?  ber  SQBünfd^e  Ungebulb  bedang. 


220  rDHIielm  Cell. 

©et  9ieib  zernagte  mir  ba£  £erj  —  $cfy  fafy  3200 

©ie  3uSen^  meinet  SSetter^  Seoipolb 
©efrönt  mit  ßfyre  unb  mit  Sanb  belohnt, 
Unb  micfy,  ber  gleid^e^  2llter3  mit  ifym  toar, 
$n  fflafcifcfyer  Unmünbigfeit  gehalten  — 

Unglücfltcfyer,  toofyl  fannte  bitf)  bein  Dfym,  3205 

©a  er  bir  Sanb  unb  Seute  Weigerte! 

©u  felbft  mit  rafcfyer,  Silber  2Bafynfinn£tat 

5tecfytfertigft  furchtbar  feinen  Reifen  ©$luj$. 

—  2Bo  finb  bie  blut'gen  Reifer  beineS  3Jiorb§? 

Sßamciba* 

2Bofyin  bie  SRacfyegeifter  fie  geführt ;  3210 

3$  fafy  jw  f^t  &er  Unglüdfötat  mcfyt  lieber. 

sea, 

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©em  $reunb  verboten  unb  bem  geinb  erlaubt? 

^arrictba* 

©arum  fcermetb*  i$  alle  offne  ©trafen ; 

2ln  leine  §ütte  toag'  td)  an^upocfcen  —  3215 

©er  Söüfte  fe^r'  iä)  meine  ©dritte  ju ; 

9Jtein  eignet  ©$recfni3,  irr'  x<fy  burd)  bie  Serge 

Unb  fafyre  fcfyaubernb  fcor  mir  felbft  jurücf, 

3eigt  mir  ein  SBacfy  mein  unglücffelig  33ilb. 

D,  totnn  3^r  3Ritleib  fü&It  unb  9Kenfd&Ud&Ieti  —      3220 

(%'dUt  bor  tljm  nieber.) 
XtU    (abgetoenbet). 

©tefyt  auf!   ©tetyt  auf! 


fünfter  21uf3ug.    gtueite  $3ene*  221 

^tidEjt,  bis  $i)r  mir  bie  §anb  gereift  jur  §ilfe. 

£efl. 
$ann  tcfy  @u$  Reifen?    Äann'3  ein  9Jtenfd)  ber  ©ünbe? 
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2öa3  id^  fcermag,  ba£  toitt  id)  tun, 

^ßßtticiba  (auffpringenb  unb  feine  £anb  mit  £eftigfeü  ergretfenb). 

D  £ell! 
2$r  rettet  meine  Seele  fcon  33er§toeiftung. 

Sa^t  meine  §anb  Io§  —  2$r  müj$t  for*-     §*er  iönnt 
Sfyr  unentbeeft  nicfyt  bleiben,  lönnt  entbeeft  3230 

3luf  ©d^u^  nicfyt  rechnen  —  2So  gebenft  2$r  I)tn? 
2So  tyofft  3$r  Stu^'  ju  finben? 

^ametba» 

2ßei£  id&'8?   31$! 

£eÄ. 

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$n3  Sanb  Stalten,  nadj  ©anlt  $eter3  ©tabt; 
©ort  toerft  3$r  @ud^  bem  Sßapft  ju  ^üßen,  beid&tet  3235 
3$m  @ure  ©djulb  unb  löfef  @ure  ©eete. 

$ßamciba. 

SBirb  er  mtcfy  nicfyt  bem  SJtäcfyer  überliefern? 

ZtU. 

2Ba§  er  @u$  tut,  ba3  nehmet  an  fcon  ©ott. 

^arrietba* 

2öie  forum'  i$  in  ba3  unbefannte  Sanb  ? 


222  rDtl^eim  £eH. 

%<fy  bin  beä  2öeg§  nid^t  funbig,  toage  ntcfyt  3240 

$u  Söanberern  bie  ©dritte  ju  gefeilen. 

©en  9Beg  totfl  id)  @ud?  nennen,  merfet  toofyl ! 
3#r  fteigt  fyinauf,  bem  ©trom  ber  9teuf$  entgegen, 
2>ie  totlbeä  Saufet  fcon  bem  Serge  ftürjt  — 

^arriciba  (erföricft). 
©elj'  i$  bie  9ieuf$?   ©ie  ffofc  bei  meiner  STat.  3245 

2lm  Slbgrunb  gefyt  ber  2öeg,  unb  Diele  $reuje 
33ejeid^nen  tfm,  errichtet  jum  ©ebäcfytni3 
©er  Söanberer,  bie  bie  Satoin'  begraben; 

^arrtctba* 

%<§  fürchte  nidfyt  bie  ©einreden  ber  9latur, 

Söenn  \<fy  be3  §erjen§  ftnlbe  Qualen  jäljme.  3250 

Sei 

33or  jjebem  Äreuje  fallet  fyin  unb  bittet 

9Kit  Ij>eif$en  SKeuetr änen  Sure  ©djmlb  — 

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©0  fommt  3#r  auf  bie  Srücfe,  toelcfye  ftäubet. 

2Benn  fie  nicfyt  einbricht  unter  @urer  ©cfyulb, 

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©0  reiftt  ein  fc^toarje^  gelfentor  ftcfy  auf  — 

$ein  Sag  fyaVZ  noefy  erhellt  —  ba  gefyt  g^r  bur$,    3260 

@3  füfyrt  @ud)  in  ein  fyeitre3  %al  ber  greube  — 

©0$  fdfmeffen  ©d)ritt§  müfjt  ^f)r  vorüber  eilen  ; 

3$r  bürft  nicfyt  h>  eilen,  too  bie  9tufye  footynt. 


fünfter  2tuf3ug.    gleite  .^ene.  225 

^amctba. 
D  5RuboIf !   Sftubolf !  Königlicher  Styn ! 
©o  jieljt  bein  Snfet  ein  auf  betne§  9teidjje§  33oben!  3265 

Sefl. 

©0  immer  fteigenb,  fommt  ^£?r  auf  bie  ööljen 

35e§  ©ottfyarb^,  too  bie  eto'gen  ©een  finb, 

3)ie  fcon  be£  §immel3  (Strömen  felbft  fidj  füllen. 

©ort  nebmt  ^6r  2tbfc£>ieb  bon  ber  beutfd^en  @rbe, 

ttnb  muntern  2auf3  flirrt  Gucfy  ein  anbrer  ©trom     3270 

$n3  Sanb  3^a^en  fyincib,  6uc^  ba§  gelobte  — 

(3ftcm  fyört  ben  ^u^reiben  fcon  bielen  2lty§örnem  geMafen.) 

3$  fyöre  (Stimmen,     gort! 

^ebttlig  (eilt  herein). 

2So  btft  bu,  STeC? 
SDer  SSater  fommt!  63  nalj'n  in  frohem  3U9 
©ie  ©tbgenofjen  alle  — 

^ametba  (berpat  fi$). 
Söefye  mir! 
3$  barf  nidjt  teilen  bei  ben  ©lücflidjen.  3275 

£ea, 
©efy'  liebet  2ßeib.     Srfttfdje  biefert  Wann, 
33elab'  if)n  reiefy  mit  ®ahtn,  benn  fein  2öeg 
§ft  toeit,  unb  leine  §erberg'  finbet  er. 
@ile!   ©ie  nafy'n. 

^ebttJtg. 
2Ber  ift  e§? 

ZtU. 

gorfd^e  ntdjt! 
Unb  toenn  er  geljt,  fo  toenbe  beine  2lugen,  3280 


226  IDtttielm  Cell. 

2)a£  fte  nicfyt  feiert,  Vt>eld^en  2ßeg  er  toanbelt! 

^ßarriciba  get;t  auf  ben  £ell  gu  mit  einer  raffen  ^Bewegung ;  biefer  aber  bebeutet 

ityn  mit  ber  £anb  unb  gefyt.    2Benn  beibe  gu  berfd)iebenen    ©eiten   abgegangen, 

beränbert  fia)  ber  ©a)aupla§,  unb  man  fielet  in  ber 

Seiten  S3ene 

ben  gangen  £algrunb  bor  £elI3  2öo!)nung,  nebft  ben  Slnfyöljen,  roeldj>e  i!)n  eins 
fcfyliefjen,  mit  Sanbleuten  befe$t,  toeld)e  fia)  &u  einem  malertfd)en  (Sanken  gruppieren. 
Slnbere  fommen  über  einen  fyofyen  ©teg,  ber  über  ben  ©a)äa)en  füfyrt,  gebogen. 
äBaltfyer  f^ürft  mit  ben  beiben  ifrtaben,  3tteta)tfyal  unb  ©tauffadjer  fommen  bor? 
tt>ärt§,  anbere  brängen  nad) ;  toie  £etl  heraustritt,  empfangen  ifyn  alle  mit  lautem 

$rol)loden. 

@3  lebe  £eß !  ber  ©d)üi*  unb  ber  ©rretter ! 

(Snbem  fid)  bie  borberften  um  ben  £eß  brängen  unb  ifyn  umarmen,  erfreuten  nodj 

JRubeng  unb    33erta,  jener  bie  Sanbleute,  biefe  bie   £>ebmig   umarmenb.    $)ie 

üttufif  öom  Serge  begleitet  biefe  ftumme  ©jene.    SBenn  fie  geenbigt,  tritt  Serta  in 

bie  2ftitte  be3  SSoIfö.) 

SSerta, 

Sanbleute!    ©ibgenoffen!   9lefymt  micfy  auf 

$n  euern  33unb,  bie  erfte  ©lücflicfye, 

Sie  ©dm£  gefunben  in  ber  greifyeit  Sanb.  3285 

$n  eure  tapfre  §anb  leg'  icfy  mein  3te$t, 

2Botlt  il)r  al^  eure  Bürgerin  micfy  fcfm^en? 

Sanbleute. 

®a3  ftollen  toir  mit  ©ut  unb  SBlut. 

83erta. 

2öofylan ! 

©0  reicfc'  \d)  biefem  Jüngling  meine  SJtedjte, 

Sie  freie  ©cfytoeijerin  bem  freien  9ttann!  3290 

SRuben^ 

Unb  frei  erflär'  icfy  alle  meine  $necf)te, 

(Snbem  bie  3flufit  bon  mutm  rafd)  einfällt,  faßt  ber  SSor^ang.) 


NOTES. 


227 


NOTES. 


The  heavy  figures  refer  to  pages,  tlie  Light  ones  to  lines.  An  asterisk  (*) 
indicates  that  the  word  or  words  occur  in  the  stage  directions. 

Acknowledgment  is  made  to  the  school  editions  of  Böhme  (Berlin),  Bneh- 
heim  (Oxford),  Funke  (Paderborn),  Naumann  (Leipzig),  and  Thorbecke 
(Bielefeld  and  Leipzig).  In  historical  matters  much  is  due  to  Dänlicker 
(Zürich),  Dierauer  (Gotha),  Oechsli  (Zürich),  Bochholz  (Heilbronn),  and 
Yischer  (Leipzig). 


ACT  I.     SCENE  1. 

Synopsis. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  play,  the  songs  of  the  fisherman's  boy, 
of  the  herdsman,  and  of  the  hunter,  give  us  an  insight  into  the  lif  e 
of  the  Swiss  people  at  the  time  of  their  struggle  f  or  independence. 
The  conversation,  which  follows  the  songs,  refers  to  the  combat 
of  man  with  nature;  indirectly  it  suggests  the  approaching  contest 
between  freedom's  last  f oothold  and  despotic  Austria. 

Baumgarten  appears  on  the  stage.  To  protect  the  honor  of  his 
home,  he  has  slain  an  Austrian  bailiff.  Landenberg' s  horsemen 
are  pursuing  him  ;  the  fisherman,  who  is  asked  to  carry  him  across 
the  lake,  refuses  to  risk  his  life  in  the  raging  storm.  When  all 
seems  lost,  Teil  appears  as  a  deus  ex  machina,  braves  the  elements, 
and  saves  the  fugitive.  Landenberg's  hirelings  appear  too  late  ; 
and  taunted  by  the  jeers  of  the  assembled  crowd,  fall  upon  them, 
their  herds,  and  their  belongings. 

43*  *  JJelf emtf er :  this  refers  to  the  gestern  shore  of  the  lake 
near  Treib.  The  Vierwaldstätter  See  or  '  Lake  of  Lucerne  '  is 
unsurpassed  in  beauty  and  magnificence.  It  is  nearly  cruciform 
in  shape.  Its  length  from  Lucerne  to  Flüelen  is  about  23  miles; 
its  width  differs  from  one-half  to  two  miles,  while  its  greatest 
depth  is  about  700  feet.     See  map,  p.  40. 

229 


230  NOTES. 

*  §alen  :  Schiller  usesthis  term  erroneously,  probably  influenced 
by  the  Swiss  authorities,  Müller  and  Fäsi,  who  consider  the  two 
Mythen  as  a  part  of  the  Haken.  Modern  geography  does  not 
recognize  the  name  Haken  as  a  general  term  for  the  mountain 
ridge  northeast  of  Schwyz,  bnt  distinguishes  between  the  Great 
Mythen  and  the  Little  Mythen  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  much 
lower  Haken  on  the  other. 

*  $uf|retfjett :  this  is  not  a  song  but  a  snccession  of  simple  sonnds 
without  words  which  are  forme d  in  the  throat,  generally  withont 
the  use  of  any  instrument.  Originally  the  Kuhreihen  was  used  to 
call  together  the  cows  scattered  throughout  the  mountain  pastures 
when  the  time  for  milking  had  come.  The  sounds  admit  of  end- 
less  variations  and  reecho  throughout  the  hüls  and  Valleys.  At 
times  a  large  hörn,  the  so-called  Alphorn,  is  used  to  intensify  the 
effect ;  on  string  instruments,  however,  the  sounds  lose  their 
peculiar  charm.  In  its  original  form  the  Kuhreihen  can  still  be 
heard  in  the  canton  of  Appenzellen.  Humboldt  mentions  in  one 
of  his  letters  that  the  very  thought  of  these  sounds  so  peculiar  to 
Switzerland  suffices  to  awaken  in  the  Swiss  in  f  oreign  countries 
an  intense  f  eeling  of  homesickness.     Cf .  also  the  populär  song : 

3u  «Strasburg  auf  ber  <8d)cm$\ 

£)a  ging  mein  trauern  an; 

£)a3  ^Clp^orn  ptt1  ia)  brüben  roofyl  anfümmen, 

3n§  SSaterlanb  muj3t1  iti)  hinüber  jä)tt)immen: 

£)a§  ging  nidjt  an. 
1.  Q§  :  omit  in  translation.  — lädjeli,  labet:  personification. 
4.  33Sie  ♦  ♦  ♦  fü^ :  a  poetic  arrangement  of  words  for  fo  füß  ttne 
glöteiu  10.  ßtef)  :  in  poetry  the  nominative  or  accusative  of 
adjectives  often  loses  its  ending  before  neuter  nouns  ;  before  mas- 
culine  and  feminine  nouns  such  an  Omission  is  rare.  —  bift :  the 
Omission  of  the  subject  (bit)  is  colloquial.  11.  $rf)  ♦  ♦  .  geteilt : 
an  allusion  to  the  magic  power  of  the  water.  We  can  almost  hear 
the  sof  tly  splashing  waves  which  draw  the  enchanted  sleeper  down 
into  their  depth.  The  lore  of  almost  every  people  has  similar 
tales.  Hylas,  the  beautiful  favorite  of  Heracles,  is  ensnared  by 
the  water-nymphs  and   carried  by   them  to   their  home  below. 


NOTES.  231 

Homer's  Sirens  try  to  draw  Odysseus  and  his  companions  into 
their  fatal  embrace.  Goethe  in  his  Fischer  and  Heine  in  his  Lore- 
lei allude  to  the  same  superstition. 

44,  17.  2SHr  fafjren  51t  23erg  :  in  April  the  herdsman  (kernte) 
drives  his  cattle  f  rom  the  stables  to  the  lower  meadows  ;  about 
the  middle  of  June  he  goes  to  the  nplands ;  and  early  in  July  to 
the  highest  part  of  the  Alps  suitable  f  or  grazing.  From  there  he 
returns  early  in  September  to  the  pastures  left  in  June  and  returns 
home  during  the  rlrst  part  of  October.  —  fontttteu  ttueber  :  sc. 
$urücf.  20.  SJrüttttleitt  ♦  .  .  Wlai :  mountain  rivulets  (fontes 
maiales)  which  do  not  flow  during  the  entire  year,  but  spring  up 
in  May  and  disappear  again  in  autumn  (Scheuchzer).  25.  (£g 
brmnertt :  because  of  the  avalanches  and  the  bursting  of  the  ice  of 
the  glaciers.  28.  gelbem  tion  (£t3  :  i.  e.  the  glaciers.  31. 
fflittx :  an  adverbial  accusative  absolute.  35.  SBafjettt :  i.  e. 
clouds.  37.  %lauz  :  Swiss  for  Radien,  a  small  boat.  Cf.  the 
Latin  navis  and  the  Greek  vavs.  38.  £a(üogt :  a  populär  per- 
sonification  of  the  misty  clouds  which  hover  about  the  heads  of 
mountains.  In  the  canton  of  Unterwaiden  especially  these  clouds 
which  allow  no  sunlight  to  reach  the  Valleys  were  mockingly  com- 
pared  to  the  tyrannical  Austrian  governor  ($ogt).  —  %\t\\ :  i.  e. 
c  last  year's  snow  '  or  in  general  l  snow  of  former  years  '  ;  of ten 
the  term  is  used  for  glacier  (@{etfd)er).  39.  Sfttjtljeuftem :  a  rock 
only  about  80  feet  high.  It  now  bears  an  inscription  in  memory 
of  Schiller.  The  poet  either  was  unaware  of  the  small  height  of 
this  rock  or  used  the  name  incorrectly  for  that  of  the  Great 
Mythen  north-east  of  it.  See  map  on  p.  40  and  picture  on  p.  45. 
—  Qanht :  a  small  cloud  which  settles  around  the  top  of  high 
mountains  indicating  a  change  in  the  weather.  Cf .  the  old  adage 
concerning  the  mountain  Pilatus  : 

f>at  ^ilatu§  einen  gmt,  bann  toirb  ba§  fetter  gut; 
£at  er  einen  fragen,  bann  fannft  bu1§  fragen; 
Qat  er  aber  einen  Segen,  }o  gibt1§  Dtegen. 

47,  40.  Sßetterlorfj  :  a  natural  opening  in  the  rocky  cliffs  from 
which  at  certain  times  cold  or  warm  blasts  issue.     There  are  two 


232  NOTES. 

such  fissures  or  cracks  near  the  Vierwaldstättersee.  43.  2ßäd)= 
ttv  :  a  common  name  given  to  a  herdsman's  dog.  46.  fiug  : 
Swiss  for  fiel),  —  Herlaufen :  sc.  fjat.  47.  Stfel :  the  name  of 
the  cow  which  leads  the  herd.  —  ©eläut :  every  herdsman  has  a 
chime  of  two  or  three  bells  which  harmonize  with  each  other  and 
with  the  sounds  of  the  Kuhreihen.  The  prettiest  bell  is  given  to 
the  handsomest  cow  (Ebel).  51.  Jöut :  cf .  note  on  bift,  1.  10.  — 
ttit :  South-German  and  Swiss  for  nidjt.        53.  ber  Sulj  :  dative. 

48,  56-  $ljr  ♦  ♦  ♦  llug:  you  donH  mean  it.  57.  $ft:  =  bct§ 
ift.  59.  ®te  :  pronoun.  —  ftellen  •  ♦  ♦  nat)t :  Tschudi  relates  that 
chamois  while  grazing  or  frolicking  Station  one  of  their  number 
at  a  distance  who  wams  them  by  a  sharp  whistle  when  danger 
approaches.  65.  gelaufen  :  after  fommen  and  gefyen  the  perfect 
participle  has  present  meaning.  66.  SH^ellen  :  a  village  in  the 
canton  of  Unterwaiden,  about  9  miles  from  the  lake. 

49.  70.  benn :  pray.  72.  £aubt>ogt3 :  i.  e.  Beringer  von 
Landenberg,  the  governor  of  Unterwaiden.  76.  foa£  l)atr3  ge= 
gefien:  what  has  happened.  77.  9toperg :  the  Castle  of  Wol- 
fenschiessen in  Unterwaiden.  78.  (£urfj :  object  of  Verfolgen. 
81.  *ßlal? :  sc.  getan  fyaben  ftmrbe. 

50*  82.  §au3red)t ;  both  according  to  Roman  and  Old  German 
law,  Baumgarten  had  acted  according  to  his  rights.  83.  5Int : 
against.  85.  bö§  :  cf.  note  to  £ieb,  1.  10.  87.  tljm :  the  so- 
called  dative  of  interest ;  translate  by  his  modifying  head .  89. 
er:  i.  e.  $hiobi.  91.  gelaufen:  cf.  note  to  line  65.  —  tu  ♦  ♦  . 
£öbe£  :  in  mortal  fear.  92.  lieg1  :  subjunctive  in  indirect  dis- 
course.  93.  ruften:  archaic  and  poetic  for  bereiten.  97.  85 ab 
gefegnet :  after  the  bath  was  gotten  ready,  the  servant  piously 
made  the  sign  of  the  cross  over  it,  thereby  invoking  God's  blessing 
for  the  bather.  Here  the  phrase  is  used  ironically.  Cf .  Goethe's 
Götz  von  Berlichingen,  1. 1 :  2)enf  cutd),  alles  tuar  anf$  genanfte 
üerfunbfdjaftet,  raann  ber  33ifd)of  an§  bem  23ab  fäm',  mit  ttrieütel  9to* 
tern,  ttettfjen  2£eg  ;  unb  ttenn'8  ntcfjt  toäY  bnrd)  falfdje  2eute  verraten 
Sorben,  tooÜY  er  i^m  ba§  23ab  gefegnet  fyaben,  100.  t)atr§  ;  =  er 
l)at  e$. 


NOTES.  233 

51*  104.  ®eljt  tttcfjt :  it  can't  be  done.  109.  $öfjn :  a  vio- 
lent  south-wind,  the  Italian  sirocco.  111.  mein  :  a  poetle  geni- 
tive  form  for  meiner.        113.  unb  fyat :  mib  er  §at 

52,  116.  *BHer3,  ttue,  ttmgt,  2$trfccl,  Gaffer:  alliteration. 
119.  fefjt:  sc.  e8.  121.  sJ?ettung£ufer  :  cf.  note  to  1.  31.  124. 
Ijutüfc ertrüge :  potential  subjunetive.  125.  Unb  mu%  :  =  unb  irf) 
mn]3.  126.  $ürgleu  :  a  village  in  the  canton  of  Uri,  Tell's  birth- 
place  and  hoine.  The  supposed  site  of  his  house  is  marked  by  a 
chapel.  adorned  with  paintings  of  his  exploits.  128.  Sftgefler  ♦ 
cf.  note  to  1.  66.  132.  f(ef)t  ben  3tf)tffer  :  the  intransitive  verb 
f(el)en  has  here  the  constmetion  of  the  transitive  verb  anflehen. 
Cf .  Schiller's  Bürgschaft :  3d)  f£er)e  bidj  um  bret  £age  £tit  135. 
Beugen:  =  Bezeugen.  —  tuagen  :  sc.  ift 

53»  136.  lä$t  ♦  ♦  ♦  ttmgen  :  the  infinitive  with  laffen  has  ac- 
tive  force  only  when  its  subjeetis  at  the  same  time  the  objeet  of 
laffen,  as  in  (aß  mid)  bir  ettrm3  fagen,  let  me  teil  you  something. 
Through  the  Omission  of  the  objeet-subjeet,  the  infinitive  ac- 
quired passive  force  (Thomas).  Translate  :  All  may  be  risked. 
141.  vßoxt :  poetic  for  §afen. —  Iäj?t  ♦  ♦  ♦  raten :  it  is  easy  to  give 
advice.        146.  <&imon§  unb  ^nbd  :  i.  e.  the  28th  of  October. 

54.  154.  Wizin  .  .  .  £el( :  cf .  Schiller's  Maria  Stuart  4.  6  : 
2>etn  treuer  Hefter  roar  betn  (SngeL  156.  tin  anbrer :  i.  e.  @ott. 
158.  ber  äRettfdjett  :  genitive  plural  to  be  construed  with  §anb  un- 
derstood.  159.  toenn  Begegnet:  cf.  the  Ciceronian  si  quid  mihi 
humanitus  aeeidat  and  the  Greek  et  tl  iradoifxi.  161.  2ftetfter 
Steuermann  :   irony.        165.  <Stf)ttuntnter :   gäfjrmann  or  ®d)tffer. 

55»  168.  ^räfttgüd) :  =  fraftig.  170.  angefpreugt :  cf. 
note  to  1.  65.         173.  be3  2$eg3 :  genitive  absolute.  176.  Bet= 

legt :  hurry  on.  A  malicious  Suggestion  made  to  the  pursuers 
that  they  should  follow  up  the  boat  on  their  horses.  The  next 
lines  show  how  the  horsemen  resent  it.        178.  nn§  :  ethical  dative. 

56.     biefent  Saube  :  i.  e.  the  three  Forest  Cantons. 


234  NOTES. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  2. 
Synopsis. 

The  scene  changes.  We  are  now  at  Steinen  near  Schwyz,  at 
Stauffacher's  house.  Pfeiffer  of  Lucerne  is  about  to  leave  his  host 
and  exhorts  him  to  remain  loyal  to  the  German  Empire,  but  never 
to  yield  to  Austria's  oppression. 

After  his  departure,  Stauff acher  and  his  wife  Gertrude  discuss 
the  insupportable  tyranny  of  the  Austrian  governors,  and  the 
means  of  freeing  themselves  and  their  land.  Teil  appears  with 
Baumgarten  whom  he  has  saf  ely  carried  across  the  lake. 

*  Pfeiffer  tum  Supern :  not  a  historical  personality ;  a  well- 
known  family  named  Pfyffer  lived,  however,  at  Lucerne. 

185.  Oteidj :  the  German  Empire  of  which  at  that  time  the 
dukes  of  Austria  held  the  crown.  187.  933irtitt :  2Öirt  and 
SSirttn  f  ormerly  were  of ten  used  not  only  in  the  limited  sense  of 
'  host '  and  4  hostess '  but  as  '  head  of  a  family,'  '  wife,'  etc.  Sim- 
ilarly  Goethe  in  his  Hermann  und  Dorothea  says  : 

3)enn,  id)  toetfe  c§,  er  ift  her  ©üter,  bie  er  bereinjt  erbt, 

Sßert,  unb  ein  t  r  e  f  f  1 1  <§  e  r  28  i  r  t,  ein  äftuftet  bürgern  nnb  Stottern. 

—  $f|r  fcib  .  ♦  ♦  ber  ©Ute  :  cf.  Homer's  Odyssey,  6 : 

Henceforth  I  will  be  thy  host  and  friend 
In  Argos ;  thou  shalt  be  the  same  to  me 
In  Lycia  when  I  Visit  Lycia's  towns. 

189.  3?tef  ®öttf :  as  to  Omission  of  the  ending  of  biet,  cf.  note  to  1. 
10;  as  to  the  case  of  2)anf  cfv  note  to  1.  31.        190.  <3d)tt)ere$ : 

hardship. 

57.  193.  gitt  Mtbrer  Äaifcr :  the  imperial  Office  of  Germany 
was  elective,  not  hereditary.  Many  of  the  grievances  of  Switzer- 
land  resulted  f  rom  the  f  act  that  during  all  that  period  the  Duke 
of  Austria  was  at  the  same  time  Emperor  of  Germany,  and  desired 
in  every  way  possible  to  increase  his  territory  so  as  to  make  his 
Office  permanent.         194.  Öfterreid)^  (Dftmdjd) :  possessive  geni- 


NOTES.  235 

tive.  Cf .  Luther's  translation  :  ©o  gebet  bem  Genfer  \va%  be§  $cüfer§ 
ift,  unb  ©Ott  \va%  ©otte§  ift  *  ®crtrub  :  her  real  name  has  been 
deliberately  changed  by  the  poet.  The  name  of  Stauffacher's 
wife  was  before  her  marriage  Margareta  Lobig.  Konrad  ab 
Iberg,  whom  Schiller  probably  had  in  mind,  was  chief-magistrate 
(£cutbamtnantt)  of  Schwyz  in  1312.  Iberg  itself  is  a  town  about 
6    miles  east    of   Schwyz.  195.    @o   efttft   ♦  ♦   ♦    Qbvan\§ :    cf . 

Shakespeare,  Julius  Ccesar,  2.  1  : 

What,  is  Brutus  sick, 
And  will  he  steal  out  of  his  wholesome  bed, 
To  dare  the  vile  contagion  of  the  night 
And  tempt  the  rheumy  and  unpurged  air 
To  add  unto  his  sickness  ?    No,  my  Brutus ; 
You  have  some  sick  offense  within  your  mind, 
Which,  by  the  right  and  virtue  of  my  place, 
I  ought  to  know  of ;  and,  upon  my  knees, 
I  charm  you,  by  my  once-commended  beauty 
By  all  your  vows  of  love  and  that  great  vow 
Which  did  incorporate  and  make  us  one, 
That  you  unfold  to  me,  yourself,  your  half, 
Why  are  you  heavy  and  what  men  to-night 
Have  had  resort  to  you ;  f or  here  have  been 
Some  six  or  seven,  who  did  hide  their  faces 
Even  from  darkness. 

198.  ftifl :  cf.  note  on  £ieb,  1.  10.  200.  ®vam$  :  to  be  con- 
strued  with  §älfte»  204.  £>er  ♦  ♦  ♦  $U(fyt :  similarly  Homer  (Odys- 
sey, 20)  speaks  of  the  "  broad-fronted  race  of  cattle  "  and  (Odys- 
sey, 9)  says  that  uthe  rams  were  plump  and  large  with  thick 
fleeces."  208.  ge^tmntett :  anciently  the  German  houses  were 
built  of  wood;  stone  was  used  only  in  the  construetion  of  the 
houses  of  the  nobility.  209.  Uttb  ♦  ♦  ♦  gefügt :  cf.  Homer's 
Odyssey,  5 : 

Trees  then  he  felled,  and  soon  the  task  was  done. 
Twenty  in  all  he  brought  to  earth  and  squared 
Their  trunks  with  the  sharp  steel,  and  carefully 
He  smoothed  their  sides,  and  wrought  them  by  a  line. 


236  NOTES. 

210.  gfeuftem  glättet  C§  :  an  anachronism.  In  the  f  ourteenth  Cen- 
tury only  so-callecl  genfterlufen  (-ßetyeu  or  iBeqen)  were  known. 
212.  ttieifeu  Sprüdjeu  :  even  at  present  time  such  inscriptions  are 
found  on  the  houses  in  the  raral  districts  and  smaller  towns  of 
Switzerland,  Austria,  and  Germany.         214.  SBöljl :   True  it  is. 

58*  219.  ÄÜ$ttad)t :  a  village  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz  ;  see 
map,  p.  40.  220.  geritten  :  cf .  note  to  1.  65.  221.  ttmuberub : 
=  firf)  nnmbernb.  222.  erfjub :  =  erfyob*  226.  fcö^memeub : 
ivith  evtl  intent.  236.  %d)  uierbr  und)  uuterftelju :  I  shall 
presume  (irony).  240.  3&erg3  :  cf.  note  to  stage  direction  fol- 
lowing  1.  194.  240.  rül)mr  td)  tttirf)  :  cf .  the  Homeric  ev^o/juai 
elvcLL.  244.  ^ßergamettte:  i-  e.  the  parchments  on  which  were 
written  the  charters  of  their  liberties  granted  by  the  German  em- 
perors.  The  historian  Müller  mentions  one  of  these  charters 
granted  by  Frederick  II  in  1240  and  confirmed  by  Eudolf  von 
Habsburg.     Emperor  Albrecht  refused  to  endorse  them. 

59,  254.  £er  ©d)UJt)5er  :  used  collectively  for  the  inhabitants 
of  the  canton  of  Schwyz. — tticfft :  omit  in  translation.  256. 
fcefjarreu  :  sc.  nuIL  257.  getau:  sc.  fyahen.  258.  lüge:  am 
mistaken.  266.  ^ütfjfteu  ttt  ber  (Efjrifteufjeit :  i.  e.  the  German 
emperor.  Cf.  also  note  to  1.  305.  267.  jüugrer  Süf)U  :  the  es- 
tate  descended  to  the  eldest  son  ;  the  younger  son  simply  received 
his  good  sword  and  the  title  of  knight  (cf.  DÜttermcmtel). 

60»  273.  geöü^t :  sc.  fyat  274.  2Öa3  ift  £U  tun  :  what  can 
be  done.  277.  £>&  :  preposition.  278.  brufceu :  i.  e.  across  the 
lake.  279.  tut  ttruer  Sanb  :  i.  e.  im  £artbe  Uri»  281.  fdjafft 
e£  :  acts.  282.  ßaubeufcerger  :  i.  e.  the  Austrian  governor  of 
Unterwaiden,  Beringer  von  Landenberg,  a  nobleman  of  ancient 
race,  who  feil  in  1315  in  the  battle  of  Morgarten.  284.  ©enmlt= 
^Beginnen :  one  of  the  few  instances  in  Wilhelm  Teil  where  a 
part  of  a  Compound  word  is  carried  over  to  the  next  line.  286. 
eurer:  a  classic  genitive  form  for  euer.  —  eurer  etlidje  :  some 
of  you.  289.  So  :  then.  295.  gefjetut :  originally  meaning 
belonging  to  the  home  (§eim)  or  house  (§<m§).  Cf.  the  Latin 
familia,  familiaris, 


NOTES.  237 

61.  299.  fttfl :  construe  with  bettlen.  304.  28tr  Nagten  e3  : 
should  we  dare ;  a  dubitative  subjunctive.  305.  ^perrtt  ber 
2Selt :  the  emperor  of  Germany,  because  be  was  considered  the 
successor  of  the  Roman  emperors,  the  masters  of  the  world. 
306.  £er  gute  <5tf)eht :  some  good  pretext.  313.  bem  äJhtttgen 
f)t(ft  ®ott :  cf.  Vergü's  Aeneid,  10.  284 :  audentes  fortuna  iuvat. 
315.  $ie  £erbe  ♦  .  .  §trtcn:  cf.  Matthew,  26.  31:  "for  it  is 
written  :  I  will  smite  the  shepherd,  and  the  sheep  of  the  flock  shall 
be  scattered  abroad." 

62.  333.  fdjrr  irfj:  i.  e.  across  the  lake.  —  fteljttbett  %u%z§ : 

adverbial  genitive.  334.  mit  :  dative  of  interest ;  translate  by 
of  mine  rnodifying  ©ctftfreuttb.  337.  5(ttütgt)att£  (^ttüigfyaitjett) : 
an  ex-rnagistrate  (2ttt(cmbanttncm)  of  Uri,  and  in  1301  the  niain 
spokesman  of  the  embassy  whieh  the  forest  cantons  sent  to  Al- 
brecht of  Anstria.  339.  $tat§  :  pflegen  may  take  a  genitive  as 
sole  object,  althongh  it  is  now  more  commonly  followed  by  an  ac- 
cusative. 

65.    348.  be£  2Sege3  :  cf.  note  to  1.  333. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  3. 
Synopsis. 

From  the  public  Square  at  Altorf,  we  see  the  building  of  a 
Castle  which  is  to  secure  Austria's  rule  over  the  canton  of  Uri. 
An  overseer  is  urging  the  laborers  on  to  finish  their  task.  Stauf- 
facher  and  Teil  approach  and  express  their  Indignation  at  the  for- 
eign  oppression. 

A  crier  announces  that  all  must  do  reverence  to  the  ducal  hat  of 
Austria,  which  is  placed  on  a  pole  ;  otherwise  they  will  forfeit  their 
lives  and  property.  St auff acher  vainly  attempts  to  persuade  Teil 
to  join  the  common  cause,  if  an  attempt  should  be  made  to  shake 
off  the  Austrian  yoke. 

One  of  the  laborers  meets  with  a  fatal  accident. 

*  9lft0rf :  the  chief  town  of  the  canton  of  Uri.  See  map,  p.  40. 
353.  gefeiert,  $ugefafjren  :  for  the  sake  of  emphasis  the  past  par- 


238  NOTES. 

ticiple  is  often  used  instead  of  the  imperative.  356.  2)a3  :  the 
neuter  demonstrative  pronoun  is  sometimes  used  in  reference  to 
persons,  to  express  contempt.  Cf.  Lessing's  Minna  von  Barnhelm,  : 
„2Bift  ba§  31t  uns?"  and  Schiller' s  Wallenstein' s  Lager:  „Cn,  bctS 
muß  immer  faufen  uub  treffen."  357.  Ijetüft  ba§  gefabelt :  do  you 
call  that  a  load.  — ©leid)  t>a§  bo^^elte  :  sc.  getaben  or  aufgetaben. 

66.  360.  Xttmtg  :  originally  the  right  of  the  proprietor  to  act 
as  he  pleased  within  his  district  or  Jurisdiction  and  to  treat  those 
Irving  in  his  district  as  his  subjects.  Schiller  uses  the  word  erro- 
neously  for  the  fortress  from  which  this  right  is  exercised.  365. 
(£ilt<jett)etbT :  the  vitals  are  considered  — as  otherwise  the  heart  — 
as  the  seat  of  feeling  and  sympathy  (cf.  (T7r\dyxva,  viscera,  en- 
trails).  367.  ijtmmeifdjreienb  :  cf .  Genesis,  4.  10 :  "  And  he 
said :  What  hast  thou  done  ?  The  voice  of  thy  brother's  blood 
crieth  to  me  from  the  ground."  368.  $fatt3  :  a  predicative  geni- 
tive  denoting  possession. 

67*  374.  mtc  ♦  ♦  ♦  fe^en :  =  raie  öiete  fofdjer  2KauIrourf8ljaufen 
man  über  'nanber  (=  einonber)  fefcen  muß,  379.  fjätf  :  optative 
subjunctive.  Cf .  Schiller's  Wallenstein1  s  Tod :  D,  l)ätf  id)  nimmer 
biefen  Za$  gefefyen !  382.  erft ;  only. — gefeiert:  sc.  hättet 
384.  £er  •  ♦  ♦  f)öreit :  equivalent  in  thought  to  Gessler's  State- 
ment :  "  where  neither  sun  nor  moon  shall  shine  upon  you  "  (cf.  1. 
2067).  385.  ^(ttttlctt:  the  retreating  walls  of  a  bastion,  some- 
times used  for  the  bastion  itself . 

68*  387.  2>a3  :  demonstrative  pronoun.  389.  28a3  fcnfl  : 
what  means.  392.  Sgnt :  as  an  emblem  of  the  ducal  Coronet  of 
Austria.  The  Coronet  itself  was  decorated  by  twelve  golden 
beads.  It  supported  a  ball  representing  the  orb  of  the  earth,  to 
indicate  the  extent  of  Austria's  power.  393.  ©äule  :  column  or 
pillar,  a  rather  exaggerated  term  used  by  the  ofhcious  crier  in  ref- 
erence to  the  pole  mentioned  in  the  stage  directions  following  1. 
388,  and  in  1.  1815.         400.  ßetfc  :  Ufe. 

70.    404.  bergleidjen:  sc.  fingen.       407.  3ßärT3  notf) :  ifat 

least  it  were.         409.  £fjron :  at  the  Stein  zu  Baden,  a  fortress 


NOTES.  239 

and  residence  of  the  Habsburgs  as  late  as  the  15th  Century. 
418.  frfjttiere,  leidjt:  antithesis.  423.  g-öfju :  cf.  note  to  1.  109. 
404.  ßöfrfjt  mau  :  a  siniilar  custom  prevails  up  to  the  present  day 
in  the  regions  bordering  on  the  4  Lake  of  Lucerne.'  431.  ßaube  : 
i.  e.  the  Forest  Cantons. 

71.  436.  ÜBerfimtbeu  .  .  .  mächtig  :  cf.  the  Latin  concordia  par- 
vae  res  crescunt.  442.  tva§  :  whatsoever.  445.  e3  foft  ♦  ♦  ♦ 
fefjteu :  I  shall  not  be  found  wanting.  *  SBerta  :  a  nctitious 
character.  Schiller  represents  her  as  a  relative  of  Gessler.  Her 
estates  are  supposed  to  be  situated  in  the  Forest  Cantons. 
447.  9ftenuctf  rettet:  alliteration.  Cf.  Schiller's  Lied  von  der 
Glocke:  WLt%  rennet,  rettet,  flüchtet.  450.  Wlxt  eurem  $o!be  :  an 
expression  of  contempt.  Translate:  take  away  your  gold.  —  eurf) : 
ethical  dative. 

ACT  I.     SCENE  4. 
Synopsis. 

In  the  village  of  Altorf,  Walther  Fürst  and  Me Ichthal  at  the 
former's  residence  bemoan  the  fate  of  their  common  land.  Melch- 
thal  relates  that  he  left  Unterwaiden  to  escape  from  the  Austrian 
bailifr*.  Stauffacher  enters  and  reports  new  misdeeds  of  Beringer 
von  Landenberg  ;  that  for  little  cause  he  has  ordere d  the  eyes  of 
Melchthars  old  father  to  be  put  out.  In  a  most  touching  manner, 
Melchthal  expresses  his  intense  grief.  All  three  men  agree  that 
force  must  be  met  by  force  ;  that  alües  must  be  gained ;  and  that 
with  them  counsel  must  be  taken. 

72.  *  233altf)er  $ürft3 :  Tschudi  teils  us  that  Walther  Fürst, 
Tell's  father-in-law,  lived  in  Attinghausen  ;  Schiller  makes  him 
a  resident  of  Altorf.  See  map,  p.  40.  *  5iruolb  t>on  üüftelrfjtljaf : 
a  historical  character.  Tschudi  refers  to  him  by  that  name  ; 
Müller  speaks  of  him  as  Erni  (=  Arnold)  von  der  Halden.  Schil- 
ler (cf .  1.  562)  calls  his  father  Heinrich  von  der  Halden.  Arnold  ob- 
tainedhis  surname  from  the  Melchthal  in  Unterwaiden,  where  he 
made  his  home.  See  map,  p.  40.  465.  Um  £U  :  that  I  should. 
466.  ÜBttfeett :  dative  of  possession ;  translate  with  Ringer  (1.  469). 


240  NOTES. 

mir :  dative  of  possession ;  translate  with  Dcfyfen.  468.  33Beg 
tooUtt  treiben:  =  ftegtreiben  wollte. —  2$o$  t§  :  i.  e.  Beringer  von 
Landenberg. 

73,  470.  $ogt3:  cf.  note  to  1.  194.  473.  28te  :  however. 
483.  tviv,  $\lQtn\) :  Walther  Fürst  contrasts  the  deliberative  slow- 
ness  of  the  older  generation  with  Melchthal's  impetuosity  and 
nnwillingness  to  endure  foreign  oppression.  487.  geljftffig : 
archaic  andpoeticfor  fembltd)  (hostile).  489.  brum  ♦  ♦  .  frfjü^e  : 
cf.  Homer' s  Iliad,  24: 

Think  of  thy  father,  an  old  man  like  me, 
Godlike  Achilles  !     Chi  the  dreary  verge 
Of  closing  life  he  Stands,  and  even  now 
Haply  is  fiercely  pressed  by  those  who  dwell 
Around  him,  and  has  none  to  shield  his  age 
From  war  and  its  disasters. 

492.  ©rtt) artet :  nsed  intransitively. 

74.  493.  9BnIbe  :  i.  e.  from  Unterwaiden,  or  rather  the  ^ern* 
tüdtb  (1.  1196)  which  separates  the  canton  of  Unterwaiden  into  two 
parts  Ob  bem  $£aib  and  9Hb  bem  2Bctlb  (above  the  forest  and  be- 
neath  the  forest).  506.  ©djfo^  Uttb  Ottegel :  locks  and  bolts  are 
nnknown  even  at  the  present  time  in  mountain  districts  of  Swit- 
zerland,  Norway,  and  Sweden. 

75»  516.  aStrtht :  cf.  note  to  1.  187.  517.  %Uxq§  :  cf.  note 
on  stage  directions  following  1.  193.  519.  äfteittrab^  $tüx  one 
of  the  most  famous  places  of  pilgrimage  in  the  world.  In  832 
Count  Meinrad  von  Zollern  had  built  a  hermit's  cell  near  the 
Monnt  Ezel  in  Schwyz.  There  he  lived  nntil  861,  when  he  was 
slain  by  robbers  and  his  cell  destroyed.  It  was  restored  by  Connt 
Eberhard  in  906  ;  in  946  the  emperor  Otto  the  Great  changed  the 
cell  (£eU)  to  a  Benedictine  monastery  and  dedicated  it  to  "Our 
Dear  Lady  Maria  of  Einsiedeln"  (Unjerer  lieben  grauen  Sftaria  31t 
(Sinftebeftt).  —  9®elfrf)(anb  :  here  Italy.  In  Old  High  German  the 
word  Walh  and  the  Middle  High  German  Walch  ref  erred  to  the 
Komance  nations,  while  the  corresponding  Anglo-Saxon  term  re- 
f  erred  to  the  Celts.     This  latter  meaning,  which  seems  to  have  been 


KOTES.  241 

the  original  one,  was  lost  on  the  continent  of  Europe  when  the  Ro- 
man entered  Gaul  and  took  possession  of  the  land  owned  by  the  Celt. 
Cf .  the  German  SBctdtufj  or  luelfdje  9lü§  (walnut),  meaning  originally 
"foreign"  or  "Celtic  nut,"  not  being  indigenous  to  German  soil ; 
and  also  the  English  Wales  and  Comwall,  the  last  retreat  of  a 
vanquished  race.  521.  $Iüefen :  the  port  of  Uri  and  now  a 
Station  of  the  St.  Gotthard  railway ;  see  map,  p.  40.  522.  ntr= 
gcnb  fünft  notf)  :  nowhere  eise.  524.  2Bo!)t  .  .  ♦  erfreute  :  cf .  11. 
353-373.  528.  Seit  9)2enfcfjenbenfett :  mithin  the  memory  of 
man.  Cf.  the  Latin  post  hominum  memoriam.  530.  mit  9?a= 
nten :  by  its  right  name.       537.  uralter^  :  an  old  adverbial  genitive. 

76*  540.  trieb:  sc.  feine  §erbe.  546.  23öffenfdjtef?en:  cf. 
note  to  1.  77.  549.  5t(^eßen :  cf .  note  to  line  66.  551.  ber 
SfttUtn :  i.  e.  her  husband.  555.  (£tbam :  i.  e.  Teil.  558.  Sar= 
nett :  the  chief  town  of  Cb  bem  2Öalb,  and  by  order  of  Emperor 
Albrecht  the  residence  of  Beringer  von  Landenberg  (Tschudi). 
See  map,  p.  40. 

77.  560.  3Mtf)tl)at,  &ettt3  :  see  map,  p.  40.  562.  §etnritf| 
tum  ber  tgatbttl :  cf.  note  on  stage  directions  (2Md)tfjctl,  p.  72). 
566.  Hm:  sc.  eine§.  567.  tt)m:  cf.  note  on  mir,  1.  466.  575. 
$ft  wir  ♦  ♦  ♦  fcüljreu :  Schiller  obtained  this  Information  f rom 
Tschudi.  Cf .  also  Shakespeare,  King  John,  4.  l,  and  King  Lear, 
3.  7. 

79.  595.  ttmrme^  :  refreshing.  Goethe  in  his  investigations  as 
to  colors  —  in  which  Schiller  was  greatly  interested  —  states  that  in 
green  the  eye  finds  its  real,  in  red  its  ideal  satisf  action.  —  ©tfjmef^ : 
probably  refers  to  the  glossy,brilliant  appearance  of  Alpine  flowers. 
596.  roten:  when  the  beams  of  the  morning  sun  and  especially 
those  of  the  setting  sun  strike  the  tops  of  the  snow-covered  moun- 
tains,  they  appear  in  rosy  light  (Alpenglühen).  600.  Unb :  and 
yet.  610.  <£z§  Sirmften  allgemeine^  &nt :  cf .  Ovid,  Met.,  349  ss., 
where  Latona  addresses  the  Lycian  peasants  as follows :  "The  use 
of  water  belongs  to  all  people  in  common.  Xature  did  not  intend 
the  sunlight  nor  the  air  nor  the  murmuring  waves  to  belong  to  one 
person  only.     I  demand  my  share  of  what  belongs  to  all." 


242  NOTES. 

80»  618.  hinüber :  i.  e.  across  the  lake  to  Unterwalden.  622. 
SBetttt  tri)  fiiljlc:  ifl  may  only  soothe.  026.  gowö  *  a  number 
of  verbs  may  take  a  genitive  as  a  sole  object ;  this  constraction, 
however,  is  on  the  wane,  and  is  generally  only  found  in  the  clas- 
sics.  At  present  jpotten  (mock)  is  generally  followed  by  the  accu- 
sative  dependent  on  the  preposition  über  (Thomas).  628. 
2d)recfi)0rtt3f  Sttttgfroit :  two  of  the  highest  mountain  peaks  of  the 
Beniese  Alps;  the  former  not  ascended  until  1861,  the  latter  not 
until  1811.  The  claim  has  been  made  that  the  Jungfrau  derived 
its  name  (Virgin)  because  of  its  inaccessibility  to  man :  a  fact  true 
at  least  np  to  the  time  of  Schiller's  death  (1805).  629.  marfje : 
present  indicative  used  in  the  conclusion  of  the  past  subjunctive 
for  the  sake  of  emphasis.  639.  (££♦♦♦  GHpfel :  the  limit 
has  been  reached. 

81*  645.  ttiarb  :  ivas  given.  647.  §trfd):  almost  extinct  in 
Switzerland  at  the  present  time  (Düntzer).  648.  tyltutt :  cf . 
the  French  meute  and  the  Latin  mota.  649.  bte  (Semfe  ♦  ♦  ♦  5t&5 
gritttb :  at  times  the  chamois,  hemmed  in  on  all  sides  by  preci- 
pices  and  towering  cliffs,  turns  towards  the  hnnter,  f  orces  his  way 
between  him  and  the  rocks,  and  hurls  him  into  the  abyss  (Ebel). 
653.  ttje^t :  cf .  Homer's  Iliad,  9  : 

As  when 
A  troop  of  yigorous  dogs  and  youths  assail 
From  every  side  a  wild  boar  issuing  forth 
From  a  deep  thicket,  whetting  the  white  tusks 
Within  his  crooked  jaws. 

658.  S3Üttbe  :  i.  e.  the  olcl  alliance  which  nnited  Schwyz,  Uri,  and 
Unterwaiden.  Düntzer  quotes  the  historian  Müller  as  stating  that 
the  alliance  was  renewed  in  1206,  a  fact  which  explains  the  adjec- 
tive  alten. 

82.  e>66.  dliä)t:  constnie  with  $eratf)tet  (1.  667).  —  erlebte:  = 
erlebt  tjaht.  673.  efjre,  fcettmdje :  sabjunetives  of  purpose.  674. 
eucf| :  dative  of  interest.  —  Stent :  a  rather  unusual  term  employed 
in  ref erence  to  the  eye.  The  more  common  word  wonld  be  Gipfel 
(apple)  found  in  the  Bible.        679.  Ijängt  ba§  Styramtenf tf)tt>ert : 


NOTES.  243 

cf.  the  famous  'sword  of  Dainocles.'  685.  ©tönten:  now 
spelled  @i leiten  or  ©üinen,  a  village  a  little  over  six  miles  south  of 
Altorf.  Tschudi  mentions  a  noble  family  of  that  name,  whose 
estate  was  situated  there.  See  map,  p.  40.  —  2ltttugf)aufen :  cf . 
note  to  1.  337.  687.  2ÖaIbgcötrgT :  i-  e.  the  Forest  Cantons. 
688.  (gnrer,  (£ure  :  Walther  Fürst,  Stauffacher. 

83*  692.  2$a3  bxanä)tr§  :  why  do  you  need.  694.  äöäreu : 
Optative  subjunctive.  —  bödj ;  only.  698.  Ü8i3  je^t :  so  far. 
699.  etttftefjtt :  at  the  present  time  we  say  festen.  Cf .  Lessing's 
Minna  von  Barnhelm,  4.8:  „2öenn  fte  CSmft  jteljt,  fanti  mir  trjre  $er^ 
gebung  ttidjt  entfielen."  701.  28ärc  ;  •  ♦  Hntermalben :  Walther 
Fürst  yields,  because  he  plainly  sees  that  no  relief  can  corne  to  them 
frorn  Austria,  whose  duke  was  at  the  same  time  emperor  of  Ger- 
many.  Cf .  also  note  to  1.  193.  703.  ber :  he  ivho.  —  £aijer : 
Schiller  refers  to  Albrecht  indiscriminately  as  Äctijer  (cf.  1.  77,  1. 
193)  and  töntg  (cf .  1.  130,  1.  332).  708.  lägr :  potential  sub- 
junctive. 

84»  717.  fetter:  i.  e.  Baumgarten.  —  ntb  bcttt  %8alb:  cf. 
note  to  1.  493.  721.  33  r  muten :  a  village  and  landing-place  in 
the  canton  of  Schwyz.  See  map,  p.  40.  —  Xreib :  a  landing-place 
in  the  canton  of  Uri,  near  the  boundary  of  Uri  and  Unterwaiden. 
See  map,  p.  40.  725.  äfttyifjettftetlt :  cf .  note  to  1.  39.  727. 
dlütü :  see  map,  p.  40.        734.  mag  :  leb. 

87,  738.  ($ure,  (Sure:  Walther  Fürst,  Stauffacher.  740. 
$tet  WTämxtx,  brei  ßänbcr  :  Walther  Fürst,  old  and  over-cautious, 
represents  Uri ;  Stauffacher,  cool  and  deliberate,  Schwyz  ;  Melch- 
thal,  impetuous,  Unterwaiden.  742.  Sauber:  Schiller  uses 
either  £cmbe  (cf.  1.  431)  or  £önber  as  plural  of  2anb,  though  the 
plural  £ctnbe  is  more  commonly  used  in  the  meaning  of  Räubereien 
(estates).  748.  fallen,  ttJaöen;  tragen,  tagen:  notice  the  effect 
of  the  rhyme. 


244  KOTES. 

ACT  II.     SCENE  1. 

Synopsis. 

While  Baron  von  Attinghausen  in  Iris  Castle  is  sharing  the  morn- 
ing-cup  with  liis  retainers,  he  exhorts  Ulrich  von  Rudenz,  his 
nephew,  to  sever  his  relations  with  Austria.  Rudenz  declares  that 
this  is  impossible  for  various  reasons.  He  leaves  his  uncle  who 
bemoans  the  fact  that  his  only  heir  has  deserted  their  common 
country. 

88*  *  (Sbel^of :  ona  hill  near  the  village  of  Attinghausen,  about 
half  a  mile  southwest  f rom  Altorf,  there  he  the  rains  of  the  Castle  of 
Schweinsberg,  once  the  property  of  the  Barons  von  Attinghausen. 
*9lttutgljimfett:  cf.  note  toi.  387.  ^SRuben^:  not  a  historical 
character.  The  ruins  of  a  Castle  4  Rudenz '  are  situated  near  Gis- 
wil,  south  of  the  Sarner  See.  757.  28te  «  just  as.  761.  Uttb 
fo  ♦  ♦  ♦  üftttttte:  a  daring  metaphor.  To  an  eddying  whirlpool 
which  gradually  centers  and  finally  drags  the  swimmer  into  the 
abyss,  the  Baron  von  Attinghausen  compares  the  course  of  his 
lif e  :  the  days  of  his  youth  which  allowecl  him  to  roam  the 
mountain  ranges  at  will ;  his  advancing  years  which  confined  him 
to  lower  heights ;  and  now  the  end  bringing  him  to  the  valley  whence 
no  one  returns.  —  enger,  enjjemt :  notice  that  the  first  comparative 
adjective  is  left  uninflected,  a  usage  not  uncommon  in  classic 
writers.         765.  $dj  firhtgr3  Gltd) :   here's  to  you.  —  get|t :  comes. 

89»  774.  %\t ;  at  the  expense  of.  779.  Selbe  :  a  courtier's 
garb,  not  a  knight's.  780.  ^fcutenfeber :  the  peacock-feather 
was  a  symbol  of  loyalty  to  Austria,  and  the  Austrian  knights  were 
accustomed  to  wear  it  on  their  helmets.  The  historian  Müller 
relates  that  af  ter  the  battle  of  Sempach  in  1386  no  one  would  have 
ventured  to  display  such  a  feather  in  Switzerland.  781.  *ßur= 
^urmantel :  red  was  the  color  of  the  dukes  of  Austria. 

90*  787.  mnx0 :  cf .  note  to  1.  703  (cf .  also  $aifer§,  1.  800). 
788.  oB  :  because  of.  794.  ütbe3  :  while.  798.  loftete  :  past 
subjunctive.      Translate :    it  would  cost.  —  ein    einzig   leic^te^ 


NOTES.  245 

SBort :  i.  e.  merely  the  word  '  Yes '  signifying  their  Submission  to 
Austria's  demands.  801.  28ef)r  üjlten  ♦  ♦  ♦  getan :  a  reoroach 
for  his  uncle,  the  Baron  von  Attinghausen.  802.  £>a§  :  so 
that.  — bcm  ttmfjren  heften  :  their  own  best  interests.  804.  nidjt : 
cf .  second  note  to  line  254.  806.  £öoljl  tut  t§  ÜJttCtt  :  indeed 
they  feel  flattered.  —  fetvttnhanl :  at  court  sessions  and  at  meet- 
ings  held  in  behalf  of  common  interests,  knights  and  peasants  had 
equal  votes,  though  the  first  bench  (§errenbatt!)  was  assigned  to 
the  nobles.  At  an  early  period,  however,  it  was  f  ound  convenient 
in  Switzerland,  as  well  as  in  Germany,  to  admit  doctors-of-law, 
who  were  given  seats  with  the  nobles.  811.  *ßerfmt :  part. 
813.  ßanbanttnan  :  the  chief  executive  magistrate  of  a  canton,  who 
was  annually  elected  by  the  people  (^ntmcmn  =  Amtmann).  — 
ÜB  (unter!)  ert :  the  one  to  whom  the  honor  of  carrying  the  Standard 
of  the  allied  f  orces  of  a  canton  or  district  was  entrusted. 

91«  814.  ne&en  :  on  equal  terms  with.  818.  *ßatr  :  cf.  the 
Latin  pares  and  the  French  pairs.  They  were  snbject  to  their  liege 
lord  only,  and  could  only  be  tried  by  their  equals.  824.  $retnb= 
littge :  i.  e.  the  knights  at  the  courts  of  the  Austrian  governors. 
825.  Sßanernabef:  sarcasm.  827.  gttf)  (£ljre  famtnett:  i.  e.  in 
the  Palatinate,  Bohemia,  and  Thuringia.  829.  Bei :  engaged 
in.  —  ßettä  :  poetic  for  gritfjlmg.  833.  $)liv  :  dative  of  posses- 
sion.  834.  ^rieg^brotnmete :  archaic  and  poetic  for  Ärieg«= 
trompete.  837.  £nfjretf)n,  %)lit  Ijet^cn  Stattet!  ,  «  .  $aterfanb3: 
cf .  note  on  stage  directions,  p.  230  (Mjreiljett). 

92»  854.  (Stefjr  l)tn  .  .  «  freien  $oben :  i.  e.  Rudenz  wonld  have 
to  give  his  free  estates  to  Austria,  and  then  receive  them  back  as  a 
tief.  861.  $d)  bin  ber  ße^te,  etc.:  with  poetic  license  Schiller 
assnmes  that  the  Baron  von  Attinghausen  was  the  last  of  his 
race,  though  f  rom  the  historian  Müller  he  might  have  known  that 
the  last  one  of  the  Attinghausens  was  not  laid  away  until  1377. 
It  was  the  Baron's  son,  perhaps  his  grandson,  who  according  to 
mediseval  custom  was  buried  with  his  shield  and  helmet,  as  a  sign 
that  the  f  amily  had  become  extinct  (cf .  11.  862,  863).  863.  $te  : 
demonstrative  pronoun. 


246  NOTES. 

93»  870.  2>ic  2ScIt  geljört  ifjttt  :  hyperbole.  There  can  yet  be 
read  an  old  inscription  at  the  entrance  of  the  Gothic  cathedral  at 
Graz  in  Styria,  explaining  that  the  five  vowels  of  the  aiphabet 
indicated  that  the  world  belonged  to  Austria,  being  the  initials  of 
the  words  Austriae  erit  Imperium  orbis  universi.  Later  on  when 
the  Austrian  arms  met  with  decisive  reverses,  but  when  through 
lucky  intermarriages  the  Habsburg  territories  were  considerably 
increased,  the  well-known  saying  arose  :  bella  gerant  alii ;  tu,  felix 
Austria,  nube.  874.  ©ein  finb  \>it  SJlärfte  :  Tschudi  and  Müller 
relate  that  Albrecht  f  orced  the  people  to  do  their  trading  at  the 
weekly  markets  held  in  Lucerne  and  Zug,  and  levied  toll  at  the 
St.  Gotthard  pass  (see  picture,  p.  224),  probably  the  most  fre- 
qnented  of  the  Alpine  passes  tili  the  beginning  of  this  Century. 
875.  ©immröfj :  a  horse  carrying  a  load  of  about  300  lbs.  These 
horses  (or  mules)  led  by  guides  traveled  Single  file.  Their  bürden 
was  evenly  distributed  on  both  sides  of  their  wooden  saddles. 
882.  2Ba3  ift  $tt  gefreit :  what  reliance  can  be  placed.  884.  5lMer3  : 
i.  e.  the  imperial  eagle  of  Germany.  885.  ÜBer^fättben  t  refers 
to  the  custom  of  the  emperors  to  pawn  anything  within  their 
power,  in  order  to  pay  the  expenses  of  war  or  any  other  flnancial 
bürden  incurred  to  maintain  their  sway.  892.  Ijet^t  ♦  ♦  ♦  ftrcttrtt  : 
cf.  the  biblical  saying,  "  cast  thy  bread  upon  the  waters." 

94.  900.  £orfjflug,  £otfjgettutbe  (=  £o$ttulb) :  Jpodjffag,  e.  g. 
eagles,  pheasants,  black-cocks,  etc.  ;  §otf)ft)Üb,  stags,  deer,  bears, 
wolves,  lynxes,  etc.  —  bannen  :  i-  e.  f orbid  the  hunting  of  such 
animals  to  anyone  except  the  ruling  prince.  901.  ©d)fag= 
bannt :  to  prevent  anyone  from  passing  unless  he  paid  the  toll. 

908.  tylbnä)t§ :    emperor    of    Germany    from   1298-1308  A.  D. 

909.  Änafce  :  Attinghausen  uses  this  cutting  term  in  reply  to  the 
slighting  reference  of  Eudenz  to  the  Swiss  people  as  (Sin  23oIf  üon 
gurten  (cf.  line  908).  911.  fjatictt^ :  in  the  struggle  between 
emperor  Frede rick  II  and  the  pope,  the  cantons  of  Schwyz  and 
Uri  sent  the  emperor  in  1240  A.  D.  a  contingent  of  600  men  who 
rendered  him  such  good  Service  at  the  siege  of  $atien%  (the  Italian 
Faenza)  that  he  granted  the  cantons  a  charter  of  liberty  and 


NOTES.  247 

knighted  Struth  (Struthan)  von  TTinkelried  for  specially  valiant 
Services.  912.  3ie  fotfett  fcmmeu :  let  them  come.  916.  £>ie 
edjte  ^cr(e  :  cf.  Schillers  Maria  Stuart  5.  10  : 

2Ba§  fyah1  tcf) 
Verloren!    2$e(d)e  $erle  toarf  idj  I)in! 

and  Matthew  7.  6:  "  Neither  cast  ye  your  pearls  before  swine." 
920.  <£a3,  be3  :  demonstrative  pronouns.  924.  ftarleu  ^Bur^eln, 
fd)ttmnfe3  Dtoljr :  notice  the  contrast  between  the  strong  roots  of 
a  tree  and  a  weak  reed,  a  mere  toy  of  the  winds. 

95.  935.  Verbirg  bttf)  ;  .  .  fceftfjiebett :  cf .  11.  1675-78,  in  which 
Rudenz  himself  confesses  the  true  motive  for  his  actions. 
942.  ®e$abt  Gmd)  foofjl:  obsolete  for  2thti  mofyL 

96»  948.  ©ettwOfam  ftreöenb  :  modifies  Sugenb.  949.  ba : 
when. 

ACT  IL     SCEXE  2. 
Synopsis. 

We  witness  the  midnight  meeting  at  the  Bütli,  where  the  three 
cantons,  Unterwaiden,  Schwyz,  and  Uri  unite  against  Austria. 

Melchthal  teils  what  he  has  already  done  to  aronse  the  people  ; 
Stauffacher  speaks  of  the  common  origin  of  the  Swiss  ;  Conrad 
Hunn  shows  that  all  means  of  reaching  a  peaceable  understanding 
with  Austria  have  been  exhausted.  Only  one  recourse,  that  to 
arms,  is  left  open,  and  a  day  is  fixed  for  a  general  uprising. 

*9JlottbregcnBogett :  another  stränge  vision,  never  mentioned 
before  by  any  other  historical  writer,  was  seen  on  Oct.  31,  1705, 
by  the  inhabitants  of  Schwyz  :  a  beautif nl  lunar  rainbow,  over  its 
main  semicircle  (Iris  primaria)  another  second  one  (secundaria), 
though  paler  in  color  and  lacking  the  regulär  shape  of  the  first  one. 
It  is  stränge  that  Schiller  did  not  mention  its  symbolic  coimection 
with  the  alliance  about  to  be  f ormed,  remembering  that  God  after 
the  deluge  "  set  his  bow  in  the  clouds  for  a  token  of  a  covenant  be- 
tween himself  and  the  earth"  (Scheuchzer).  961.  dlütll :  see 
map,  p.  40,  and  picture.  p.  85. 


248  NOTES. 

97*  964.  2Bte  ttictt:  how  labe.  965.  ©elt^&erg :  a  small 
village  situated  at  the  f  oot  of  the  Selisberg,  immediately  above  the 
Eütli.  —  966.  äftettettglöcffettt :  the  bell  which  the  hermit  rings 
when  he  says  his  morning  prayer.  Cf .  the  first  part  of  the  inscrip- 
tion  on  Schillert  Glocke :  Vivos  voco,  mortuos  plango,  fulgura 
frango,  indicating  the  three  uses  to  which  a  church  bell  may  be  put. 
969.  (Stellt,  ^Üubctt :  the  subjunctive  used  to  express  a  mild 
command.  971.  9Jfrmbettttad)t :  an  old  genitive  singular  used 
instead  of  9ftonbnad)t ;  feminine  nouns  are  not  inflected  in  the 
singular. 

98*  975.  SRegenBogett :  cf .  note  on  stage  directions,  p.  96. 
982.  l'äfyt  ♦  ♦  ♦  ertoarten :  we  should  expect  läßt  ttidjt  lange  auf  ftd) 
toartetu  985.  Ämtbfdjaft :  instead  of  bie  ümtbjdjaft  (a  collective 
abstract  singular  noun)  we  should  expect  bie  Äuttbfdjafter  (a  con- 
crete  plural  noun). 

99»  *  ttfld)  bret :  evidently  a  mistake  in  numbers.  Seven  men 
are  mentioned  by  name,  three  as  their  followers.  But  according 
to  the  agreement  reached  (cf .  1.  734)  each  one  of  the  three  leaders 
was  to  bring  ten  trustworthy  men,  and  in  the  stage  directions 
following  1.  1097  it  is  expressly  stated  that  thirty-three  in  all  had 
come  to  the  meeting.  998.  ©uremten :  instead  of  ©irren  en ; 
a  rocky  mountain  chain  and  pass  between  Uri  and  Unterwaiden. 
See  map,  p.  40.  1002.  @ngett)erg  :  a  lofty  and  prettily  situated 
village  and  Benedictine  abbey  of  Unterwaiden.  —  bie  Qixtttl  ♦  .  ♦ 
grüben  :  cf .  Homer1s  Odyssey,  10  : 

Six  days  and  nights  we  sailed ;  the  seventh  we  came 
To  lofty  Laestrigoni  with  wide  gates, 
The  city  of  Lamos,  where,  on  going  forth, 
The  shepherd  calls  to  shepherd  entering  in. 

1004.  ©(etfdjer  äRürf) :  according  to  Scheuchzer,  the  water  Coming 
down  from  the  glaciers  has  a  milk- white  color ;  according  to  Ebel, 
it  is  bluish-white. 

10(X  1007.  9Keht  ♦  .  ♦  ©aft:  on  account  of  the  lateness  of  the 
season,  the  huts  of  the  herdsmen  were  deserted.  1011.  (£ljrfurd)tf 
Uttglücf :  of  the  two  words  the  former  is  the  object,  the  latter  the 


NOTES.  249 

subject  of  fdjaffte.  1013.  Gfhttrüftet:  construe  with  ©eelett. 
1034.  mir  :  dative  of  possession.  —  ötcl :  =  feljr  üerbreitet,  every* 
where. 

101*  1042.  frod) :  partly  because  of  the  fear  of  the  tyrant, 
partly  because  of  the  difficulty  of  the  road.  1045.  (£rtt)artetr 
itff :  sc.  (ut  ftnben.  1047.  X i)r annti :  objective  genitive.  1051. 
ttöe  :  while  grammatically  to  be  constraed  with  §er$en,  translate 
as  a  modifier  of  $otf&  1056.  Dfaperg  :  cf .  note  to  1.  77.  — 
Sarneu  :  cf.  note  to  1.  558. 

102*     1068.  gerechten:  honest.         *9)Zcicr:  originally the word 

—  derived  from  the  Latin  maior,  the  higher  one,  the  one  in  Charge 

—  meant  the  Steward  or  overseer  of  some  estate.  Gradually  the 
common  noun  became  a  proper  name.  1973.  SBinfelrieb  :  cf . 
note  to  i.  911.  1074.  lebten  unfcefanuten :  litotes.  1075. 
SBeiler  :  possibly  Ödweiler  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz.  1078. 
fjutterm  2$alb  :  i.  e.  beyond  the  üermuatb;  cf.  note  to  1.  493.  — 
fölafterleute  fcom  (Sngetfierg :  cf.  note  to  1.  1002.  1080.  eigne 
2tnte  :  i.  e.  leibeigene  (serfs).        1084.  (£rben  :  cf.  note  to  1.  971. 

103*  *  $Mtrab  §nitn :  a  man  not  unknown  to  Swiss  history. 
He  once  held  the  office  of  £anbammcm  in  his  canton.  1086. 
sJ£ebtng  :  the  Redings  von  Bibereck  were  an  old,  distinguished 
family. — ^Utlanbantman :  The  prefix  %IU  has  the  power  of  our 
English-Latin  prefix  ex-.  1091.  §orn  tJOtt  Uri :  the  ancient 
signal  of  the  canton  of  Uri.  Stumpft  states  that  in  times  of 
war  the  men  of  Uri  carry  with  them  the  hörn  of  an  2luerod)fe  ('ure- 
ox  ')  as  others  would  a  trumpet.  The  one  who  carries  the  hörn  is 
called  the  @tter  t»on  Uri.  The  animal  —  kindred  to  our  bison  or 
buffalo — is  now  extinct.  Düntzer  rightly  remarks  that  it  is 
rather  stränge  that  the  men  from  Uri  approach  with  this  unneces- 
sary  noise,  especially  where  so  much  depends  on  the  secrecy  of  the 
meeting.  1095.  ©in  ♦  ♦  .  forgen  :  =  um  cr(3  ein  treuer  §irte  etc. 
*  O^öffelmamt,  ^etermann :  it  seems  stränge  that  Walther  Fürst, 
over-cautious  by  age  and  disposition,  brings  with  him  Eösselmann, 
the  priest,  and  Petermann,  his  sexton,  though  the  clergy  was  f  avor- 


250  NOTES. 

ably  inclined  towards  Habsburg.         *  breittttbbreißig  :  cf .  note  on 

stage  directions  following  1.  985. 

104.  1104.  Un3  f)ö(en:  obtain.  1105.  ^reic^mie :  =  tüte* 
1106.  28a3  bte  .  ♦  .  Söttnett  :  cf .  the  German  proverb  : 

(53  tft  nichts  \o  fein  gewonnen, 

@§  fommt  bofy  enbttrf)  an  bte  Sonnen. 

As  to  the  innection  of  «Sonnen,  cf .  note  to  1.  970.  —  ©otttten :  sc. 
fommen.  1108.  Qovt .  .  ♦  gtfct :  cf.  Schiller's  Wallensteins  Tod, 
4:  £)ort  inirb  ein  ©Ott  mir  in  bte  ©eete  geben,  and  the  Homeric 
0eos  iv  <j>peo-l  6r]Ke.  1114.  (£tttfd)ttlbige  :  Optative  snbjunctive. 
1117.  %&of)l:  well  then.  1118.  $ft  t$  qhiä) :  though  it  be. 
1119.  3Jft  gleirff :  cf.  preceding  note. 

105.  1127.  brete  :  an  old  form  for  brei.  1130.  frei :  of  our 
own  aecord.  1134.  OiötttCr^ügett :  after  their  election  in  Ger- 
many  the  emperors  traveled  in  stately  procession  to  Eome,  there 
to  be  crowned  by  the  pope.  All  states  of  the  empire  were  gener- 
ally  represented.  The  Swiss  also  furnished  their  contingent. 
1136.  nn3  aüt :  sc.  ^u  fein. 

106.  1139.  ©o  tteljmt:  sc.  fte,  i.  e.  bte  ©djtnerter.  1141. 
freien  StanbS  :  predicative  genitive.  According  to  Müller  none 
but  free  Citizens  were  allowed  to  preside  in  Council  or  to  hold  any 
office  of  dignity.  1144.  2Ba3 :  why.  1148.  broben  ♦  ♦  ♦ 
©temen :  =  bei  ben  einigen  (Sternen  broben. 

107.  1156.  tum  »ätcr  :  =  non  ber  $äter.  1158.  ©fr :  al- 
though.  1162.  giebern :  the  so-called  Ostfriesenlied  (East-Fri- 
sianlay),  especially  remembered  in  the  Ober-Haslital  (cf.  Grirnm 
2.  199.  ss.)  and  other  similar  songs.  The  historian  Müller  —  whom 
Schiller  follows  in  the  main  —  states  :  "  There  was  an  old  country 
situated  '  'way  up  north,'  towards  midnight  (cf.  the  English  'The 
Land  of  the  Midnight  Sun '),  where  the  Swedes  and  the  Frisians 
dwelt.  A  famine  came  into  their  land.  Thereupon  the  people 
inet  in  assembly  and  decreed  that  every  tenth  man,  to  be  deeided 
by  lot,  was  to  leave  and  seek  a  new  home.  Thus  it  came  to  pass 
that  their  forefathers  (i.  e.  those  of  the  Swiss)   had  to   depart 


NOTES.  251 

from  their  own  country.  In  three  divisions,  each  led  by  a  cap- 
tain,  they  left  their  homes.  Six  thousand  of  men  they  were  in  all, 
and  solemnly  they  swore  never  to  desert  one  another.  Plenty  of 
goods  they  carried  with  them.  Near  the  Khine  they  victoriously 
overcame  Count  Peter  von  Pranken  who  tried  to  oppose  their  way. 
They  finally  settled  in  the  Valley  of  the  Muotta,  a  river  which  emp- 
ties  near  Brunnen  into  the  Lake  of  Lucerne."  See  map,  p.  40. 
1170.  je  bcr  ^eljttte  :  every  tenth.  1173.  äßtttagfmme  :  =  TliU 
tagSjottne*  1178.  je^t :  i.  e.  formerly  the  stream  ran  through 
nncultivated  lands,  now  it  runs  through  meadows  and  tilled  fields. 
—  Wiuotta  :  cf.  note  to  1.  1162. 

108*  1181.  ttmrtete  ber  $äf)re  :  the  more  common  construction 
now  would  be  toartctc  auf  bie  gäfyre*  1182.  toogete :  poetic  for 
toogte.  1184.  (Biä) :  dative  of  advantage.  1189.  Uub  ♦  .  . 
au^^urobctt :  Müller  quotes  some  interesting  verses,  from  the  so- 
called  Westfriesenlied : 

<2ie  Ratten  mannen  jäheren  £ag 
(Slje  innert  ba§  £anb  einen  -ftn^en  gab, 
2tn§renten  mar  i^r  ©eigenbogen. 

1193.  ^uttt  ft^ttJCtrjen  23erg :  i.  e.  the  Brünig,  a  mountain  situated 
between  Bern  and  Unterwaiden.  — £8etj?lctttb  :  the  Oberhaslital,  so 
called  on  account  of  the  snow  and  the  glaciers.  1196.  (Statte  : 
the  chief  town  of  Vlib  bem  Sßalbett,  the  eastern  part  of  Unterwai- 
den (cf.  note  to  1.  493).  —  2tttorf  :  cf .  note  on  stage  directions  fol- 
lowing  1.  348  (p.  237).  1202.  ($3  ,  .  .  erlernten  :  Stauffacher 
shows  the  representatives  of  the  three  cantons  that  they  are  of  one 
race  and  one  blood  ;  and  that  therefore  they  ought  to  stand  or  fall 
together.     Cf .  the  English  phrase  :  "  Blood  is  thicker  than  water. " 

109»  1215.  Äaifer  $rtebritf)3  ©rief  :  Frederick  II  had  given  a 
charter  of  hberty  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  canton  of  Schwyz 
in  1240  ;  his  son  Henry  had  done  the  same  for  the  people  of  Uri  in 
1231.         1216.  $etttt  f)tvttt\io§  etc.:  cf.  Homers  Iliad,  2: 

We  the  Greeks 
Cannot  he  all  supreme  in  power.     The  rule 
Of  the  many  is  not  well.     One  must  be  chief 


252  NOTES. 

In  war,  and  one  the  king,  to  whom  the  son 
Of  Saturn  gives  the  sceptre,  rnaking  hini 
The  law-giver,  that  he  rnay  rule  the  rest. 

1222.  fcelftf)ett,  233elfd)lcmb  (1.  1230) :  cf.  note  to  SBelfdjtcmb,  1.  519. 
1228.  Qtvihann :  a  sumnions  to  all  able-bodied  freemen  to  follow 
the  emperor's  Standard  (cf.  the  Middle  Latin  heribannus). 
1231.  Wömtvtxon7 :  cf.  note  to  1.  1134. 

HO*  1234.  SShttbantt:  i.  e.  Jurisdiction  over  capital  crimes. 
The  Swiss  were  debarred  from  any  authority  in  such  matters. 
1239.  ber  aWcttfrfjcn :  cf.  note  to  1.  1047.  1244.  £em  fiatfe* 
fef&ft:  i.  e.  Henry  Y,  who  govemed  from  1106-1125.  Accord- 
ing  to  Müller,  Gerhard,  the  abbot  of  Einsiedeln,  complained 
that  some  of  the  inhabitants  of  Schwyz  were  accustomed  to  p as- 
ture their  herds  on  meadows  which  he  claimed  as  his  own.  Henry 
in  1114  decided  in  favor  of  the  abbot.  The  people  of  Schwyz, 
however,  refused  to  give  up  their  rights,  and  Konrad  III  put  them 
under  the  ban.  They  thereupon  gave  up  their  connection  with 
the  empire,  and  Uri  and  Unterwaiden  followed  their  example. 
Under  the  reign  of  Frederick  II,  they  again  joined  the  empire. 
1247.  (Sittfiebeltt  :  cf.  note  to  1.  519.  1249.  ^crfüt^g :  we  should 
now  say  Ijeröor^og.  1258.  frcmbeu  Snetfjt :  i.  e.  the  Austrian 
governor,  be  it  Gessler,  be  it  Landenberg. 

111.  1260.  erfdjaffen :  created.  A  rather  strong  expression, 
but  we  must  remember  that  these  settlers  found  a  wilderness  and 
made  it  a  home.  1264.  2>te  $rut .  .  .  23Silbttt3  Ijittg :  i.  e.  by 
draining  the  swamps,  Clearing  the  woods,  and  tilling  the  soil. 
1271.  ^errenfttetfjt :  cf.  note  to  1.  1258.  1275.  min,  ctttc  .  .  . 
©tente  felBft :  cf .  Sophocles,  Oed.  Tyr. : 

O  that  'twere  mine  to  keep 

An  awful  purity 

In  words  and  deeds  whose  laws  on  high  are  set, 

Throngh  heaven's  clear  aBther  spread, 

Whose  birth  Olympos  boasts, 

Their  own,  their  only  sire ; 

"Whom  man's  frail  rlesh  begat  not. 


NOTES.  253 

Kor  in  f  orgetfulness 

Sliall  lull  to  sleep  of  death ; 

In  theni  our  God  is  great, 

In  theni  he  grows  not  old  for  evermore. 
1284.  3um  :  as  a.        1287.  28ir  fteljn  .  ♦  .  SKnber :  et  Homer's 
Iliad,  21  : 

And  we  shall  well  defend  the  town 

For  our  beloved  parents  and  our  wiyes 

And  little  ones. 

112.  1292.  ®§  loftet  eutf)  tin  %$ott :  cf.  note  to  1.  798.  The 
Suggestion  is  niade  by  the  priest  merely  for  the  sake  of  testing  the 
feeling  and  patriotism  of  those  assembled.  1296.  SBtr  ♦  ♦  ♦ 
fdjttuhren:  ellipsis.  1298.  Ohtljtg :  silence.  101.  weigerten: 
=  üertüeigert  ^aben. 

113*  1304.  (£rge&nng  ♦  .  .  Cfterretd) :  an  connects  Ergebung 
and  Cfterreid). 

114.  1322.  ®ott  .  .  ♦  Reifen:  cf.  the  proverb  "God  helps  those 
who  help  themselves."  1323.  dlmx  i)tr§  an  (£nrf) ;  it  is  your 
turn  now.  1324.  Oiljetnfelb  :  «ftljeittfelb  or  Dttjeinfelben,  a  town  in 
the  canton  of  Aargau,  east  of  Bäle.  —  ^fal^  ;  an  imperial  palace. 
The  word  is  derived  fromthe  Latin  palatium,  the  Palatino  kill,  on 
which  was  the  resideneeof  the  emperor  Augustus.  1327.  fceftä= 
ttgt :  sc.  §at.  1329.  ftfjnwb'frfjen  Sanbe  :  at  that  time  Swabia 
was  a  duchy  of  southern  Gerrnany,  now  it  is  only  an  indefinite 
geographical  term  referring  to  parts  of  southern  Germany,  com- 
prised  in  the  kingdoni  of  Württemberg  and  the  grand-duchy  of  Ba- 
den. Similarly  the  word  Thuringia  refers  to  parts  of  central  Ger- 
many. 1330.  Pergamente :  cf.  note  to  1.  244.  1334.  f>a&e, 
ttmrbe  :  yerbs  in  indirect  discourse.  1337.  §er$üg  §anfen :  i.e. 
Johannes,  duke  of  Swabia,  the  one  who  later  on  killed  emperor  Al- 
brecht. Cf .  11.  2955  ss.  and  note  to  1.  2998,  1339.  bte  eblett  ♦  ♦  ♦ 
$egerfelb  :  Rudolph,  Baron  von  Wart,  and  Konrad,  knight  von  Te- 
gerf eidern  (or  Tegerfeld),  who  later  on  assisted  Johann  Parricida  in 
his  gruesome  deed.  Cf .  11.  2962  ss.  1345.  Ijafce  :  subjunetive  in 
indirect  discourse.  The  governing yerb  (er  fagte)  must  be  supplied. 
1347.  %8a§  ♦  ♦  ♦  $efd)eib  :  and  what  was  the  reply  that  he  reeeived. 


254  NOTES. 

115*  1357.  £>em$atfer  .  .  .  ift :  ef.  Matthew,  22.  21  and  Mark, 
12.  17.  As  to  the  case  of  $aifer§,  cf .  note  to  1. 194.  1360.  fahret 
fort :  present  indicative  with  imperative  f orce.  1361.  Wiaptytvä' 
tucii :  =  now  9tapperfd)tot)f,  a  town  in  the  canton  of  St.  Gallen  onthe 
Lake  of  Zürich.  1363.  grüben  ftvan  tum  3ürrd)  *  *•  e- tne  abbess 
of  the  so-called  Frau-Münsterkirche,  a  convent  built  during  the 
12th  and  13th  centuries.         1365.   al§  :  sc.  bie. 

116»  1366.  geftfjelje  :  subjunctive  used  as  imperative.  1368. 
©kläffet :  i.  e.  ftoßberg  and  (Samen  (cf .  1.  1385).  1374.  $0«  • 
subjeet  of  evtotdet        1382.  Xtn§  :  dative  of  disadvantage. 

117»  1395.  Sei  .  ♦  .  dinty  :  Ebel  mentions  that  in  the  canton 
of  Appenzell  the  man  who  does  not  comply  with  an  omeial  com- 
mand  when  reminded  of  his  oath  as  Citizen,  is  considered  a  dis- 
grace  to  the  Commonwealth.  Such  an  appeal,  therefore,  would 
among  the  Swiss  bear  stronger  weight  than  an  order  issued  by 
king  or  emperor  (Düntzer).  1400.  ^eft  be3  §crttt :  aecording 
to  some  authorities,  Christmas  ;  aecording  to  others,  New  Year's 
day.  Cf .  also  1.  2513.  1403.  ^e^en  :  poetic  for  geljn.  1405. 
^ie  :  demonstrative  pronoun. 

118.  1406.  $te  :  relative  pronoun.         1416.  ftfjttmnfe  Setter : 

ti.  e.  a  rope  ladder.  1418.  atter  :  genitive  plural.  — bafy  :  sc.  e8. 
1419.  ein  äRe^r  :  a  majority.—%toan%x$  gegen  Jttiölf:  if  there 
were  really  thirty-three  peasants  present,  then  the  Landamman 
did  not  cast  his  vote.  Cf .  also  note  011  stage  directions,  p.  99,  and 
the  stage  directions,  p.  103.  1422.  fianbftnrnt :  the  general  levy 
of  all  men  who  can  bear  arms.  1425.  werben  firfj  Begeben  :  will 
giveup.        1429.  ^nrdjtbar:  construe  with  umgeben. 

119.  1430.  mnt:  Uoodshed.  1435.  ©ern  fdjfoflMdj'S  tn  i>xt 
©djcin^e  :  gladly  will  I  risk  it.  ©djcin^e  is  derived  f  rom  the  French 
Chance,  'hazard.'  1437.  $)ie  gett  bringt  SRat :  cf.  the  proverb 
Äommt  Bett,  $ommt  8tot.  1449.  $n  .  .  .  ©efafjr :  i.  e.  wir 
tootten  un§  in  feiner  Sftot  unb  ©efaljr  trennen.  *brei  Ringern:  sym- 
bolic  of  the  Holy  Trinity.         1451.  ©Jjer  ben  £flb  :  ellipsis. 


NOTES.  255 

120*  1452.  trauen  =  öertrauen.  *  btc  leere  S^cnc  :  three  crys- 
tal  Springs,  which  trickle  from  an  artificial  wall,  mark  aecord- 
ing  to  populär  belief  the  spot  where  Stauffacher,  Walther  Fürst, 
and  Melchthal  in  the  night  of  the  7th  of  November  met  to  swear 
the  oath  of  loyalty  to  one  another.  The  Kütli,  this  legendary 
cradle  of  Swiss  independence,  belongs  now  to  the  Confederation. 
It  became  national  property  in  1859  on  the  one-rondredth  anniver- 
saiy  of  Schiller's  birth,  having  been  purchased  for  55000  francs, 
mostly  contributed  by  Swiss  school  children. 

ACT  III.     SCENE  1. 

SYNOPSIS. 

We  are  in  Bürglen,  at  Tell's  home.  His  two  boys  are  playing 
in  the  yard  in  front  of  the  house.  Teil  and  his  wif  e  Hedwig  speak 
of  their  children  and  how  they  ought  to  be  brought  up.  She  re- 
proaches  her  husband  because  of  his  daring  recklessness  on  his 
hunting  trips. 

He  takes  his  cross-bow  and,  in  spite  of  her  entreaties,  leaves  the 
house  aecompanied  by  his  older  boy. 

121.  *  %tU  £anfe :  cf.  note  to  1.  126.  1477.  freuet, 
flengt :  obsolete  forms  for  friert,  fliegt.  1478.  $er  Strang  tft 
mir  :  =  mein  Strang  ift.     mir  is  a  so-called  dative  of  interest. 

122.  1481.  $ritf)  .  ♦  •  null  :  cf.  the  proverb  2öa3  §än3d)en  nidjt 
lernt,  lernt  §ctn§  nimmermehr.  1485.  feiner  :  i.  e.  neither  one  of 
the  boys.  1486.  ÜDZtttter :  among  the  masses  of  the  people  a 
common  way  of  addressing  one's  wife  (cf.  äftütterdjen,  1.  1580). 
Similarly  Goethe  in  his  Hermann  und  Dorothea,  1.  162,  makes  the 
host  of  the  '  Golden  Lion '  address  his  wife  as  äftütter d)en,  while 
she  addresses  him  as  Sßater.  1489.  $amt  .  ♦  ♦  erfcente :  cf . 
Goethe's  Torquato  Tasso,  5.  l : 

2)e§  Sebenä  Sftü^e 
Sefyrt  un3  allein  be§  2eben§  @üter  fajä^en. 

Cf .  also  Goethe's  Statement  in  the  second  part  of  his  Faust : 

Wut  her  fcerbtent  fidj  Jret^ett  unb  bct§  geben, 
2>er  tägltd)  fte  erobern  mu^. 


256  KOTES. 

1499.  n>ie  .  .  .  reißt:  cf.  note  to  l.  649.  1501.  gSfttblattmte: 
2Btnb(attrinen  consist  of  fresh  fallen  snow  which  the  storms  in  winter 
time  drive  in  great  masses  over  the  precipices  of  the  mountains. 
Their  downward  course  is  a  straight  one,  and  nothing  resists  the 
whirlwind  which  accompanies  them.  This  air-pressure  is  at  times 
so  great  that  buildings  and  forests  break  down  before  the  avalanche 
itself  reaches  them.  — The  @dj(ag  (anritten  on  the  other  hand  result 
from  a  sudclen  thaw  in  spring,  and  are  solid  masses  of  snow  and  ice 
set  free  by  the  heat  of  the  sun.  They  carry  along  with  them  by 
their  very  weight  everything  that  comes  in  their  way  :  trees,  rocks, 
stones,  nay  at  times  the  very  soil  beneath  them  (Prosch). 

123*  1502.  fjftw  :  cf .  note  to  1.  38.  1511.  $aljr  :  archaicand 
poetic  for  ©efaljr.  1513.  auf  Saljr  mi&  Xaq  :  so  also  the  Eng- 
lish  expression  "a  year  and  a  day,"  originally  a  phrase  of  old 
English  law  which  allowed  an  extra  day  in  order  that  a  fnll  year 
might  be  secured  beyond  question.  In  the  Saxon  law  (Sächsisches 
Recht)  the  expression  refers  to  a  period  of  more  than  a  year  :  gen- 
erally  one  year,  six  weeks,  and  three  days.  Gradnally  it  assnmed 
the  meaning  of  a  long,  long  time.  1515.  %$attx :  i.  e.  Walther 
Fürst,  his  father-in-law.  1517.  2®te  ♦  .  ♦  baranf :  what  causes 
you  to  think  that.  —  fjrittttt  ♦  ♦  ♦  35ttttbc  :  a  proof  of  how  impossible 
it  is  to  keep  snch  a  conspiracy  absolutely  secret  for  any  length  of 
time,  even  if  the  number  of  those  concerned  in  it  is  limited. 
Cf .  also  11.  2503  ss.        1518.  ttmrb  getagt :  they  met. 

124.  1525.  $)en  Unterttia(bner  ♦  ♦  •  entfommett :  cf.  11. 151-169. 
— 1535.  mtfft:  omit  in  translation. 

125.  1539.  (£C)ttt:  Swiss  for  ©roßüater  (cf.  Sßjne).  —  mit:  sc. 
gelten. — 1544.  $d)  .  t  .  $etub  :  cf.  the  proverb  Xue  redjt  nnb  jd)euc 
niemanb. 

126.  1550.  ©tf)ärf|enta(3  :  Tell's  home  Valley.  It  extends 
from  Altorf  eastward  ;  see  map,  p.  40.  1554.  ©djärfjett :  a 
brook  flowing  from  the  east  into  the  river  Reuss,  not  far  from 
Altorf ;  see  map,  p.  40.  1558.  sperre  :  =  §err.  —  ntcilt :  genitive 
of  idj«       1560.  gebüßt:    sc.   (jatte.        1561.  ©efoeljr:   L  e.  the 


NOTES.  257 

cross-bow.  1562.  öer&(a£tT :  we  should  now  say  erblaßte. 
1565.  fein :  genitive  dependent  on  jammerte.  A  few  impersonal 
verbs  (e.  g.  erbarmen,  gelüften,  jammern,  reiten)  take  a  genitive  of 
of  the  object,  with  an  accusative  of  the  subject,  of  the  feeling 
they  represent  (Whitney).  1566.  JBefdjetbentltd)  :  =  Befreiten* 
1567.  feinen  armen  £a\xt :  not  one  Single  sound.  Cf.  the  Trench 
unpauvre  mot.         1569.  meinet  2öeg3  :  adverbial  genitive. 

127.  1577.  %8ziV§:  just  because  it.  1581.  2SSälti :  Svriss 
abbreviation  of  kalter.        1582.  anti)  :  =  aber  and). 

ACT  III.     SCEXE  2. 

SYNOPSIS. 

At  a  hunting  party,  Rudenz  declares  his  love  to  Berta.  Berta 
reproaches  him  because  of  his  disloyalty  to  Switzerland,  his  native 
country.  She  betrays  her  deep  affection  f  or  him,  and  wins  him 
from  the  Austrian  side. 

128.  *  (Stanbbärfje  :  brooks  descending  from  a  great  height 
over  jutting  rocks.  Most  of  their  water  is  converted  into  spray 
before  it  reaches  the  ground.  The  best  known  of  these'^tanb* 
bäc^e  is  the  one  near  Lauterbrnnnen  which  inspired  Goethe  to 
his  wonderful  allegory  Gesang  der  Geister  über  den  Wassern. 
*  SBerta:  not  known  to  history.  1591.  tft  bort  fjhwn3 :  has 
gone  in  that  direction.         1594.  Unb  :  even  if. 

129.  1603.  unrb  ;  after  a  relative  referring  to  an  antecedent 
of  the  first  or  second  person,  the  verb  is  in  the  third  person,  unless 
the  personal  pronoun  is  repeated  after  the  relative  (Whitney). 
1608.  $errat3 :  Berta's  estates  are  situated  in  Switzerland. 
1610.  ®ef?(er  :  Herman  Gessler,  according  to  Schiller  the  Austrian 
governor  of  Schwyz  and  Uri.  The  Gesslers  of  runeck  or  Brun- 
egg  were  a  noble  family  in  what  is  now  the  canton  of  Aargau. 
1612.  feinem :  i.  e.  Gessler's.  1616.  fein :  =  §n  fein.  1620. 
<£)a§  :  because  it. 

130.  1626.  3nm  .  .  .  £anb  :  cf .  1.  1272.  1629.  gefte, 
^rieben  :  direct  objecto  of  28UL        1630.   ntrfjt :  =  null  id)  benn 


258  NOTES. 

nid)t.  1633.  tl)r :  dative  Singular  feminine.  1636.  fie :  i.  e. 
the  Austrians.  1638.  mir  ttmre  Bcffcr :  =  e§  toäre  beffer  für  mtd). 
1639.  bctt :  demonstrative  pronoun. 

131.  1649.  atte3  .  .  ♦  toerben :  =  (Sure  £iebe  läßt  mid)  alles  fein 
rntb  atteS  fterben.  1651.  $80311 :  =  ba$  tt>op.  1657.  $ertt>attb= 
tctt :  especially  Gessler,  who  according  to  Schiller,  is  Berta's  rela- 
tive. 

132.  1664.  gruben  (£r&r :  i.  e.  the  other  possessions  of  Austria. 
1669.  $>ort :  corresponds  to  §in.  1671.  mein :  =  meiner,  geni- 
tive  dependent  on  fjarren.  —  fictteu  :  subject  of  Ijarren.  1682. 
foUb&etuegten  293c(t :  alliteration.  1684.  nteljr  ♦  .  .  fjer ;  SBcitcn 
♦  ♦  •  Breiten :  the  rhyme  in  these  and  the  f ollowing  lines  is  expres- 
sive of  the  warmth  of  f eeling.         1690.     afjltettb  :    prophetic. 

133.  1692.  Betört:  sc.   l>at.       1695.  ftreubeftmrett :  L  e.  the 

remembrance  of  the  happy  times  which  he  enjoyed  at  home. 
1696.  mix  leben :  because  they  bring  back  to  him  the  time  of  his 
youth.  1699.  fehlte :  =  fyätte  gefehlt.  —  @rben :  an  obsolete  gen- 
itive  form  for  (Srbe.  1700.  feFge  Sttfel:  an  allusion  to  the 
legendary  'Isles  of  the  Blessed,'  appearing  nnder  different  names 
in  the  literatnre  of  many  nations  :  the  Eldorado  of  Voltaire,  the 
German  Schlaraffenland,  the  Utopia  of  Sir  Thomas  More  ;  also 
often  referred  to  by  ancient  writers  :  cf .  Horace's  arva  beata 
(Epodes,  16)  and  Hesiod's  fmKapwv  vrjaoL  (Op.  170  ss). 

134*  1719.  ftol^en  SRitter :  probably  Gessler  is  referred  to. 
1726.  2Ba3  auä)  bxau§  tuerbe  :  whatevermay  come  ofü. 


ACT  III.     SCENE  3. 

SYNOPSIS. 

While  the  gnardians  of  the  Anstrian  dneal  hat  —  to  which  the 
Swiss  miist  show  reverence  as  a  proof  of  their  loyalty  —  are  con- 
versing,  Teil  approaches  with  his  son,  and,  f  ailing  to  make  obei- 
sance  to  the  hat,  is  seized. 


NOTES.  259 

Gessler  himself  appears,  asks  what  has  happened,  and,  in  spite 
of  Tell's  friends,  Orders  him  to  atone  for  his  disloyalty  by  shoot- 
ing  an  apple  from  his  son's  head. 

Teil  finaily  yields  and  pierces  the  apple.  Bnt  when  he  is  about 
to  leave,  Gessler  asks  him  why  he  took  two  arrows  from  his  qniver, 
and  promises  him  his  life  nnder  the  condition  that  he  speak 
frankly. 

Upon  Tell's  declaration  that  the  second  arrow  was  intended  for 
the  governor'sheart,  had  his  first  arrow  hurt  his  boy,  the  governor 
Orders  him  to  be  carried  away  to  prison. 

*  $ut,  Stange:  cf.  notes.to  11.  392,  393.  *  öamrterg:  a  hill 
and  grove  east  of  Altorf.  The  felling  of  trees  there  is  forbidden 
(bannen)  because  the  village  is  protected  by  them  against  ava- 
lanches  and  f  alling  rocks. 

135.  1738.  $erbrte§e:  archaic  for  SSerbruffe.  1739.  %8a$ 
♦  ♦  ♦  ftnb :  all  decent  people.  1741.  Mengten:  subjunetive. 
1746.  ber  $f äff :  a  term  of  contempt.  1748.  ^o^ttriirbtgen : 
i.  e.  the  'host'  or  consecrated  wafer  (veneräbile).  1751.  Wlott- 
ftran$ :  a  spire-shaped,  transparent  pyx  or  case  in  which  the  '  host ' 
(sanetissimum  or  veneräbile)  is  exposed  in  church  to  the  view  of 
the  congregation.  Schiller  uses  this  term  here  wrongly,  as  he 
really  means  to  referto  the  covered  cup  (eiborium)  which  contains 
a  number  of  small  covered  '  hosts '  carried  by  the  priest  to  the  sick 
as  a  viaticum  (2Seg$el)nmg.)  1752.  mir:  construe  with  beulten. 
1755.  leeren  §nt,  Ijoljlen  $ütr  Ijoljfen  ©djäbet:  cf.  a  similar 
thought  expressed  in  Heine's  well-known  lines  (Kinderspiele) : 

£e§  ^ad)bar§  alte  Ka^e 

Kam  öftere  $um  23ejutf); 

2öir  matten  tyx  SBütfUng1,  unb  Knitffe 

Itnb  Komplimente  genug. 


2Str  Ijaben  nadj  tljrem  23eftnben 
Söeforgltdj  unb  freunbltct)  gefragt ; 
2öir  fyaben  feitbem  ba§jelbe 
9ttanrf)er  alten  Äa^e  gejagt. 


260  NOTES. 

136»    1763.  tue*  ha  :    whosoever.        1767.  ftf)fetf)ter  ftefjn :  be 

the  worse  for.  *  tiorbcre  @$ene :  front  part  of  the  stage. 
1772.  bie  Zäunte  Muten :  cf .  Vergil's  Aeneid,  3  : 

I  pull'd  a  plant  —  with  horror  I  relate 
A  prodigy  so  stränge  and  füll  of  fate  — 
The  rooted  fibres  rose ;  and  frorn  the  wound 
Black  bloody  drops  distilFd  lipon  the  ground. 

Cf .  also  Simrock,  Deutsche  Mythologie,  pp.  449,  450,  569.  1776. 
®em  ♦  ♦  ♦  ©rttbe :  aecording  to  a  populär  German  superstition  the 
punishment  for  various  impious  acts :  e.  g.  it  is  believed  that  the 
hand  of  a  child  who  strikes  his  f  ather  or  mother  will  grow  out  of 
the  grave. 

137.  1781.  Stfjtegiattmtett :  cf .  note  to  1. 1501.  1789.  pofieS, 
efctte^  Stlttb  :  probably  Germany  is  referred  to,  possibly  northern 
Italy  or  France. 

138,  1802.  Sifrfjof,  Zottig :  i.  e.  to  the  church  and  to  the  State. 
1804.  2BUb,  ©efteber :  cf .  note  to  1.  900.  1806.  ©a% :  a  gov- 
ernment  monopoly  in  many  European  countries  up  to  the  present 
day. 

139*  1811.  eng  im  toeitett  Sattb:  oxymoron.  1813.  $a ♦  ♦  ♦ 
SDZcnfc^en :  cf.  11.    155-158,    which    express    a    similar    thought. 

*  tooflett :  are  dbout  to.        *  $n  bte   ©^CttC :  to  the  rear  of  the 

stage. 

140»  1825.  £Ba3  gtfctr3:  whaVs  going  on.  —  38a$ :  why. 
1833.  erlcttttcit :  =  anerkennen.  1834.  2)a3  . .  ♦  $etan:  you  mean 
to  say  that  Teil  did  this. 

14L  1839.  9(mte3 :  cf.  note  to  1.  194.  1840.  frfjreienbe  :  = 
tyimmeljdjreienbe ;  cf.  note  to  1.  367. — Getragen  ttnrr3:  shall  we 
endure  it.  1843.  2gir  #  .  .  aitbcttt  :  cf .  1.  601.  1849.  2Baör3  : 
just  dare  it. 

142.  1852.  fcerfteft :  indicative  mode.  We  should  nowadays 
use  the  form  birfteft  or  birft.        *  Ralfen :   absolute   aecusative. 

*  SJubolf  ber  Sgaxxaä  :  the  name  of  a  knight  who  feil  in  the  battle 


NOTES.  261 

of  Sempach  in  1385.  The  word  §arm§  is  derived  f  rom  the  late 
Latin  haracium  (stud)  and  means  originally  master  ofthe  horse,  or 
equerry.        1856.  2öa3  :  why. 

143*  1859.  beitt  :  Schiller  of  ten  uses  the  personal  pronouns  in- 
discriminately.  Here  Friesshardt  addresses  Gessler  by  btt,  as  does 
Gessler  in  replying  to  him  and  in  speaking  to  Teil,  while  Teil  in 
answering  the  governor  employs  3f)r.  1861.  üfier  frifrfjCt  Xat : 
in  the  very  act  (=  in  flagranti).  1865.  $atf  er :  Tell's  neglect  to 
salute  the  hat  could  really  be  interpreted  only  as  an  act  of  diso- 
bedience  to  Austrian,  not  to  imperial  authority.  —  £eü  :  it  is  evi- 
dent that  Gessler  at  once  recognizes  Teil  and  knows  that  his 
chance  has  come  to  show  the  hunter  that  they  now  meet  under 
different  conditions  and  that  Teil  is  in  his  power  (cf.  11.  1548- 
1570).  1871.  (guter  :  genitive  of  3f)r  used  objeetively.  1872. 
ljte$  trf)  ttid)t  ber  £ett  :  aecording  to  some  grammatical  authorities 
the  name  £eH  is  derived  f  rom  the  verb  dalen  or  talen  which  means 
to  talkfolly  or  foolishly.  Similarly  tradition  teils  us  that  L.  Junius 
during  the  reign  of  Tarquinius  Superbus,  the  last  Koman  king, 
willingly  allowed  himself  to  be  called  by  the  nickname  Brutus. 
i  The  Silly  one, '  in  order  to  escape  the  notice  of  the  tyrant  until 
the  time  came  for  him  to  act.  Gessler  evidently  misjudges 
Tell's  nature.  1873.  fcegegueu :  =  ge]d)ef)en.  1877.  btr :  ethi- 
cal  dative. 

144*  1880.  Uttb  ♦  ♦  ♦  (tefcft :  notice  the  malicious  purport  of  the 
question.         1889.  fefjfft :  archaic  and  poetic  for  t)erfel)tft. 

145*  1915.  ©djrttte  :  instead  of  the  more  usual  (Schritt;  amas- 
culine  or  neuter  noun  of  measure  (denoting  weight,  height,  extent, 
amount,  etc.),  usually  Stands  in  the  singular,  or  what  appearsto  be 
the  singular,  after  a  numeral  (Thomas). 

146»  1917.  üjrer  :  partitive  genitive  to  be  construed  with  Ijmu 
bert  1918.  fel)(e  :  cf.  note  to  1.  1889.  1920.  @3  gilt :  now  is 
the  time.  1924.  £eifc  uttb  £ebeu :  Ufe  and  limb.  1925.  $er= 
tuirft :  past  participle  ;  supply  fyätte.  1928.  femteu  lertteu :  = 
f  ernten  gelernt     The  modal  auxiliaries  and  a  few  other  verbs 


262  NOTES. 

(namely  (äffen,  Reißen,  Reifen,  fyören,  fe^en,  teuren,  and  lernen  —  the 
last  two  not  unif ormly),  when  construed  with  another  verb  in  the 
infinitive,  form  their  perfect  and  pluperfect  tenses  by  adding  the 
infinitive  instead  of  the  participle  to  the  auxiliary  (Whitney).  — 
biefcr  ©tmtbe  :  genitive  to  be  construed  with  beulen*  1930.  £)ff= 
ttct  bic  (Söffe  :  make  a  way.  ©äffe  primarily  means  ;  narrow  street1 
or  4lane.'  Here  it  means  'way,'  'passage,'  or  'opening.'  When 
in  the  famous  battle  of  Sempach  in  1386  the  Austrian  knights 
dismounted  and  presented  to  the  Swiss  an  impregnable  barrier  of 
lances,  Arnold  von  Winkelried,  a  Citizen  of  the  canton  of  Unter- 
waiden —  aecording  to  Swiss  tradition  —  threw  himself  upon  the 
opposing  ranks  and,  by  burying  in  his  bosom  as  many  lances  as 
he  could  grasp,  made  a  break  in  the  Austrian  phalanx  and  thereby 
4a  way  for  liberty.'  Cf.  Georg  Herwegh's  poem  Der  Freiheit 
eine  Gasse.         1939.  (Sfytvatftt  ♦  oulVs  eye  or  centre. 

147*  1942.  2)emr3  ♦  ♦  ♦  $nge  :  i.  e.  whose  hand  remains  steady, 
and  whose  eye  does  not  become  dimmed  because  of  the  anguish 
that  his  heart  f  eels.  1956.  audj  lttrf)t :  not  even.  1959.  fingen : 
objeet  of  tterbinben» 

148*  1962.  nttf)t:  not  even.  1972.  ntd)t  bergeben^ :  tonopur- 
pose.  1975.  $ie3  .  .  .  nimmt :  cf .  1.  785.  1980.  Öffnet  bte 
©äffe  :  cf .  note  to  1.  1930. 

149*  1987.  $>n  fattuft  ♦  ♦  ♦  retten  gilt :  this  malicious  reference 
to  the  fact  that  Teil  savecl  Baumgarten  (cf .  11. 151-176)  shows  that 
Gessler  is  well  informed  of  what  has  been  going  on.  1990. 
$e^t  ♦  ♦  ♦  alle :  cf .  Schiller' s  Jungfrau  von  Orleans,  5 : 

Se^t  ift  e§  3ett!  gefct,  Retterin,  errette! 
and  Luke,  23.  25:  u  and  the  rulers  also  with  them  derided  him, 
saying :  He  saved  others,  let  him  save  himself."  *  ©öfter : 
nowadays  dotier;  cf.  the  Latin  collare  and  the  French  collier.  It 
was  a  leather  doublet  or  jacket.  1991.  (£3  mnff :  I  must  do  it. 
*  mit  (gemalt  an  fid)  gehalten  :  is  the  patriotism  displayed  by  Ru- 
denz  genuine  or  is  it  the  result  of  his  knowing  Berta's  attitude  ? 
1992.  metter  ♦  ♦  ♦  treiben:  Surely  you  will  carry  matters  nofurther. 
1996.  Uttb  ♦  t  ♦  Sogen:   cf.  the  proverbs,  2Ber  ben  23ogen  über* 


NOTES.  263 

ipannt,  ber  ^erfprengt  U)n ;  «Strenge  §errn  regieren  ntcfjt  lange ;  and 
^CtC^it  fdjarf  macf)t  fdjartig. 

150.  1998.  3tf)  barfS  :  I  have  the  right  to.  2003.  %$  .  -.  . 
gefrfjttriegeit :  I  said  nothing.  2005.  SKcttt  .  ♦  .  pgeftfjfoffen :  i.  e. 
and  though  I  might  have  seen,  I  did  not  see. 

151*  2020.  in  fcefter  ÜJftetnung:  in  spite  of  my  good  intentions. 
2021.  Sevtuegncr:  sc.  gebrauch  bu.  2025.  ftünbet :  =  ftättbct. 
—  2026.  $)en  ♦  ♦  ♦  f Raubet:  cf.  Goethe's  Götz  von  Berlichingen,  4. 
2 :  £rügft  bu  txt(f)t  btö  Sbenbilb  be§  ÄaiferS,  ba%  idj  in  bem  gcfubcl* 
ften  konterfei  üereljre.  2027.  $)en  .  .  •  f)in:  the  challenge  of  a 
knight  to  deadly  combat.        2029.  bic  :  those  poor  people. 

152,  2034.  Äommt  %n  @ud):  be  yourself  again.  2035. 
28u£tT  ttf)r3  ja  :  =  idj  mußte  es  ja. 

153*  2045.  baff  .  .  .  öerfudjte:  explanatory  to  bajju.  2046. 
%fyv  ♦  .  .  ©eföft :  you  have  freed  yourself  like  a  man.  2052. 
fcräudjüdj :  =  gebräudjlid).  2053.  laff T  .  •  •  gelten :  I  shall  not 
aeeept  from  you.  2060.  burd)frf)fl£  ttf) :  =  roürbe  idj  erfdjoffen 
Ijaben.  This  use  of  the  past  indicative  gives  to  TelPs  words  a  fear- 
f  ul  emphasis,  showing  his  absolute  determination  to  take  vengeance 
upon  the  tyrant. 

154*  2062.  (Snrer :  genitive  of  3fyr,  to  be  construed  with  ge= 
feljlt.  2065.  erfamtt:  sc.  tjahe.  2067.  28o  .  ♦ .  beftf)eutt:  cf. 
note  to  1.  384.  2069.  2öte  ♦  .  ♦  tterfüubtgt :  Stauffacher  evident- 
ly  considers  Tell's  shot  made  possible  only  by  the  special  Interven- 
tion of  Providence.  2074.  $ü§ttad)t :  cf .  note  to  1.  219.  As 
that  village  was  situated  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz  and  Teil  lived  in 
the  canton  of  Uri,  the  governor  had  —  aecording  to  the  charters  — 
no  right  to  remove  Teil  there  (außer  &wtb§).  Yet  we  must  remem- 
ber  that  Albrecht  had  so  far  refused  to  recognize  these  charters 
granted  by  his  predecessors  (cf.  11.  2077,  2078). 

155*  *  SBerta,  ^Juben^ :  Berta  f  ollows  the  governor,  because 
he  is  her  guardian ;  Rudenz,  because  he  loves  her  and  wishes  to 
protect  her.  2089.  nmrnm  mußtet  $fjr :  why  did  you  have  to. 
2094.  XtU  .  ♦  ♦  geljordjen :  Leuthold  again  shows  the  kindness  of 
heart  indicative  of  the  true  soldier  (cf .  11.  1761-1764). 

156.     2096.  fagr  tri)  md)t3  :  shall  I  carry  no  message. 


264  NOTES. 

ACT  IV.     SCE]^  1. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Kunz  von  Gersau  relates  to  a  nsherrnan  and  his  son  that  Teil 
has  been  seized  and  carried  away,  and  that  tlie  Baron  von  Atting- 
hausen  is  dying. 

A  storm  is  Coming  np.  They  see  a  ship,  evidently  in  distress. 
The  flsherman's  boy  exclaims  that,  f  rom  the  red  color  of  the  ship's 
deck  and  from  the  nag  which  it  displays,  it  must  be  Gessler's,  the 
governor's,  boat. 

Suddenly  they  notice  a  man.  It  is  Teil  who  has  escaped  from 
the  boat.     He  teils  them  how  he  has  managed  to  gain  his  liberty. 

157*     *  ®U\l%  t)on  ©erfau  :  not  known  to  history.        *  Qftf rfjer : 

probably  the  one  mentioned  in  stage  directions  following  1.  36. 
(Sftuobi).  2103.  £öemtr3  •  ♦  .  ^retfjett :  if  ever  liberty  should  be 
at  stake.  2105.  (Sie  ♦♦♦  brau :  they  were  about  to.  2107. 
2>er  ♦  ♦  ♦  tft:  which  just  now  is  Coming  up.  2114.  $e3  freien 
9Jlamte3  :  i.  e.  if  he  should  get  free  again. 

158,  2121.  £)orf  :  Sissigen  or  Sisikon,  a  village  situated  on  the 
Vierwaldstädter  See  between  Flüelen  and  Brunnen.  2125.  2)er 
SWttub  ber  a©aijrf)cit,  ba3  jeljTube  2luge :  i.  e.  the  Baron  von  At- 
tinghausen.  2127.  2lrm :  i.  e.  Teil.  2130.  JRafet  .  •  ♦  gret= 
Jjeit:  cf.  Shakespeare's  King  Lear,  3.  2 : 

Blow,  winds,  and  crack  your  cheeks !  rage !  blow ! 

You  cataracts  and  hurricanes,  spout 

Till  you  have  clrench'd  our  steeples,  drown'd  the  cocks, 

You  sulphurous  and  thought-executing  fires, 

Vaunt  couriers  of  oak-cleaving  thunderbolts, 

Singe  my  white  heacl !  And  thou,  all-shaking  thunder, 

Strike  flat  the  thick  rotundity  o'  the  world ! 

161.     2136.  8Büfte:  cf.    11.    1260-1269.         2138.  ^figruttb  :  re- 

f erring  to  the  depth  of  the  lake  at  that  point  (about  600  ft.). 
2143.  brofc  :  on  that  account.  2145.  (£ife3türme  :  =  Xüxmt  öon 
©ig,  2147.  Quintett :  mountain  tops  ;  cf.  the  Latin  culmen,  and 
1  Sfttgt  Äulm,'  the  highest  point  of  the  Rigi  mountain.        2149. 


NOTES.  265 

eine:  L  e.  roenn  eine.  2153.  Unb  ,  ,  .  nicrbe:  cf.  note  to  1.  966 
(fulgura  frango).  2155.  2$tegc  nnrb  gewiegt :  alliteration. 
2156.  Stelltet  :=  Steuermann.  2159.  23itfen:  port.  Scheuch- 
zer  states  that  on  the  eastern  shore  of  tlie  lake  there  are  very  few 
places  where  one  can  lancl,  while  between  Flüelen  and  Brunnen 
there  is  bot  one  landing  place,  the  one  at  the  Tell's  Platte;  see 
map,  p.  40.  —  gewährte  :  potential  subjunetive. 

162.  2166.  9taubtier3  :  similarly  Schiller  in  his  Spaziergang 
refers  to  nature  unchained  as  a  tigress  (/Xtgerin).  2171.  §errett= 
fdjiff :  a  word  probably  coined  by  Schiller.  It  refers  to  the  boat 
of  State  which  carries  the  Austrian  governor.  2172.  roten:  cf. 
note  to  1.  781.  2175.  $erbred)en:  i.  e.  the  man  (Teil)  whom  he 
has  injured.  2178.  geben  ntd)t :  for  the  more  common  geben 
nifyU,  pay  no  heed.  2181.  ©reif  nidjt  in  ben  2itm:  do  not  in- 
terfere  with. 

163.  2188.  $uggt3grat :  a  projeeting  cliff  at  the  foot  of  the 
Axenberg,  on  the  eastern  shore  of  the  lake.  2189.  Xeufel3= 
münfter :  a  towering  cliff  on  the  western  shore  of  the  lake. 
2190.  5t£enbetgf  ^pwfmeffet :  two  dangerous  jutting  cliff s  on  the 
eastern  shore  ;  see  map,  p.  40.  2192.  ber  Sdjtffe  niedrere  :  poet- 
ical  arrangement  for  mehrere  Sdjiffe ;  equivalent  in  meaning  to 
öiele  (griffe.  2194.  ^fofj  :  Swiss  for  g-etetoanb.  2195.  gäfj= 
ftot^ig  :  Swiss  for  abfrfjüfftg  (precipitously).  *  2$enn  er  mitten 
♦  ♦  ♦  au^breitenb :  cf .  Honier's  Odyssey,  13  : 

Ulysses  saw 
Well  pleased,  rejoieing  in  his  own  dear  lancl, 
And  stooping  kissed  the  bountiful  earth,  and  raised 
His  hands,  and  thus  addressed  the  nyniphs  in  prayer. 

^64.     2212.  gfütfeljung  :  archaic  for  ü3orfer)itrtg. 

165.  2213.  %$a$  . . .  begeben  :  objeet  of  mißt.  2215.  fallen : 
poetic  for  fangen.  2218.  entnommen:  sc.  feib.  2220.  aufge= 
gebner :  deserted  by  all  or  hopeless.  2227.  fjuttetit  ©taufen : 
stern.  ©raufen,  a  Swiss  and  South-G-ernian  word.  It  may  refer 
to  either  end  of  the  ship.  The  adjeetive  modifier  ^intern  deter- 
mines  which  end  is  referred  to.  2229.  f leinen  51jett :  a  part  of 
the  Axenberg  (Der  Grosse  Axen). 


266  NOTES. 

166.  2231.  ®ottf)avb$:  the  famous  St.  Gotthard  pass  and 
mountain  ;  see  picture,  p.  224.  —  ©äf)lutg3 :  Swiss  for  abfdjüffig; 
cf.  note  to  1.  2195.  2233.  mettttctt  alle  :  =  alle  meinten.  2238. 
kniffen  ftd)  nityt  diät :  do  not  know  what  to  do.  2242.  2Sie,  tnenn: 
suppose  that.  —  fein :  =  feiner :  genitive  to  be  construed  with 
brannten,  a  construction  rarely  found  in  prose.  2244.  @e= 
txanttft :  =  gutrauteft.  2245.  ©o  tnö  d)tr  tri) :  then  I  should  like 
to.  2247.  tjiebamten :  out  of  this  danger.  2248.  ©o :  and 
thus  it  was  that.  2253.  £yelfenrtff§ :  i.  e.  the  TelVs  Platte,  a 
ledge  of  rock  at  the  f  oot  of  the  Axenberg  ;  see  map,  p.  40.  There 
Stands  now  the  Tell's  Chapel,  rebuilt  in  1880  in  place  of  the  one 
originally  erected  by  the  canton  of  Uri  in  1388  on  the  spot  where 
—  according  to  tradition  —  Teil  sprang  ont  of  the  boat  of  the  Aus- 
trian  governor.  2257.  af>5ttretdjen:  =  erreichen.  2258.  Ijanbttdj 
ppgeljen  :  to  lay  to  vigorously. 

169.  2259.  $elfen*ilatte :  cf.  note  to  1.  2253.  2261.  fie :  i.  e. 
bie  geljenplatte.  2264.  fjtntern  ©ranfen :  cf.  note  to  1.  2227. 
2270.  ©o  Mn  tcf)  ♦  .  .  SRenftfjen:  cf.  11.  157,  158,  and  1813,  1814. 
2273.  lanm  .  ♦  ♦  ©innen :  scarcely  am  I  able  to  believe  it.  2274. 
Ijin:  sc.  ^u  gefeit.  2278.  Staunten  :  cf.  note  to  1.-721.  2281. 
@r  benftr3  :  thaVs  his  Intention. 

170.  2283.  5(rtt) :  a  large  village  situated  on  the  south-eastern 
shore  of  the  lake.  —  fififfnad)t :  cf .  note  to  1.  219.  2284.  ©tet= 
nett :  a  village  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz,  the  traditional  birthplace 
of  Werner  Stauffacher.  2286.  £ott)er$::  a  village  sitnated  on  the 
western  shore  of  the  Lowerzer  See,  in  the  canton  of  Schwyz. 
2295.  ©rfjttmljer  :  =  ©djttuegeröctter,  i.  e.  Walther  Fürst. 

171.  2301.  $ft  t$  .  .  .  lommen  :  Teil  is  a  man  of  deeds,  not  of 
words.  2303.  (£?♦♦♦  nttternummen :  he  will  accomplish  what- 
ever  he  undertakes. 

ACT  IV.     SCENE  2. 

SYNOPSIS. 

We  are  at  the  Castle  of  the  Baron  von  Attinghansen  who  is 
dying.  Hedwig,  Tell's  wife,  appears  to  look  for  her  son  Wal- 
ther. She  bitterly  censnres  her  husband  for  shooting  the  arrow  at 
the  boy's  head.     All  present  defend  Teil. 


NOTES.  26T 

The  Baron  awakes  from  his  Stupor.  His  sorrow  f  or  the  absence 
of  Rudenz  is  sootlied  by  the  news  that  Rudenz  too  has  finallv  de- 
clared  hiro.se lf  against  Austrian  rale.  With  his  last  breath  he  ex- 
horts  those  around  him  to  remain  united  in  their  country's  cause. 
Rudenz  himself  appears  too  late.  While  the  peasants  try  to  com- 
fort  him,  he  urges  them  to  quick  action,  for  Gessler  has  carried 
away  Berta,  his  betrothed. 

2304.  (£3  .  .  ♦  ifjm :  ü  is  all  over.         2305.  Sef)t  .  •  .  regt  fttfj :  a 

common  custom.  If  the  feather  placed  upon  the  mouth  remained 
motionless,  life  was  believed  to  be  extinet.  A  minor  unclouded 
when  held  over  the  lips,  was  also  considered  a  proof  of  death. 

172.  2314.  mir  :  ethical  dative  ;  cf.  mir,  1.  2315.  2321.  £), 
f)ättr  er  ♦  ♦  .  $fet(  in  ba§  $er$  :  Hedwig  imagines  —  aroused  as  she 
is  —  that  the  boy  was  tied  to  the  stake  against  his  will ;  she  does 
not  know  that  the  boy  himself  had  encouraged  the  father  to  shoot 
at  the  apple,  and  that  Teil,  aecording  to  Gessler's  command,  had 
to  die  with  his  boy  if  he  refused  to  undergo  the  trial.  2322.  er 
Kläre  .  .  ♦  geftoröen  :  he  would  have  rather  died  a  thousand  times. 
2325.  £Öier3  ♦  ♦  ♦  f önnen :  what  might  have  happened. 

173.  2337.  mir  :  nothing  but.  2339.  ^n  S3anbe  fd}fng  :  cast 
into  chains.        2350.  $)te  Keine  Safyl :  modifies  mir. 

174.  2358.  SUßenrofen:  a.flower  which  thrives  only  on  the 
highest  summits  of  the  Alps,  where  the  air  is  pure  and  fresh 
(23crt)amfrrom  ber  £üfte),  and  withers  in  the  damp  atmosphere  of  the 
Valleys  (©iitnpfeSluft).        2370.  rettete  :  =  mürbe  retten. 

175.  2376.  ($r.  .  .  nttfer:  2.  Samuel,  7.  27:  "  Theref ore  hath 
thy  servant  found  in  his  heart  this  prayer  to  pray  unto  thee,"  or  in 
Luthers  translation  :  3)arum  §at  beirt  $netf)t  fein  £er$  gefnnben,  mit 
biejem  @ebete  $n  bir  (}U  beten. 

176.  2390.  beS  Sc&enS  pcfy'teS  9ttaß :  cf.  Psalms,  90.  10 : 
"  The  days  of  oui*  years  are  threescore  and  ten  ;  and  if  by  reason 
of  strength  they  be  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength  labor  and 
sorrow  ;  for  it  is  soon  cut  off,  and  we  fly  away."  2393.  ©reellen  : 
present  with  future  meaning.  2407.  tooljnienmfjrt :  a  rather 
questionable  Statement  :  cf .  11.  1517-1519,  and  11.  2503-2516. 


268  NOTES. 

177.  2409.  £oljl :  undermined.        2410.  $te  Sage  ♦  ♦  ♦  ge^ä^U : 

cf.  Schiller's  Maria  Stuart,  1.  2: 

teilte  £age  ftnb 
©ejätytt,  bejüt&t'  tdj,  unb  id)  adjte  mtä) 
©leicf)  einer  ©terbenben. 

2413.  fallen :  present  with  future  meaning.  2415.  tuetttt  t§  gut : 
when  the  Urne  comes.  2420.  nttf ercr :  =  tmfer,  genitive  depend- 
ent  on  bebctrf.  2424.  $u3  ♦  ♦  ♦  lag :  how  does  the  Baron  know 
that  Teil  was  compelled  to  shoot  the  apple  placed  on  his  child's 
head? 

178.  2433.  Ütfjtlattb  :  the  country  between  the  Jura  mountains 
and  the  Bernese  Alps.  Its  name  is  derived  f  rom  the  Anglo-Saxon 
uhta,  '  morning  dawn';  the  '  dark  land'  (gtrtftertcmb)  inasmuch 
as  it  is  situated  between  the  high  mountain-chains  named.  — £ljur= 
gau :  at  that  time  much  larger  than  the  present  eanton  of  Thurgau, 
comprising  all   of    north-eastern    Switzerland    east  of    Aargau. 

2434.  SScrit :  Bern,  the  capital  of  the  eanton  of  the  same  name, 
built  on  a  rocky  elevation  almost  surrounded  by  the  river  Aar. 

2435.  gfreifmrg  :  the  capital  of  the  ancient  Üchtland,  founded 
in  1178  by  Berthold  IV  of  Zähringen,  is,  like  Bern,  nearly  sur- 
rounded by  a  river  (Saane).  2436.  ,3ürtd) :  the  capital  of  the  ean- 
ton of  the  same  name.  Its  commercial  activity  early  encouraged 
the  Organization  of  guilds  (fünfte)  which,  however,  did  not  gain 
any  special  importance  until  the  middle  of  the  14th  Century. 
2437.  e3  örirfjt  ♦  •  ♦  eto'geit  SSSäöeit :  we  are  reminded  of  the  vic- 
torious  defense  of  this  city  by  Büdiger  Manesse  against  Duke 
Albrecht  of  Austria  (1351)  and  of  the  victorious  resistance  which  the 
city's  mayor  Brun  offered  to  the  same  duke  in  1352.  2443. 
Jtttmdjer  ^$af? :  e.  g.  at  Morgarten  in  1315,  at  Näfels  in  1388. 
2444.  $er  Sanbrnamt  •  •  .  Jansen :  cf.  note  to  1.  1930.  *  bic 
23urgglö(fe  geläutet ;  cf.  Schiller's  inscription  to  his  Lied  von  der 
Glocke :  mortuos  plango ;  cf .  also  note  to  1.  966.  It  was  custom- 
ary  to  make  known  the  death  of  a  member  of  the  Community  by 
ringing  the  church  bell  in  order  that  all  might  join  in  prayers  for 
the  eternal  salvation  of  the  one  departed. 


NOTES.  269 

181.  2455.  einen  anbern  Tanten :  Rudenz  will  own  it  instead 
of  Attinghausen.  2457.  $uffe:  moments.  2458.  Um  .  ♦  ♦ 
feljn :  cf .  11.  2375-2380.  2462.  $te  feiere  ♦  .  .  ©rfjulb :  i.  e. 
the  fact  that  he  has  betrayed  his  country's  interests  and  has  aided 
the  Austrians  to  gain  control  of  it.  2463.  (Bdjieb  er  baljtn :  did 
he  depart.  2465.  Unb  .  ♦  .  Wlnt :  cf.  11.  1987-2031.  2472. 
$Bmt  ganzer  <Seefe  :  wüh  all  my  heart. 

182»  2478.  (£ure,  Rurige  :  Walther  Fürst,  Werner  Stauffacher. 
2482.  nueberfeljrettb :  repenting.  2483.  nid)t3  geartet :  =  t>er= 
acfjtet  (litotes).  2484.  toefjen  .  ♦  •  tierfel)tt :  what  can  we  expect 
from  you.  2487.  beffen  :  gebenfeit  is  nsually  f  ollowed  by  an  and 
the  accusative.  2490.  uitf er  ♦  ♦  ♦  (Sure  :  cf .  the  old  saying  which 
originated  during  the  peasant  wars  following  Luther' s  ref  orms  : 

%l%  Slbcmt  fya&t  unb  (Sba  fpann, 
SSer  roar  ba  ber  ©betmann? 

183.  2497.  Surf)  ♦  ♦  .  £t)ramtet:  i.  e.  there  is  now  no  time  for 
idle  talk  ;  prompt  action  is  needed.     Cf.  Homer' s  Iliad,  6  : 

Yet  let  us  go,  we  will  conf er  of  this 
Another  time,  if  Jove  should  e'er  vouchsafe 
That  to  the  immortal  gods  of  heaven  we  pour 
In  our  own  halls  the  cup  of  liberty. 

2499.  SBenn  erft :  when  once.       2512.  Sie  <&tnnbt  •  .  ♦  fcebarf  3 : 
cf.  Homer's  Iliad,  5: 

How  long  will  ye  submit 
To  see  your  people  slaughtered  by  the  Greeks  ? 
Is  it,  until  the  battle  storm  shall  reach 
Your  city's  stately  portals? 

2513.  ttjarb  :   has  become.        2514.  ßfjrtftfeft :  cf.  note  to  1.  1400. 
2516.  kartet  tljr  ab  :  imperative. 

184.  2523.  O  $reunbe  ♦  ♦  ♦  Wiüt :  a  rather  selfish  motive  on 
the  part  of  Rudenz  to  arouse  the  people  at  once  to  revolt  against 
Austria's  tyranny.  It  is,  however,  characteristic  of  his  change  of 
heart.     Cf .  note  on  stage  directions  following  1.  1991. 


270  NOTES. 

185*  2544.  Unter :  from  under.  2547.  Oh  :  to  see  whether 
we  can.  2552.  (£3  Bringt  ♦  ♦  ♦  ©cfei?  :  cf .  Attinghausen's  words, 
11.  952-958.  2553.    lönntc :     potential    subjunctive.  2555. 

ftener^ettfien  :  cf.  11.  1421,  1422.       2556.  Sotenfegel :  metaphor. 


ACT.  IY.     SCENE  3. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Teil  appears.  From  his  monologue  we  understand  that  no 
other  choice  is  left  to  him  Trat  to  kill  Gessler.  Stüssi  joins  hün, 
and  they  watch  a  wedding  procession  passing  through  the  narrow 
defile. 

Gessler  comes  up  with  his  retinue.  Armgard,  a  poor  woman, 
begs  him  to  release  her  hnsband  who  has  been  thrown  into  prison 
for  a  trivial  offense.  TVhile  the  governor  brusquely  refuses  to 
yield  to  her  entreaties,  Tell's  arrow  reaches  his  heart. 

186.     *  fjöljle  ©ctfje :  on  account  of  modern  improvements  and 

changes,  the  '  narrow  pass '  has  entirely  disappeared.  At  the 
place  where  Teil  is  supposed  to  have  shot  the  Anstrian  governor, 
there  Stands  now  a  small  chapel  adorned  with  paintings  and 
covered  with  inscriptions  glorifying  his  deed.  See  map,  p.  40. 
2568.  beute  ,  ,  ,  afcgefanfen :  thy  Urne  is  up ;  the  phrase  originated 
when  hour-glasses  were  the  only  means  of  determining  time. 
2574.  SÖZUd)  ber  frommen  $>enfart :  cf .  Shakespeare's  Macbeth, 

1.  5: 

Glamis  thou  art  and  Cawdor ;  and  shalt  he 
What  thou  art  promised :  yet  I  fear  thy  nature ; 
It  is  too  füll  o'  the  milk  of  human  kindness, 
To  catch  the  nearest  way. 

2576.  2Ber  .  .  ♦  ftetnbS  :  cf .  Homer's  Odyssey,  22 : 

Now  I  take 
Another  mark,  which  no  man  yet  has  hit. 
Now  I  shall  see  if  I  attain  my  ahn, 
And,  by  the  aid  of  Phcebus,  win  renown. 

2580.  Sanbtiogt :  apostrophe. 


NOTES.  271 

187.  2593.  %$a§  bu:  sc.  bir  erlaubt  fjaft.  2594.  er  .  .  . 
jüruet:  Schiller  follows  here  Tschudi's  Statement  that  the  king 
(Albrecht)  had  ordered  his  governors  to  make  the  füllest  use  of 
their  authority  to  bring  abont  the  Submission  of  the  three  Forest 
Cantons  (Düntzer).  2598.  SBrhtger  bittrer  (Srfjmcräen  :  cf .  Ho- 
mers Odyssey,  6: 

He  spake ;  and  at  Antinous  aimed 
The  bitter  shaft. 

Also  Homer's  Iliad,  4 : 

Then  the  Lycian  drew  aside 
The  cover  from  his  quiver,  taking  out 
A  well-fledged  arrow,  that  had  never  rlown  — 
A  cause  of  future  sottows. 

2602.  Uttb  btt :  Similarly  Sophocles  makes  Philoctetes  address  his 

bow  : 

O  bow,  of  nie  beloved 

Torn  from  my  loving  grasp, 

Surely,  if  thou  canst  feel, 

Thou  lookest  piteously 

On  me,  the  bosom  friend  of  Heracles, 

Who  never  more  shall  bend  thee  as  of  old. 

2608.  fraftto^  :  i.  e.  missing  the   objeet   at   which   it   is   aimed. 

2609.  $rf) .  •  .  tierfenben  :  equivalent  to  bann  mürbe  idj  feinen  ixotu 
ten  ivl  üerfenben  fjaben.        2610.  biefer :  we  shonld  expect  tiefe. 

188.  2618.  «Säumer:  i.  e.  the  one  who  gnides  a  (©emmrofj;  cf. 
note  to  1.  875.  2624.  ein  freuen :  =  eine  greube.  2626. 
2Öarr3  :  perhaps  it  was.  2627.  3lmnt0tt£fjorn :  a  fossilshell,  re- 
sembling  a  ram's  hörn,  of  ten  f  ound  in  the  Swiss  monntains  ;  the 
name  is  derived  from  Jupiter  Amnion,  the  Jupiter  of  the  Egyp- 
tians,  who  is  sometimes  represented  as  having  the  horns  of  a  ram. 
2636.  ebfe3:  i.  e.  well  worth  my  aim.  —  £ä^t  ftri)T£  öerbrie^ett: 
does  become  weary.        2639.  $zl§  :  an  archaic  dative. 

189.  2641.  anleimt..»  %$iüt:  aecording  to  Scheuchzer,  the 
hunter  who  in  his  reckless  pursuit  of  the  game  has  reached  a  point 
whence  he  can  neither  retreat  nor  advance,  cuts  with  his  knife 


272  NOTES. 

deep  into  his  heels,  so  that,  when  he  risks  the  daring  leap  (2Bage* 
jprnng),  which  may  carry  him  out  of  danger,  the  blood  spurting 
from  the  wound  may  serve  as  "  giue  and  avoid  his  slipping  off  the 
rock."  2642.  ©ratttcr :  a  small  species  of  the  chamois  (©emie) 
which  lives  only  on  the  highest  peaks.  2647.  ba§  Sdjtt)ar5e : 
i.  e.  the  center  or  -biüTs  eye.1  2649.  gfreubeufd)ie(?ett :  shoot- 
ing-matches.  2650.  ba§  SScftc  :  i.  e.  the  prize  ;  cf.  Goethe's  Götz 
von  Berlichingen :  Steift  btt,  ba  ttrnr  ein  (Sd)netber  öon  (Stuttgart 
.  .  .  bcr  tjatte  $u  Ä5(n  aufm  3cf)tej3en  ba§  23efte  gemonnen*  2652. 
SDiBrttfdjadjett :  a  village  situated  on  the  Yierwaldstättersee,  not 
far  from  Küssnacht ;  see  map,  p.  40.  2653.  Sörautfauf :  from 
the  Middle  High  German  broütlouf;  here  to  be  translated.  by 
"wedding  procession"  or  "wedding."  Formerly  the  word  re- 
f erred  to  the  custom  of  conducting  the  bride  from  her  own  home 
to  that  of  the  bridegroom.  2654.  Seilten  :  a  herd  of  cows, 
twenty  and  often  more  in  number,  according  to  the  size  of  the 
monntain  pasture  (%{m)  to  which  the  herdsman  (Senne)  takes 
them  during  the  summer  and  early  fall.  2655.  ^mtfee :  or 
Smmenjee,  a  village  sitnated  on  the  Lake  of  Zug,  barely  a  mile 
distant  from  the  §orjle  ©äffe ;  see  map,  p.  40.  2656.  tirirb  f)od) 
gefd)tt)efgt :  therewill  be  a  high  Urne. 

190.  2665.  Oxufft :  also  spelled  fRuft,  Swiss  for  23ergrutfcf)  ;  cf . 
the  Latin  ruina  and  the  Itahan  rovina.  2667.  GHärmfdj :  one 
of  the  most  beautifnl  mountain  ridges  of  Switzerland,  sonthwest 
of  the  town  of  Glarus.  2670.  Nabelt :  a  small  town  in  the  can- 
ton  of  Aargan,  on  the  river  Limmat,  famons  for  its  Springs,  the 
Aquae  Helvetiae  of  the  Komans.  2681.  $a  ttwljl  htm:  cf. 
Horace,i£p.,  2.  l.  3 : 

How  happy  in  his  low  degree, 
How  rieh  in  humble  poverty  is  he 
^Vho  leads  a  quiet  country  life 
Discharged  of  business,  void  of  strife. 
Thus,  ere  the  seeds  of  strife  were  sown, 
Lived  men  in  better  ages  born, 
Who  ploughed  with  oxen  of  their  own 
Their  small  patemal  fielet  of  com. 


NOTES.  273 

191.  2686.  <£a§  t\XJ  id) :  thafs  just  what  I  am  doing.  2691. 
bcr  Strom :  i.  e.  the  Muotta.        2692.  ©ud)t  3f)r  tva§  an  tljn : 

have  you   any  request  to   make  of  him.         2696.  faljre :  =  gelje. 

192.  *  uatf)  ber  öorbercn  Ssene :  to  the  front  of  the  steige. 
2699.  $a  . .  .  fortgeführt :  cf .  Homer's  Iliacl,  5  : 

Like  a  swollen  river  when  its  current  takas 
The  torrent's  swiftness.  scattering  with  a  sweep 
The  bridges. 

2708.  fettttt  bei :  can  do  härm.        2709.  ü&o  lata  f)in :  what  became 
of 

193*  2713.  tl)m  :  i.  e.  bem  SBolf.  —  üjm  fattft  £U  tun  :  to  humor 
them.  2721.  9)Hr :  ethical  dative.  2729.  ber  $ater  :  i.  e. 
Eudolph  I,  Emperor  of  Germany  from  1273-1291  A.  D.  2732. 
©o  ober  fo  :  in  one  way  or  the  other. 

194.  2735.  ^u  2öeg  :  =  in  ben  2öeg.  2739.  £8Ubfjener :  the 
word  SBtfbljeuer  refers  to  the  poorest  class  of  the  inhabitants  of 
the  Swiss  highlands  who  try  to  rnake  hay  on  meadows  unapproach- 
able  for  cattle.  They  rnount  the  most  dangerous  and  steep  cliffs, 
or,  wherever  it  is  necessary,  they  allow  themselves  to  be  let  down  on 
ropes  from  overhanging  rocks  to  these  grassy  spots  below.  When 
the  grass  is  cut  and  dry,  they  throw  it  down  to  the  lower  Valleys. 
There  it  is  gathered  and  afterwards  finds  a  ready  sale  becanse  of 
its  excellent  quality  (Goethe,  Wilhelm  Meisters  Wanderjahre,  2.  7). 
—  Ottgtberge  :  a  monntain  group  about  twenty-five  miles  in  cirenit, 
lying  between  the  lakes  of  Luceme,  Zug,  and  Lowerz ;  see  map, 
p.  40.  2751.  ttt  ben  fedjftett  SDZonb  :  the  use  of  äftonb  for  äftonett 
dates  from  the  earliest  German  and  is  common  even  among 
modern  writers  :  cf.  Klopstock's  Messias,  16.  213:  -gumbert  ÜDfrmbe 
ftnb  öorüber  gettjembeft,  and  Schiller's  Braut  von  Messina  : 

günf  ^ftortbe  jtrtb13,  e§  f)errfd)te  nod)  im  Scmbe 
£e§  Katers  mafyt. 

195.  2756.  ©o:  as.  2761.  redjt  gefprodjen:  have  rendered 
justice.        2764.  n\ü)t§  fragen:  care  nothing. 


274  KOTES. 

196.  2775.  9Katt  ♦  .  ♦  fjtmtett :  some  one  drag  her  away.  —  ttfj 
bergeffe  mtd):  Imayforget  myself.  *  fä^rt  mit  ber  £anb  an3: 
puts  Ms  hand  ort.        *  nritt:  is  about  to. 

'  197.    2792.  be3£obe3:  cf.  1.  73.        *  gegleitet:  we  should  now 
say  geglitten. 

198*  2804.  bcttt  SWorb:  when  murder  is  committed.  2809. 
$enft  jetjt:  sc.  barem.  2814.  ben  SBlttf  reibet:  /eastf  yowr  e^/es. 
2815.  leget  £anb  an:  Zend  a  hand.  2818.  «BSagt  e£,  £err:  a 
challenge. 

199.  2819.  Ijat  ein  (Sttbe:  is  a£  an  end.  2831.  £renr:  dative 
to  be  construed  with  öertremen.  *  Barmherzige  S3rüber:  the 
appearance  of  the  4  Brothers  of  Mercy  '  reminds  one  of  the  chorus 
of  the  Greek  stage.  The  soul  of  the  listener  has  been  horrified  by 
the  murder  committed;  now  the  hymn  with  its  allusion  to  eternity 
calms  the  mind.  In  the  touching  strains  we  hear  an  echo  of  that 
famous  church  hymn  of  the  13th  Century  which  was  chanted  as 
the  dead  were  borne  to  their  last  resting  place  —  media  vita  in 
morte  sumus.  — Inasmuch  as  the  order  of  the  'Brothers  of  Mercy' 
was  not  founded  until  1540,  Schiller  is  guilty  of  an  anachronism. 
2833.  Öiafcen  ♦  ♦  ♦  nieber:  a  rather  uncomplimentary  comparison. 

ACT  V.     SCENE  1. 

SYNOPSIS. 

The  signal  fires  on  the  mountains  and  the  ringing  of  the  bells 
proclaim  to  the  people  that  the  Austrian  governors  are  driven  out 
and  their  Castles  destroyed.  While  the  people  at  Altorf  are 
anxious  to  tear  down  the  fortress  that  menaces  their  freedom, 
Walther  Fürst,  cautious  as  ever,  advises  them  to  delay  until  the 
news  be  confirmed.  Baumgarten  and  Melchthal  appear  and  an- 
nounce  that  liberty  is  gained;  Rösselmann  and  Stauff  acher  bring 
the  news  that  emperor  Albrecht,  the  worst  enemy  of  the  Swiss, 
has  been  foully  murdered. 

An  imperial  messenger  comes  to  demand  in  the  name  of  the  em- 
press  that  the  Swiss  aid  her  in  apprehending  the  assassins.  Her 
demand  is  refused. 


NOTES.    •  275 

200,  2842.  £te  Burgen:  i.  e.  Eossberg  and  Samen.  2844. 
£t)nnutenfrf)Iof?,  3orf);  i.  e.  Zwing  Uri;  cf.  1.  370.  2846.  baä..  . 
iuoßte:  personification. 

201,  2848.  Stier  tum  Uri:  cf.  note  to  1.  1091.  2856.  %$a§ 
Watten:  why  wait. 

202,  2865.  (&§  tft  im  Sauf:  a  phrase  referring  to  something 
that  has  gone  beyond  our  control;  cf.  the  French  avoir  son  cours. 
2877.  ©djloft:  objeet  of  cutgqünbet  (sc.  Ratten). 

203.  2884.  erf)nfc:  archaic  and  poetief orerljofc.  2891.  $erta: 
either  the  subjeet  or  the  objeet  of  (Sljrte. 

204.  2903.  krittlig:  cf.  note  to  1.  1193.  2904.  md)t .  .  .  mir: 
it  was  no  fault  of  mine.  2911.  Urfefjbe:  a  solemn  promise  to 
forget  past  injuries  and  not  to  renew  hostilities;  here  simply  'a 
solemn  oath.'         2919.  Unter  ♦  ♦  ♦  (£nfcl:  a  mistake   on  Walther 

Fürst* s  part. 

205.  2932.  3ft  ,  .  #  tierjagt:  a  conditional  sentence.  2936. 
$te  ♦  ♦  ♦  betfen:  a  promise  fulfilled  in  the  battles  of  Morgarten  in 
1315,  and  Xäfels,  in  1388;  cf.  1.  2443  and  note. 

206*  2947.  %$v\\d :  a  small  town  in  the  canton  of  Aargau,  sit- 
uated  on  the  river  Aar.  2949.  3of)rtmte3  äftüfler:  a  reference 
made  in  grateful  re Cognition  of  the  historian  Johannes  Müller  to 
whose  writings  Schiller  owed  so  much.  Müller  was  born  at  Schaff- 
hausen  in  1752,  was-professor  of  history  at  Kassel  and  Mayence, 
and  finally  one  of  the  minist ers  of  the  kingdom  of  Westphalia. 
He  died  at  Kassel  in  1809.  Cf.  also  Introd.,  pp.  15,  16.  — ©cfjaff= 
Ijcutfett:  the  capital  of  the  canton  of  the  same  name,  a  picturesque 
Swabian  town  which  has  retained  some  of  its  former  characteris- 
tic  features  even  to  the  present  day. 

207*  2955.  tmterftcfye  (£rfce:  if  we  take  into  consideration  the 
Statement  made  in  1.  1344,  the  cluke  was  deprived  by  the  emperor 
both  of  his  patemal  and  maternal  inheritance.  2966.  t)üm 
(Stein:  '  3)er  @tein  31t  ißaben '  was  a  strongly  fortified  castle  of  the 
dukes  of  Austria,  dominating  the  town  of  Baden.     As  to  Baden, 


2T6  NOTES. 

cf.  note  to  1.  2670.  2967.  SRfjeinfelb:  cf.  note  to  1.  1324.  —  fco 
♦  ♦  ♦  ttmr:  i.  e.  where  he  temporarily  held  court.  2968.  ßeojjfllb: 
the  second  son  of  emperor  Albrecht.  2970.  9ieuft:  a  river  in 
Switzerland,  both  north  and  south  of  the  lake  of  Lucerne;  see  map, 
p.  40. 

208,  2975.  eilte  alte  .  ♦  ♦  3e^:  tne  Vornan  Vindonissa  —  now 
a  mere  village  by  the  name  of  üBuibifd)  —  once  a  stronghold  against 
the  Germans  and  destroyed  by  Childebert  II  in  594  B.  C.  2977. 
^pa&3&urg:  =  §abicrjteburg,  i.  e.  'the  Castle  of  the  Hawks,' 
situated  in  the  canton  of  Aargan.  It  was  bnilt  by  Connt  Radbod 
or  Radbot  von  Altenbnrg  in  1020.  It  is  the  cradle  of  the  imperial 
f  amily  of  Austria  ;  cf .  also  Simrock's  Rabsburg s  Mauern  : 

3m  2targau  jterjt  ein  Jio^es  <5d)tof$, 
^ßom  £al  erteilt  e§  ttin  @ejd)0J3 ; 
2öer  f)at1§  erbaut? 
2)a§  tote  au§  Wolfen  rtteberjdjaut? 

©er  üBifdjof  Zerrter  gab  ba%  (Mb, 
@raf  jftabbot  fyat  fie  fyirtgefteftt, 
föleirt  aber  feit, 
Sie  ImbtcfytSbnrg,  ba§  getjenrtejt. 

2983.  t>on  ben  ©einen,  auf  bem  Seinen:  i.  e.  by  his  own  subjeets, 
in  his  own  land.  2993.  ^ebmeber:  archaic  and  poetic  f or  jeber. 
2998.  bte  fttenge  2lgne3:  the  daughter  of  emperor  Albrecht  and 
widow  of  Andreas  III  of  Hungary.  Schiller  here  f ollows  Tschndi 
in  the  main.  The  historical  Agnes  was  a  deeply  religions  and 
most  excellent  woman,  who  built  the  convent  of  Königsfelden 
at  the  place  where  her  father  had  been  assassinated.  Her  f  ather?s 
murderers,  however,  were  exiled  and  punished  with  all  the  severity 
of  that  time,  so  flerce  in  hatred  and  so  rieh  in  love.  Walter  von 
Eschenbach  escaped  into  Württemberg,  where  f  or  thirty-five  years 
he  earned  a  scanty  living  as  a  shepherd.  On  his  death-bed  he  con- 
fessed  his  name  and  his  guilt.  Parricida  fonnd  a  refuge  in  a  mon- 
astery  at  Pisa.  When  later  on  he  made  himself  known  to  Henry 
VII  of  Germany,  he  was  given  life  imprisonment.  He  died  in 
1315.     The  other  conspirators  were  apprehended  and  executed. 


NOTES.  211 

209.  3002.  Attesten,  $inbern,  £htbe3finbent:  alliteration. 
3006.  uite  ttt  Tlüicntüix:  In  this  Statement  Schiller  again  foilows 
Tschudi:  "  Agnes  showed  her  vengeance  most  inhumanly  and  at 
the  capture  of  Farwangen,  one  of  Palm's  Castles,  walked  about  in 
the  blood  of  those  who  had  been  slain,  and  said:  'I  am  taking  a 
bath  in  May  dewV  Cf.  Count  Platen'  s  Kloster  König  sfelden. 
3011.  fofl  irren:  is  wandering,  as  they  say.  3013.  Sid)  fel&ft  ift 
fie:  it  is  its  own.  3022.  $u3  ♦  ♦  ♦  fceJjnu^tett:  Germany  was  an 
elective,  not  a  hereditary  monarehy. 

210.  3024.  $er  ©raf  oon  SitjemBura:  Henry  VII  of  Luxem- 
burg was  emperor  of  Germany  f  rom  1308-1313.  3028.  £em  ♦  .  ♦ 
not:  the  new  ruler  will  be  in  need  of  valiant  friends.  3034. 
(£(3öet:  the  daughter  of  Count  Meinhardt  of  Tyrol,  and  the  widow 
of  emperor  Albrecht.  It  is  said  that,  when  her  husband's  body 
was  brought  to  her,  she  exclaimed:  "By  spinning  and  sewing  I 
should  gladly  earn  a  livmg,  if  only  Albrecht  were  still  alive.1' 
3035.  tft  ail§:  has  cometo  an  end.  3037.  ber  hlnV (je  $htf tfjetb: 
we  should  now  say  ba%  blutige  §inf  Reiben. 

211.  3046.  nimmer:  in  no  way. — $orfcfjno  tnn:  we  should 
now  say  «orfdjub  leifien.  3058.  $oten:  cf.  11.  1324-1335.  — 
motten  fjören:  =  fyören  motten, 

212*  3068.  gemefjrt  fjat:  a  mocking  allusion  to  the  "constant 
title  of  the  emperor  himself ,  who,  aecording  to  the  style  introduced 
by  Probus,  was  semper  Augustus  or  perpetuus  Augustus,  which 
erring  etymology  translated  '  at  all  times  increaser  of  the  Em- 
pire,' "  i.  e.  Zu  allen  Zeiten  Mehrer  des  Reichs.  (Bryce,  TheHoly 
Roman  Empire,  p.  258).  3069.  feinet  $att3:  genitive  denoting 
cause.  3070.  be3  S3öfen:  dependent  on  gebenfett.  3082. 
£rftnen:  i.  e.  tears  of  sympathy. 

213.  3086.  mallen,  atten:  notice  the  effect  of  the  rhyme. 
3089.  aflt§:  all  our  land.  3090.  Unb  ♦  ♦  ♦  gerettet:  a  somewhat 
exaggerated  Statement,  due  to  a  woman's  pride  in  her  husband's 
achievements. 


278  NOTES. 

ACT  V.     SCENE  2. 

SYNOPSIS. 

While  Hedwig,  Tell's  wife,  and. her  children  are  rejoicing  be- 
cause  their  fatlier  will  soon  return,  Parricida  arrives  in  the  dis- 
guise  of  a  monk.  He  is  kindly  received ;  but  when  Teil  comes, 
he  asks  the  f  ugitive  to  leave  and  contemptuously  points  out  to  him 
the  difference  between  their  actions  and  their  motives.  He 
finally  advises  him  to  go  to  Korne,  there  to  seek  f  orgiveness. 

214.  3102.  <£r  fftll'S:  make  him  feel.  3105.  ©aget  an: 
pray,dotellme.  3106.  ©etb  3!jr  tierirrt:  are  you  lost.  3108. 
@tf)äd)etttal:  cf.  note  to  1.  1550  and  to  1.  1554.  3110.  botf)  toa$ 
tft  ©ud):  out  what  aus  you.  3111.  ®ntt§:  good  news.  3112. 
933er  ♦  ♦  ♦  feib:  but  whosoever  you  may  be.  3113.  23ßie  and): 
however  much. 

215*  3117.  aSct  btefettt  ♦  .  ♦  JUmfaffe:  cf.  Cornelius  Nepos, 
Themistocles,  8,  where  the  Grecian  exile  at  the  court  of  Admetus, 
the  king  of  the  Molossi,  seats  himself  at  the  hearth  of  the  king, 
who  happens  to  be  absent,  and  takes  hold  of  the  king's  small  son, 
as  if  in  this  way  to  assure  himself  of  safety.  3125.  ftfjuürt  ♦  ♦  ♦ 
$u:  grips  my  innermost  heart  as  if  in  a  vise.  3129.  toeiter:  sc. 
geljett  or  fotnmett. 

216.  3137.  auf  beut  üöleutigett:  within  my  own.  3135.  fefie 
ttttt  ber  $reube:  give  yourself  up  to  joy.  3141.  £)  £eü!  XtU: 
she  remembers  that  it  was  her  husband's  hand  by  which  the  gov- 
ernor  was  slain.         3145.  frei:  i.  e.  with  a  clear  conscience. 

217.  3146.  ÜBruber :  a  term  used  in  reference  to  a  member  of  a 
religious  order.  3148.  burcf)  *  ♦  ♦  fiel :  by  whom  the  governor 
was  slain.  3153.  $fjr  erfrfjhtgt  .  .  ♦  £euerfte£  tiertetbigt :  the 
purpose  of  the  f ollowing  lines  is  to  emphasize  the  difference  be- 
tween Parricida's  crime  and  a  deed  like  that  of  Teil.  The  latter 
killed  the  Austrian  governor  in  order  to  protect  bis  home  and  his 
country.  The  former,  misled  by  unprincipled  advisers,  assassin- 
ated  the  emperor,  who,  moreover,  was  his  uncle,  through  selfish 


NOTES.  2?9 

motives  of  ambition  thwarted  and  wounded  vanity  (11.  3153-3185). 
3155.  tt»ie  meiner:  as  he  was  mine.  3159.  $fjr  märet :  cnuld 
you  possibly  be. 

218.  3162.  mit  trief ent :  wüh  such  a  one  as  he.  3170.  JBater* 
tltovbe^  :  i.  e.  the  murder  of  a  near  relative  ;  here  the  murder 
of  emperor  Albrecht,  his  uncle.  3171.  btt :  used  contemptu- 
ously  instead  of  31)r. 

219*  3180.  $a3  Se^te  :  the  worst.  This  term  is  often  used  in 
this  sense  suggesting  the  worst  outcome  of  things ;  cf.  Goethe' s 
Hermann  und  Dorothea,  4.  148 : 

SDemt  bie  2ft ärmer  ftnb  ^eftifl  unb  benfen  nur  immer  ba%  Setzte. 
Cf .  also  Goethe's  Reinecke  Fuchs,  12.  224.         3184.  Ütfttf|t3  ttiV  td) 
mit  btr :  nothing  have  I  in  common  with  you.         3195.  ^e3  armen 
ffllanntä :  to  be  constraed  with  ©d)iDette. 

220.  3201.  £fco£oIb  :  cf .  note  to  1.  2968.  3208.  <&ti)lv$  = 
(Sittfdjfuß.  3210.  Olatfjegetfter:  the  Furios  of  the  Romans,  the 
Greek  Eii/xej/tSes ;  cf .  Schiller' s  Bie  Kraniche  des  Tbykus : 

©ebet  2t$t, 
£)a§  ift  ber  (Surrt emben  2ftaä)t! 

3213.  erlan&t:  sc.  bift.  3217.  'Mein  eignet  <3tf)recftti3:  a  terror 
to  myself. 

221.  3230.  entbetft :  nsed  conditionally.  That  the  Swiss  have 
declined  to  aid  in  the  pursuit  of  the  conspirators  (cf.  11.  3071-3076), 
Teil  does  not  know.  3234.  (Sanft  *ßeter3  (Btabt :  i.  e.  Rome. 
3238.  Hon :  as  iffrom. 

222.  3243.  Wtn%  :  cf .  note  to  1.  2970.  3246.  titele  ßrett^C  : 
Fäsi  states  that  from  Göschenen  to  the  £eufel§brücfe  the  traveler 
can  count  twenty-three  such  crosses  erected  to  the  memory  of 
those  slain  by  falling  rocks  (Düntzer).  3253.  Sd)retfen3ftra^e  : 
a  narrow  road  running  along  the  bank  of  the  Reuss  through  the 
wild  gorge  of  Schöllenen,  much  dreaded  by  the  wanderer  because 
of  the  avalanches.  3256.  bte  SBrüde,  ix>eid)e  ftünbet :  originally 
a  hanging  bridge,  held  in  its  place  by  chains  and  anchors,  splashed 


280  NOTES. 

f  rom  below  by  the  spray  of  the  Reuss  ;  according  to  some,  erected 
first  in  1319,  which  would  make  Schiller's  Statement  an  ana- 
chronism.  Its  place  is  now  taken  by  the  SteufetSbriicfe  (Devil's 
Bridge)  built  of  granite,  under  wliicli  the  Reuss  falls  into  an  abyss 
one  hundred  feet  in  depth.  3259.  ^elfetttot :  the  so-called 
Urner  Loch.  An  anachronism  on  Schiller's  part,  f  or  according  to 
Müller  there  existed  in  those  times  only  a  narrow  road  or  bridle 
path  leading  over  the  rocks,  while  the  narrow  natural  cleft  in  the 
rocks  was  impassable  for  'man  or  beast.'  In  1707  this  opening 
was  enlarged  to  a  tunnel,  about  seventy  yards  in  length,  and  made 
suitable  for  travel.  3261.  %al  ber  $reitbe  :  the  Urseren  Valley 
is  referred  to,  where  the  road  emerges  from  the  dark  Urner 
Loch.  It  f  orms  a  striking  contrast  with  the  wild  region  just  de- 
scribed. 

225*  3265.  9?ettfje3  SSoben :  the  canton  of  Tessin  (Ticino)  and 
Italy  f ormed  at  that  time  a  part  of  the  '  Holy  Empire  of  the 
German  Nation.'  3267.  ®Qtt§axb$ :  see  picture,  p.  224.— 
ettJ'gctt  (Seen  :  on  the  St.  Gotthard  we  find  besides  extensive  glaciers 
about  30  small  lakes.  Scheuchzer  states  that  seven  of  these  remain 
unchanged  in  depth  during  the  entire  year.  They  are  the  sources 
of  the  Reuss  and  the  Ticino. 

ACT  V.     SCENE  3. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Swiss  peasants  appear  to  greet  Teil  as  their  deliverer.  Berta 
and  Rudenz  express  their  desire  to  be  considered  members  of  the 
new  confederacy.  They  promise  to  do  their  share  in  maintaining 
the  independence  of  their  country  now  freed  from  oppression. 

226.  3285.  ftretfjeit  Sattb :  cf.  11.  1631-33.  3286.  mein 
D?erf)t :  my  just  cause.  3287.  S5ürgcritt  :  fellow  Citizen.  3289. 
@0  :  therefore.        3291.  Uttb  ♦  .  .  Slted)ie  :  for  in  the  land  of  the 

free,  all  are  free,  all  must  be  free. 


VOCABULARY. 


281 


EXPLAN  A.TOEY. 

After  each  noun  ordinarily  only  the  genitive  Singular  and  the  nominative 
plural  are  given.  Of  feminine  nouns  only  the  nominative  plural  is  given,  as 
all  the  cases  of  the  Singular  of  feminine  nouns  are  alike.  A  dash  ( — )  shows 
that  the  plural  is  like  the  Singular  ;  (-)  that  the  stem  has  the  umlaut ;  (Äc 
or  -er)  that  the  stem  has  the  umlaut  and  one  of  these  endings. 

"Verbs  are  indicated  as  such  only  by  the  abbreviations  for  transitive,  in- 
transitive, or  reflexive.  Vowel  changes  in  the  principal  parts  of  strong 
verbs  are  given  in  parenthesis,  e.  g.  taufen  (te-au);  principal  parts  of  ir- 
regulär verbs  are  given  in  parenthesis,  e.  g.  gießen  (30g,  gebogen).  Separable 
Compound  verbs  are  indicated  by  a  Single  horizontal  line,  e.  g.  cm'-gretfen 
(griff,  gegriffen.) 

Since  almost  every  adjective  in  German  may  be  used  as  a  Substantive, 
only  such  Substantive  adjectives  are  listed  in  the  vocabulary,  the  form  or 
meaning  of  which  presents  some  peculiarity.  Particles  and  inflnitives  are 
treated  similarly. 

As  every  adjective  in  German  may  also  be  used  as  an  adverb,  adverbs  are 
not  specially  listed  if  they  differ  from  the  adjectival  meaning  only  by  the 
sufnx  "-ly." 


282 


VOCABULARY. 


The  vocabulary  contains  in  addition  to  the  words  of  the  text  those  found 
in  the  quotations  given  in  the  notes. 


ab  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  of,  away, 

down. 
ab'-bretf)ext  (a-o)  intr.  stop. 
ab'-brütfett  tr.  let  ny,  discharge. 
aber  conj.  trat,  however,  anyway. 
ab'-fatjren  (u-a)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

sail  away,  depart. 
bie  Sllbfafjrt  (pl.-en)  sailing  away, 

departure. 
ber  31b  fatt  (gen.-z,  pl.  "e)  deser- 

tion,  betrayal. 
ab'-faHett  (ftef,  geraffem  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  fall  off,  turn  traitor. 
ab -fttt&ett    (a-it)    tr.   satisfy,   in- 

demnify. 
ab'-füljren  tr.  lead  away. 
ab-gel)ett    (ging,  gegangen)    intr. 

{aux.  fein)  go  away,  leave. 
ab -getoiiinen  (a-o)  tr.  win  from. 
ber  «Ub'grunb    {gen.  -e§,  pj.  *e) 

abyss,  precipice. 
ab -Idolen  tr.  take  away. 
ab'-Iaufen  (ie-au)  iw*r.  (aw».  jein) 

run  away,  ran  down. 
ab'-mäljett  tr.  mow  off. 
ab -meffett  (map,  gemejjen)  fr.rnea- 

sure  off,  suryey. 


ab -nehmen  (nafjm,  genommen)  fr, 

take  off. 
ab -platten  tr.  to  fiatten  down, 

level. 
bie  SUb'rebe  (pl.  -n)  agreement, 

counsel. 
ab -retdjen  tr.  to  reach.  [ing. 

ber  «Ub'fdjeu  (gen.  -3)horror,  loath- 
ber    gCb'fdjieb    (gen.   -3,    pl.  -e) 

departing,  departure. 
ab -fenfen  (a-u)  refl.  descend. 
ab'-ftoften   (ie-o)   intr.  push  off, 

start. 
ber  %Lbt  {gen.  -§,  pl.  ut)  abbot. 
ab'-tretbeit  (ie-ie)  tr.  ward  off. 
ab -trogen  tr.  extort. 
abtrünnig  adj.  faithless. 
ab -fragen  (o-o)  fr.  weigh,  con- 

sider. 
ab-toarten  fr.  await ;  intr.  wait. 
ab-toebren  fr.  avert. 
abQttüeibct  adj.  grazed  bare. 
ab-toenben   (manbte,    geroanbt   or 

geroenbet)  tr.  avert,  estrange. 
ab-ttJerfen  ( a-o)  tr.  cast  aside. 
ad)  interj.  oh!  alas! 
bie  üiä)t  (pl.  -en)  outlawry. 
aä)ten  tr.  judge,  think ;  have  con- 

sideration  f or ;  intr.  listen  to. 


283 


284 


VOCABULARY. 


aa)t-geöen    (gab,    gegeben)    intr. 

give  attention,  look  out. 
aä)t'%\Q  num.  adj.  eighty. 
aäevn  tr.  plough. 
(bei)  2Cbam  Adam 
ber   *Ubel  {gen.  -§)  nobility,  the 

nobles. 
ab(e)ltg  adj.  noble. 
ber  SUMer  (#e?i.  -§,  jpZ.  — )  eagle; 

cf.  note  to  1.  884. 
(bte)  $(gne§  Agnes ;  cf .  note  to  1. 

2998. 
ber  3tfjn  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  ances- 

tor,  grandsire. 
af)ttcn  tr.  and  intr.  forebode,  anti- 

cipate. 
aljnenb  adj.  prophetic. 
(ber)  Zilbvetyt  Albrecht,  Albert; 

cf .  note  to  1.  908. 
all   adj.  and  pron.  every,  each, 

all,  whole ;  pl.  all  the  people, 

everybody. 
allein'  adj.  alone ;  adv.  alone,  only, 

rnerely;  conj.  bnt,  however. 
aflertoegen  adv.  everywhere. 
allgemein'  adj.  general,  common. 
allgeredji'  adj.  all-righteous. 
all'jn  adv.  altogether  too. 
all$nftraff'  adv.  too  tightly. 
bte  Slip  or  %il$e   (pl.  -en  or  -n) 

mormtain    pastnre,    monntain ; 

pl.  the  Alps. 
bie  %11'penblumt  (pl.-n)  mormtain 

rlower. 
bas  2tf  £englnfjen  (-§)  alpine  glovr  ; 

cf .  note  to  1.  596. 
ber  &U'£enjäger  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

mormtain  hrrntsman. 
bte  Stl'ptxxxo\t  (pl.  -n)  alpine  rose ; 

cf .  note  to  1.  2358. 


bte  Sllpentvifi  (pl.  -en)  mormtain 

pasture. 
ba3  SU'Jjenniaffer  (gen.  -§,  pl.  Ä) 

mormtain  stream. 
ba§   ailfc'ljom   (#e?i.   -§,  pZ.   *er) 

alpine  hörn. 
al3   C072J.   when,   as,   as  if,  but, 

except,  than. 
al^fcalb'  adv.  at  once. 
ttlfn  adv.  so,  thus,  therefore,  con- 

sequently. 
alt  adj.  old,  ancient ;  former. 
bas  SUlter  (#eft.  -§,  pl.  — )  age,  old 

age. 
alt  qtivobnt  adj.  old-aecustomed. 
ber  Ziitlanb  amman  (gen.  -es,  pl. 

Ktx)    ex-landamman,    ex-chief- 

magistrate  ;  cf .  note  to  1.  1086. 
(bas)  SIVtovf  (gen.-*)  Altorf,  the 

name  of  a  town ;  cf .  note  on  stage 

directions,  p.  65. 
bte    «mt'fcorbern    (m.   pl.)    fore- 

fathers,  ancestors. 
(bas)  «Ulanen   {gen.  -§)   Alzel- 

len ;   cf .  note  to  1.  66. 
(ber)0Cl5ener  (gen.  -3,  pl.  —)  Al- 

zeller,  an  inhabitant  of  Alzel- 

len ;  cf .  note  to  1.  66.     Used  as 

an  adj.  of  Alzellen. 
atn  =  an  bem. 
ber    Olm'tnan    (gen.  -§,   pl.  ^er) 

amman,  chief-magistrate. 
ba§  üimmon$f)otn  (gen.-*,  pl.^ex) 

ammonite  ;  cf .  note  to  1.  2627. 
bas  Sinti  (gen.  -3,  pl.  -"er)  office, 

duty,  business. 
artprep.  iv.  dat.  or  acc.}  adv.,  and 

sep.  pref.  on,  at,  by,  near,  by 

the    side    of,   in;    to,   against; 

an  ...  .  Dorbet  past. 


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285 


an -befehlen  (a-o)  tr.  order. 

her  Zin'blid  {gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  sight. 

on -Miefe«  fr«  look  at. 

on -bringen  (Braute,   gebracht)  tr. 

offer,  present. 
on'bötfjttg  ad/,  devont. 
anber  adj.  other,  diffeient ;  follow- 

ing,  next. 
önbern  tr.  and  refl.  ehange. 
onber§  adv.  otlierwise,  eise. 
Ott  ber^benfenb  adj.  thinking  dif- 

ferently,  düferent. 
ott'ber^ttJO  adv.  elsewhere. 
ott-fongen    (i-a)    tr.    and   intr. 

begia. 
on'fottg$  adv.  at  first. 
Ott  -f äffen  (faßte,  gefaxt)  tr.  seize, 

touch. 
Ott-fiteren  tr.  lead. 
on -füllen  refl.  be  rille  d. 
ongefcotett  adj.   inborn,   heredi- 

tary. 
ott'-gefjen   (ging,    gegangen)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  ascend. 
ott'gettefjttt  adj.  charming,  kind. 
berSUttger  (gen.-z,pl.—  )nieadow, 

conunon. 
ott'gefefjett   adj.  respected,  influ- 

ential.  [ed. 

ott'geftontmt  adj.  native,  inherit- 
ott -greife«    (griff,    gegriffen)     tr. 

attenipt.  undertake. 
bie  SUttgft  (pl.  ~e)  anxiety,  worry, 

care. 
ottgft'&efreit  adj.  freed  frora  fear. 
öttg'fttgett    tr.    worry;     refl.    be 

tronbled. 
öngft'Iiö)  adj.  anxious. 
on'-fjolrett  (ie-a)  intr.  halt;  refl. 

restrain  oneself . 


bie  ${n'f}öf)e  (pl.  -tt)  keight. 
on'-fjörett  tr.  listen  to. 
ber  SMttfer  (gen.  -%,  pl.  —  anchor. 
Ott -flögen  tr.  aecuse,  reproach. 
Ott '-Hingen  (a-u)  intr.  conirnence 

to  souiid. 
Ott'-fommen  <fam,  gekommen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  arrive. 
Ott -legen  tr.  lay  on ;  intr.  aini. 
on-letnten  refl.  glue  oneself  to. 
on -liege«  (o-e)  intr.  concern. 
on  -lodert  tr.  allure. 
bit  üirimut  grace. 
att'-ttefjmen  (nafim,  genommen)  tr. 

aeeept. 
ott'-Jjodjett  intr.  knock. 
Ott -r  «fett  (ie-n)   tr.  call  to,  ini- 

plore. 
Ott -rühren  tonch,  affect,  move. 
on'-fogett  tr.  teil. 
ott'-frfiaefjett    (icfjloB,    geicfjtofien) 

refl.  join  oneself  to. 
ott'-feljett  (a-e)  tr.  look  at  or  on. 
ott'fidjtig  adj.  aware:  anüd)tig  ir>er= 

ben,  gain  sight  of. 
ott'ftebeltt  refl.  settle. 
Ott-finnett    (a-o)   tr.  suggest  to, 

demand  of . 
ott-ffc  reit  gen    (a-n)    intr.    (aux. 

fein)  ride  up. 
ber  sUtt'ffcrntf)  {gen.-Z,  j;/.-e)claim, 

demand  ;  in  ?tniprad)  nemnen  lay 

elaim  to. 
on'-fteigett  (ie-ie)  intr.  rise. 
Ott'fteütg  adj.  fit. 
Ott'-ftemmen  tr.  push  against. 
on-ftiutmen   intr.  comnience  to 

sound. 
ber  ÜlttteU  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  portion, 

share. 


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ba§  «Uut'tti*  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  face. 

an'-treteu  (trat,  getreten)  tr.  (aux. 
fein)  approach. 

an'-tun  (tat,  getan)  fr\  do  to,  offer. 

bie  £lntroort  (pl.  -en)  answer. 

an'-roaojf en  (u-a)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 
grow  on,  increase. 

an'-%ieben  (sog,  gebogen)  tr.  draw 
on,  pull  on. 

ber  «Un^ug  (S^-  -8,  W.  Ä0  ap- 
proach. 

an -jünben  fr*,  set  fire  to. 

ber  $lfcfel  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  *)  apple. 

bie  üivbtit  (pl.  -en)  work,  labor. 

arbeiten  refl.  force  one's  way. 

ber  Xlvbtitev  (gen.  -3,  pl.  — )  la- 
borer. 

arg  adj.  bad. 

ber  «Uvg  luoI)n  (#e?i.  -§)  suspicion. 

arm  adj.  poor,  miserable,  wretch- 
ed. 

ber  Sttrm  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  arm. 

bie  ülrm'fcruft  (p£.  Äc)  cross-bow. 

(bie)  SUrmgarb  Armgard,  a  wo- 
man's  name. 

armselig  adj.  poor,  wretcbed. 

ber  Sttrm'feffel  (#en.  -§,  pl.  —) 
armchair. 

bie  Sttrmut  poverty. 

(ber)  %tvnoli>  Arnold,  a  man's 
name. 

(bct§)  &(rtfj  Artb,  the  name  of  a 
yillage ;  cf .  note  to  1.  2283. 

bit  Ülföje  (pl.  -n)  ashes. 

ber  <lltem  (aen.  -§)  breath.  . 

a'temtoS  ad;,  out  of  breath. 

atmen  mZr.  breathe. 

(ba$)  $tt'iing&au3(en)  Atting- 
hausen,  the  name  of  a  yillage. 

(ber)  2ltting  Käufer  (gen.  -s)  Ba- 


ron von  Attinghausen ;  cf .  note 
to  1.  337. 

auä)  adv.  also,  even,  too;  fo  .  .  . 
and)  however,  tr>a§  ....  and) 
whatever,  roenn  ....  aud)  even 
if,  toer  ....  aud)  whosoever,  tüte 
....  and)  however,  roo  ... .  and) 
wherever;  and)  nid)t  not  even, 
though. 

bie  2luc  (pl.  -en)  meadow. 

auf  prep.  w.  dat.  or  acc.  on,  upon, 
toward  at;  sep.pref.  and  adv. 
up,  upon,  upward,  open ;  interj. 
up !  come  on ! 

auf -hauen  tr.  build  up. 

anf-b cm af)vcn  tr.  keep,  preserve. 

anf-buttn  (o-o)  «r.  call  together. 

auf'-fclüljen  in£r.  (a-az.  fein)  bloom 
up,  grow  up. 

anf-faf)tcn  (u-a)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 
start  up,  flare  up. 

auf-ftnben  (a-n)  tr.  discover. 

auf-forbern  tr.  ask,  challenge. 

auf -gefcen  (a-e)  fr»,  give  up,  aban- 
don,  resign. 

auf-geljen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 
(aux.  fein)  go  up,  rise;  open. 

auf-lmlteu  (te-a)  tr.  stop,  detain. 

auf-^augeu  (i-a)  tr.  hang  up. 

auf-Jje&en  (o-o)  tr.  raise  up. 

auf  -^öteu  intr.  stop,  cease. 

auf -lachen  intr.  laugh  out,  break 
out  laughing. 

ber  Auflauf  (gen.  -§,  pl.  ~e)  up- 
roar,  tumult. 

auf-legeu  tr.  lay  on,  place  upon. 

auf-löfeu  tr.  loosen,  dissolve. 

aufmetfeu  intr.  listen,  pay  at- 
tention. 

aufmertfam  adj.  attentive. 


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auf '-nehmen  (naljm,  genommen)  tr. 

take  up,   reeeive ;    cope  with, 

compete. 
auf '-£ äffen  intr.  watch. 
aufpflanzen  tr.  set  up,  hold  üp. 
auf'-raufd)cu  intr.  (aux.  fein)  rush 

up,  surge  up. 
aufredet  ad;,  upright. 
auf-reiften  (vife,  geriffen)  &*■  tear 

open ;  refl.  open  suddenly. 
auf-rirf>ten  £r.  set  up,  raise  up ; 

refl.  get  up,  rise. 
auf -rufen    (te-u)    tr.   call  upon, 

ask. 
ber  «Uuf'ruljr  (^en.  -§,  pl.  -e)  tu- 

mult,  rebellion. 
auf-rüfjren  tr.  stir  up. 
auf$  =  auf  ba3. 

auf  -f tffiefcen  (o-o)  fr*,  postpone. 
auf-ftt)lagen    (u-a)    tr.  lift  up; 

open. 
ber    Sluf'fäjuft    (#e?i.    -s)    delay, 

postponement. 
anf-fe^en  £r.  put  or  place  upon. 
auf'-f£ringen    (a-u)   infr\    (aux. 

fein)  spring  up,  leap  up. 
ber  «Muf  ftanb  (gen.  -§,  pl.  *e)  up- 

rising,  tumult. 
auf-ftetfen  fr\  put  up. 
auf-fteöen  (ftanb,  geftanben)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  get  up,  rise. 
auf  -ftetgen  (ie-ie)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

go  up,  ascend. 
auf-tauen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  thaw. 
auf '-treten  (a-e)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

enter,  appear. 
auf  tun  (tat,  getan)  tr.  open;  refl. 

show  itself . 
auf-fcietfen  tr.  awake. 
ber  2tuf  §ug  (gen.  -3,  pl.  Äe)  act 


auf-juiingen  (a-u)  ö». force upon. 
ba§  2(uge  (#e?i.  -§,  pZ.  -n)  eye. 
ber  Olu  gen&lttf   {gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

monient. 
augen&Iitfä  adv.  instantly. 
au'genloS  adj.  sightless. 
au&  prep.  w.  dat.  out  of,  from 

because  of;  adv.  and  sep.  pref. 

out,  over,  past. 
ausbreiten  tr.  stretch  out,  extend 
aufeinander  adv.  in  different  di- 

rections. 
au^einanber-fliefiett   (o-o)   intr, 

(aux.  fein)  flee  or  scatter  in  dif- 

ferent  directions. 
auäetnan'ber-gefjen  (ging,  gegan 

gen)  intr.  (aux.  fein)  scatter. 
auSetuan  ber-tretfcen    (ie-ie)    tr 

drive  apart,  scatter. 
au^'erf  eljen  (a-e)  tr.  select,  choose 

designate. 
au$-f edjten   (o-o)   tr.  fight  out 

settle. 
au3-flieften  (ftojs,  geftoffen)  intr, 

(aux.   fein)  flow  out,  cease  to 

flow. 
au$-gef)en  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

(aux.   fein)   go  forth,   proeeed, 

Start. 
auS-gte^en    (gofc,    gegoffen)    tr. 

pour  out,  empty. 
au§'-liefern  tr.  surrender. 
an§'-lö fdjen   tr.  put  out,   extin- 

guisli. 
au§-veuUn    tr.    root    up,    clear 

away. 
an&  -roben  tr.  root  up,  clear  away. 
ber  $tu£rufer    (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

crier. 
au$'-ruf)en  intr.  and  refl.  rest. 


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auS-fefjett  (a-e)  intr.  look,  seem. 

auficn  ac/v.  out,  without. 

anf?er  prep.  w.  dat.  out,  except; 

aujjer  fiti)  beside  oneself. 
anwerft  superl.  adj.  utmost,  last, 

extreme ;  used  as  a  neuter  noun, 

extrernity,  worst;  $n  anwerft  far 

out,  at  the  very  edge. 
bie  $ln$  fttfjt  (pl.  -en)  view. 
anä'-ftnnen  (a-o)  tr.  plan,  devise. 
mtS'-f  jjä&en  £r.  search  out. 
au$/-tyved)m  (a-o)  fr\  say,  utter. 
anS'-fteßen  tr.  put  out,  Station. 
au§  -fndjen  fr\  pick  out,  select. 
cmS-treten  (a-e)  intr,  (aux.  fein) 

step  out,  overflow. 
an^'-n&en  £r.  exercise,  do. 
au§  -hJetdjen  (t-i)  mfr\  (awa.  fein) 

turn  aside,  ayoid. 
<tu3-5ie&ett    (jog,    gebogen)    znfr\ 

(cmz.  fein)  go  forth,  set  out. 
(ber)  $(£e  (#<m.  -n)  =  SUjenfcerg. 
(ber)  $l£enbe*c}   (#e?z.  -§)  Axen- 

berg,  the  name  of  a  mountain. 

cf.  note  to  1.  2190. 
bie  2lgt  (pl.  -e)  ax;  battle-ax. 


ber  ^Sciti)  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  ~e)  brook. 
ba§  QSab  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  "er)  bath. 
babett  refl.  batlie. 
(ba§)    Nabelt    (gen.    -§)    Baden, 

a  town  in  Aargau,  cf.  note  to 

1.  2670. 
bie  %$afyn    (pl.   -en)   way,    patb; 

career. 
bie  SSafyve  (pl.  -n)  bier. 
balb  adv.  soon,  easily;  balb  .... 

balb  now  ....  now. 


ber  $8a(Jen  (#ew.  -§,  p7.  — )  beam, 

timber. 
ber  %$aü  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  ~e)  ball, 
ber  SBaffamftrom  (#en.  -§,  pl.  ^e) 

balmy  air. 
bas  $3ani>  (gen.  -cS, _pZ. ""er)  ribbon, 

band. 
bct§  $8anb  (#ew.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  tie. 

bond,  fetter. 
fcän'btcjen,  tr.  tarne,  subdue. 
tmng(e)  cm$.  afraid. 
bit  fSanf  (pl.  -e)  beuch, 
ber  £$ann  (gen.  -e§)  ban,  excom- 

munication. 
(ber)    $8ann&era.    (gen.    -§)    the 

Bannberg,  a  liill  near  Altorf; 

cf .  note  stage  directions  on  fol- 

lowing  1.  1731. 
bannen  tr.  to  put  under  the  ban, 

preserve ;  charm. 
bas  Banner  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  ban- 

ner. 
ber  SBrm'nerljerr  (gen.  -\\,pl.  -en) 

banneret,  standard-bearer. 
hat  adj.  bare ;  destitute,  deprived. 
ber  $8äv  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  bear. 
barmtjer^ig  adj.  niereif  ul ;  barm^ 

bergige     Vorüber     '  Brothers    of 

Mercy.' 

bie    Söarmfjer  sigfett     (pl.    -en) 

mercy,  charity. 
ber  $8 an  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  building, 

structure. 
fcanen  tr.  build. 
ber  %$auev  (gen.  -4  or  -n,  pZ.  -n) 

peasant. 
bie  ZSäu'evin   (pl  -nen)    peasant 

woman. 
ber  %$auevnabel  (gen.  -§)  peasant 

nobility. 


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289 


ba§  QSau'gerüft  {gen.  -e§,  79/.  -e) 

scaffolding. 
ber  $3aum  {gen.  -es,  pJ.  "e)  tree. 
(ber;  3$aum'garten  (^en.  -§)Baum- 

garten,  a  man's  name. 
ber  SSaum  stoeig  (#e?i.  -3,  pJ.  -e) 

branch,  twig. 
bebau' en  tr.  cultivate. 
heben  intr.  tremble. 
ber  $8eä)ev  {gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  cup, 

beaker. 
bedauern  tr.  pity,  deplore. 
bedeuten    (bebadjte,     bebaut)     tr. 

think  over,  consider ;  refl.  liesi- 

tate. 
bebeu'ten  tr.  naean,  signify ;  beck- 

011. 
fcebräug'ett  tr.  oppress,  afflict. 
fcebiirfen   (beburrte,   bebunr)  intr. 

(w.  gen.)  and  tr.  be  in  need  of. 
fcebürf'ttg  adj.  needy. 
fceetft'  adj.  ice  covered. 
ber  $8efef)l'  {gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  order, 

command. 
beyefy'ien    (a-o)    tr.   order,    com- 
mand. 
fcefeft'igen    tr.    strengthen ;    refl. 

gain  strength. 
fcefinb  en  (ö-u)  re/?.  find  oneself, 

be. 
bete  SBeftnben  {gen.  -§)  welfare. 
fceffecf'en  fr\  stain. 
beflügefn  £r.  wing,  speed. 
befolgen  tr.  follow. 
fceför'bettt  tr.  further,  follow. 
fcefret'en  tr.  free,  resene. 
Befriedigen  tr.  satisfy. 
beftufy'ten  tr.  make  fertile. 
beyüvtb'len  intr.  be  afraid. 
begeben  (a-e)  re/?.betake  oneself, 


go ;  happen,  come  to  pass ;  give 

up. 
fcegeg'tteit  intr.  {aux.  jetn)  meet; 

befall. 
Begeben     (beging,     begangen)     tr. 

commit. 
begehren  tr.  demand,  desire. 
bie  ^egei'fterung  inspiration. 
bie    Regier  be    (pl.    -n)     desire, 

eagerness. 
Beginnen  (0-0)  tr.  begin. 
Begleiten  tr.  aecompany. 
Beglücf  en  V\  bless,  make  happy. 
Begraben  (u-a)  tr.  bury. 
begrenzen  tr.  bormd,  limit. 
Begrüben    tr.    greet;     refl.    ex- 

cliange  greetings. 
bie  Begrünung  (pl.  -en)  greeting. 
begatten    intr.   continue,   stand 

by. 
behaupten  tr.  assert,  maintain. 
bei  prep.j  adv.,  and  sep.  pref.  by, 

near,  with,  among. 
beichten  tr.  confess. 
beibepl.  adj.  both. 
Bei -ftmtmen  {tarn,  gefommen)  intr. 

get  at,  affect. 
Bei'-legen  intr.  lay  to;  hasten. 
Beifei'te  adv.  aside. 
ha*    ZSei'jpiel    {gen.    -§,    pl.  -e) 

precedent,  example. 
ber  ©ei'ftanb  {gen.  -s,  pl.  ~e)  Sup- 
port, assistanee. 
fcei'-ftefjen     (jtcmb,    geftanben)    tr. 

help,  assist. 
bei'-%äfylen  tr.  count  among. 
BejammernStoürbig  adj.  pitiable, 

wretched. 
betannt'  adj.  known;    begannt 

machen  introduce.- 


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VOCABULARY. 


belögen    tr.    pity;    refl.    com- 

plain. 
befiem'men  tr.  afflict,  grieve. 
befrte'gen  tr.  make  war  upon. 
Belagen  (u-a)  tr.  load. 
bele'ben  tr.  enliven,  cheer. 
Belebt7  adj.  living. 
beleidigen  tr.  offend,  insult 
hclob  nen  £7\  reward. 
bemalen  tr.  paint. 
bemerken  tr.  notice,  obserye ;  re- 

mark,  State. 
bequem7  adj.  comfortable. 
bequemen  refl.  submit  to. 
i>txafttn  (tc-a)  refl.  take  counsel. 
beran'ben  tr.  rob. 
bereit'  adj.  ready,  prepared. 
bereiten  tr.  prepare,  get  ready. 
ber  3$erg  {gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  moun- 

tain. 
bergen  (a-o)  tr.  save,  shelter. 
ber   ^erg'meg    {gen.  -§,   pZ.    -e) 

mountain  path. 
ber  Söertdjt'  {gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  re- 

port. 
berichten  tr.  report,  inform. 
(bie)    £$ern  Bern,  the  capital  of 

the  canton  of  Bern ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  2434. 
beraten    (a-o)    intr.    {aux.    fein) 

burst. 
(bie)    QSerta  Bertha,   a  woman's 

name. 
berufen  adj.  of  repute,  well  spo- 

ken  of . 
bern'ljtgen  refl.  calm  oneself. 
berühren  tr.  touch. 
befääf'ÜQen    tr.    busy,    employ, 

occupy. 
ber  Söefcfcetb'  {gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  in- 


formation,    direction  ;    25efd)eib 

roiffen  know  all  about  a  thing. 
beftfjet'ben  (ie-ie)   tr.  destine,  as- 

sign. 
befdjet'ben  adj.  modest,  prudent. 
befdjet  bent(id)  adv.  modestly. 
beftfjet'nen  (ie-ie)  tr.  shine  upon. 
befttyir'men  tr.  protect,  defend. 
befd)Ue%n  (befrfjtofj,  beftf)(offen)  tr. 

deterrnine,  decide. 
befdjüfc'en  tr.  protect,  defend. 
ber  QSefrfiüij'er    {gen.  -3,  pl.  — ) 

protector,  defender. 
befdjtDÜ'ren  (o-o)  tr.  swear  to. 
befe'ijen  (ct-e)  tr.  yiew,  exaniine. 
befetj'en  tr.  occupy,  rill. 
befielen  tr.  conquer. 
bct§  QSefin'nen  {gen.  -§)  reflection. 
ber  *8eftt$  {gen.  -e§)  possession. 
befi^en  (befafs,  befeffert)  fr\possess. 
befon'ber  adj.  individual. 
befunden  adj.  cautious,  prudent, 

tlioughtful. 
bef  orq(itf)  adv.  carefully,  anxious- 

iy. 

beffcrenj'en    (a-o)    tr.   talk   over, 

discuss. 
beffer  comp,  of  gut. 
bcft  superl.  of  out. 
beftä'ttgen  tr.  confirm,  ratify. 
befte  fjcn  (beftanb,  beftanben)  intr. 

last,  endure,  urge,  insist  upon 

(auf) . 
beftefjlen    (a-o)    tr.   steal  from; 

shirk. 
beftellen   tr.   appoint;    tend    to, 

tili. 
beften'cm  tr.  tax. 
beftimmt'  adj.  defmite,  fixed. 
ber  QSefntf)'  {gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  visit. 


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291 


Be'ten  intr.  pray. 

Betören  tr.  fool,  beguile,  induce. 

Betrachten   tr.  look  at,   contem- 

plate. 
Betrügen  tr.  distress. 
betrügen   (o-o)   tr.  deeeive;  refl. 

be  deeeived,  be  rnistaken. 
Beugen  tr.   bend,  bow,   bumble ; 

refl.  bow. 
bie  Sßente  booty. 
BenmaVen  tr.  guard. 
Bett) an)  fen  £r.  overgrow. 
Bettmff  neu  £r.  arm. 
Betonteren  tr.  keep,  guard.     . 
Betonten  tr.  prove. 
Betue'gen  re/Z.  move,  stir. 
Betoegi  adj.  stormy. 
bie   IBetoe'gnng    {pl.  -en)   move- 
ment, stir,  cornmotion. 
Betoei'ben    tr.  graze    on,   use   as 

pasture. 
Betoet'fen  (ie-ie)  tr.  show. 
beWoi)  nen  fr*,  inhabit. 
Betoun  bern  fr1,  admire. 
Bejäfj'men  tr.  tarne,  subdue,  re- 

strain. 
Bejetdynen  tr.  mark,  point  to. 
Bejtoing'en    (ü-u)    tr.   overcome, 

subdue,  master. 
lieber  adj.  honest,  true. 
ber  33  ie  ber  mann  (gen.  -§,  pl.  Ker) 

worthy  or  honest  man. 
Biegen  (o-o)  tr.  bend. 
Bieten  (o-o)  tr.  offer. 
ba§  $$ilb  (#en.  -e§,  p?.  -er)  image. 
Buben  tr.   form,  rnake ;    refl.  be 

formed. 
Billig  adj.  reasonable. 
bie  QSinbe  (  pl.  -n)  bandage. 
Bulben  (a-u)  tr.  bind. 


Bio  adv.,  conj.,  and  prep.  w.  acc. 

to,  as  far  as,  tili,  until. 
ber  QSifnjof  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  "e)  bishop. 
b't  SBtfdynfSfmt  (flren.  -§,  pZ.  "e) 

bishop 's  hat,  mitre. 
Bisher'  adv.  hitherto. 
bie  %$itte  (pl.  -rt)  request,  demand. 
bitten  (bat,  gebeten)  tr.  ask,  beg; 

intr.  ask  for. 
Bittet  adj.  bitter. 
Blnfen  (ie-a)  tr.  and  intr.  blow. 
Blaft  adj.  pale. 
BleiBen    (ie-ie)    intr.    (aux.   fein) 

stay,  remain. 
Bie  in)  adj.  pale. 
Bleiben  intr.  (aux.  fein)  grow  pale, 

fade. 
Blenben  tr.  blind. 
ber  %$ii(t   (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  look, 

glance;  view. 
Bücfen  intr.  look. 
BHnb  adj.  blind, 
ber  §BItt?   (gen.  -e3,  pl.  -e)  light- 

ning. 
Bitten  intr.  lighten,  flash. 
bloft  adj.  bare,  mere;  adv.  only, 

just. 
Blühen     intr.     bloom,     flourish, 

prosper. 
bie  $lume  (pl.  -n)  rlower. 
ba§  53(nt  (#e?i.  -es)  blood. 
ber  QSuttBanu  (gen.  -s)  criminal 

Jurisdiction. 
hk  Glitte  (p/.  -n)  flower. 
Bluten  intr.  bleed. 
Blutig  adj.  bloody. 
i>k  QShttfnjuIb    (pl.  -en)   capital 

crime. 
Bntt^Bertoanbt  adj.  relative  by 

blood. 


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ber  Soften  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  bottom, 

ground  ;  $u  23oben  down. 
ber  SBogen  (gen.  -§,  pl.  —  or  ") 

bow,  arch. 
bte   Söo'genfetyne   (pl.  -n)    bow- 

string. 
ber  SBo'genftrang  (gen.  -3,  pl.  Äe) 

bow-string. 
bohren  fr\  bore, 
ber  ^Sovh  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  edge ; 

board. 
bö$     or     böfe     adj.    bad,     evil, 

wicked. 
böä'metnenb  adj.  meaning  evil. 
ber  $8ote  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -n)  messen- 

ger. 
ba§  Söu'ienfegel  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

messenger-sail  (i.  e.  boat). 
bte  $8ot^ä)aft  (pl.  -en)  message. 
ber  SBranb  (gen.  -eB,  pl.  -e)  fire- 

brand. 
branben  intr.  surge,  seethe. 
bte    SBran'bnng    (pl.    -en)    surf, 

breakers. 
ber  33rano)  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  "e)  usage, 

custom. 
brändijHä)  adj.  customary. 
brann  adj.  brown. 
brausen  intr.  roar. 
bie    18vaut    (pl.    *e)    betrothed, 

bride. 
ber  Sörtuit'Iauf    (gen.  -3,  pl.  ~e) 

wedding,  wedding  procession. 
ber  SBrant  sng    (gen.   -§,  pl.   *e) 

wedding  procession. 
brab  ad;,  worthy,  good,  brave. 
bredjen   (a-o)   fr\  break,  destroy, 

wreck ;  gather,  reap ;  intr.  (aux. 

fein  or  f)ctben)  sally  forth,  fail, 

grow  dim. 


breiten  tr.  extend. 

brennen  (brannte,  gebrannt)  tr.  and 

intr.  burn. 
ber  Sörtef  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  letter, 

charter. 
bringen  (braute,  gebraut)  tr.  bring, 

take. 
ber    QSringer    (gen.   -§,   pl.   — ) 

bearer. 
bas  Sorot  (gen.  -e<S,  pl.  -e)  bread. 
(ba§)  $8rntf  (gen.  -3)  Brück,  the 

name  of  a  small  town ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  2947. 
bte  SBrütfe  (pl.  -n)  bridge. 
ber  QSmber  (gen.-l,  pl.11-)  brother ; 

barmherzige  trüber  '  Brothers  of 

Mercy.' 
brüllen  intr.  bellow,  low. 
(ba%)  Sörn'netf  (gen.  -s)  Bruneck, 

a  Castle  in  Aargau. 
(bit)  ©rnnetferin  rny  lady  of  Bru- 
neck. 
(ber)  Sörihtig  (gen.  -§)  the  Brünig, 

a  niountain-pass ;    cf.   note    to 

1.  2903. 
ber    Brunnen    (gen.   -s)    spring, 

well. 
(ba%)  Sörnnnen  (gen.  -s)  Brunnen, 

the  name  of  a  village,  cf.  note 

to  1.  721. 
ba§  SBritnn  lein   (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

rivulet,  little  stream. 
bk  SBrnft  (pl.  ~e)  breast. 
bie  $8rnt  (pl.  -en)  brood. 
ber  £3nbe    (gen.  -n  pl.  -n)   boy, 

servant ;  knave,  rascal. 
ba§     $8ntfj     (gen.    -e§,     pl.    ^er) 

book. 
bie  $8uü)t  (pl.  -en)  bight,  bay. 
bürfen  tr.  and  refl.  bend,  bow. 


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her    $8ütfKng    (gen.    -s,   pl.    -c) 

bow. 
(ber)    SBug'giSgrat   {gen.  -§)  the 

Buggisgrat,  the  name  of  a  cliff ; 

cf.  note  to  1.  2188. 
ber  mit)  (c)  l  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  Mll ; 

also  part  of  a  proper  name. 
fculjfett  intr.  court. 
bei*  Q3unb  {gen.  -es,  pl,  ~e)  league, 

confederation. 
ba§  $8ün'bni3  {gen.  -Je§,   pZ.  -je) 

agreenient,  alliance. 
bunt  adj.  bright,  many-colored. 
bte    QSurg   (p?.   -en)    Castle,  fort- 

ress. 
bürgen  iwfr".  give  security,  vonch. 
ber  Bürger  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  Citi- 
zen, 
ber  Söür'gereib   (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e) 

Citizen' s  oath. 
bie  Bürgerin   (p?.  —neu)   Citizen 

(feniale). 
bte   SBurg'glotfe   (pZ.  -n)    castle- 

bell. 
(bas)  $8ürg'Ien  (gren.  -§)  Bürgten, 

the  name  of  a  village  ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  126. 
bie  S8urgftf>aft  (pl.  -en)  security, 

bau. 
bas  ^8nrg'fcerfie§  (gen.  -es,  pj.  -e) 

dünge  on. 
ber   Söurg'iujgt   (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -c) 

bailiff. 
(ber)  $8nrff>arbt  (srera.  -s)   Burk- 

hardt,  a  rnan's  name. 
ber  £$ufen  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  breast, 

heart ;  bay,  harbor. 
bie  $8u^e  (pl.  -n)  penalty. 
fcüf?en  fo\  and  intr.  pay  for,  atone 

f or,  suffer  for ;  satisfy. 


bte  (£f)?tft'ettljett  christendom. 
bas   Gljriftfeft    (grera.  -es,  pj.  -e) 

Christmas. 

brt  aefo.  there,  here ;  then,  there- 

upon ;  in  that  case  ;  co?y .  when, 

while ;  since,  as. 
bafcet'     adv.     thereby,     thereat; 

therein,  in  this. 
bas  ^acr)  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er)  roof : 

a^vning,  deck. 
bage'gen  adv.  against  (it  or  them). 
baJjeim'  adv.  at  home. 
baljer'  adv.  andsep.pref.  thence  ; 

along. 
bafjer-fommen    (tarn,    gefommen) 

intr.  (aux.  fein)  come  along. 
ba^tn'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  thither, 

there,    along ;   gone,    departed, 

deceased ;  to  that. 
bafjtn'-faljren    (u-a)   intr.    (aux. 

jetn)  ride  or  sail  on. 
bafnn'-gcfjen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

(aux.  [ein)  go  away,  depart. 
baf)in -f^eiben  (ie-ie)  intr.  (aux. 

jetn)  depart,  die. 
bat)in-fein    (mar,    geroejen)    intr. 

(aux.  ietn)  pass  away. 
ba^in'-toanbern  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

wander  along. 
ba'ma(§  adv.  at  that  time. 
ba'mit  adv.  therewith,  with  it. 
bamtt'  conj.  in  order  that. 
bäm^fen  tr.  subdue,  muffle. 
ber    ^anf    (gen.  -es)   gratitude, 

thanks. 
banf  en  intr. render  thanks.thank. 


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bann  adv.  then,  thereupon,  after- 

wards. 
bannen  adv.  thence. 
b(a)ran/  adv.  thereon,  therein. 
b(a)ranf  adv.  thereon,  thereupon, 

thereafter. 
b(a)tau&/  adv.  thereof,  from  it. 
barin  adv.  therein. 
b(a)r0&  adv.  thereat,  becanse  of  it. 
bar-retdjen  tr.  Stretch  out,  offer. 
bar '-fteHen  refl.  be  displayed,  be 

seen. 
b(a)rüfcer    adv.    beyond    it,    at 

that. 
barnm'  adv.  therefore,  for  all  that ; 

nevertheless. 
b(a)rnnter  adv.  under  it  or  them, 

among  it  or  them. 
bct§  ^a'fetn  (gen.  -§)  existence. 
baf?  conj.  that,  so  that. 
bcttttm  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  there- 

from,  thereof;  away. 
batum-tragen    (u-a)    tr.    carry 


bajn7  adv.  thereto,  for  it  or  them. 
ba$tt>if  fy'madv.  between  or  among 

them ;  at  times. 
betfett  tr.  cover,  protect. 
ber  &egen  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  sword. 
bein  poss.  adj.  and  pron.  thy  or 

thine ;  your  or  yours. 
bie    &enfari    (pl.  -en)    way    of 

thinking,  disposition. 
bettfett  (backte,  gebaut)  tr.  or  intr. 

think,  think  of,  remember. 
baZ    &enf  mal   (gen.  -%  pl.  -er) 

monument. 
benn  adj.  then,  therefore;   conj. 

because. 
ber  (hk,  ba3)  def.  art.f  dem.  pron., 


and  rel.  pron.  the,  this  one,  that 

one ;  that,  he,  she,  it ;  who. 
beretnft'  adv.  at  some  time,  here- 

after. 
bergfet'djen  adj.  such  as,  thekind. 
berfel'fce    (biejelbe,    betreibe)    adj. 

and  pron.  the  same. 
benähten  impers.  verb  w.  dat.  or 

acc.  seem,  appear. 
benten  tr.  explain,  Interpret ;  intr. 

point. 
bentfd)  adj.  German. 
bidjt  adj.  close,  dense,  compact. 
bienen  intr.  serve. 
bet  dienet  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  servant. 
ber  ^ienfi  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  service. 
bte§  or  biefer  (biejer,  bieje,  btefe§) 

adj.  and  dem.  pron.  this,  that ; 

this  one,  that  one. 
(ber)  £>ietf)efm  (gen.  -s)  Diethelm, 

a  man's  name. 
ba§  &tng  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  thing, 

matter. 
bie  ^trne  (pl.  -en)  girl. 
boo)  adv.  and  conj.  yet,  but,  after 

all ;  surely,  really ;  why  indeed. 
ber  Qoltf)  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  dagger. 
bonnern  intr.  thunder. 
ber  ^on'tterftfflag  (gen.  -&,  pl.  -e) 

peal  of  thunder. 
bop'pelt  adj.  double. 
ba§  ££orf  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  Her)  village. 
bort  adv.  there. 
bort'Jjin  adv.  in  that  direction, 

thither. 
ber    3>ratt)'e    (#en.    -e§,   pZ.    -en) 

dragon. 
ba%  ^rartVengift  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e) 

dragon 's  poison,  venom. 
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ber  ^rang   (gen.  -es)  oppression. 

brängen  tr.  oppress,  distress ;  refl. 
press,  crowd,  force  one's  way. 

ba§  ^rangfal  (gen.  -3,  pl.  -e) 
oppression,  tyranny. 

branf  abbr.for  barauf. 

brauf-ftö^cn  (te-o)  intr.  (aux. 
fein)  run  agairist. 

bvau§  abbr.for  barauS. 

brausen  adv.  outside,  without. 

brei  nuni.  adj.  three. 

bveifjtg  num.  adj.  thirty. 

brehtnbbret'fttg  num.  adj.  trhirty- 
three. 

bringen  (a-n)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 
urge,  force  one's  way. 

btinnen  adv.  within,  inside. 

btitt  num.  adj.  third. 

btof)  abbr.for  batob. 

brofeen  adv.  above,  in  heaven. 

brüten  tr.  or  intr.  threaten ;  be 
about  to.  [there. 

brüfeen    adv.   oyer   there,  across 

brüfcer  abbr.for  barüfcer. 

ber  Qtutf  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  press- 
ure, oppression. 

brütfett  tr.  press,  oppress:  intr. 
press  heavily,  weigh  upon. 

brnm  abbr.for  barum. 

brnnter  abbr.for  batuntev. 

bnlben  tr.  endure,  suffer. 

bttlb'fam  adj.  patient. 

bum^f  adj.  dull,  heavy;  muf- 
fled. 

bunfel  adj.  gloomy,  dark. 

bnnfen  intr.  seem. 

buvd)  prep.,  adv.,  sep.  and  insep. 
pref.  because  of ,  by  nieans  of, 
during ;  through,  throughout. 

butü)bof)'vcn  tr.  pierce,  transfix. 


burtfj-ren  nett  (rannte,  gerannt) 
run  through,  pierce. 

burdjS  =  bitrdj  ba$. 

burcfjfdjau'en  tr.  see  through,  lin- 
derst and. 

bnrtfHttne'ften  (\tyo%,  gefc^offen)  tr. 
shoot  through. 

bürfett  (burfte,  geburft)  intr.  and 
modal  aux.  be  allowed  to,  be 
permitted  to,  have  a  right  to. 

ber  Quvft  (gen.  -e§)  thirst. 

büftet  adj.  gloomy ;  sullen. 


eben  adj.  level;    adv.  just,  just 

now. 
bas  (S-'fceiUnib  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -er) 

image. 
btö  <gtf>o  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -§)  echo. 
ecfpt  adj.  true,  real,  genuine. 
bie  (gtfe  (pl.  -n)  corner. 
ebel  adj.  noble, 
ber   (S'bel&of    (gen.   -e§,   pl.    *e) 

manor,  Castle, 
ber  (g'belmnnn  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  *er  or 

©bedeute)  nobleman. 
ber    (Tbelfi^    (gen.    -e§,    pl.    -e) 

manor,  Castle, 
ber    (g'belftetn    (gen.    -§,   pl.  -e) 

jewel. 
efj(e)  cowj.  ere,  before. 
bie  (gfje  (pZ.  -n)  marriage. 
eljer    comp.   adj.   sooner,  rather, 

before. 
ber    (g'fyetoivt    (gen.    -e§,   pl.    -e) 

husband. 
ber  (gfj'ni  (gen.  -§)  grandfather. 
bie  (gfyte  (pl.  -n)  honor. 
efrren  tr.  honor,  reyere. 


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VOCABULARY. 


ber  (Sfc'rengrnft   (gen.  -e§,  pl.  \) 

salute  of  honor. 
ber  <£f>  renmann  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er) 

man  of  honor,  worthy  man. 
bie  ©fjr'fnrtfjt  reverence,  respect. 
ber  (gljr'geis  (gen.  -es)  ambition. 
bie  (§f)r'fud)t  ambition. 
eljr'roürbig  ad;,  venerable,  worthy. 
et  interj.  why!  ob! 
ber  (£tb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  oatb. 
ber  ($H  bant  (gen.  -%,  pl.  -e)  son-in- 

law. 
ber  (gib'gemift  or  (gtbgenaffe  (gen. 

(Sibgenoffen  or  -n,  pl.  (Sibgenoffen 

or  -n)  confederate. 
ber  (gtb'fdjnmr   (gen.  -§,  pl.  Äc) 

oatb. 
ber  (gifer  (#en.  -§)  zeal. 
eigen  ac?;.  own,  proper,  peculiar, 

unique ;  auf  eigne  §artb  on  one's 

own  account. 
et'genfinmg  adj.  stubborn. 
eilen  intr.    (aux.   fein    or    fjaben) 

basten. 
et'Ienbä  ac?v.  bastily. 
eilfertig  adj.  hasty,  in  baste. 
eilig  adj.  basty;  e§  eilig  fjaben  to 

be  in  a  burry. 
ein   (eine,   ein)  num.  adj.,  indef. 

art.,  indef.  pron.   one;  a,   an; 

some  one ;  toa§  für  ein  wbat  kind 

of  a. 
ein  sep.  pref.  in,  into. 
einander  indeclin.  recip.  pron. 

one  anotber,  eacb  otber. 
etn-fcrettjen  (a-o)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

break,  give  away. 
ein -fallen  (fiel,  gefallen)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  fall  in ;  begin ;  occur  to. 
ein 'form  ig  adj.  monotonous. 


ber  (Sin  gang  (gen.  -§,  pl.  *)  en- 

trance. 
etn'-gef>ett    (ging,   gegangen)   intr. 

(aux.  fein)  enter. 
ba§  (gingewetbe  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — ) 

entrails ;  feelings,  sympathy. 
einholen  tr.  overtake. 
einig  adj.  one,  united;  pl.  some, 

a  few. 
etn-fanfen  tr.  buy. 
etn'-Jeljren  intr.  (aux.  fein)  turn 

in,  stop,  lodge. 
tin'mal  adv.  once,  some  day;  auf 

einmal  all  at  once;   fonft  rooljt 

einmal  perhaps  some  otber  time. 
etn-retften  (riß,  gerijfen)  tr.  tear 

down. 
ein'fant  adj.  lonely,  solitary;  alone. 
ein -fdjtffen  refl.  embark. 
ein-fcfjlufen  (ie-a)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

fall  asleep. 
eitt-fd)Ueften  (jcfjtofs,  gefrf)loffen)  tr. 

sbut  in,  confine,  Surround. 
ein-ft^ränfen  tr.  bem  in. 
ein-ftf)ret&en  (te-ie)  tr.  engrave. 
(ba§)  (gin'fiebeln  (gen.  -s)  Einsie- 
deln, a  town  and  monastery  in 

tbe  canton  of  Schwyz ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  519. 
ein-finfen  (a-u)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

sink  in,  fall  in. 
ein-ftnrjen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  fall  in 

or  down. 
bie  (gm'traojt  harmony. 
ein-treten  (a-u)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

enter. 
einzeln  adj.  Single,  individual. 
ein-jief)en  ($og,  gebogen)  tr.  draw 

in ;  intr.  (aux.  fein)  enter,  come 

in. 


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29T 


einzig  adj.  Single,  alone;  united. 
ba§  (£t$  (gen.  -eo)  ice. 
ei$'bebecft  adj.  ice-covered. 
ba§  Ccifen  (gen.  -s)  iron. 
ber  (gi'jenftafc  fercra.  -5,  p?.  *e)  iron 

bar. 
bas  (£t'fe§felb    (gezi.   -s,  pj.  -er) 

field  of  ice. 
ber  ©i'ie^tnrm   fere^.   -s,    pZ.   ~e) 

tower  of  ice. 
ber  (gife^fcmll  (grara.  -s,  pl.  -e)  wall 

of  ice. 
baz  (St^gefcirge  (grerc.  -s,  p£  — ) 

ice-rnonntains. 
ber  (SiZ'palait   igen.  -e§,  pJ.  ~e) 

ice-palace. 
eitel  adj.  vain,  idle,  empty. 
bas  Clement'  igen.  -4,  pl.  -e)  ele- 

ment. 
bas  (g'lenb  (#e/i.  -%)  misery. 
e'Ienb  adj.  wretched,  miserable, 

unhappy. 
(bie)  (gl&'bet  Elizabeth,  a  woman's 

nanie ;  cf .  note  to  1.  3034. 
empfangen  (i-a)  tr.  receive. 
emfcfin'ben  (a-u)  tr.  feel,  experi- 

ence. 
entjjor'-lje&en  (o-o)  tr.  lift  up. 
emfcor -ragen  intr.  project. 
emjjö'rcit  tr.  stirnp;  intr.  rebel. 
empört'  adj.  indignant. 
bie  ©mfcö'rnng  (j^/.  -en)  revolt. 
ba%  (Sttbe    ferera.  -3,  pJ.  -n)  end, 

issue,  close. 
enben  intr.  end. 
en'bigen  intr.  stop,  cease. 
enb'Iid)  ac{f.  final;  at?t\  at  last. 
eng(e)  adj.  narrow,  hemmed  in. 
bie  (£nge  (pl.  -n)  narrowness. 
ber  (gngel  (#e?z.  -s,  £>?.  — )  angel. 


(bas)  @ngel'&erg  (#e/i.  -§)  Engel- 
berg, a  valley,  village,  and 
monastery  in  the  canton  of  Un- 
terwaiden; cf.  note  to  1.  1002. 

ber  C£nfel  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  grand- 
child ;  descendant. 

entfcefj'ren  intr.  do  without,  be 
without. 

entbinden  (a-u)  tr.  release. 

ent&Iö  f^en  tr.  uncover. 

entbecfen  tr.  discover;  disclose. 

entfer'nen  refl.  withdraw  ;  depart, 
differ  frorn. 

entfliegen  (o-o)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 
rlee  away,  fly,  pass. 

entgegen  prep.  w.  dat.,  and  sep. 
pref.  toward,  against,  to  meet ; 
np. 

entge'gen-eüen  intr.  (aux.  fein) 
hasten  towards. 

entge'gen-gefjen  (ging,  gegangen) 
intr.  (aux.  lein)  go  to  meet. 

entge'gen-f  e^ren  tr.  tum  towards. 

entge'gen-ftorren  intr.  stare  at. 

entgegen-treten  (a-e)  intr.  (aux. 
fein)  step  towards,  go  to  meet. 

entgegnen  tr.  reply. 

entgegen  (entging,  entgangen)  intr. 
(aux.  fein)  escape. 

entnommen  (enttarn,  entfommen) 
intr.  (aux.  fein)  escape. 

entfaffen  (entlief;,  ent  (äffen)  tr. 
dismiss,  let  go. 

entledigen  tr.  set  free,  release. 

entreißen  (entriß  entriffen)  tr. 
tear  away. 

entrtäVten  tr.  discharge,  pay. 

entrinnen  (entrann,  entronnen) 
intr.  (aux.  fein)  escape,  rly  from. 

entrnft  en  tr.  anger,  enrage. 


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entfa  gen  intr.  renounce,  give  up. 
entftfjet'ben  tr.  and  intr.  decide. 
bie  (gntfrfjeitmng  (p/.-en)  decision. 
cntfdjKe  ften  (entfölofe,  ent(rf)tojfen) 

re/L  decide. 
entfdjlof fett  ad)',  determined. 
bie    (gntftftfof  fenfjett    determina- 

tion. 
ber  (gntftfjhtf?    (ae/z.   @ntfc!)inffe§, 

pZ.  (Sntjcfylüije)    decision,  deter- 

mination. 
entfojnl'bigen  $r.  excuse. 
entfeelt'  ad;,  lifeless,  dead. 
bct§  (gnifeij'en  (aen.  -§)  horror. 
entfe^'Utf)  ad/,  horrible. 
entfinf  cn  (entfanf,  entfnnfen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  drop  from ;  fail. 
entffcring  en  (ct-u)  m£r.  (awe.  fein) 

escape. 
entfielen     (entftcmb,     entftcmben) 

intr.  (aux.  fein)  arise ;  be  want, 

ing. 
enttoeidjen  (i-i)  mir.  (awaj.  fein) 

withdraw. 
enthnftfj'en intr.  (aux.  fein)  escape, 

slip  away. 
eniste  Ijen    (entzog,   entzogen)   refl. 

forsake,  desert. 
entjhiet'  adv.  in  two;  torn. 
er  pers.  pron.  he,  it. 
erfcar'men  tr.  move  to  pity ;  refl. 

have  pity  upon ;  impers.  be  sor- 

ry  for. 
er&ärm'Iitf)  adj.  miserable, 
bie  (grfcar'mnng  mercy. 
erfreuten  tr.  build,  make. 
ba§  (£rfce  (gen.  -§)  inheritance. 
erfce'fcen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  tremble. 
erben  intr.  (aux.  fein)  descend  by 

inheritance ;  inherit. 


erbeuten  tr.  capture,  gain. 

ber  <$rfc  tyerr  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -en)  he- 

reditary  lord,  sovereign. 
bie  (gr'fcin  (pl.  -nen)  heiress. 
erfcttcf'en  tr.  discover,  behold. 
erfcran'fen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  surge 

up. 
erfcreaVen    (erbrad),   erbrochen)    tr. 

open. 
ba§  (grfc'ftütf  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  in- 
heritance. 
bie  (grfce  (i^Z.  -n)  earth,  ground, 

soil. 
erbuf ben  tr.  bear,  suffer. 
bct§  (gretgntS  (#e?z.  -fe§,  pl.  -fe), 

oecurrence. 
ererben  tr.  inherit. 
erfaffen  tr.  grasp,  seize. 
erflehen  tr.  beg,  implore. 
erforftfj'en  tr.  question. 
erfreuest  re/L  dare  to  do,  dare  to 

indulge  in. 
erfreuen  tr.  delight. 
erfrtfdj'en  tr.  refresh. 
erfüffen  tr.  rill,  aecomplish. 
bie  (Srge'fcnng  Submission. 
ergeben    (erging,    ergangen)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  forth,  go;  be  pro- 

claimed. 
ergießen  (ergoft,  ergoffen)  refl.  pour 

forth,  be  poured  out. 
ergreffen    (ergriff,    ergriffen)     tr. 

seize ;  touch  ;  take,  aeeept. 
erwarten  (erhielt,   erhalten)  tr.  re- 

ceive,   keep;    check,   restrain; 

refl.  preserve. 
ergeben  (erfyob,  erhoben)  tr.  liftup, 

raise ;  refl.  rise. 
erhellen  tr.  brighten,  cheer. 
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erjagen  tr.  hunt  down. 
erlernen  (ernannte,  ernannt)  tr.  re- 

cognize,  acknowledge. 
ber  @rfer   {gen.  -§,  pl.  — )   bay 

window. 
erflä'ren    tr.    declare ;    refl.    de- 

clare  oneself,  explain  oneself . 
tvttanten   intr.    (aux.   fein)    get 

sick. 
evtüfynttt  refl.  dare,  dare  to  at- 

tempt. 
erfunden  tr.  explore. 
erlnng'en  tr.  reach. 
erlaffen  (erlief  erlaffen)  tr.  let  off 

from,  excuse  from,  release. 
erlauben  tr.  allow. 
erleben    tr.  meet  with,   experi- 

ence. 
erle'btgen    refl.    release    oneself 

from. 
erlei'ben   (erlitt,   erlitten)   tr.  suf- 
fer. 
erlösen   (erlofct),   erlogen)   intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  out,  die  out. 
ermäßigen  refl.  obtain  posses- 

sion  of . 
ermorden  tr.  niurder. 
ermüden  intr.  become  tired. 
erneuern  tr.  renew. 
ernft  adj.  serious,  grave. 
ber  (£rnft  igen.  -es)  seriousness, 

gravity. 
ernft'&aft  adj.  serious,  grave. 
ernten  tr.  reap,  harvest. 
ero'uern  tr.  conquer. 
eröffnen  tr.  open. 
erqnitf'en  tr.  refresk. 
erre'gen  tr.  arouse. 
erregen  tr.  reach. 
erregten  tr.  saye,  deliver. 


ber  (Erretter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  de- 

liverer. 
errief)  ten  tr.  erect. 

erringen  (errang,  errungen)  tr.  ob- 
tain by  effort,  win. 
erfänden  tr.  rlood,  drown. 
erftfjaf  fen    (erjcfjuf,   erraffen)    tr. 

create. 
erfdjaflen  (erfrfjoft,  erfüllen)  intr. 

spread  abroad. 
erfdjei'nen  (erfct)ten,  erfrf)ienen)  intr. 

appear, 
erfajte'ften   (erfdjofc,   erjdjoffen)   tr. 

shoot,  kill. 
erfrfjltt'gen  (erjdjlug,  erfragen)  tr. 

slay,  kill. 
erföjlet'tfjen  (erfrf)lirf),  erfd)(ict)en)  tr. 

obtain  by  fraud. 
erfrt)ö$Tfen  tr.  exhaust,  wear  out. 
erfahrenden     (erftfiraf,     erfdjrocfen) 

intr.  (aux.  jein)  be  startled. 
erffcn'ren  tr.  save,  spare ;  erfparen 

an  save  at  the  expense  of . 
erft  adj.  flrst ;  adv.  first,  only,  but 

once,  not  until. 
erftan'nen    intr.    (aux.    fein)    be 

aniazed. 
bas  (Srftan'nen  (gen.-%)  astonish- 

ment. 
erftann'üdj  adj.  astonishing. 
erftei'gen     (erftieg,     erftiegen)     tr. 

clinib,  ascend. 
erftief  en  tr.  stifle,  choke. 
ertön'en  intr.  ring. 
ertöten  tr.  kill,  destroy. 
ertragen  (ertrug,  ertragen)  tr.  bear, 

endure. 
ertrinf  en  (ertrank  ertrunken)  intr. 

be  drowned. 
ertro^  en  tr.  extort,  gain  by  force. 


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erttmtfj'en  intr.  (anx.  fein)  awake. 
ernmr'ten  tr.  await,  expect;  intr. 

wait. 
bie  (grnmrtnng  (pl.  -en)  expecta- 

tion. 
ertoerfen  fr.  arouse. 
eriuelj'ren    reyf.    defend    oneself 

against. 
ertoer  Gen    (erttmrb,  ertoorben)    tr. 

acquire,  gain. 
ersälj  fen  fr.  teil,  relate. 
erjei  gen  ^r.  show,  do. 
ev%it'tevn  intr.  (aux.  fein)  tremble. 
ersttnng'en  (erlang,  errungen)  fr. 

extort,  gain  by  force. 
e§  pers.  pron.  he,  she,  it ;  as  an 

expletive  there. 
(ber)  (£frf)'en&arf)  (#e?2.  -§)  Eschen- 

bach,    a   name;     see    note    to 

1.  2961. 
effen  (ajj,  gegeffen)  tr.  eat. 
et'fidj  acZ;.  pron.  (chiefly  plural) 

some. 
et'nm§  indef.  pron.  and  adj.  some, 

something. 
ener   (@uer),  poss.   »rem.   your, 

yours. 
enrig  ((£nrtg),i?o,ss.  prori.  yours. 
(bte)  (g&a  Eve. 
etong  adj.  eternal. 
bie  (g'fcngfeit  eternity. 


fafjen  =  fangen. 

bte  $afjne  (pl.  -n)  nag,  banner. 

bie$afjr  =  (£efaljr. 

faljr'fcar  adj.  navigable. 

bie  ^fäfjre  (pl.  -n)  ferry-boat. 

fahren  (u-a)  i7ifr\  (aux.  fein)  move, 


go,  ride,  drive;  refl.  ride  in  a 

boat,  row  about. 
ber  ^äljr'mann  (gen.  -§,  _pZ.  "er  or 

gätjrlettte)  ferryman. 
bie  $af>rt  (pZ.  -en)  trip,  journey, 

wandering. 
ba§  Srafjr'jeng    (#e7i.  -es,  pZ.  -e) 

yessel,  boat. 
ber  Balte  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -n)  falcon. 
ber  Bau  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  *e)  case ;  fall. 
fallen    (fiel,    geraden)    intr.    (aux. 

fein)  fall,  fall  into ;  invade. 
fällen  tr.  cnt  down. 
ber  ^fattftrtcf  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e)  snare. 
falftt)  acT/'.  false,  treacherous. 
ba§  Sfalfa)  (#eft.  -es)  deceit,  trea- 

cbery. 
bie    ^alfdj'&ett   (i>J.  -en)    deceit, 

treachery. 
falten  fr.  fold,  wrinkle. 
ber  £$ang  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  catch, 

capture. 
fangen  (i-a)  tr.  catch,  capture. 
faffen    (fajjte,    gefaxt)    fr.    seize, 

grasp  ;  refl.  cornpose  oneself. 
fttft  adj.  almost. 
ber    3aftnatf>t$anfsng    (gen.    -3, 

pl.  ~e)  carnival  procession. 
fanl  adj.  lazy. 
hit  #  auft  (pl.  ~e)  fist ;  hand. 
(oa§)  ^afcenj'  Fayence,  the  name 

of  an  Italian  town ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  911. 
fedjten  (o-o)  intr.  fight. 
bie  gfefcer  (pl.  -n)  feather. 
fehlen    tr.    miss;    intr.  fail,    be 

wanting. 
ber  $ef)ter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  fault, 
ber  ge&ffprung   (gen.  -S,  pl.  *) 

false  leap,  false  step. 


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ber  $et'era&enb  {gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

evening  rest. 
feiern  intr.  rest,  be  idle. 
feig  adj.  cowardly. 
feig'^erjig  adj.  cowardly. 
feil  adj.  for  sale. 
ber  ^einb  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  enemy. 
bas  $elb  (#en.  -es,  p£.  -er)  field. 
bet£$el3  or  f£e(ien  (#e?i.  -en  or  -erts, 

pl.  -en  or  — )  rock,  cliff. 
bie  $ef  fenfhtft  {pl.  "e)  chasm. 
bas  gyeffemteft  (^era.  -3,  jp?.  -er) 

rocky  nest ;  rocky  fortress. 
bie  gel'fewpfatte  (p/.  -n)  ledge  of 

rock. 
bas  ^effenriff   (o/e/i.  -es,  pl.  -e) 

reef. 
ber  3fe('fenfteig   {gen.  -s,  p?.  -e) 

rocky  path. 
bas  ^feffentor    (#en.  -s,   pl.  -e) 

rocky  gate. 
bas  f^elfennfer  (gen.  -s,  p?.  — ) 

rocky  shore. 
ber  geffenfratt   {gen.  -§,  pZ.  — ) 

wall  of  rocks. 
bie  $el$  fcmnb  0?1  $ef  fennmnb  {pl. 

getjenttmrtbe)  wall  of  rock,  pre- 

cipice. 
bas  genfter  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  win- 

dow. 
fern  adj.   far,   distant;  adv.   far 

away. 
bie  3ferne  (pl.  -n)  distance. 
fernher7  a^v.  frorn  afar. 
bie  $erfe  (pl.  -n)  heel. 
fertig  adj.  ready;  done. 
bie  Sreffel  (pl.  -n)  fetter,  bond. 
feffeln  tr.  fetter,  bind. 
feft  adj.  fast,  firm,  secure ;  forti- 

fied. 


bas  $eft  {gen,  -es,  pl.  -e)   feast, 

festival. 
bie    ^efte    (pl.    -n)     stronghold; 

prison. 
fcftr  gehärtet  adj.  firmly  united. 
feft -galten  (ie-a)  fr*,  hold  fast  to ; 

intr.  hold  fast,  hold  firm. 
feft-fnnjjfen  tr.  tie  firmly,  unite 

closely. 
feft-fte^en  (ftcmb,  geftanben)  intr. 

stand  firm. 
fentfjt  adj.  damp,  moist. 
bas  ^ener  (gen.  -s, pl.—)  fire. 
bas  ^enerfignal  igen.  -§;  pl.  -e) 

signal  fire. 
ber  $en  erto achter  (#e?z.  — ,  pZ.  — ) 

night  watchman. 
bas  ^en'er^eidjen  (gen.  -3,  pl.  — ) 

signal  fire. 
finben    (a-u)    tr.    find;    refl.    be 

found,  be. 
ber  Ringer  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )   fm- 

ger. 
finfter  adj.  dark,  gloomy. 
bie    $infternt$    (pl.  -je)     dark- 

ness,  gloom. 
ber  $irn  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  snow, 

glacier ;  cf .  note  to  1.  38. 
ber  gtfd)  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  fish. 
fifrfjen  intr.  fish, 
ber  $tfdjer  (o/e/i.  -s,  pl.  — )  fisher- 

man. 
ber  ^ifc^'erfa^n  (#e?z.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

fisherman's  boat. 
ber  gfifäVertna&e  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -n) 

fisherman's  boy. 
bie  flamme  (pZ.  -n)  fiame. 
flammen  intr.  fiame,  blaze. 
bie  $  laufe  (pl.  -n)  side,  will;  cf. 

note  to  1.  385. 


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ber  %Utten  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  hant- 
let, town. 
flehen  intr.  entreat;  beg  for  (for 

=  um) 
ber   ^leift    {gen.  -e§)    cliligence, 

industry. 
fliegen   (o-o)   intr.   (aux.  fein  or 

fyaben)  fly. 
fliegen    (o-o)     intr.    (aux.    fein) 

flee. 
fliegen  (ffofs,  geftojfen)  mfr».  (craa. 

jetn  or  fjaben)  flow, 
ber  gttt'terfdieiit  (#en.  -§)  tinsel, 

false  luster. 
bie  $Iöte  (pZ.  -n)  flute, 
ber  Sfhto)  (#eft.  -s,  pl.  -t)  curse. 
bas  IJIudj'getiänbe  (sren.  -s,  pZ.— ) 

aecursed  building. 
bie  %iud)t,  night. 
ftüdjten  tr.  rescue  ;  refl.  flee. 
flüdjtig  adj.  fugitive;  flüchtig  nw 

bm  escape. 
ber  $ina)tltng   (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

fugitive. 
bie  3Küe  (pJ.  -n)   Flüe,  a  part  of 

a  proper  name. 
(bas)  ^üie'len  Flüelen,  the  name 

of  a  village  ;  cf .  note  to  1.  521. 
ber  $Ing  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  night, 
bie  %lut)  (pl.  -eu)  wall  of  rock, 

preeipice. 
ber  $(nr'fd)itfc  (gen.  -eu,  p?.  -eu) 

field-guard,  garne-keeper. 
ber  ^m^  (gen.  gtuffes,  pZ.  glüfje) 

river. 
bie  $Int  (pl.  -eu)  flood,  waves. 
ber  $öfjn  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  Föhn, 

the  name  of  a  wind ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  109. 
folgen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  follow. 


ber  $of terfnerfjt  (#en.  -e§,  pj.  -e) 

torturer. 
forbern  fr*,  demand;  f orbern  tajjen 

summon. 
bu  tfovm  (pl.  -eu)  form. 
forfdjen  iftfr*.  ask,  search,  inquire. 
fort   aefa;.   omcZ  sep.   pref.   forth, 

away,  gone;  on;   fort  uub   fort 

continually. 
fort -eilen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  hasten 

away. 
fort'-fnfjren  (u-a)  intr.  keep  on. 
fort'-fü&ren  tr.  lead  away. 
fort'-gefcen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  away;  coutinue. 
forf-fjelfen  (a-o)  intr.  help  some 

one  to  get  away. 
f ort-reif?en  (rifs,  geriffen)  tr.  tear 

away,  carry  away. 
fort-fe^en  refl.  continue. 
fort'-jtefjen   (sog,    gebogen)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  on,  proeeed. 
fragen  tr.  ask,  inquire ;  fragen  nad) 

care  for. 
bie  £yran  (pl.  -cn)  woman,  wife; 

Mistress. 
bas    ^rän'lein    (gen.  -%,  pl.  -e) 

nobleman's  daughter,  noble  la- 

dy ;  my  lady  (in  address). 
fred)  adj.  bold,  shameless. 
frei  adj.  free ;  voluntary. 
(bas)  ^rretonrg  (gen.  -s)  the  name 

of  a  city ;  cf .  note  to  1.  2435. 
bas  $reie  (gen.  -n§)  open  air,  open 

country. 
freien  tr.  marry;  intr.  woo. 
bie  ^rei'Jjeit  (pl.  -eu)  liberty,  priv- 

ilege. 
ber  ^retfjeitSortef  (gen.  —  s,  pl.  e) 

charter  of  liberty. 


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ber  $ret'f)err   igen,   -n,    pl.  -en) 

baron. 
frei'üd)  adv.  certainly,  indeed. 
freitoif  (ig  adv.  voluntarily. 
fremb  adj.  foreign,  stränge. 
bie  #rembe  foreign  country. 
ber  Sfremb'Iing   igen.   -s,  pl.  -e) 

foreigner,  stranger. 
treffen  (frag,  gefreiien)  tr.  eat  (of 

an  im  als), 
bie  ^freube  {pl.  -en)  pleasure,  joy. 
bas  Syren'bettfmnä  C^e/i.  -es,  pZ.  ^er) 

house  of  rejoicing. 
bie  ^reu'bentunbe  {pl.  -n)  joyous 

tidings. 
bcts     ^reu'benfdjie^en    fcren.    -§, 

j»J.  — )  shooting-rnatch. 
bie    ^reu'beffcur    {pl.    -en)    glad 

rnemory. 
fr  tut)  ig  adj.  glad,  joyful 
freuen  tr.  give  joy;  re/?.  rejoice. 
ber  ^freunb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  friend. 
frennbüdj  adv.  friendly,  kind. 
bie  3frennbfrfjaft  {pl.  -en)  friend- 

ship  ;  used  collect ively  kinsmen. 
ber  ^rebel  igen,  -s,  pl.  — )  crime, 

outrage. 
frefceln  intr.  eornmit  crime. 
freöetttb  adv.  criminally,  outrage- 

ously. 
bie  ^re'beltat  {pl.  -en)   criminal 

deed,  outrage. 
bei  triebe  or  ^rieben  igen.  -n§,  or 

-s,  pl.  -n  or  — )  peace. 
frteb'gemoljttt  adj.  accustomed  to 

peace,  peaceful. 
frieb'üd^  adj.  peaceable,  peaceful. 
(ber)    ^frie'brttt)   igen.  -s)   Frede- 
rick, an  emperor's  name ;   cf . 

note  to  1.  1215. 


(ber)  ^rtef?  fmrbt  igen,  -s)  Friess- 

hardt,  a  man's  name. 
frtfdj    adj.    fresh,    brisk,    new; 

cound,    good,    unhurt;    freely, 

keenly,  alertly. 
frifrfjrn  bernb  adj.  rowing  brisk- 

iy. 

^  #rtft  (pl-  -en)  time;  respite. 

frol}  adj.  glad,  happy. 

frülj'ttrfi  adj.  joyful,  happy,  glad. 

frofj'Iocfen  intr.  exult. 

fromm  adj.  good,  worthy;  pious, 

devout, 
ber  ^ron'btenft  igen,  -es,  pl.  -e) 

servile  toil. 
ber   ^ronöogt   igen.  -es,  pl.  Äe) 

overseer. 
bie  3-rurfjt  (pl.  ~t)  fruit. 
früf)  adj.  early. 
ber    ^rü^Ung    igen.  -§,   pl.    -e) 

spring, 
ber  ^rüij'rrunf  igen.  -3.)  morning- 

cup. 
fügen  tr.  put  together,  join;  refl. 

subrnit  to. 
füllen  tr.  and  intr.  feel. 
füfK'loä  adj.  unfeeling,  unsympa- 

thetic. 
führen  tr.  lead,  conduct ;  handle, 

wield,    manage;    einen    Streif 

führen  deal  a  blow. 
bie  #  ülle  fullness,  abundance. 
füllen  refl.  be  fllled. 
fünf  7ium.  adj.  tlve. 
fünft  num.  adj.  fifth. 
fünfunbadjt'sig  num.  adj.  eighty- 

flve. 
für   prep.    w.    acc.   for;    für   pdf) 

aside,  independently ;    rccts  für 

what  kind  of . 


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furchen  tr.  furrow. 
bie  3fitrct)t  fear,  terror,  fright. 
fnrtfjt'fcar  aclj.  fearful,  terrible. 
funkten  tr.  fear,  dread;   refl.  be 

afraid. 
fitrc^'terltä)  adj.  frightful. 
furtfjt'fam  adj.  timid. 
fitr'ber   adj.  further;  ntdjt  fürber 

no  more,  never  again. 
bie  $üVfefmng  providence. 
ber  Surft  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)prince. 
(ber)    Surft    (gen.    -S)    Fürst,    a 

part  of  a  proper  name  ;  cf .  note 

on  stage  directions,  p.  72. 
hk  SnVftengnnft  prince's  favor, 

court  favor. 
bci§  $nrftenl)an3  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -er) 

princely  house  or  family,  dy- 

nasty. 
ber  Sür  ftenfnedjt  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e) 

slave  of  a  prince. 
fitrhmijr'  ac?/.  in  truth,  indeed. 
ber  $nft   (ö^.  _e§/   P*-  Ä)   f°otl 

ftefyenben  ftujseg  instantly. 
ber  Sitft'ftoft  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  Ä)  kick. 


bie  ©afce  (pZ.  -n)  gift. 
gäfj'UngS  adj.  suddenly. 
gül)  ftoijig  adv.  preeipitously. 
ber  (&ang  (#en.  -e§,  pl.  Äe)  course. 
ganj  ad/,  whole,  entire,  all;  aöv. 

quite,  very. 
gar  adv.  quite,  very;  even;  gar 

nid)t  not  at  all. 
gärenb  adj.  fermenting,  rankling, 
ber  ©arten  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  Ä)  garden. 
bie  ©äffe  (pZ.  -n)  narrow  street, 

path,  road. 


ber  (&aft  (gen.  -e§,  pJ  Äe)  guest 
ber  ©aft  frennb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e) 

intimate  friend. 
gaft'Iirf)  adj.  hospitable. 
ba§  ©aft'reojt   (#e?i.  -e§,  p£.  -e) 

right  of  hospitality. 
bie  (Gattin  (pl  -neu)  wife. 
ba§    ©efcäff    (^en.    -e§,   pl.    -e) 

beams,  timber. 
gebären  (a-o)  £r.  give  birth  to. 
geben  (a-e)  fr*,  give ;  eg  gibt  there 

is. 
gebieten  (o-o)  tr.  command,  rule. 
bag  ©efcirg'  or  ©e&ir  ge  (#en.  -eS 

or  -§,  p£.  -e  or  — )  mountains. 
bag  ©e&of  (gen.  -eg,  pZ.  -e)  com- 
mand, order. 
gefcran'tfien  £r.  use. 
bag  ©efcreft  en  (#en    -§,  pZ.  — ) 

defect ;  sorrow,  grief . 
gebühren  intr.  be  due,  belong  to ; 

refl.  be  proper,  be  becoming. 
bag  (&tbvitt&\an'b  (gen.  -3,  pZ.  Äer) 

native  land. 
bag  (&ebäd)t'ni$  (^e?2.  —feg,  p/.  -je) 

memory. 
ber  ©ebanfe  (#en.  -ng,  pl.  -rt) 

thought. 
gebet ^en  (k-k)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

grow,  thrive,  prosper;  progress, 

advance. 
gebend (=  eingeben!)  adj.  mindful. 
gebenden  (gebaute,  gebaut)  intr. 

remember;  intend. 
bie  (Bebnlb'  patience. 
gebnfbtg  adj.  patient. 
bie  ©efaljr'  (pl.  -en)  danger. 
gefäljr'ltdj  adj.  dangerous. 
gefallen    (gefiel,     gefallen)    intr. 

please. 


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ber  ©efang(e)ne  {gen.  -n,  pl  -n) 

captive,  prisoner. 
bas  ©efäng'ntS  (#e?2.  -fes,  p?.  -je) 

prison. 
bas  ©efte'ber  (#eft.  -s)  plumage  ; 

fowls. 
bas  (befolge  (#eft.  -§,  p^.  — )  train, 

retinue. 
bas  <Sefitf)t'  (#eft.  -e§,  p/.  -e)  feel- 

ing. 
gegen  prep.  w.  acc.  against,  con- 

trary  to;   in  coniparison  with; 

towards,  about. 
bie    ©e'genfc    (pl    -ert)    region; 

scene. 
bas   ©e'gentetl   (gen.  -s,   pl  -e) 

contrary. 
gegenüber  prep.  w.  dat.  and  adv. 

over  against,  opposite. 
gefm'fcen  refl,  fare. 
geljäffig  adj.  hateful,  spiteful. 
gel)eim/  adj.  intimate,  friendly. 
bas  <Set>ehnnt$  (gen.  -jes,  pl  -je) 

secret. 
bas  i&tt)ti%f  (gen.  -es)  comniaiid. 
geben  (ging,  gegangen)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  go ;  es  get)t  um  it  concerns, 

it  is  a  matter  of . 
bas  ©ef)öft'  (aen.  -es,  pl  -e)  farm, 

estate. 
bas  ©efjöls'  (gen.-t%,  pl  -e)  woods, 

forest. 
gef)orrf)en  £?^r.  obey. 
gehören  intr.  belong. 
gefjor'fam  ad/,  obedient. 
ber  (Sefjor  fam  (#en.  -s)  obedience, 

allegiance. 
ber  (Set  genfcogen  (gen.  -§,  pl  — ) 

fiddlestick,  bow. 
bie  ©eiftel  (p^.  -n)  scourge. 


ber  (Seift  (gen.  -es,  p£.  -er)  spirit, 

mind. 
bie  ©et'fterftnnbe  (pZ.  -en)  ghostly 

hour,  midnight  hour. 
ber  (Setj  (gen.  -es)  avarice,  greed. 
bas  (Selän'ber    feen.  -3,   pl.  — ) 

railing. 
gelangen  infr*.  (aux.  jein)  get  to, 

arrive  at. 
gelaf  fen  ad/,  calrn. 
bas  (Befand  or  (Geläute  (gen.  -es 

or  -s)  ringing  of  bells ;   set   of 

bells. 
bie-  ©elb'not    (pl.  Äe)    need    of 

money. 
bie  (Sele'genljett  (pJ.  -en)  occasion, 

Chance. 
bas  (Geleit'  (gen.  -es,  pl  -c)  escort. 
gelenf  adj.  nimble. 
getieft'  ad/,  loved,  beloved. 
geloben  tr.  vow,  promise;   refl. 

pledge  oneself . 
gelten  (a-o)  be  worth,  be  of  weight 

or  innuence ;  count,  be  at  stake ; 

es  gilt  it   is  worth  your  while, 

it  is  a  question  of . 
bas  (Selüb'be  (gen.  -s,  pl  — )  yow. 
bas  (Selüften  (gen.  -s)  desire. 
gemärf)'ltrfj  adj.  easy,  comfortable. 
gemahnen  tr.  remind  of. 
gemein7  adj.  common,  ordinary, 
bit  (Semem'be  (pl  -en)  Commu- 
nity, assembly. 
bas  (Semet'ne  (gen.  -es)  common 

welfare. 
gemeinsam  adj.  common,  in  com- 
mon. 
bie  (Semfe  (pl  -en)  chamois. 
bas  (Sem  fenljorn  (gen.  -s,  pl  ^er) 

chamois  hörn.  . 


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ba§  ©emüt7  igen.  -e§,  pl.  -er)  mind, 

heart. 
gen  =  gegen. 
genau7  ac#.  exact. 
genießen  (genofc,  genoffen)  fr*,  en- 

joy. 
ber    ©enoft'    (#en.    ©Stoffen,    pl. 

©enojjen)  comrade,  associate. 
Me   ©enof?'fame    (pl   -en)    Com- 
munity. 
genng'  adj.  enough,  sufficient. 
bct§    Ö&(e)nügen    igen,    -s)    suffi- 

ciency;  ©enügen  tun  suffice. 
ber   ©ennft'    (gen.    @enujje§,    pl. 

©enüjje)  enjoyment. 
getane  adj.  straight,  honest ;  adv. 

just,  directly. 
bag  Qfrtvät'  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  tools. 
gerecht'  ad/,  just,  upright,  good. 
bte  (öereaVtigfeit  Q:>£.  -en)  justice. 
bag  ©eridjt'  fereft.  -e§,  p£.  -e)  judg- 

ment,  court. 
gering7  adj.  little,  small. 
gern  or  gerne  adv.  gladly,  will- 

ingly;   with  verbs  like  to,   be 

glad  to. 
(bctg)  ©er'fau  (#en.  -§)  Gersau,  the 

name  of  a  hamlet  in  the  canton 

of  Schwyz. 
(bie)    Qfrev'ttvb    Gertrude,   a   wo- 

man's  name. 
bctg  ©ernft'  or  ©crü'fie  (gen.  -c§ 

or  -g,  p£.  -e  or  — )  scaffolding. 
bag  ©efttjäft'  (gen.  -eg,  pZ.  -e)  busi- 

ness. 
bte  ©efttjäf  ttgfeit  activity. 
gefdje'fjen    (ct-e)   m£r.    (awz.   (ein) 

happen,  occur. 
bag  ©efn)enf  (gren.  -eg,  pl.  -e)  gift, 

present. 


bag  <&efdjicf  (#en.  -§,  pZ.  -e)  fate, 

lot. 
bag  ©efd)Ied)f  feren.  -eg,  pj.  -er) 

generation;  sex. 
bag  ©efojinet  be  (#e/i.  -§)  jewelry, 

jewels. 
bag  <£eftf>ö$>f   fcren.  -eg,    pl.  -e) 

creature. 
bag  ©efdjof?'  (gen.  ©eftfjofjeg,  pZ. 

©eftfjojje)  dart,  arrow. 
gefdjftiinb'  ao3/.  quick,  swift. 
bag  ©eftf>n>inb  f ein  (grera.  -§)  swift- 

ness. 
ber  ©efeu"  or  ©efeHe  ($rera.  -en 

or  -n,  pl.  -en  or  -n)  workman, 

comrade. 
gefeflen  tr.  and  refl.  join. 
gefefüg   adj.   sociable;   adv.  to- 

gether. 
bag  ©efei*/  (,ge/i.  -eg,  pZ.  -e)  law. 
bag    ©eftdjt'   (#ew.  -eg,   pZ.    -er) 

sight,  view ;  face,  look. 
bag  ©efin'bel  (gen.  -3)  rabble. 
gefilmt7  ao3j.  minded,  disposed. 
bag   <$ef£ann'   (gen.  -§,   pZ.  -e) 

span,  yoke. 
gef  fcannf  a<2;\  eager. 
bag  (geffcrääV   (#e?i.  -g,    pZ.  -e) 

talk,  conversation. 
(ber)  (geft'ler   (gen.  -s)    Gessler, 

an  Austrian  governor's  name; 

cf .  note  on  stage  directions  fol- 

lowing  1.  1854. 
geft'lerifd)  adj.  of  Gessler. 
bag    ©efta'be    ($ren.    -g,   pZ.  — ) 

shore,  bank. 
bie  ©eftalr'  (pZ.  -en)  form,  shape. 
geftaftet  adj.  formed,  shaped. 
gefielen   (gejtanb,    gejtanben)    tr. 

confess. 


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30T 


bas  ©cfxtäu^'  igen.  -es,   pl.  -e) 

bushes. 
geftreng'  adj.  strict,  stein. 
gefu  bett  adj.  wretched. 
gefnnb'  adj,  sound,  healthy. 
baz   ©etön'   {gen.   -§)    sounding, 

Ware, 
getrau'en  refl.  trust  oneself,  ven- 
ture. 
getreulich  adv.  faithfully. 
getroft'   adj.  conndent,   couiage- 

ous. 
genialeren  tr.  and  intr.  peiceive. 
gehmfj'ren  tr.  giant ;  intr.  answer 

foi. 
bie    GfretoaW    ( pl.    -en)     power, 

authoiity,  violence. 
bas    ©ettmtt&eginnen    (,(/e?z.    -s) 

tyrannical  act,  deed  of  violence. 
bie    ©etoatt'fierrfdjaft    ( pl.  -eu) 

despotism. 
getactlt  ig  ad^\  poweiful,  vast. 
genmitfam  ad/\  violent. 
bie  (Sttoalt'tat  (pl.  -en)  deed  of 

violence,  outrage. 
baö    <&eftefjr'    (#e;i.   -§,    pf.    -e) 

weapon. 
bas  (&etveit)'  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  hoins, 

antlers. 
bat  ©etoerpe   (gen.  -&,   pl.  — ) 

business. 
ber  (^cniinn'  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e)  gain. 
genun'nen  (a-o)  Zr.gain;  captuie. 
gettuft'  ad[/.  suie,  ceitain;  some. 
boä   ©eunt'ter   (#e?z.   -§;   p£   — ) 

thunderstorm. 
gettJÖfj'nen  tr.  accustom. 
getoofynt'  adj.  used,  accustonied. 
giftgefrfjniou'en  oc$.  swollen  with 

poison  or  venom. 


giftig  adj.  poisonous;  malignant. 
ber  GHfcfel  (gen.  -s,  pl.  —  )  top, 

height ;  worst. 
bas  (bittet  (gen.  -4,  pl.  — )  giating ; 

cage. 
ber  GHan$  (gen.  -e§)  biightness, 

splendoi,  glow ;  show. 
glänzen    m£r.   sbine,    gleam,   be 

bright. 
glatt 'jcnb  aäj.  biilliant,  ladiant. 
gtanj'tioU  acfr.  biilliant,  ladiant. 
GUarner  gm??",  of   Glarus,  a  can- 

ton  of  Switzeiland. 
(ber)  ©tär  mfd)  (gen.  -es)  Glär- 

nisch,   a  mpuntain  lange ;   cf . 

note  to  1.  2667. 
glatt  adj.  sniooth,  sleek. 
ber  GUaufce  or  ©tauben  (gen.  -n§ 

or  -s,  pl.  -n  o?'  — )  faith,  belief. 
glauben  tr.  believe,  tiust. 
gfau'&enStoert  adj.  tiustwoithy. 
gteirt)  adj.  equal,  same,  unifonn, 

like;  adv.  (=  iog(eirf))  at  once ; 

conj.  (=obgCeid))  although. 
gleichen  (i-i)  intr.  be  like. 
gleich  fatt$  ort*»,  likewise. 
gteiayförmig      adv.     unifoinily, 

evenly. 
gleicfiuiie'  cow.  just  as. 
gleiten  (glitt,  geglitten  or  gegleitet) 

intr.  (aux.  fein  or  Reiben)  glide, 

slip. 
ber    ©tet'fcyer    (gen.  -s,   23?.  — ) 

glaciei. 
ber  ©tet'ftfier&erg  (gen.  -§,  p?.  — ) 

snow-niountain,    ice-mountain. 
bie  ©toefe  (p*.  -n)  bell. 
bas"  ©töcf'tetn   (#ew.  -s,  p£  — ) 

little  bell. 
glorretcf)  aä>\  gloiious. 


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VOCABULARY. 


bct§  (SMücf  {gen.  -e§)   prosperity, 

happiness. 
gUtcfttd)   aclj.  happy,  fortunate; 

adv.  successfully,  safely. 
gfücf  fcüt)  aoj.  happy,  successful. 
ber  (&lücf  ftanb  (#e?i.  -§)  State  of 

fortune,  fortune. 
glühen  intr.  glow. 
bie  (*Uut  (p?.  -en)  glow,  flame. 
bie  G5nabe  (pJ.  -en)  mercy,  grace, 

favor. 
gnä'&tg  adj.  merciful,   gracious, 

favorable. 
gnng  =  genng. 
bct§  (golb  (.gera.  -e§)  gold. 
ber  Mottet  ( aen.  -3,  p£.  — )  doublet. 
gönnen  tr.  grant. 
götifcft  ad/,  gothic. 
ber  Q&ott  {gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -er)  god, 

God. 
ba§  <&ottt%f)au$  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  ^er) 

house  of  God;  church,  monas- 

tery. 
ber    dfottfjarb    (gen.    -§)    Saint 

Gotthard,  a  mountain  and  pass ; 

cf.  notes  to  1.  874  and  1.  2231. 
ba§  (&tab  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -"er)  grave. 
graben  (u-a)  tr.  dig. 
grai>  =  gerabe, 

ber  ®raf  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  count. 
ber  (#vam  (#ew.  -§)  grief,  sorrow. 
ber  Üfcanfen  (gen.  -3,  pZ.  — )  bow 

or  stern  of  a  boat. 
bct§  <&ra§  (#ew.  -e§,  pZ.  -er)  grass. 
gräft'üdj  adj.  horrible,  awful. 
bct§   ©raftier  (gen.  -§,   pZ.   -e) 

chamois. 
grtttt  adj.  gray. 

grauen  impers.  intr.  dread,  fear. 
grauen&oU  adj.  awful,  terrible. 


grau'fam  adj.  cruel. 

bie  (#rau/famfeit  (pl  -en)  cruelty. 

ba§    (Traufen    (gen.  -§)    horror, 

dread. 
grau'fenooll  adj.  horrible,  awful. 
greifen  (griff,  gegriffen)  tr.  grasp, 

seize ;   reach,  lay  hold  of ;   re- 

strain;  take  up,  have  recourse 

to. 
gret$  adj.  gray,  hoary. 
ber  •  <&rei§  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)   old 

man. 
bie  G*ren$e  (pl.  -n)  border,  limit. 
grenzenlos  adv.  infmitely. 
ber  Greuel  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  out- 
rage. 
greulto)  adj.  horrible,  monstrous. 
ber  <&rimm  (gen.  -§)  fury. 
ber  (&vott  (gen.  -§)  spite,  grudge. 
grollen  intr.  be  angry  with,  bear 

a  grudge  against. 
groft    adj.    great,    large;    long, 

astonished. 
ber  ©ro^'tmter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  ") 

grandfather. 
bie  ©ruft  (pl.  ^e)  cayern;  vault, 

grave. 
grün  adj.  green. 
ber@runb  (gen.-&,pl.-t)  ground, 

foundation ;  gorge,  ravine ;  bot- 

tom. 
grnnben  tr.  establish. 
grünb'lttfj  adv.  thoroughly. 
grünen  intr.  become  green ;  grow, 

flourish. 
grujjjrieren  tr.  group;    refl.  be 

grouped. 
grüben  tr.  greet;  refl.  exchange 

greetings. 
bie  ©unft  favor. 


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309 


günftig  adj.  favorable. 

ber  (öüitft'Ung   (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

favorite. 
gürten  tr.  gird. 

gut  adj.  good,  excellent;  right. 
baä  (gut  (gen.  -es,  pl.  Äcr)  goods, 

property,  possessions,  estate. 
bte  ©üte  kindness. 
gütig  «p.  kind,  good. 
bte  ©ur'tat  (p£.  -ert)  kind  or  char- 

itable  act,  favor. 

$. 

fja  interj.  ha !  ah ! 

bte  £afce  property,  possessions. 

baten  (fjcttte,  gehabt)  fr*,  and  aux. 
have,  possess. 

(bte)  $a/bi<bt§buvQ  =  &aMbuvQ. 

(bte)  £a&$&urg  Habsburg,  the 
name  of  a  Castle;  cf.  note  to 
I.  2977. 

fmcfen  «r.  hoe. 

bas  $acf'meffer  (#en.  -§)  Hack- 
messer, the  name  of  a  clüf ;  cf . 
note  to  1.  2191. 

ber  £>afen  (#e?2.  -s,  p£.  — )  haven, 
harbor,  port. 

hageln  impers.  intr.  hau. 

ber  &af)tt  (gen.  -es,  pl.  Äe)  cock. 

ber  £afe  (s^era.  -n)  Haken,  the 
name  of  a  mountain;  cf.  note 
on  stage  directions,  p.  43. 

fyalb  adj.  half. 

ber  &aWtvex§  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e) 
semicircle. 

bte  $mtbe  (pl.  -n)  Halde,  a  steep 
mountain  slope ;  also  part  of  a 
proper  name ;  cf .  note  on  stage 
directions,  p.  72. 


bte  prüfte  (pl  -n)  half. 

bte  gmtte  (pl.  -n)  hall. 

ber  £a!3  (flrew.  -es,  p£.  "e)  neck. 

f)al$Qtiät)tlid)  adj.  perilous. 

fyalt  interj,  halt !   stop ! 

galten   (te-a)   fr.  hold,  keep,  re- 

strain  ;  keep  closed ;  celebrate ; 

intr.   hold,   keep;   wait,   stop; 

last;  an  ftdj  Rattert  restrain  one- 

self ;  2£ad)e  Rattert  stand  guard. 
ber  Jammer  (gen.  -s,  pl.  ")  ham- 

mer. 
bte  ^ttttfc  (pl-  "e)  hand;  auf  eigne 

Danb  on  one's  own  account. 
ber  ^anhbnbe   (gen.  -n,  pl.  -n) 

boy,  serrant. 
Jjanbefn  intr.  act. 
fjanb'ija&en  tr.  handle. 
ber  ^anb'Ianger  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

hod-carrier,  laborer. 
f)ant>'iiä)  adv.  vigorously. 
Jjanb  lö$  adj.  inaccessible. 
ber  §anb'fdjfag  (gen,  -s,  pl.  -e) 

hand-clasp,  pledge. 
ber  £anb  ftfjul)    (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

glove. 
bas  #anb'tt>erf   (#e/z.  -S,  p£.  -e) 

business,  occupation. 
fangen  (t-a)  intr.  hang. 
Rängen  tr.  and  intr.  hang, 
(ber)   <oau$  (#ett.  -en)  Hans,  ab- 

breviation  of  Johannes  (John). 
bas  £ätt$'rf)en    (gen.  -§)    Häns- 

chen,  little   John,  diminutive 

of  Hans. 
Wärmen  refl.  grieve. 
l)avm'lo§  adj.  inofrensive. 
fjarmo  nifd)  adj.  harmonious. 
ber  £ar  nifo)    (gen.  -es,    pl.  -e) 

armor. 


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(ber)   jpctrraS  Harras,  part  of  a 

proper  name ;  cf .  note  on  stage 

directions,  p.  192. 
fjarren  intr.  wait  for,  await. 
fyavt  adj.  hard;  harsh. 
gärten  tr.  harclen. 
t)ftfrf)en  tr.  catch,  seize. 
ber  fea%  (gen.  ©afje§)  hatred. 
I?  äffen  tr.  hate. 
bie  £aft  haste. 

bie  ^mufce  (p£. -n)  cap,  hood. 
ber  £cmtf)  (o-en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  breath, 

air. 
ber  £aufe  or  Raufen   (#e/i.  -n§ 

or  -s,  pZ.  -n  or  — )  heap,  crowd. 
Raufen  refl.  be  heaped. 
bct§  ^cw£t  (gen.  -e§,  _pJ.  ^er)  head ; 

Chief, 
ber  frauWott  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  Äer) 

chief-town. 
ba§  $auÖ  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -er)  house, 

home;  family. 
kaufen  intr.  reside ;  be. 
bit  $au&fluv  (pl.   -e)   entrance 

hall,  entrance. 
bit  &au&ftau    (pl.   -en)   house- 

wife,  wife. 
ber  £au$'geferautf>  (gen.-%,  pl."e) 

family  custom. 
ber  ^auä'genof?  or  £au$gem>ffe 

(gen.   £>au§genojjen    or  -n,   p£. 

|)au§genojfen  or  -n)  household 

companion. 
f)a\i&-t)alten    (te-a)    m£r.    keep 

house,  live. 
ba§  £>äu$  letn    (#en.  -3,  pl.  — ) 

small  house. 
Ij auslief)  ao3J.  domestic. 
ba§  ^au^rer^t   (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

farnily  right. 


bie  &au$'tüvor  &au§tüvt  (pl.  -en 

or  -n)  house  door. 
ber  £cm3t>ater    (#e?i.  -§,  pZ.  *) 

f ather  of  a  family. 
fjeben  (o-o)  £r.  lift,  raise. 
(bie)  <peb  nng  Hedwig,  a  woman's 

name. 
bct§  $>eer  (.gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  army, 

host, 
bie  ^ee'reSmadjt  (pZ.  Äe)  military 

force,  army. 
bit  4>eer  matftf  =  £eere$madjt. 
ber  ^ecttotQ   (gen.  -e§,   p£.  -e) 

highway. 
ber  ^eer^ug  (gen.-Z^l.^t)  army, 

host. 
fjef  titj  aoj/.  violent,  rierce,  furious. 
bie    ^ef'tigfeit    violence,    vehe- 

mence. 
ber^eibe  (gen.-n,pl.-n)  heathen. 
bct§  £eil  (#en.  -3)  welfare;  interj. 

hau! 
feilen  tr.  heal 
fettig  ao!J.  holy,  sacred. 
bct§  £et  ligtum  (#e?2.  %  p?.  Äer) 

sanetuary. 
fjeint  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  home. 
bit  ^et'mat  (pl.  -en)  home,  na- 

tive  land. 
fjti'maüiü)  adj.  native. 
Jjetm-fcrtttgen    (braute,    gebraut) 

tr.  bring  home. 
fjet'mtfd)  adj.  at  home. 
bit  Jjmm'fefjr  return. 
f)tim'-lef)ven  intr.  (aux.  fein)  re- 
turn home. 
fyeim'litf)  adj.  secret,  hidden. 
Ijcifffjen  £r.  ask,  demand. 
Reifer  adj.  hoarse. 
Ijetft  adj.  hot. 


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fjeiften  (ie-te)  intr.  be  called,  be 

named ;  e§  Reifet  it  is  said. 
Reiter  adj.  serene,  bright;  merry. 
bie  £el'benfraft   (pl.    "t)   heroie 

strengtb. 
bie  &ei't>entüt)nf)eit  beroie  bold- 

ness. 
Reifen  j(a-o)  m£r.  belp. 
ber  Reifer  (#e?i.  -s,  p£.  — )  belper. 
fyeUadj.  clear,  brigbt;  sbrill. 
ber  <pc(m  C^en.  -s,  pZ.  -e)  belmet. 
Ijer    adv.    and   sep.   pref.    bere, 

tbitber;  lange  Ijet  long  since. 
jjerafc'  acZv.  ancZ  sep.  pref.  down, 

down  from. 
fjerafc-gleiten     (glitt,     geglitten) 

intr.  (aux.  [ein)  slip  down. 
Ijerafc-fornmen  (fam,    gefommen) 

intr.  (aux.  fein)  come  down. 
fjera&'-ffammen  infr\  flasb  down. 
Jjerafc-ftetgen  (ie-ie)  intr.   (aux. 

fein)  descend. 
fjeran'  ac?v.  a?ic?  sep.  pref.  bitber, 

bere,  tbis  way,  up. 
Ijeran-stegen  (jog,  gebogen)  mir. 

(awz.  fein)  approacb. 
herauf  adv.  and  sep.  pref.   up, 

upwards. 
Jjerau§'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  out  of , 

frorn,  fortb. 
Ijerau^-finben  (a-u)    refl.  recog- 

nize  one  anotber. 
^ermtä'-ge&en  (a-e)  tr.  give  up, 

deliver. 
J)erau3'-nel)men  (nahm,  genommen) 

tr.  take  out,  take  away. 
fjerauS-treten    (a-e)  intr.   (aux. 

fein)  step  out. 
IjerauS  -toaänen  (n-a)  m£r.  (awa:. 

fein)  grow  up  or  forth. 


f)ctb  adj.  bitter. 

tyctbeV  adv.  and  sep.  pref .  Mtber, 

up,  tbis  way. 
Ijer&ei'-eUen    intr.     (aux.     fein) 

basten  up. 
Ijer&ei'-fommen   (fam,  gefommen) 

intr.   (aux.  fein)  come  up,  ad- 

vance. 
bie  ^er'fcerg  or  £er  Berge  (pl.  -en 

or  -n)  sbelter,  inn. 
ber  £erb  (gen.  -es»,  pl.  -t)  beartb. 
bte  £erbe  (pl  -n)  berd,  flock, 
bie  ger'benglotfe  (pZ.  -n)  berd- 

bell,  bell  of  a  berd. 
ber  £er  benreifjen  {gen.  -s)  Her- 
denreiben  or   Kubreiben;    cf. 

note  on  stage  directions,  p.  43. 
herein'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  bitber, 

in. 
Ijerem-bringen  (a-u)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  press  in,  penetrate. 
Ijerein-eUen    intr.     (aux.    fein) 

hurry  in. 
herein -führen  tr.  lead  in. 
Ijerein'-rufen   (ie-u)    tr.   call  in, 

sunimon. 
herein  -ftürjen  intr.   (aux.  fein) 

rusb  in. 
Ijerein'-tretett    (a-e)  intr.    (aux. 

fein)  enter. 
herein  -jtefjen    ($og,   gebogen)    tr. 

draw  in. 
f)  er -führen  tr.  lead  or  bring  bere. 
fjerfür'    adv.    and   sep.   pref.  = 

fcer&or. 
Ijerfitr-bredjen  (a-o)  m£r.  (aux. 

jein)  break  out. 
fjerfür-siefjen    ($og,    gebogen)   £r. 

draw  out,  display. 
Ijer'-gcfcen  (a-e)  fr.  give  up. 


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&er'-l)attgen  (t-a)  intr.  (aux.  fein) 

hang  towards,  hang  down, 
ber  $e'rtbann  (=£eer6ann)  (gen. 

-s)  call  to  arms. 
fjer  -kommen  (tarn,  gefommen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  come  here. 
(ber)   ^ermann   (gen.  -s)    Her- 

man,  a  man's  name. 
ber  ^e'roIbSruf  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

herald's  call, 
ber  &evt  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -en)  lord, 

Lord ;  gentleman ;  master ;  Mis- 
ter, Sir;  husband. 
Ijer-reidjen  tr.  reach,  extend. 
bte  &t?'venbanl  (pl.  *e)  nobles' 

bench. 
bte  &er'ren&urg  (pl  -en)  lordly 

Castle, 
ber  &cv'ventneü)t  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

vassal,  slave. 
bte  *per  renleutc  (m.  p?.)  men  of 

standing  or  infmence. 
i)tt 'venlo%  adj.  withont  a  lord  or 

master;  tmclaimed,  owned  by 

no  one. 
baZ  ^er'renfdjtff  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

governor's  boat. 
tyetv'lid)  adj.  magnificent,  excel- 

lent. 
bie  ^err'fdjaft  (pl.  -en)  rnle,  do- 

minion. 
Ijerr'fdjett  intr.  rnle,  govern. 
ber  ^eri^fdjer   (gen.  -s,    pl.  — ) 

ruler,  sovereign. 
l)ctf-^x<ttn  tr.  send  here. 
Ijerü'&er    adv.    and    sep.    pref. 

hither,  across. 
^erü'&er-ftingett  (a-u)  intr.  sound 

across. 
Ijerii'&et-fommett  (tarn,  gekommen) 


intr.    (aux.    fein)    come    over, 

come  across. 
Ijctum'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  aronnd, 

abont. 
tyerum -geljen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  around,  be  passed 

aronnd. 
Jjerutt'ter  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  down. 
f>erimter-gteftett    (gofe,    gegoffen) 

intr.    (aux.    fein)    pour    down, 

rush  down. 
Ijerun'ter-ljolen  tr.  bring  down. 
Jjermt  ter-ftnfen  (a-u)  intr.  (aux, 

fein)  sink  down. 
Ijerunter-fteigen  (ie-ie)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  descend. 
fjerfcor'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  forth, 

ont. 
fyetbov-bvefyen   (a-o)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  rnsh  forth. 
Jjet&ar-gra&en  (u-a)  tr.  dig forth, 

dig  from  under. 
^crtnJt-fommen   (frtm,  gefommen) 

intr.  (aux.  fein)  come  forth. 
fjerfcor-ftüvjett  mfr.   (aux.   fein) 

rnsh  forth,  rnsh  ont. 
htvbov-tvtten    (a-c)    znfr\    (awz. 

fein)  step  forward. 
ba§  ^erj  (gen.  -en§,  pZ.  -en)  heart. 
Ijerjet'nig  ac?;.  one  at  heart. 
f)ev%f)aft  adj.  conrageons. 
f)ev%li(f)  adj.hesLTty,  cordial;  adv. 

yery. 
ber  ^er^og  (gen.  -§,  pj.  -e  or  *e) 

dnke. 
beulen  m£r.  howl,  roar. 
fyeute  adv.  to-day. 
Jjte&an'nen  adv.  ont  of  this,  away, 

from  here. 
Ijte'fje*  adv.  hither. 


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Ijter  adv.  here. 

(bie)  Jpü  begarb  Hildegard,  a  wo- 

man's  name. 
bie  ^ilfe  help. 
fyilfloS  adj.  helpless. 
&üf  retrf)  ad;,  helpfiü. 
ber    gimmel     {gen.    -s,    ph    — ) 

heaven:  sky  ;  clirnate. 
ljim'meHjodj  a<fj.  high  as  heaven. 
fjim'melidjreienb    a4f.   eryiiig  to 

heaven;  outrageous. 
baz  £tm'nte($bad)  (gen.  -I,  pl.^zx) 

canopy  of  heaven. 
bie  £tm'mef$gafce  {pl.  -en)  gut  of 

heaven. 
bas  $nm'meleglücf  ferew.  -§)  heav- 

enly  bliss. 
bas  &tm'me(SIitf)t  {gen.  -§,  pZ.  -er) 

light  of  heaven. 
bet^im'melSraum  >gen.-t§,  pl.**) 

space    of    the    heavens,    direc- 

tion. 
fjtn  ac7i\    and  sep.   pref.   hence, 

thither ;  away,  gone  ;  roo i)in 

whither. 
fyinab'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  down, 

downwards. 
fctnau  -bringen  (o-tt)  intr.  {aux. 

iein)  penetrate. 
fjtna&'-brürfen  tr.  press  down,  re- 

press. 
fyinab  -führen  Cr.  lead  down. 
Jjinab'-fenben  (fattbte,  gejanbt)  fr. 

send  down. 
f)ina&'-ftnfen  (a-u)  infr.  (aux.  [ein) 

sink  down. 
fjina&'-fteigen  (ie-ie)  iwö».   (atee. 

fein)  descend. 
^inan'   adv.    and  sep.   pref.   up, 

upwards,  up  along. 


f)inan'-flimmen  (o-c)  intr.  (aux. 

[ein    clinib  up. 
hinauf'  atfi".    and  sep.  pref.  up, 

upwards. 
öinanf  -fjeben  (o-o)  fr.  lift  up. 
hinauf  -ie^en  (o-e)  wtfr.  look  up. 
flinanf -fteigen  (ie-ie)  intr.  (aux. 

[ein)  aseend. 
^inaue'  twit;.  and  *e».  pref.    out, 

away. 
!}inane  -eilen    intr.     {aux.     [ein) 

hasten  out. 
fjineme  -fenben  ::.r.:::,  gefanbt)  fr. 

send  out. 
^inbern  tr.  hinder,  prevent. 
baä  £>in'berni£  {gen.  -ki,  pA.  -fe) 

hindiance. 
^in'-beuten  tr.  point  towards. 
^in'-brücfen  tr.  press  towards  or 

against. 
fjinbnrcf)'    adv.     and    sep.    pref. 

through. 
§in -eilen  intr.  (aux.  jeinj  hasten 

towards.  run  up. 
hinein'  adv.  and.  sep.  pref '.  in,  into. 
hinein -ge^en  ging,  gegangen;  intr. 

-.  iein)  go  in,  enter. 
\) in  -fahren  (u-a)  intr.  (aux.  iein) 

go  away,  sail  away.  sail  along ; 

irnpers.  he  gone  I  farewell. 
^in'-faüen     (fiel,     gefallen)     intr. 

{aux.  iein)  fall  down. 
^tn'-ftnben  (a-u)  refl.  find  one's 

way. 
fjin'-fUtrnten  rejf.flee.seekrefuge. 
fy  in  fort'  adt?.  henceforth. 
fjin'-ge^en  (ging,   gegangen)    intr. 

(aux.  iein;  go  there,  go  on. 
fjin'-fontnten  (fam,  gekommen»  ??* tr. 

(aux.  [ein)  conie  there.  anive  at. 


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Ijtn'-Kel&ett  intr.  live  on,  pass  one's 

life. 
Rinnen  adj.  in  here;  oon  Rinnen 

hence. 
t)in  -^jflan^ctt  tr.  put  up,  set  up. 
f)in  -reiben  tr.  reach  out,  hold 

out. 
fjtn-rettett    (ritt,    geritten)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  ride  along. 
ber  ©m'f^etb  (#en.  -§)  decease, 

demise. 
^in-fcöiffett  intr-  (aux.  fein)  sail 

along. 
Ijin-fefjen  (ct-e)  intr.  look  there. 
Ijitt'-feitt  (^in,  gettefen)  intfr.  (cmz. 
•     fein)  be  gone,  be  lost. 
Jjin-fenbett    (fanbte,    gefanbt)    tr. 

send  there. 
ftitt  -fte^en  (ftanb,  geftanben)  infr\ 

stand,  take  a  stand. 
Jtftt-ftetten    £r.   put,   erect;    refl. 

take  a  stand. 
hinten    adv.   behind ;    back,    far 

away. 
ÖuUev  adj.  hinder,  rear. 
hinter  adv.,  prep.  w.  dat.  or  acc, 

and  sep.   pref.   behind,  back; 

after;  beyoncl. 
Jjintetge'fjett  (ging,   gegangen)  tr. 

deceive. 
ber  £itt  tergrmtb  (gen.  -§,  pl.  Äe) 

background,  rear. 
ber  &in'tevf)alt  (gen.  -§)  ambush. 
f)intevf)alten  (te-a)  fr.  withhold, 

keep  back. 
Ijinü'&e?  adv.  cmd  sep.  pref.  over, 

across. 
Ijinü'&er-bttngett  (ct-u)  m£r.  (ai^e. 

fein)  reach  across. 
f)inü fcet-ftf)  äffen  £r.  take  across. 


Ijinü'&er-feljhJimmett    (a-o)    in£r. 

(aug.  fein)  swim  across. 
^tnü'fcer-fem  (bin,  getoefen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  be  across,  be  beyond ; 

be  dead. 
tyutü'&er-tragen    (u-a)    £r.  carry 

across. 
fltmm'ter  adv.  <fc  sep.  pref.  down. 
Ijttmn  ter-fdjtffen  Sratfr.  (awa;.  fein) 

sail  down. 
Ijimtn'ter-ftetöen  (te-ie)  intr. (aux. 

fein)  descend. 
Ömtoeg  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  away, 

ofe. 

fjtnhieg-Iegett  tr.  lay  aside. 
fjintoieg-tretett  (a-e)   intr.  (aux. 

fein)  step  aside. 
Ijittttieö'-ftierfett    (a-o)    tr.  throw 

away. 
Ijttt'-toerfett  (a-o)  tr.  throw  away, 

throw  down. 
fttn'-aiefjett  (30g,  gebogen)   tr.  at- 

tract. 
fnnyt  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  towards, 

up,  up  to. 
ber  ©trfdj  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  stag. 
ber  §ivt  or  Q'wtt  (gen.  -en  or  -n, 

pl.  -en  or  -n)  herdsman. 
ber  £nr/ienftta&e  (gen.  -n,  pZ.  -n) 

herdsman's  boy. 
$0dj  adj.  high,  lofty,  great;  adv. 

very. 
ber  gocf^flitg  (gen.  -§)  large  game 

birds ;  cf .  note  to  1.  900. 
f)Oti)Qeboven    adj.   high-born,   of 

noble  birth. 
ba§  &ody$etoilbe  (gen.  -§)  large 

game ;  cf .  note  to  1.  900. 
ba%  Qofy'lanb   (gen.  -3,  pl.  -"er) 

highland,  upland. 


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l)ödj'-f$>ttttgett    (a-tt)   intr.   {aux. 

fein)  leap  high. 
Ijodj&erftän'big  adj.  highly  intel- 
ligent, very  learned. 
bie    &od)\vad)t  (pl.  -en)    signal 

fire ;  watch  tower. 
f)0tf)'tt)üt'big  adj.  yenerahle. 
ba%  ^odfj'nritrbige  (gen.  — ert)  con- 

secrated  wafer,  host, 
bie  £od)Vit  (p£.  -en)   wedding, 

wedding  procession. 
bie  ^odj'settgefeHfdjaft   (pl.  -en) 

wedding  party. 
bcts  &oü)'$eitf)au$  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  ^er) 

house    of    marriage ;    wedding 

feast. 
ber  §of    (gen.  -e§,  pl.  ut)  yard, 

court;     farm;     §erb    unb    §of 

hearth  and  home. 
hoffen  tr.  hope. 
bie  Hoffnung  (pZ.  -en)  hope. 
bie  Qofjtatt  court. 
ba§  ^oftor  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  yard 

gate. 
hit  &öi)t  (pl.  -n)  height,  top. 
bie    Sfro'fytit    (pl.    -en)    highness, 

sovereign  power. 
t)öl)ct  comparative  of  f)Oä). 
f)Of)l  adj.  hollow,  empty;  deep. 
bie  &öf)U  (pl.  -n)  hollow,  cavity, 

den ;  socket. 
ber    $of)ltvcQ    (gen.   -3,   pl.    -e) 

narrow  pass. 
Ijotjn-fjjvctfjen  (a-o)  m£r.  deride. 
tjolb  acZ/.  favorable,  kind,  gentle. 
fyoicn  tr.  fetch,  get,  bring. 
bie  gtöVlenqual  (pl.  -en)  fearful 

torment,  unspeakable  agony. 
ber  &öflenvaä)en  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

jaw  of  hell. 


ber^olmt'betfttmtdj  (gen.-^fpl.Kt 
or  -er)  eider  bush. 

ba§  &0I5  (gen.  -e§,  p£.  "er)  wood. 

linvcfteu  zn£r.  listen. 

bie  £orfce  (p£.  -n)  horde. 

Ijörett  tr.  hear. 

ba§  §o?n  (geri.  -§,  pl.  utx)  hörn ; 
point,  peak. 

hk  ^jor'mffe  (pl.  -n)  hörnet. 

Ijüfcftf)  adj.  pretty,  nice. 

ber  £uf  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  hoof. 

fyui  bieten  i>i£r.  give  homage. 

bie  ^ulbtgung  (pZ.  -en)  hom- 
age. 

fjmt'bert  wwm,  ad/,  hundred. 

(ber)  ^urnt  (gen.  -s)  Hunn,  part  of 
a  proper  name. 

fjUt'tiq  adj.  quick. 

ber  &ut  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  ^e)  hat. 

bie  feütte  (pl.  -n)  hut. 

(ber)  ^'fcerg  (#e?2.  -s)  Iberg,  a 
man 's  name ;  cf .  note  on  stage 
directions,  following  1.  194. 

icf)  pers.  pron.  I. 

ify*  (8W  pers.  pron.  ye;  you. 

iöt  (^f)t*)po55.  ac{/. her,  its,  their; 
your. 

(bas)  £$m'tfee  or  ^m'menfee  (gen. 
-s)  Imisee  or  Immensee,  the 
name  of  a  village ;  cf .  note  to 
1.  2655. 

immer  adv.  always;  auf  immer 
forever. 

tm'merbar  adv.  always,  ever. 

in  prep.  w.  acc.  or  dat.  in,  into; 
to;  within,  at. 

bie  ^n'fctmnft  ardor,  fervor. 


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inbem'    adv,    meanwhile;     conj. 

while,  as,  when. 
tnbe$'   or    tnbeffen    adv.  mean- 
while; co  nj.  while. 
ber  3n'f)alt   igen,  -s)    Contents; 

tenor;  purpose. 
tnne    adv.    within;    inne    galten 

pause,  stop. 
inner  adj.  inner,  interior. 
bcr§  ^xx'xxttt  igen,  -rt)  heart,  soul ; 

the  interior  (of  a  land) . 
in'nerft  adj.  innermost,  inmost. 
tn§  =  xxx  t>a§. 
bit  ^nfcl  (pl.  -n)  island. 
ir'bifd)  adj.  earthly,  temporal. 
irr  or  irre  adj.  astray. 
irren  intr.  wander ;   refl.  be  mis- 

taken. 
ber    .^rr'tnm    igen.    -§,    pl.  *er) 

mistake,  fault,  error. 
(ba§)  Italien  igen.  -s)  Italy. 
(ber)  %ttl  igen.  -§)  Itel,  a  man's 

name. 

ja  adv.  yes;  surely,  indeed. 
bie  Sagb  ( pl.  -ert)  hunt,  chase. 
ba§  Sagbfjom  (aen.  -§,  p/.  ^er) 

hunting  hörn. 
ba§  Sagb'Hetb   (#e/i.  -s,  pZ.  -er) 

hunting  dress. 
jagen  tr.  and  intr.  hunt,  pursue. 
ber  Säger  {gen  -3,  pl.  — )  hunter. 
ba§  ^afxv  (#e?i.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  year. 
ber  Rafiv'xxxavtt  (gen.  -3,  pl.  ~t) 

fair. 
ber    Jammer    (gen.  -§)    misery, 

grief. 
jammern   £r.,  mfr\   and  impers. 

pity;  grieve,  cause  grief . 


ber  ^am^erruf  (aen.  -3,  pZ.  -e) 

wail. 
je  adv.  always;  used  as  distribu- 
tive before  ordinals  every. 
jeber  adj.  each,  every  one. 
jebteJe'ber  =  jeber» 
je'manbprcm.  someone,  somebody. 
jener  adj.  andpron.  that  one ;  the 

former;  he. 
(ber)   Senni    (gen.   -s)    Jenni,  a 

boy's  name. 
jenseits  adv.  and  prep.  w.  gen. 

on  the  other  side,  beyond. 
jeijo  =  jei?t, 
je^t  adv.  now. 
ber  ^oö)  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  yoke; 

a  mountain. 
(ber)  Soijan'neS  (#en.  — )  John, 
(ber)  ^örg  igen,  -s)  Jörg,  a  man's 

name   (a  corruption  of   ©eorg, 

George, 
(ber)  *$oft  (#en.  -s)  Jost,  a  man's 

name. 
(ber)  $nba3  (gen.  3ubä)  St.  Jude; 

cf .  note  to  1.  146. 
bie  Sugenb  youth. 
jn'genbltdj  adj.  youthful. 
jnng  adj.  young. 
jüngft  adv.  recently. 
(bie)    Snng'fran    Jungfrau,    the 

name  of  a  mountain  peak ;  cf . 
,  note  toi.  628. 
ber  Jüngling   (gen.   -3,  pl.   -e) 

young  man,  youth. 
ber  Sunfer  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  young 

nobleman,  squire. 
jnft  adv.  just. 


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317 


ber  Ka&n  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  *e)  boat. 
ber  Katfer  (#en.  -s,  pZ.  — )  em- 

peror. 
bas  Kat'ferlmuS  (gen.  -eä,  _pZ.  Äer) 

imperial  house  0?'  farnily. 
ber  Katferljof   (grera.   -es,  pj.   Äe) 

irnperial  court. 
bie  Kai'ferfrane  (pl.  -ert)  irnperial 

crown. 
fat'ferltd)  adj.  imperial. 
ber  Kai  fermorb  (gen.  -8,  pZ.  -e) 

murder  of  an  emperor. 
ber  Kalf  (^ren.  -es,  pl.  -e)  lime. 
falt  ad/,  cold. 
bir  Kammer   (pl.  -n)    Chamber, 

room. 
ber  ftömfcif  (#en.  -e§,  p2.  ^e)  con- 

fLict,  battle. 
fämpfen  infr\  struggle,  battle. 
farg  ocg.  sparing,  stingy. 
bie  Ua$e  (pJ.  -en)  cat. 
ber  Kaufmann  (gen.  -%,  pl.  *er  or 

^aufteilte)  merchant. 
bas    Kanf roannäfdjtff    (gen.    -s, 

_pZ.  -e)  merchant  vessel. 
bit    Kaufmannäftrafte     (pl.  -n) 

highway  of  commerce. 
taum  adj.  scarcely,  barely,  hardly. 
feef  adj.  bold. 
fecflto)  adv.  boldly. 
bie  Kcljfe  (pl.  -n)  throat. 
festen  refl.  turn. 
ber  Keim  (gre».  -§,  p£.  -e)  germ. 
fein  ac^\  no,  not  a  one,  not  any 

one,  none. 
feiner  pron.  no  one,  none,  not  any. 
ber  Ketter  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  cellar. 
fennen  (formte,  gefonnt)  tr.  know  ; 


fenrtert  lernen  become  acquainted 

with. 
ber  Kerfer  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  prison, 

dungeon. 
ber  Kerf  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  fellow. 
(bas)  Kern§  (gen.  — )  Kerns,  the 

name   of  a  village;   see  map, 

p.  40. 
berKern'toalb  (gen.-z)  Kernwald, 

a  forest  in  the  canton  of  Unter- 
waiden ;  cf .  note  to  1.  493. 
bit  Rette  (pl.  -n)  chain. 
bas  Ktnfc  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er)  child; 

boy. 
bas  Kin'be^finb  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er) 

grandchild ;  pl.  children's  chil- 

dren. 
bas  Ktnb'Ietn  (gen.  -%,  pl.  — )  little 

child,  Infant. 
bas  Kiffen  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  cushion, 

pillow. 
bie    Kfage    (pl.    -n)    complaint, 

grievance. 
flogen  intr.  complain. 
ber  Klang  (gen.  -s,  pl.  *e)  sound, 

ring. 
flar  adj.  clear,  bright,  piain. 
(ber)   Klang   (gen.  -es)   Klaus,   a 

man's  name. 
bas  Kleib  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er)  dress, 

garb. 
fletben  tr.  dress,  cloth,  attire. 
flein  adj.  little,  small. 
bas    Klet'nob    (gen.    -s,    pl.    -t) 

jewel,  treasure,  ornament. 
fitmmen    (0-0)   intr.    (aux.   fein) 

climb. 
füngen  (a-u)  intr.  sound. 
bie  mippt  (pl.  -n)  cliff,  rock. 
fio^fen  intr.  knock,  beat. 


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bct§  SHoftet  igen.  -l,pl.  *)  monas- 
tery,  convent. 

bie  &lof fUvUute  (m.  pl.)  servants 
or  people  of  a  nionastery  or 
convent. 

ber  Silo  ftermei(e)*  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 
Steward  of  a  monastery  or  con- 
vent. 

bie  Eluft  (pl.  Äe)  chasm,  gorge. 

Hug  ac?/*.  prudent,  shrewd,  sen- 
sible. 

ber  ^nai>e  (gen.  -n,pl.  -n)  boy,  lad. 

ber  $hte$t  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  ser- 
vant,  slave ;  vassal. 

bie  ^nerfjt'fdjaftbondage,  slavery. 

ba§  Unie  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  knee. 

fnieen  intr.  kneel. 

ber  ftnicf£  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  court- 
esy  (curtsy). 

ber  .Qöcfjer  (t/era.  -8,  p£.  — )  quiver. 

(baZ)  ®öltt  (#en.  -§)  Cologne,  the 
name  of  a  city. 

fommen  (tarn,  gefommen)  intr. 
(aux.  fein)  come,  arrive;  barauf 
fommen  come  to  think  of ;  $u  fid6> 
fommen  come  to  oneself  ,compose 
oneself;  gebogen  fommen  come 
along. 

fem  m lief)  adj.  comfortable,  pleas- 
ant,  well. 

ba3  Bomplimen?  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e) 
compliment. 

ber  ftihug  (gen.  -%,  pl.-t)  king. 

bie  Königin  (pl.  -nen)  queen. 

fö  ntglirf)  adj.  kingly,  royal. 

hu  ftönig£&urg  (pl  -en)  royal 
Castle. 

fönnen  (fonnte,  gefonnt)  tr.  and 
mod.  aux,  can,  be  able,  may. 

(ber)  ^oitrab  (gen.  -§)  Konrad. 


ba§  konterfei7    (#en.  -5,  pZ.  -e) 

picture,  image. 
ber  Slojjf  (#en  -e§,pZ.  ^e)  head. 
baZ  Bovn  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -"tr)   com, 

wheat,  grain. 
loft'bav  adj.  precious. 
f  ofteu  £r.  and  intr.  cost. 
föftüd)  ad/,  costly,  precious. 
ttad)tn  intr.  Crash,  roar. 
ttä<$)%ttt  intr.  croak. 
bie  fttaft  (pl.  Äe)  force,  strength. 
fräfttglid)  adv.  strongly,  power- 

fully. 
fraft'io§  adj.  weak;  adv.  in  vain. 
ber  Etagen  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  col- 

lar. 
fräßen  intr.  crow. 
IvatnW fyaft  adj.  convulsive. 
fvani  adj.  sick,  ill. 
fräufen  tr.  hurt  one's  feelings, 

grieve. 
ber  ^ranj  (gen.  -t%,pl.  Äe)  wreath. 
ba3  ^räns  fettt   (gen.  -3,  pZ.  — ) 

little  wreath. 
ba§  ^rcutt  (#en.  -§,  pl.  -"er)  herb, 

plant. 
ber  &rei§  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  circle, 

sphere;    orbit,   socket;    round, 

revolution. 
ba§  Ereuj  (gen.  -e§,  p£.  -e)  cross. 
ba§  ^reujlein    (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — ) 

little  cross. 
imdjett  (o-o)   mfr*.  (awa;.  fein  or 

fyaben)  creep,  crawl. 
ber  Erieg  (#e/i.  -e§,  pJ.  -e)  war. 
Jrte'gertftfj  aä)'.  warlike. 
bie  SlrtegeSmadjt  (pZ.  Äe)  military 

power;  army. 
bie  fttie  geänot  (2?J.  Äe)  distress  of 

war. 


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bie  ÜrtegSbromme'te  (pl.  -n)  war 
trampet. 

bte  Krone  (pl.  -n)  crown;  pearl. 

frönen  tr.  crown. 

bte  Krümme  (pl.  -n)  winding, 
bend. 

ber  Kncfntf  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  cuc- 
koo% 

bie  Knf)  (pl.  Äe)  cow. 

füllen  tr.  cool ;  satisfy. 

füljn  adj.  bold. 

bte  Kiiijn'fjeii:  (pl.  -en)  boldness. 

ber  Knf>retf)(e)n  (pl.-z)  Kuh- 
reihen, cow  song;  cf.  note  on 
stage  directions,  p.  230. 

ber  Knlm  (gen.  -3,  pl.  -e)  peak, 
crest. 

ber  ßumnter  (gen.  -s)  grief,  anxi- 
ety. 

fümmern  tr.  regard,  conceni. 

fnm'mer&oU  adj.  sorrowful,  anx- 
ious. 

bte  Kunbe  (pl.  -n)  Information, 
knowledge. 

fnnbig  adj.  acquainted,  familiär. 

bie  Knnb  fojaft  spies. 

bte  Knnft  (pl.  *e)  art,  skill. 

fnnft'genot  adj.  trained,  skilful. 

(bev)  Kuont  (gen.  -s)  Kuoni,  an 
abbreviation  of  Konrad. 

(ber)  Knnj  (gen.  -e§)  Kunz,  a  cor- 
raption  of  Konrad. 

Int 5  adj.  short. 

fiirjen  tr.  shorten,  cut  off,  de- 
prive  of . 

ber,  bte  or  bas  Knrsmeil  (m.  and 
n.  gen.  -§)  jest,  joke. 

(bas)  Kittf'naä^t  (gen.  -s)  Küss- 
nacht, the  name  of  a  village ; 
cf .  note  to  1.  219. 


Iahen  tr.  refresh. 

bie  Sa'fcnng  (pl.  -en)  refreshment. 

lätfjeln  intr.  smile. 

ladjen  intr.  laugh. 

laben  (u-a)  tr.  load. 

laben  (u-a)  tr.  invite,  summon. 

bas  Sager  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  camp, 

court. 
bas  gamm  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er)  lamb. 
ber  Sätn'mergeter  (gen.  -S,  pl.  — ) 

vulture. 
baS  8anb  (gen.  -eS,  pl.  -e  or  -er) 

land,  conntry. 
ber  Öanbamman  (gen.  -%,pl.  -e  or 

■^er)    landamman,  chief  magis- 

tlate. 
ber  Sanb  fcebrütfer  (gen.  -$,pl.  — ) 

oppressor,  tyrant. 
lanben  intr.  (aux.  fein)  land. 
ber  San  benöerg(er)  (gen.  -s)  Lan- 

denberg,    a   governor's    name; 

cf .  note  to  1.  282. 
lan  benfcergtfo)  adj.   of  Landen- 
berg. 
bit  Sän'bergter  greed  for  land  or 

territory, 
ber  San  berfanf  (gen.  -§,   pl.  *e) 

purchase  of  land. 
bie  Sän'berfette  (pl.  -n)  chain  of 

lands. 
ber  San'beäammann  =  Sanbam^ 

mann, 
ber  San  be$feinb  (gen.  -S,  pl.  -e) 

enemy  of  one's  country. 
bie  San  be$marf  (pl.  -en)  bound- 

ary,  border. 
bas     Sanbe^nnglncf     (gen.     -s, 

pl.  -e)  national  rnisfortune. 


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VOCABULARY. 


bte  Sattbleute  see  Sanbmanu. 

ber  Sanbrnatin  (#e7i.  -s,  pl.  Sanb^ 

teute)  countrynian,  peasant. 
bte  Saitbrnarf  =  Sanbe^marJ* 
bteSanb  frfjaft  (pl.  -en)  landscape, 

scenery. 
bie  Sanb^gemetnbe  (pZ.  -n)  gen- 

eral  assembly. 
bas  Sanb3  gefeit  (gre».  -es,  pl.  -e) 

law  of  the  land. 
ber    Sanbä'mann    feren.    -§,    pl. 

ganbsteute)  fellow-countrynian, 

compatriot. 
bte  Sanb  ftra^e  (vi.  -n)  highway. 
ber  Sattb  ftitrm  C.^cw.  -s)  general 

levy  of  the  people,  general  call 

to  arms. 
ber  Sattbuugt  (gen.  -l,ph  "e):gov- 

ernor. 
bte  Sattb  hJefjr  (pl.  -en)  bulwark. 
lang  acZ/.  long;  adv.  precedecl  by 

an  acc.  during,  for. 
längft  adv.  long  ago. 
langen  tr.  reach,  take  down  (down 

=  bon). 
langsam  adj.  slow, 
bte  Sattje  (pl.  -n)  lance. 
laffen  (CteB,  ge(ajjen)  £r.  let  alone, 

give  up ;   permit,  allow ;   refl. 

followed  by  Infinitive  may  be, 

can  be. 
bte  Saft   (pl.  -en)   load,  bürden, 

weight. 
lüften   intr.    weigb  upon,   press 

heavily  upon. 
lanertt  intr.  lurk,  lie  in  wait. 
ber  Sauf  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -t)  course. 
laufen  (ie-au)  intr.  (aux.  jein  or 

fyaben)  ran,  move,  pass. 
laufdjen  intr.  lurk,  lie  in  wait. 


laut  adj.  aloud,  loud. 

ber  Saut  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  sound. 

lauten  intr.  sound;  be  written. 

läuten  tr.  and  intr.  ring. 

lauter  adj.  clear,  pure. 

bte  SahJi'ne  (pl.  -n)  avalanche. 

leben  intr.  live;    lebe  tooljt  fare- 

well! 
bas"  Sefcen  (gen.  -3,  pl.  — )  life; 

£etb  unb  geben  life  and  limb. 
lebendig  adj.  alive,  living. 
bas  Se Gen^blut  (gen.  -s)  life  blood. 
ba§  Se  &en§glücf  (gen.  -s)  happi- 

ness  of  life. 
lefc'fjaft  adj.  eager. 
ber  Sefc'tag  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  all  the 

days  of  one's  life  ;  life. 
led^en  intr.  long  for,  yearn. 
leb  ig  adj.  free. 
leer  adj.  empty;  void,  vain. 
leeren  tr.  empty,  clear. 
legen  tr.   lay,  put,  place. 
bas  Se^(e)n  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  rief. 
ber  Se  fjen^af  (gen.  -%,  pl.  *t)  feu- 
dal court. 
ber  Se^en^^err  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -en) 

liege  lord. 
lehnen  intr.  lean. 
lehren  tr.  teach. 
ber  Seife  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -er)  body, 

person ;  life ;  Ztib  unb  geben  life 

and  limb. 
bie    Set&eStraft    (pl.    Äe)    bodily 

strengtb,  physical  strength. 
letfcltd)  adj.  bodily,  of  one's  own 

body,  one's  own. 
ber    Seidjnant    (gen.    -3,   pl.    -e) 

corpse,  dead  body. 
letdjt  adj.  light,  easy;  frivolous; 

ready. 


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321 


leichtfertig    adj.   light,    w  an  ton, 

impudent. 
leiben  (litt,  gelitten)  tr.  and  intr. 

suffer,  endure. 
bas  Seiben  {gen.  -z,pl.  — )  suffer- 

ing. 
letber  interj.  alas ! 
Teilen  (ie-ie)  tr.  lend. 
letften  tr.  render,  perform. 
leiten  tr.  lead,  guide. 
bie  Seiter  (pl.  -n)  ladder. 
lenfen  tr.  turn,  rule. 
ber  Senj  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  spring, 
(ber)  2t'opoit>  (gen.  -3)  Leopold; 

cf.  note  to  1.  2968. 
lernen  tr.  learn;  kennen  lernen  be- 

come  acquainted  with. 
lefen  (a-e)  tr.  read. 
leijt  acZ;.  last,  flual. 
lenkten  intr.  light,  give  light. 
bie  Seute  (m.  pl.)  people,  rnen. 
(ber)  Sentljolb  igen,  -s)  Leuthold, 

a  man 's  name. 
ba§  Stellt  (#e/i.  -e§,  pl.  -er)  light. 
lichten  £r.  light ;  clear. 
lieb  adj.  dear,  beloved. 
bit  Siebe  love ;  kindness. 
lieben  tr.  love. 
lieber  comp.  adv.  rather. 
lieblich  adj.  lovely. 
bas  Sieb  (#e?i.  -e§,  pZ.  -er,)  song, 

poem,  lay. 
liegen   (a-e)   i?ifr\  (awz.  fyaben  or 

jetn)  lie,  be  situated. 
bie  Stnbe  {pl.  -n)  linden  tree. 
linf  adj.  left. 
linf$  ac?v.  on  the  left. 
bie  Si££e  (p?.  -n)  lip. 
(bie)   Stfel   Lisel,   diminutive  of 

Elizabeth  (=  Lizzie). 


loben  tr.  praise. 

bie  Surfe  (pl.  -n)  lock. 

lorfen,  tr.  allure,  tempt. 

lobern  intr.  blaze. 

lofj  adj.  bright. 

ber  Sofjn  {gen.  -e§,  pl.  Kt)  pay,  re- 
ward. 

lohnen  tr.  reward. 

lo§  adj.,  and  sep.  pref.  loose,  free  ; 
off,  away. 

bas  So§  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  lot, 
Chance,  fate. 

lo^-binben  (ct-u)  tr.  unfasten. 

löfen  tr.  loosen,  free. 

lo£'-geben  (a-e)  tr.  release. 

lo$-laffen  (lieg,  getafjert)  tr.  let 
loose,  let  go,  set  free. 

log -reiben  (rift,  gerijjen)  refl.  tear 
oneself  away. 

(bas)  SoöJer^  igen,  -es)  Lowerz, 
the  name  of  a  yillage,  cf .  note 
to  1.  2286. 

bie  Suft  (pl.  ~e)  air;  breeze. 

lugen  intr.  look  carefully. 

lügen  (o-o)  intr.  lie ;  speak  false- 
ly,  be  wrong. 

bie  Snft  {pl.  Äe)  lust,  desire; 
joy. 

lüftern  adj.  wanton,  gay,  frivol- 
ous. 

(bas)  Snr/emberg  {gen.  -s)  Luxem- 
burg, the  name  of  a  Gemian 
principality ;  cf .  note  to  1.  3024. 

(ba§)  Snjern/  (gen.  -s)  Luceme, 
the  capital  of  the  canton  of  Lu- 
cerne. 

m. 

machen  tr.  make,  fix;  act;  intr. 
do,  act. 


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VOCABULARY. 


bie  Wlad)t  (pl.  Äe)  might,  power; 

autbority. 
tnätf)tig  aaJ-  mighty,  powerful. 
bctä  3Räb'$ett  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — )  girl, 

maiden. 
malmen  tr.  remind,  demand. 
ber  ffflai  {gen.  -%,  pl.  -e  or  -en) 

May. 
ber  äRai'etttau  (#eft.  -§)  May  dew  ; 

cf.  note  to  1.  3006. 
tna'ferifdji  ac?;.  picturesque. 
man  indef.  pron.  one,  some  one ; 

they,  people. 
mancher  ad/,   and  pron.  many, 

many  a  one. 
bct§  Sftanbat  (#en.  -§,  pl.  -e)  order, 

edict. 
ber  Sflann  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  Äer)  man; 

husband. 
ber  aflän'nerroert  (gen.  -§)  manly 

worth. 
bets  Sftttn'neäroort  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

man's  word. 
ntännüd)    ad;,    manly,    valiant, 

brave. 
ber  Wlantzi  (gen.  -%,pl.  ")  mantle, 

cloak. 
ber  3WarIt  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  "e)  mar- 
ket, market  place, 
bie  Starter  (pl.  -rt)  torture,  tor- 

ment. 
ba§  SJiaft  (#e?z.  -es,  p?.  -e)  raeas- 

ure,  limit. 
mäßigen  refl.  control  oneself . 
matt  adj.  faint,  weak. 
bk  blatte  (pl.  -rt)  meadow. 
bit  Stauet  (pl.  -rt)  wall ;  also  part 

of  a  proper  name. 
ber  Wlau'evfttin  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

stone. 


ber  SXflaurttmrfSfmufe  (#en.  -ns, 
pl.  -rt)  molehill. 

bie  Sftau*  (pl.  Äe)  mouse. 

bie  9Wetf>t'f)Ub  Mechthild,  a  wom- 
an's  name. 

bas  Wlttx  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  sea, 
ocean. 

mefjv  comp.  adj.  more;  nidjt  meE)r 
no  longer;  nichts  mefyr  notbing 
eise. 

ba§  $yief)t  (gen.  -es)  majority. 

mehren  fr\  increase,  favor, 

mehrere  p£.  ad;,  several. 

meljrft  equivalent  to  metft. 

bie  Wlef)tf)tit  (pl.  -en)  majority. 

metben  (ie-ie)  tr.  avoid. 

ber  Wltxtv  (gen.  -§,  p?.  — )  Stew- 
ard, manager;  also  part  of  a 
proper  name. 

mein  adj.  and  pron.  my,  mine. 

meinen  tr.  and  intr.  tbink,  mean, 
intend. 

nteinig  poss.  adj.  and  pron.  mine ; 
my  own. 

(ber)  Sftetn'rab  (gen. -s)  Meinrad; 
cf.  note  to  1.  519. 

bie  aftetn'nng  (pl.  -en)  opinion, 
wisb,  intention. 

metft  superl.  adj.  most. 

ber  VBfittfttv  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  mas- 
ter. 

ber  Sftet  fterfdmft  (gen.  9)ceifter= 
fünftes,  pl.  2fteifterjdjüjfe)  master 
sbot. 

(boS)  WleWtf)al  (gen.  -s)  Melcb- 
tbal,  the  name  of  a  Swiss  Val- 
ley; see  map,  p.  40.  Also  a 
man's  name ;  cf .  note  on  stage 
directions,  p.  239,  followingnote 
to  1.  450. 


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tncitcxx  (meßte,  gemefft  or  gemotfcn) 

tr.  milk, 
bev  Vblclt  nafcf  (gen.-Z,  pl.  Äe)  milk 

pail. 
bie  Gelobte'  (pl.  -n)  melody. 
hit    Sttenge    (pl.   -n)    multitude, 

erowd. 
ber  $)len)d)  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  man, 

human  being,  person. 
bas    Wien fdjenbenfen    (gen.    -s) 

man's    thinking ;    cf .    note    to 

1.  528. 
menfrfjenleer  adj.  deserted,  lone- 

iy. 

bie  £SRen'f$enfimr  (pl.  -en)  human 

trace. 
bie  äftenfdj'fjeü  mankind ;  human- 

ity- 

menfdj'ütf)  adj.  human;   cf.  note 

to  1.  159. 
bie  äftenidj'lidjfeit  humanity,  hu- 

maneness. 
merfen  tr.  notice,  mark. 
bog    Wlevt'mal    (gen.   -§,   pl.   -e) 

mark,  sign. 
meffen  (ma%  gemefien)  tr.  measure, 

look  at  closely;   refl.  compete 

with. 
bas     Sftet'tenglötfletn     (gen.     -§, 

pl.  — )  matin  bell ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  966. 
bie  teilte  (pl.-n)  pack  of  hounds. 
bie   Meuterei'   (pl.   -en)   mutiny, 

riot. 
bie  miiä)  milk. 
müb  adj.  mild,  gentle. 
bie  9JHlbe  mildness,  gentleness. 
mi(b  tätig  adj.  charitable. 
min'bvaiufyen  tr.  abuse. 
bie  *Jfttf?'gnnft  envy,  ill-will. 


mit  prep.  ic.  dat.,  adv.,  and  sep. 

pref.  with,  along  with,  along. 

mit  babei  there  with  the  others. 
mit'-fcrtngen  (bradjte,  gebraut)  tr. 

bring  along;  require. 
mit -führen  tr.  bring  along,  carry 

along. 
mit'-gefcen  (a-e)  give  to  take  along. 
mit'-fommen  (tarn,  gekommen)  mir. 

(aux.  fein)  come  along. 
ba§  äftttletb  (gen.  -3)  sympathy, 

compassion. 
mtt'-nefmten  (netfim,  genommen)  tr. 

take  along;  enjoy. 
mitfamt'  prep.  iv.   dat.   together 

with. 
bit    Sftit'frfjufb     (pl.    -en)    Joint 

guilt,  complicity. 
mtt-frfjmören  (ic^roor,  gejdnnoren) 

mir.  swear  with  others,  join  in 

an  oath  with  others,  conspire. 
bie  SÜHt'tagfonne  (pl.  -n)  midday 

sun  ;  south. 
bie  SSftit'tagftnnbe    (pl.  -n)  noon 

hour,  noon. 
bie  Wlxttt  (pl.  -n)  middle,  center. 
mit -teilen  tr.  communicate,  teil. 
bas  SRitttl  (gen.  -3,  pl.  — )  way, 

means,  resort. 
mitten  adv.  in  the  middle  of. 
bie    9)Mt'ternad)t    (pl.    ~e)    mid- 

night;  north. 
mit'-jie^en     feog,    gebogen)     intr. 

(aux.  fein)  march  along  with. 
mögen    (mochte,    gemod)t)    tr.  and 

modal  aux.  may,  can ;  like. 
mögüd)  adj.  possible. 
bas  Moment'  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  mo- 

ment. 
ber  %)löntt)  (gen.  -5,  pl.  -e)  monk. 


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ber  äftonb  {gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  moon  ; 

month. 
bie  Sflon'bennadjt  (p/.  *e)  moon- 

light  night. 
ba3  äftonb  Ud)t    (gen.  -§)   moon- 

light. 
ber  ajhmbregenfcogen    (grera.   -3, 

p£.  — )  lunar  rainbow. 
bie    sXftonftrana'    (pZ.  -en)    mon- 

strance. 
ber  Sftorb  (^en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  murder. 
ntorben  tr.  and  intr.  murder. 
ber    Mürber    {gen.    -§,    pj.    — ) 

murder. 
moVberifd)  «#•  murderous. 
ber  Sftorbgebanf  e  (#en.  -n§,  pl.  -n) 

thought  of  murder. 
ba§  3Jh>rb  geroeljr  (grera.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

murderous  weapon. 
ber   borgen    (gen.    -§,    pZ.    — ) 

moming. 
morgen  adv.  to-morrow. 
bie  aftor'genröte   (pl.  -n)   morn- 

ing  dawn. 
ber  Wlov'qenftvaf)!  (gen.  -Z,pl.-tn) 

morning  ray. 
(ba§)  äRoVftfdiadjen  (#e/i.-§)Mör- 

lischachen,  the  name  of  a  vil- 

lage  ;  cf.'note  to  1.  2652. 
btt$Eflovtel(gen.-%,  pl.  — )  mortar. 
tnübe  adj.  tired. 
bit  Wliifyc  (pl.  -n)  trouble,  toil. 
(ber)  WlMtv  (gen.  -§)  Müller,  the 

name  of  a  Swiss  historian;  cf. 

note  toi.  2949. 
ber  Sftunb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  Äe)  mouth ; 

tongue,  lips,  voiee. 
munter  adj.  lively,  cheerful,  gay. 
bie  Sffluot'ta  Muotta,  the  name  of 

a  river  j  cf .  note  to  1.  1162. 


murren  intr.  murmur,  grumble. 

bie  aflufif  music. 

muffen  (mußte,  gemußt)  intr.  and 

modal  aux.  must,  have  to. 
ba§  dufter  (gen.  -%,  pl.  — )  sample, 

example. 
müf?ig  adj.  idle. 
muftern  tr.  examine,  gaze  at  in- 

tently. 
ber  -Stint  (gen.  -e§)  mood,  desire, 

longing;  courage. 
mutig  adj.  courageous,  bold. 
bie  SWutter  (pl.  ")  mother. 
bag  Wlüt'tzxfyztx  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

little  mother,  dear  mother. 
mixtttvüd)  adj.  motherly,  mater- 

nal. 
bct§  3flüt/terUdje  (gen.  -n)  mother's 

estate. 
ber     S^ut^er  ferner  5     (gen.    -e§, 

pl.  -en)   mother's  pangs,  birth 

pains. 
bie  Wlüfye  (pl.  -en)  cap. 
(ber)  mtytyr\$U\n(gen.-%) Mythen- 
stein, the  name  of  a  mountain ; 

cf .  note  to  1.  39. 


91. 

natyprep.  iv.  dat.,  adv.,  and  sep. 

pref.  af ter,  behind,  towards,  to ; 

aecording  to,  along,  by,  at,  for, 

about. 
ber  9laä)'f>av  (gen.  -3  or  -n,  pl.  -n) 

neighbor. 
nadjbem'  conj.  after. 
nadj  -brängen  intr.  crowd  after. 
nadV-brtngen    (ct-u)   intr.   (aux. 

fein)  follow  after. 


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nadj  -eilen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  hurry 

after. 
her  Waagen  {gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  skiff. 
narfj-folgen infr\ (aws.  fein) follow 

after. 
natf)'-gef)en  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  follow  after,  pursue. 
nutzer'  adv.  afterwards. 
nad^-jagen    intr.    (aux.    fein    or 

rjaben)  chase  after,  pursue. 
mtdj'-fommen     (tarn,     gekommen) 

intr.    (aux.    fein)    come    after, 

follow,  come  up. 
bte    Waty'tifyt    (pl.    -en)    news, 

report. 
nadj-fe^en  intr.  pursue. 
nafy'-fävefyen  (a-o)  repeat. 
näct)ft  superl.  adj.  next,  nearest; 

prep.  w.  c?a£.  next  to,  close. 
ber  Sttädjfie  (#e?i.  -n,  .pZ.  -n)  neigh- 

bor. 
nadj'-ftitrsen  m£r.  (awz.  fein)  rush 

after. 
bteSftadjt  (pZ.  "e)  night. 
ttädjt'Ud)   ac?j.  nightly;    adv.   by 

night. 
naä)t%  adv.  at  night. 
tmdj-tun  (tat,  getan)  £r.  do  after, 

irnitate. 
bie    Waa)t'%eit    (pl.    -en)    night 

time. 
naü)'-%ief)tn  (30g,  gebogen)  tr.  draw 

after. 
ber  Warfen  (aen.  -3,  pZ.  — )  neck. 
ttadt  ad)*,  naked. 
naf)(e)  adj.  near  by,  close. 
bie  dläfye  neamess,  presence. 
nähert  intr.  (aux.  fein)  approach. 
nähern  refl.  draw  near,  approach. 
näfjren  fr.  nourish,  support. 


bie  yiatyvunQ  (pl.    -en)  nourish- 

ment,  food. 
ber  Warne  or  Warnen    (gen.  -n§ 

or  -§,  pl.  -n  or  — )  name. 
1nanber  abbrev.for  einander, 
när'rifdj  adj.  foolish,  queer. 
bie  Watuv'  (pl.  -en)  nature. 
natnr  öergeffen    adj.    unnatural, 

degenerate. 
bie  Matte  (pl-n)  skiff. 
1ne  —  eine. 
bit  We'heliiefie  (pl.  -n)   cover  of 

mist,  veil  of  fog. 
nefcen   prep.    w.    dat.    and    acc. 

beside,  by  the  side  of,  by,  close 

nehlityt  adj.  foggy,  misty. 
nefcft  prep.  V).  dat.  together  with. 
ber  9ieffe  {gen.  -n,  pl.  -n)  nephew. 
nehmen  (nar)m,  genommen)  Zr.take, 

aeeept,  assurne. 
ber  Weib  (gen.  -e§)  envy. 
netbtftf)  adj.  envious. 
nein  adv.  no. 
rnen  abbrev.for  einen, 
nennen  (nannte,  genannt)  tr.  name, 

call ;  refl.  be  called. 
ba§  Web  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  net. 
nen  adj.  new,  fresh,  recent;  bon 

nenem  or  auf§  neue  anew,  again. 
bie  9ien'etnng  (pl.  -en)   innova- 

tion. 
bie  Sften'gier  curiosity. 
nidjt  adv.  not ;  gar  niajt  not  at  all. 
nttf>t$  indecl.pron.  nothing ;  nid)t§ 

al§    nothing    but;    nici)t3    mefjt 

nothing  eise. 
xtibprep.  w.  dat.  below. 
nie   adv.  neverj   nodj   nie  never 

before. 


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nteber  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  down. 
nie'ber-orennen  (brannte,  gebrannt) 

tr.  burn  down. 
nte'ber-faHen    (te-a)    intr.    (aux. 

(ein)  fall  down. 
nie'ber-rmecn  intr.  kneel  down. 
nte'ber-Iaffen    (lieft,   gelajfen)    tr. 

let  down,  lower. 
me'ber-gueHen    (o-o)   intr.    (aux. 

fein  or  Ijaben)  flow  down. 
nte'ber-rettfen    (riß,   geriffen)    tr. 

tear  down,  pull  down. 
ttie'ber-f ä)aucn  intr.  look  down 

upon. 
nie'ber-f  dalagen    (u-a)   tr.    strike 

down. 
nie'ber-fdjmeljen  (o-o)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  melt  down. 
nie'ber-fenben  (fanbte,  gefanbt)  tr. 

send  down. 
nie'ber-ftnfen    (a-n)    intr.    (aux. 

fein)  sink  down. 
me'ber-ftetgen  (ie-ie)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  descend. 
nte'ber-ftoften    (te-o)     tr.    strike 

down. 
bie  Sftie'berung  (p£.  -en)  lowland. 
nte'ber-roerfen  (a-o)  refl.  prostrate 

orjeself. 
nte'maI3  adv.  never. 
nie'manb pron.  no  one,  nobody. 
nimmer  adv.  never. 
nim'mermeljr  adv.  never,  by  no 

means. 
ntrgenb($)  adv.nowhere;  nirgenb 

fonft  nowhere  eise. 
ntt  =  trtdjt. 
noä)  adv.  yet,  still,  even ;  besides, 

moreover. 
bie  fttot   (pl.  Äe)   need,  distress; 


not  tnn  and  not  fein  be  neces- 

sary ;  bon  nöten  fyahzn  be  in  need 

of. 
not'gebrungen  adj.  compelled  by 

necessity. 
ba§  Sttot'gettieljr  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e) 

means  or  weapons  of  self-de- 

fence. 
bie  Sftor'nie^r  self-defence. 
nun  adv.  now;  interj.  well! 
nur  adv.  only,  merely,  just. 
ber  duften  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  gain, 

profit. 

©. 

O  interj.  oh!  ah! 

oo    adv.   over,   above;    conj.    if, 

whether ;  though ;  prep.  w.  gen. 

and  dat.  on  aecount  of. 
ba%  Oo'badj  (gen.  -§)  shelter. 
oben  adv.  above,  high  up ;  before. 
baä  O  oerljaujrf  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -"er) 

head,  chief. 
o'oertyerrltdj  adj.  sovereign. 
oogletrl)'  conj.  although. 
ber   Obmann   (gen.  -%,  pl.  *tx) 

umpire,  arbitrator. 
bie  O'ortgfett  (pl.  -en)  authority, 

superiors. 
ooftffon'  conj.  although. 
ootoof)!'  conj.  although. 
ber  Od)%  {gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  ox. 
übe  adj.  waste,  desert,  solitary. 
ober  conj.  or. 
offen  adj.  open. 
offeneren  tr  disclose. 
of  fen-fteljen  (ftcmb,  geftanben)  intr. 

(aux.  fein  or  fyaben)  stand  open, 

be  open. 


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32? 


öffentlich  adj.  public. 

öffnen  tr.  and  refl.  open,  widen. 

oft  adv.  oft eu. 

öftere  comp   adv.  quite  often. 

ber  O'tyeim  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  uncle. 

ber  ©Ijm  (gre/i.  -3,  pl.  -e)  uncle. 

ofyntprep.  w.  dat.  without. 

o^n'mädjttg  ac?;.  weak,  vain,  un- 

aYailing. 
bas  Oftr  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -en)  ear. 
bas  ©fcfer  (#eft.  -§,  p/.  — )  sacri- 

fice,  victim. 
bas  ©rtf>eft  er  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  or- 

chestra. 
ot'bentlid)  adj.  regulär,  proper. 
bie  Crb'nnng  (pl.  -en)  order. 
ber  Ort   (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e  or  -er) 

place;  canton. 
(bas)  Ö  fterreid)  (gen.  -s)  Austria. 
oft  lief)  adj.  eastern. 
(bas)  Öftreitf)  =  Öfterretäj* 


bas  q$aav  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  pair. 

ber  tyaiv  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  peer. 

(ber)  ^ttlm  (gen.  -s)  Palm,  an 
Austrian  nobleinan  and  one  of 
the  murderers  of  emperor  Al- 
brecht; cf.  11.  2859-2888,  and 
note  to  1.  2988. 

ber  ^afeft  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  ~e)  pope. 

bas  ^cerabie^  (gen.  -es,  pl  -e) 
paradise. 

(ber)  ^ctrrtci'ba  (gen.  -s)  Parri- 
eida;  cf.  note  to  1.  2988. 

bie  Partei  nng  (pl.  -en)  faction, 
party. 

ber  *#a%  (gen.  ^affeä,  pl.  Sßäffe) 
pass,  defile. 


bie    93anfe   (pl    -n)    stop,  rest; 

monient. 
bas  ?$el3'ttmm$  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -er) 

für  coat,  für  doublet. 
bas  Pergament'  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

parchrnent,  document. 
bie  SJJerle  (pl.  -n)  pearl,  jewel. 
bie    Sßerfon'    (pJ.    -en)    person, 

character. 
(ber)  tytttt  (gen.  -s)  Peter. 
(ber)  Leiermann  (gen.  -s)  Peter- 
mann, a  sexton's  name. 
ber  ^Sfafc  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  path. 
ber  £ßfitff(e)  (<7en.  -en  or  -n,  pl.  -en 

or  -n)  priest. 
bie  Pfeils  (pl.  -en)  palace. 
bas  ^Sfanb  (gen.  -t%,pl.  -er)  pledge, 

trust. 
ber  Pfarrer  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — )  priest. 
bie  $Pfau  enfeber  (pl.  -n)  peacock 

feather. 
bie  pfeife  (pl.  -n)  pipe,  whistle. 
(ber)  Pfeifer  (gen.  -s)  Pfeiffer,  a 

man's  name. 
ber  *#feU  (gen.  -s,  pZ.  -e)  arrow. 
ba§  ^Jferb  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  horse. 
bie  ^flonje  (pl.  -n)  plant. 
fcflanjen  fr.  plant, 
bie  Pflege  care,  attendance. 
Pflegen  intr.  be  aecustomed,  use ; 

D^ats  pflegen  take  counsel. 
bie  9}flitf)t  (pl.  -en)  duty,  Obliga- 
tion. 
fjflidjtgentäft  adj.  dutiful,  as  in 

duty  bound. 
£fCia)ng  adj.  subjeet  to. 
ber  ^flng  (gen.  -es,  pl.  ^e)  plow. 
ber  ^fhtg'ftter    {gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

plow  ox. 
bie  Pforte  (pl.  -n)  gate,  door. 


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ber  *Pfofien  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  post. 

bie  9ßiU  (pZ.  -n)  pike. 

ber  Pilger  (#e?i.  -§,  pZ.  — )  pilgrim. 

bie  9HI'ger$tratf)t  (pl.  -en)  pil- 
grim's  garb. 

plagen  re/Z.  be  troubled,  toil. 

bie  platte  (pl.  -n)  ledge. 

ber  ^(ai?  (gen.  -e§,  p£.  Äe)  place, 
room,  ground. 

plötflitf)  adj.  sudden. 

ber  q&o'pan$  (gen.  -&,pl.  -e)  bug- 
bear. 

ber  tißovt  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  port, 
harbor. 

ptad)t;tooU  adj.  magnificent,  state- 

iy. 

prangen  intr.  shine ;  parade. 
ber  oranger  (gen.  -%,  pl.  —)  pil- 

lory. 
praffeln  £rafr\  crackle. 
ber  9$ret§  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  prize, 

reward. 
greifen  (ie-ie)  tr.  praise;  refl.  be 

glad,  call  oneself  fortunate. 
^reffen  tr.  oppress,  worry. 
ber  ^rofpeft'  (gen.  -l,pl.  -e)  pros- 

pect,  view ;  background. 
prüfen  tr.  try,  examine. 
bie  Prüfung  (pZ. -en)  trial,  test. 
ber  *#nl$  (gen.  -eä,  pl.  -e)  pulse, 

heart  beat. 
ber  ^ur'jmrmantel  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  tt) 

purple  cloak  or  mantle. 

C 

bie  dual  (pZ.  -en)  pain,  agony. 
quälen  re/Z.  distress  oneself,  worry. 
ber    Cutalm     (#en.    -§)     smoke, 
fumes. 


ber  CuteH  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  spring, 
fountain. 

hie  Cutette  (pl.  -n)  spring,  foun- 
tain. 


ber  9läbe  (gen.  -rt,  pl.  -n)  raven. 

bie  fftadüe  revenge. 

ber  Ota^egeift  (#e?i.  -e§,  pZ.  -er) 

ayenging  spirit. 
rätfjen  fr*,  avenge. 
ber    9tä$er     (^en.    -§,    pZ.    — ) 

avenger. 
ba%  «ftaoygefüljl  (gen.  -%,  pl.  -e) 

revengefulness. 
(ber)  Otab'fcub  (gen.  -§)  Radbod, 

the  name  of  a  count ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  2977. 
ragen  intr.  projeet,  tower  up. 
ber  üianb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  Äcr)  edge, 

yerge. 
ber  SKanf  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  *e)  trick, 

intrigue. 
(ba§)  9£afc':fjer3nieü  (#en.  -§)  Rap- 

persweil    (Rapperschwyl) ,   the 

name  of  a  town;   cf.  note  to 

1.  1361. 
raftf)  adj.  quick ;  rash,  impetuous. 
rafen  intr.  rave,  rage. 
rafenb  adj.  mad. 
raft'loS  ad;,  restless,  unceasing. 
ber  Wat  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  ^e)  advice, 

counsel ;  councillor ;  9^at§  pftegen 

take  counsel. 
raten  (ie-a)  tr.  advise,  counsel. 
ba§  *ttat  IjauS  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -er) 

town  hall. 
ber  Ütaufc  (gen.  -§)  robbery,  prey. 
raupen  tr.  rob,  plunder,  pillage. 


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329 


ber  (Räufter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  robber. 
ba§  9*au&  tier    (#e?i.  -§,   pZ.  -e) 

beast  of  prey. 
ber  9taud)  (#en.  -§)  smoke. 
ber  SRamtt  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  Äe)  room, 

space. 
räumen  fr\  quit,  leave. 
rauften  intr.  rush,  roar;  rustle, 

creak. 
ber  ftte&eH'  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -ett)  rebel. 
ber  Oierijen  (#en.  -§,  p/.  — )  rake. 
rechnen  intr.  count,  depend  on. 
bie  föttb'nuxtQipl.  -en)  reckoning, 

account. 
retfjt  adj.  right;  true,  real,  genu- 
ine ;  decent,  respectable,  honor- 

able;  adv.  well,  thoroughly. 
ba§  $iett)t  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  right, 

justice. 
redjten  intr.  be  at  law. 
redjffertigen  tr.  justify. 
retfjrloS  adj.  outlawed. 
recf)t3  adv.  on  the  right. 
bie  Oiebe  (p£.  -rt)   talk,  speech, 

words;    Sftebe   fiebert   render  an 

account;    jur  9lebe  kommen   be 

mentioned. 
reben  fr\  cmd  intr.  talk,  speak. 
(ber)  (Re'bing  (gen.  -s)  Reding, 

a  man's  name. 
rebltd)  ad;,  honest,  just,  candid; 

adv.  frankly,  steadily. 
bie  9£eb'ttd)fett  integrity. 
rege  ac^.  active,  busy. 
regen  refl.  stir,  moye. 
ber  (Regen  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — )  rain. 
ber  (Re'genfcogen  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

rainbow. 
ber  OSegenr'   (#en.  -en,   p£.  -en) 

regent,  ruler. 


regieren  tr.  and  intr.  rule,  reign, 

govern. 
ba§  ^Regiment'    (.gen.   -§,  pZ.  -e) 

rule,  government. 
retdj  adj.  rieh. 
ba§  Oieiif)  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  realm, 

empire. 
retdjen  tr.  reach,  give,  extend. 
reidjüdj  adj.  abundant. 
ber  #teuf)8  fcote  (gen.  -n,  pl.  -n) 

imperial  messenger, 
ber  SReidjS'fürft  (#era.  -en,  p£.  -en) 

prince  of  the  empire. 
ba%  SRetdj Sinnier  (gen.  -§, pZ. -e) 

banner  of  the  empire. 
ber  *Retd)$tit»gt  (gen.  -3,   p^-  *0 

imperial  governor. 
bie    Sftetlje    (p?.    -n)    row,    line; 

rank. 
ber  SRetfjen  (#en.  -§,  pZ.  — )  row, 

procession. 
rein  adj.  clean,  pure;  innocent; 

adv.  completely,  entirely. 
bets  *Ret$  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -er)  twig. 
ba§  SteiS'fjoIS   (gen.  -es,  p£.  *er) 

brushwood. 
ber  SRetfige  ( #en.  -n,  p£.  -n)  horse- 

man,  trooper. 
reiben  (ritf,  gcrijien)  tr.  tear,  pull, 

dash;  pull  down. 
reiten  (ritt,    geritten)  intr.    (aux. 

jein  or  fyaben)  ride. 
ber  Leiter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  horse- 

man,  trooper. 
ber  SRei'terSmrtnn  (gen.  -3,pZ.  "eror 

^eitersteute)  horseman,  trooper. 
reiben  tr.  excite,  provoke. 
ret§enb  adj.  charming. 
rennen  (rannte,  gerannt)  intr.  (fein 

or  fjaben)  run. 


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ber  Üteffcelt'  {gen.  -s)  respect. 
ber  Ofceft    (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)   rest, 

remains. 
retten  tr.  save,  deliver. 
ber  fetter  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  savior ; 

rescuer. 
bie   Sftet'tertn    (pl.  -nen)  savior; 

saving  angel. 
bie  Rettung  (p£  -en)  rescue,  de- 

liverance. 
ret'tuugäloS    adj.   beyond   help, 

irretrievable. 
ba3  ^et'tungSufer  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — ) 

saving  shore. 
bxt  (Heue  repentance. 
reuen  impers.  repent. 
bie  SReu'eträne  (pl.  -n)  tear   of 

repentance. 
bie  SReuft  Reuss,  the  name  of  a 

river ;  cf .  note  to  1.  2970. 
bie  Sfteberenj'  (  pl.  -ert)  reverence. 
ber  9M)ettt  (#en.  -§)  Rhine. 
(ba§)  O^etufelb  (#en.  -§)  Rhein- 
feld or  Rheinfelden,  the  name 

of  a  town ;  cf .  note  to  1.  1324. 
ridjten   tr.   direct,   turn;   judge; 

refl.  raise  oneself. 
ber  Sfttdjter  (#en.  -8,  p?.  — )  judge. 
ri^'terlid)  adj.  judicial. 
ber  fötdj'terfpruäj  (#en.  -3,  pZ.  Äe) 

sentence,  judgment. 
ba§  SHdjtmaft  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e) 

rule,  measure. 
ber  Siegel  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — )  holt, 
ber  SRi'gtfcerg  (#en.  -§)  Rigi,  the 

name  of  a  mountain ;  cf ,  note 

to  1.  2739. 
bct§  *Rinb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -er)  ox, 

cow ;  pl.  cattle. 
ber  Oitng  (<7en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  ring. 


tingen     (a-u)      in£r.     struggle, 

plead ;  wring. 
rtngS  adv.  around,  ahout. 
ringSljerum'  adv.  all  around. 
ringsum'  adv.  all  around. 
ringsumher'  adv.  all  ahout,  from 

all  sides. 
rinnen  (a-o)  intr.  (aux.  fein)  run, 

flow, 
ber  «Rift  (gen.  9ffctffe§,  pl.  Sfttfje)  rent, 

crack. 
ber    bitter     (#e?i.    -§,    pl.    — ) 

knight. 
bct§    Sfttfterfräulein     (gen.    -§, 

pZ.  — )  noble  maid,  noble  lady. 
bie     SRttterfletbung     (pl.     -en) 

knight 's  attire. 
rit'terltd)  adj.  knightly. 
ber  *tttt  termantel  (gen.  -4,  pl.  Ä) 

knight 's  cloak  or  mantle. 
bie  tttttterjjfltnjt  (pl.  -en)  knightly 

duty. 
bct§  Stiftettoott  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e) 

knightly  word. 
tof)  adj.  rüde,  cruel. 
btö  Ofculjr  (#en.  -e§,  pZ.  -e  or  Äe) 

reed. 
rollen  tr.  and  intr.  roll. 
bie  tftötnerrrone  (pl.  -en)  Roman 

crown,  crown  of  Rome. 
ber  SRö'ntersug   (gen.  -§,  pZ.  ~e) 

journey  or  procession  toRome  ; 

cf .  note  to  1.  1134. 
ba§  gffrif?  feren.   Sftofjeä,  pl.  Sftofje) 

horse,  steed. 
(bcts)  O^o^feerg  (<7en.  -§)  Rossberg, 

the  name  of  a  Castle ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  77. 
(ber)  SRöffelmann  (#en.  -§)  Rössel- 
mann, the  name  of  a  priest. 


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33  i 


rofteu  intr.   (aux.   fyabert  or  (ein) 

rust. 
roftig  adj.  rusty. 
tut  ac?/\  red. 
rudjt'fcar  (=  rttcf)bar)  ac#.  notori- 

ous,  kiiown. 
ber  dürfen  (<7cra.  -5  p£.  — )  back, 

rear;  Support, 
rücf-ffcriugeu    (a-u)   i?i£r.    (am. 

fein)  leap  backwards. 
(ber) Üftu  fcenj  {gen.  — )  Rudenz,  the 

narne  of  a  Castle  and  of  a  noble- 

man;   cf.  note  on  stage  direc- 

tions,  following  1.  751. 
bas  (Ruber  {gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  oar. 
ber   Ruberer   {gen.    -§,   pl.   — ) 

rower. 
(ber)  sjhibolf  {gen.  -§)  Rudolph, 

the  narne  of  a  Gerrnan  enipcror ; 

cf.  note  to  1.  2729. 
ber  Qftuf  {gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)    call; 

report. 
rufen   (ie-u)    tr.   and    intr.   call, 

sunrmon,  cry. 
bas    (Huffi    (#e?i.   -s)    landslide; 

cf .  note  to  1.  2665. 
bte  Sttulje  rest,  quiet,  peace, 
ruljeu  intr.  rest. 
ruf)  ig  adj.  quiet,  peaceful. 
ber  D^ufnu  igen.  -§)  renown,  glory. 
rüfjmeu  tr.  peace ;  refl.  be  proud 

of ,  glory  in,  boast  of . 
rüfjm'Itd)  ac?J.honorable,  glorious. 
rühren     tr.     stir,     move;   beat; 

touch. 
bie  9*ui  ue  (pl.  -rt)  ruin. 
bte  IRun'fe  (pl  -n)  gully. 
(ber)    Sttuo'bi   (#en.  -s)   Ruodi,   a 

fishernian's  narne. 
rüfteu  fr\  and  refl.  prepare,  arm. 


(bas)  SRütli  {gen.  -s),  Rütli,  the 
narne  of  a  nieadow ;  cf .  note  on 
stage  directions,  following  1. 
1465 ;  and  see  map,  p.  40,  and 
picture  p.  85. 


13  =  e3* 

ber  §aal  {gen.  -e§,  pl.  ©Sic)  hall. 

bte  Saat  (pJ.  -ert)  seed. 

bte  Sacfje   (p£.  -tt)  thing,   affair, 

business ;  cause. 
fäeu  &•.  sow. 
fageu  tr.  say,  teil. 
ba5  Salj  {gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  salt. 
fam  melu  ffr.  collect,  gather. 
bte  Sammlung  (pZ.  -ert)  compo- 

sure. 
fanft  adj.  soft,  gentle,  kind. 
Sauft  ad;',  holy,  saint. 
(bas)  Samen  (gen.  -s)  Samen,  the 

name  of  a   town;    cf.   note  to 

1.  558. 
Sarner  adj.  of  Samen, 
ber  Saffe   {gen.  -tt,  pl.  -n)   free- 

holder,  tenant ;  bondsman. 
bte  Sättigung  satisfaction,  satia- 

tion,  satiety. 
fauer  adj.  sour;  hard. 
faufeu  tr.  and  intr.  drink  greed- 

faugert  (o-o)  tr.  suck,  drink  in. 
bte  Säule  (p?.  -tt)  pillar,  post. 
fäuuteu  intr.  delay,  linger,  hesi- 

tate. 
ber    Säumer    {gen.    -§,  pl.   — ) 

driver,  carrier. 
baz  Saumraf?  {gen.  ©aumrofjeS, 

pl.  Sautrtrojje)  pack  horse. 


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(ber)  ©tf)ätf)en  {gen.  -s),  Schächen, 
the  name  of  a  river ;  cf .  note  to 
1.  1554. 

(btö)  <§d>äc&'enial  (gen.  -§)  Schä- 
chen valley;  cf.  note  to  1.  1550, 
and  to  1.  1554. 

ber  ©tfjäbel  {gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  skull. 

ber  ^djabett  {gen.  -§,  pl.  Ä)  dam- 
age,  härm. 

ftfjaben  i>ifr\  do  härm,  do  injury. 

ftflä'bigen  tr.  härm,  damage. 

bas  «rfjaf  (^en.  -es,  /?Z.  -e)  sheep. 

fdjaffen  fr*,  do,  accomplish ;  get, 
procure,  secure. 

(bas)  ^djaff&au'fett  (#e?i.  -s) 
Schaff  hausen,  the  name  of  a 
town ;  cf .  note  to  1.  2949. 

ber  ^djaffner  {gen.  -s,  pl.  — ) 
Steward. 

ber  &fyaU  {gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  sound. 

flauen  (jd)otf  or  iajaftte,  gesotten 
or  gejdjattt)  mfr\  (cmcc.  ^abert  or 
fein)  sound,  resound. 

faulten  intr.  rule,  hold  away. 

bte  Scfjam  shame,  modesty. 

frfjämen  re/?.  be  ashamed. 

fdjänben  £r.  disgrace,  dishonor. 

ber  <Sdjättber  (#en.  -s,  pl.  — )  de- 
spoiler. 

bte  Sdjättb  adjfett  (pZ.  -en)  dis- 
grace, infamy. 

bte  gdjattje  (p£.  -n)  chance, 
hazard;  fort,  entrenchment. 

bte  «tf)ctr  (p£.  -en)  troop,  herd, 
multitude. 

fdjctrf  ac?/.  sharp,  keen. 

fd)  arten  tr.  scrape,  paw. 

fdjartto.  adj.  jagged. 

ber  &ü)atte  or  «rfjattert  (#en.  -ns 
or  -%,  pl,  -rt  or  — )  shadow. 


ber  «djai?  (#en.  -e§,pZ.  Äc)  treasure, 

jeweh 
frfjätjcn  fr*,  appreciate. 
bte    Zfyau    (p/.   -en)     show;    $nr 

(Sdjau  tragen  display. 
fcfjaubernb  ac?i.  horror-struck. 
flauen  tr.  see,  behold, 
jdjau'erltd)  adj.  horrible,  terrible. 
fdjäumen  m£r.  foam. 
ber  ^d)aufcla*$  (#en.  -es,  pZ.  *e) 

scene. 
bas  &ti)au'Witl  {gen.  -§,  pZ.  -e) 

spectacle,  sight. 
f#eel  ad/,  envious,  jealous. 
bte  ^cfjet&e  (pZ. -n)  target. 
fdjeiben   (te-te)   fr\   separate,   di- 
vido; intr.    (auz.    fein)  depart, 

leave. 
ber  «tfjeitt  (aen.  -es,)  shine,  light; 

excuse,  pretext ;  appearance. 
fdjeutett  (ie-te)  intr.  seem,  appear. 
fdjeHen  tr.  and  intr.  ring. 
fdjelten  (a-o)  tr.  blame,  scold. 
fdjenfcn  tr.  grant,  present. 
ber  ^djerj  {gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  jest, 

joke. 
fdjerjett  m£r.  jest. 
fd) eu  adj.  shy,  timid. 
fdjeuett   tr.   shun,   shrink    from; 

fear. 
bte  3tf)eime  (pZ.  -n)  barn. 
f dürfen   £r.  aTzd  intr.  send. 
bas  Sdjtif  fal  (aera.  -s,  pZ.  -e)  fate, 

destiny. 
bte  ^o)ttf  falSfctofce  (pl.  -n)  trial 

of  fate. 
bte  3d)tcf  ung  ( pZ.  -en)  providence, 

decree  of  providence. 
bei  Sdjte'ferbecfe*  (ö'en.  -s,p£.  — ) 

roofer. 


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333 


frf)te(ctt  intr.  glance  furtively. 
f^ie^en   (fopp,   gejdjojjen)  fr-,  and 

intr.  shoot. 
bas  ®c^ieH5c«ö   igen,  -s,  pZ.  -e) 

shooting  implements  (i.  e.  bow 

and  arrows). 
bas  Schiff  (#eft.  -es,  pl  -e)  ship, 

boat. 
ber  <Srf)iff&rud)   (#en.  -s,  p^.  *e) 

skipwreck. 
fc^tffen  intr.  sail. 
ber  ^djiffer  (gen.  -8,  pZ.  — )  boat- 

man. 
bas  @$iff'{ettt    (srera.  -3,  pZ.  — ) 

srnall  boat. 
bas    @$Ub    (gren.    -es,    pl.    -er) 

sbield. 
bie  ^djtlb'  iüadje  (pl  -n)  guard, 

sentinel. 
ber  Sdjimmer  (gen-  -%,   pl  — ) 

sbimrner,  gleam. 
ber  Sdjimfcf  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  in- 

sult,  disgrace. 
ber  Schirm  (gen.  -s,  pl  -e)  shelter, 

protection. 
fd^irmen  tr.  sbelter,  protect. 
ber  Sdjtrmer  (gen.  -s,  p?.  — )  pro- 

tector. 
bie  3rf)larf)t  (pZ.  -en)  battle. 
bas  Sdjlatfjt'fc&toert  (gen.  -s,  pZ. 

-er)  battle  sword. 
ber  «rf)(af  (#en.  -es)  sleep. 
ber  gdjläfer    (#en.    -s,    pl    — ) 

sleeper. 
ber  ©djfag'&aum  (gen.  -s,  pZ.  Äe) 

turnpike,  tollgate. 
fdjlagen   (u-a)    tr.  beat,    strike; 

cast,   tbrow;   intr.    rise;    refl. 

make   one's   way,   force  one's 

way. 


bie  gfylaQlatoine    (pl  -n)  ava- 

lanche ;  cf .  note  to  1.  1501. 
bie  £cf)  lange  (pl.  -n)  snake,  ser- 

pent. 
fdjledjt  ad/,  bad,  evil,  base. 
fdjleicfien  (*-*)  wiär.  a^d  tr.  (aux. 

fein)  sneak,  steal  one's  way. 
fdjlen'bern  infr\  lounge,  loiter. 
f djfefcfcen  m£r.  drag  oneself  along. 
fdjfeubern  fr*,  sling,  hurl. 
fdjlemug  atf;.  quickly. 
ber  8d)lid)  (flren.  -e,  p?.  -e)  secret 

path,  by-path. 
fdjltdjt  ctoj.  piain,  Single. 
fdjltajten  £r.  settle. 
frfjlietfen     (jdjtoB,     geidjtojiert)   fr\ 

close,  conclude,  end ;  form. 
fdjümm  ad),  bad,  evil. 
bie  Scfjtinge  (pl  -n)  noose,  snare. 
bas    ^rfjfof?    (öre/i.    erf)(ojjes,   pZ. 

©djlöfjet)    lock;   Castle,   strong- 

bold. 
fdjfummern  intr.  slumber. 
ber  Srfjtunb  (gen.  -es,  pl  ue)  gorge, 

abyss. 
ber  wcfcfuft     (#<?ft.    6a)(ufjes,   pZ. 

©djUifje)  conclusion,  determina- 

tion. 
bie  «rfjmad)  disgrace,  dishonor. 
ftfjmadjten  infr.  languisb,  pine. 
ftfjntetrfieltt  £ftfr\  rlatter;  coax. 
ber    Stfjmelj    (#en.    -es,    pl    -e) 

enamel. 
ber  Stfjmers   (gen.  -es,   pZ.  -en) 

pain,  grief. 
fdjmerjen  tr.  pain,  grieve. 
ber    Sdjmer  jen^fc feil    (#en.    -s, 

pZ.  -e)  painful  arrow. 
bie  ^djmet:  sen^feljttfudjt  painful 

longing. 


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fe^mers'Hd)  adj.  painful. 
fd)mer55erriffen   adj.   rent  with 

pain,  torn  with  grief . 
ber  Srfjmteb    (gen.    -eS,    pl.    -e) 

smith;   also  part  of  a  proper 

name. 
ftfjmteben  tr.  forge. 
fc^miegen  refl.  cling. 
ftfjmucf  ac?J.  trim,  nice,  pretty. 
fdjmiitfen  tr.  adorn,  beautify. 
bte  Gcfinerfe  ( p?.  -n)  snail. 
ba§  9djnee  ge&trge  (gen.-&,pl.  -e) 

snow-capped  mountains. 
fdjneiben    ( ic^nttt,   gejdjrtitten)    tr. 

and  intr.  cut. 
ber  <Sd)neiber   (#en.   -s,  pZ.  — ) 

tailor. 
f$nett  aeZi;.  quick,  swiftly;   vio- 

lently. 
fdjon  acZv.  already,  even,  surely. 
fn)ön   ac#.   beautiful,  handsome, 

fair;  noble. 
fronen  tr.  and  intr.  spare. 
fdjöfcfen  tr.  draw,  obtain. 
bte  ^tf)i)$jfnng  (pZ.  -en)  creation. 
ber  SrfjöfcfmtgStag  {gen.  -e§,  pZ. 

-e)  day  of  creation. 
bev  «»rfjoft  (^ren.  -e§,  p£.   Äe)  lap, 

bosom. 
bie  3rt) vetnf e  (p^.  -n)  bound,  limit. 
fdjrecfen  fr*,  frigbten,  terrify. 
ber  «Sdjretfen    (#en.  -§,   pZ.    — ) 

frigbt,  terror. 
bie  Scfjtrerf  en$ftraf?e  (pJ.  -n)  way 

of  horror. 
(bas)    ©directum    (gren.    -s) 

Schreckhorn,   the   name  of    a 

mountain    peak;    cf.    note    to 

1.  628. 
fdjretfttdj  ac?/.  frightful,  terrible. 


bas    3rf)vecfni3  (aen.  -fe§,  p2.  -fe) 

horror. 
ba§   Schreiben   (gen.  -%,  pl.  — ) 

writing,  letter. 
feftreien  (xt-xt)intr.  cry,  scream. 
fcfjretenb  adj.  outrageous. 
f Bretten  ( Tcf)ritt,  geschritten)  intr. 

(aux.  jein)  stride,  step. 
ber  Schritt  (gen.  -e§,  pl,  -e)  step, 

pace. 
ftfjtoff  ac?j.  steep. 
bte  SeftnU)  (p£.  -en)  debt;  fault, 

guilt. 
fdjnlbtg  adj.  indebted;  guilty. 
bie  Sdjulter  (pl.  -n)  Shoulder. 
ber    «rijntfe    (gen.    -n,   pl.    -n) 

wretch,  villain. 
fdEjürjen  £r.  gird. 
ber    «tfjuf?     (gen.     <5d)ujje§,    pZ. 

8rf)üjje)  shot. 
f djiitteut  tr.  shake. 
ber  ®d)u*$  (gen.    -e§)  protection, 

defense, 
ber   <&ä)üi$   or    Zfyütie    (gen.  -en 

or  -w,  pl.  -en  or  -n)  archer. 
f rfntnen  tr.  protect,  defend. 
bie  ZfyüWcnvcQcl  (pl.  -n)  archer's 

rule. 
(bas)  3d)tom6en  (#en.  -s)  Swabia; 

cf .  note  to  1.  1329. 
ftf)hm&tftf|  ad/.  Swabian. 
fd)ftmdj  adj.  weak,  feeble. 
ber  ^tfjttmfjer   (gen.  -§,   pl.  — ) 

father-in-law. 
jrijftaneu  m£r.  impers.  forebode. 
frfjtoanf  aä)'.  flexible,  swaying. 
fifltnanfen  intr.  stagger,  sway. 
ber  ^tfjtomrm   (gen.  -es,  pZ.  ^e) 

swarm. 
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frfjroebcn  intr.  hover,  hang. 
föjttieigett  intr.  (te-ie)  keep  silent. 
ba§  Sdjtoetgen  igen.  -%,  pl.  — ) 

silence, 
(bie)  2d)tvc\%  Switzerland. 
ber  Stfjtoetser    (^en.  -§,   pl.   — ) 

Swiss. 
bie  Sdjfciet'sertn  (pl.  -nett)  Swiss 

woman. 
fdjtoelgen  intr.  feast,  revel. 
bie  SdjröeUe  (pl.  -tt)  threshold. 
fcfjiuer  ad/.heayy ;  difficult,  seri- 

ous,  grave. 
fdjttier  fcelaben  adj.  heavy-laden. 
ba§    Saniert  (gen.  -e§,   pZ.    -er) 

sword. 
hk  Säjftefter  (p£.  -tt)  sister. 
ber  Scfj trieft  er for)n  (#en.  -3,  pZ.  ^e) 

sister's  son,  uephew. 
frfjrotmmen  (a-o)  mfr\   (awz.  fein 

or  fyaben)  swim. 
ber  Schlimmer  (#en.  -§,  p£.  — ) 

swimmer. 
fcrjunnbUcftt  adj.  dizzy. 
fct)itiingeu  (a-u)  fr\  swing,  wield ; 

refl.  leap  up. 
fdtroöven   (o  or  tt-o)  tr.  or  intr. 

swear,  vow. 
ber   S$ttmng    (gen.  -e§,    pZ.   Äe) 

swing,  movement ;  strain. 
ber    Stt)fcmr    (#e/i.    -eä,    pZ.    *e) 

oath. 
(bas)  Scfjttir^  Schwyz,  the  name 

of  a  Swiss  canton  and  its  cap- 

ital;  see  map,  p.  40. 
Stf)for)*er  adj.  of  Schwyz,  Swiss. 
(ba§)  Sdjttitjjetlanb  (gen.  -e§)  the 

canton  of  Schwyz ;  Schwyz. 
fed)3  num.  adj.  six. 
fec^ft  mim.  adj.  sixth. 


ber  See  (#ew.  -§,  pJ.  -tt)  lake. 
bie  Seele  (pl.  -tt)  soul. 
ber  Segen  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — )  blessing. 
fe'genfeoll    ac^.   hlessed,    füll    of 

blessing. 
fegtten  tr.  bless. 
fe^en  (a-e)  £r.  omd  intr.  see,  per- 

ceive,  look. 
ber  Set)er  (#en.  -§,  pZ.  — )  seer, 

prophet. 
fernen  refl.  long,  yearn. 
fefjr  adv.  very,  much. 
bxt  Setbe  (pl.  -tt)  silk. 
ba%  Seit  (#eft.  -s,  pl.  -e)  rope,  tie. 
fein  (roctr,  gemeiert)  mir.  (a%£.  (ein) 

be,  exist. 
fein  adj.  his,  its. 
fettprep.  w.  cZa£.  since,  for;  conj. 

since. 
fettbem'  adv.  since,  since  then; 

conj.  since. 
bie  Seite  (pl.  -tt)  side. 
fett'ttmrtä  acft;.  sideways. 
feld  an'b  er  prorc.  with  one  another, 

together. 
feiger  indecl.  adj.  seif. 
fel&ft  indecl.  adj.  seif;  öott  felbft, 

of  one's  own  accord ;  adv.  even. 
ber  SeUift^err  (gen.  -tt,  p/.  -ett) 

one's  own  master. 
feiig  adj.  blessed,  happy 
(ber)   SeltS'fcerg   (gen.  -§)  Selis- 

berg,  the  name  of  a  mountain ; 

cf .  note  tö  1.  965. 
feiten  adj.  rare,  curious;  adv.  sel- 

dom. 
felt'f am    adj.   stränge,    peculiar, 

Singular. 
fenben  (jctttbte  or  fettbete,  gejattbt  or 

gejertbet)  tr.  send. 


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ber  Senn  or  Senne  {gen.  -en  or  -n, 

p£.  -en  or  -n)  herdsman. 
bte  Sennhütte  (pZ.  -n)  herdsman's 

hut. 
bte  Senfe  (pZ.  -n)  scythe. 
bte  Sente  (pl.  -n)  herd. 
(ber)  Se££t  (firen.  -8)  Seppi,  the 

name  of  a  herdsman's  boy. 
feifett  tr,   put,   place;   risk;   refl. 

sit  down. 
(bas)  Seron  (grew.  -§)   Sewa,  the 

name  of  a  town. 
fttf)  re/L  p^o^-   himself,   herseif 

itself  ;  themselves. 
ftdjer  adj.  safe,  secure,  certain. 
bte  StttVerljett    (pl  -en)    safety, 

security. 
fidjern  tr.  secure,  assure. 
fidjt'oar  adj.  visible,  evident, 
fte  pron.  she,  it;  ©ie  you. 
ber  Sieg  (ö^en.  -e§,  _pZ.  -e)  victory. 
fteg'oernljmt  ac(/.famousasvictor. 
ftegen  intr.  conquer,  triumph. 
ber  Sieger  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  victor, 

conqueror. 
fteg'retdj  adj.  victorious. 
ba§  Stgnalfener  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

Signal  rlre. 
ber  Si'grift  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en)  sac- 

ristan,  sexton. 
(ba§)  Silltnen  (aen.  -s)  Sillinen, 

the  name  of  a  village ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  685. 
(ber)  Simon  (gen.  -§)  Simon,  the 

name  of   a   saint ;   cf .  note  to 

1.  146. 
fingen   (ct-u)    tr.  and  intr.  sing, 

chant. 
finfen  (ct-n)  intr.  (aux.  jetn)  sink, 

fall. 


ber  Sinn  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e  or  -en) 

sense,  mind,  meaning. 
finnen  (a-o)   tfr.  and  intr.  think, 

meditate,  plan. 
bte  Sitte  (pl.  -n)   custom,  man- 
ners, morals. 
ber  Sit?  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  seat,  resi- 

dence. 
fi^en  (jafc,  gejejjen)  intr.  sit;  live, 

reside. 
ber    Sflaoe    (gen.    -n,    pl.    -n) 

slave. 
ffin  otfo)  adj.  slavish. 
fo  ao>.  and  conj.  so,  thus,  then; 

therefore. 
foe  oen  adv.  just,  just  now. 
fogletdV    adv.    immediately,    at 

once. 
ber  Sofjn  (gen.  -e§,  Äc)  son. 
folnng(e)  c<m?\  so  long  as. 
folget  ac?j.  andpron.  such. 
ber  Söldner  (^e?i.  -§,  pl.  — )  mer- 

cenary  soldier,  soldier. 
füllen  intr.  and  modal  aux.  be  to, 

shall,  must,  ought ;  be  intended 

to,  be  said  to. 
ber    Sommer    (gen.    -§,    pl.    — ) 

surnmer. 
fonbern  conj.  but. 
bie  Sonne  (pl.  -en)  sun. 
ber  Son'nenfdjein  (gen.  -§)  sun- 

shine. 
fon'nenftfien    adj.    shunning    or 

dreading  the  sunlight. 
fonnig  adj.  sunny. 
fonft  adv.  otherwise,  eise,  former- 

ly,  once;  nirgenb  fonft  nowhere 

eise ;  jonft  einmal  perhaps  some 

other  time. 
bte  Sorge  (pl.  -n)  care,  anxiety. 


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33t 


forgen  intr.'care,  worry;  lookout 

for,  provide  for. 
for'gcnlioü  adj.  troubled,  anxious. 
bie  Sarg'falt  care,  solicitude. 
ber  S£ä  f>er  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  spy. 
ffmntten  tr.  draw,  bend. 
bie  Spannung  expectation,  excite- 

ment. 
f  Jjareu  tr.  spare,  save ;  put  off. 
fjmt  adj.  late  ;  distant. 
ber  S£eer  (#en.  -§,  p?.  ~e)  spear. 
jfcerren  fr\  block  up,  close,  bar. 
ber    Spiegel    (#en.    -§,    pJ.    — ) 

mirror. 
bas  Sfciet  (#en.  -s,  pl.  -e)  sport, 

game ;  Spiet  treiben  make  sport 

of. 
ffrielen  tr.  play ;  trifte  with. 
ber  Sjmrmann  (gen.  -s,  pl.  ^er  or 

Süietfente)  minstrel. 
ber  Sfcte^  (sren.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  spear. 
fjriunen  (a-o)  tr.  spin ;  plan,  plot ; 

refli  be  plotted,  be  going  on. 
bie  S$)Ü?e  (pl.  -n)  point ;  peak. 
ffci^ett  £r.  point;  prick  up. 
jfnßtg  adj.  pointed,  sharp. 
ber    &pott    (gen.    -es)    ridicule, 

mockery. 
flotten  intr.  mock,  laugb  at. 
bie  Sferadje  (pl.  -n)  language. 
ffcredjen  (a-o)  fr»,  and  intr.  speak, 

say,  taik. 
ffcrengen  tr.  burst,  break. 
f^ringeu  (cl-vl)  intr.  (aux.  jein  or 

fyaben)  spring,  leap,  run. 
ber  Sfcrutf)  (gen.  -es,  pl.  *e)  say- 

ing,  sentence,  judgment. 
ber  Sprung  (gen.  -es,  pl.  ^e)  leap, 

jump. 
fjntlen  m£r.  wasb  ;  play  about. 


bie  Sfmr  (pl.  -en)  trace,  track. 
fjmr'lo^  ad/,  leaving  no  trace. 
ftaatä  flug  adj.  diplomatic. 
ber  Sta&  (gen.  -es,  pl.  ^e)  staff, 

stick,  rod. 
ber  Stauet  (#en.  -s,  pl.  — )  sting, 


bie  Stabt  (pl.  *t)  town,  city. 

ber  3tal)l  (gen.  -s,  pj.  -e  or  "e) 

steel. 
ber  Stall  (gen.  -s,  pJ.  ~e)  stable. 
ber  Staftmeifter  (ae?i.  -s,  p£.  — ) 

equerry,  master  of  the  horse. 
ber  Stamm  (gen.  -es,  pl.  Äe)  stem, 

trunk ;  race,  lineage. 
bas  Stamm  ^0(5  (#era.  -es,  pl.  -er) 

timber,  solid  tiniber. 
ber  Staub   (gen.  -es,  pl.  ~e)  rank, 

class;  resistance;    estate,    clis- 

trict ;  condition. 
bie  Stange  (pl.  -n,)  pole, 
(bas)  Stanj  (gen.  -es)  Stanz,  the 

name  of  a  village ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  1196. 
ftarf  adj.  strong. 
ftärfen   tr.   strengthen ;    refl.  be 

strengthened. 
ftarr  adj.  stiff,  stubborn;  frozen ; 

obstinate, 
bie  Statt  stead,  place.  % 

ftattprep.  w.  o/e?i.  instead  of. 
bie  Stätte  (pl.  -n)  place. 
ftattiitf)  adj.  stately,  splendid. 
bie  Statur7  (pl.  -en)  stature. 
ber  Staub  (gen.  -es)  dust. 
ber  Staub'fcatf)    (gen.  -s,  pl.    "e) 

cascade ;  cf .  note  on  stage  direc- 

tions  preceding  1.  1585. 
ftäu&en   intr.    scatter  spray,    be 

covered  by  spray. 


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VOCABULARY. 


(bcr)  Stmtf  fachet  (gen.-z)  Stauf- 

facher,  a  man's  name. 
ftecfjen  (a-o)  tr.  and  intr.  sting, 

strike ;  prompt,  impel. 
ftecfen  tr.  stick,  put,  rix. 
ber  Steg  (^en.  -3,  pl.  -e)   foot- 

bridge,  path. 
fteljen  (ftctnb,  geftanben)  mir.  (ai«e. 

fiaben  or  fein)  stand,  be,  become  ; 

Otebe  fielen  render  an  account, 

reply. 
ftetfen  refl.  be  stiff,  be  stubborn. 
ber  Steig  (gen.  -eS,  joZ.  -e)  path. 
fteigeu   (ie-ie)    mir.    (a«x.   fein) 

climb,  rise,  ascend,  go. 
fteiX  ad;,  steep. 
ber  Stein  (gen.  -s,  #Z.  -e)  stone, 

rock,  eliff. 
(ber)  Stein  (gen.  -§)   Stein,   the 

name  of  a  Castle;  cf.   note  to 

1.409. 
(bct§)  Steinen   (gen.  -s)  Steinen, 

the  name  of  a  yillage  ;  cf .  Syn- 
opsis, p.  234,  and  map.,  p.  40. 
ftetnern  adj.  stony,  of  stone. 
ber  Stein'met?  (gen.  -en,  pl.  -en) 

stone  mason. 
hu  Stelle  (pl.  -n)  place,  spot. 
ftellen   tr.   place,   put;  refl.  take 

one's  stand,  stand  at  bay.  * 
bte  Stellung  (pl.  -en)  position. 
fterfcen     (a-o)    intr.    (aux.    fein) 

die. 
ber  Stern  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  star ; 
-    pupil  of  the  eye. 
ber     Sternenhimmel     (gen.    -§, 

pl.  — )  starry  heaven. 
ftet$  adv.  constantly,  always. 
bas  Stener  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  heim, 

rudder. 


ber    Sten'ermann    (gen.   -5,    pl. 

-er    or    Steuerleute)  helmsman, 

pilot. 
bte  Steuerleute  (m.  pl.  )  helms- 

men. 
ftenern  tr.  and  intr.  steer. 
ftenern  intr.  pay  taxes. 
baZ  Steu'erruber  (gen.  -4,  pl.  — ) 

heim,  rudder. 
ber  Sten(e)rer   (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

steerer,  pilot. 
ber  Stier   (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)   ox, 

bull;  cf.  also  note  to  1.  1091. 
ftiften  tr.  found,  establish. 
ber  Stifter  (gen.  -%,pl. — )  founder. 
füll  adj.  quiet,  silent,  secret. 
bte  Stille  silence. 
ftillen  tr.  still,  quench. 
bas    Stiirfdjnieigen  (gen.   -s)   si- 
lence. 
ftill-fteljen  (ftanb,  geftanben)  intr. 

(aux.  fein  or  fjaben)  stand  still, 

stop, 
bie  Stimme  (pl.  -n)  voice ;  vote. 
ftimmen  intr.    vote;     agree,   be 

suited. 
bit  Stirne   (pl.  -n)  brow,  fore- 

heacl,  face. 
ftolj  adj.  proud,  haughty. 
ber  Stol5  (gen.  -c§,)  pride,  ambi- 

tion. 
ftören  tr.  disturb. 
ftoften  (te-o)  tr.  and  intr.  trust, 

exclude,  hit,  strike. 
bte  Strafe  (pl.  -n)  punishment. 
ftrafen  tr.  punish. 
fträflitt)  adj.  culpable,  criminal. 
ftrafloS  adv.  with  impunity. 
ber  Strahl  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -en)  beain, 

ray,  gleam. 


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339 


ber  Strang  {gen.  -z%,pl.  ~e)  string, 

cord. 
(bcß)  Straft&urg  {gen.  -s)  Strass- 

burg,  a  city  üi  Alsace. 
bie   Strafe  (pl.  -n)  way;   road, 

highway. 
ber  Strauß  (#eft.  -es,  pl.  Äe)  com- 
bat, struggle. 
ftrefcen  tnir.  strive,  aspire. 
ber  Strebepfeiler  (firen.  -s,  pZ.  — ) 

buttress. 
ftreefen  tr.  Stretch. 
berStreitf)  {gen.  -es,  _pZ.  -e)  strike, 

blow;  einen  <Streirf)  führen,  deal 

a  blow. 
ber  Streit  (srera.  -es,  pl.  -e)  fight, 

connict,  struggle;  dispute. 
bu  Streitet  (pl.  ~e)  battle  ax. 
ftreiten    (ftrtti,     geftrttten)     intr. 

fight,  struggle ;  dispute. 
ftreng  adj.  strict,  steru,  severe, 
bie  Strenge  strietness,  severity. 
ftreuen"fr\  strew,  scatter. 
ber  Strtd)  {gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  track, 

direction. 
ber  Stritf  {gen.  -es,  pl.  -e)  cord, 

rope ;  snare. 
bas  Ztxot)  {gen.  -es)  straw. 
ber  Ström  {gen.  -es,  pl.  "e)  stream, 

current,  river. 
(ber)    Strato    {gen.  -s)  Struth,   a 

man's  name  ;  cf .  note  to  1.  911. 
ftumm  adj.  dumb,  silent. 
bie  Stunbe  (pl.  -n)  hour;  time. 
ber  Sturm  {gen.  -es,  pl.  "e)storin. 
ftiirjen  intr.  (aux.  fein)  fall,  rush ; 

tr.   hurl    down;    cast,  pluiige; 

refl.  cast  oneself ,  plunge. 
(ber)    Stüffi   (gen.  -s)    Stüssi,   a 

man 's  name. 


(bas)  gtutt'$avt  (gen.  -s)  Stutt- 
gart, the  name  of  a  city  in 
Württemberg. 

ftüfcett  tr.  support. 

fu$en  tr.  and  intr.  seek,  look  for : 
want. 

ber  Sumfcf  (gen.  -es,  pl.  ae) 
swamp. 

bie  Sunt  Jjfe3fuft  (pl.  ~t)  air  of  the 
swamp,  poisonous  air. 

bie  Sünbe  (pl.  -n)  sin. 

bie  Sünbffat  deluge. 

(bie)  Suren'nen  Surrennen,  the 
name  of  a  mountain  ridge; 
cf.  note  to  1.  998. 

füfj  adj.  sweet. 

bie  Sjette  (pl.  -n)  scene,  act. 

ber  Säbel  (gen  -s,  pl.  — )  blame, 

reproach. 
bie  Safef  (pl.  -n)  table, 
ber  2!ag  (gen. -es,  pl.  -e)  day,  day's 

work ;  assembly. 
ber  Sag/biefc  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  idler. 
tagelang  adv.  for  days. 
tagen  intr.  dawn ;  assemble,  meet, 

deliberate. 
ber  <£aqt$anhvud)  (gen.  -s,  pl.  ~e) 

break  of  day,  dawn. 
bie  Sageäorbnung  (pl.  -en)  order 

of  the  day. 
bas   ^a'gemerf    (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

day's  work,  daily  labor. 
täg'Utt)  adv.  daily. 
bas  Qai  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  Äcr)  valley. , 
ber  Sal'gmnb  (#e?i.  -es,  pZ.  Äe)  Val- 
ley, 
ber  Saf  tiogt  (gen.  -es,  pl.  Äe)  lord 

of  the  vallev :  cf .  note  to  1.  38. 


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VOCABULAKY. 


tapfer  adj.  brave,  valiant. 
bie  Xat  (pl.  -en)  deed,  action. 
ber  ü£äter   (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  doer, 

perpetrator. 
tauchen  intr.  dive. 
taumeln  intr.  stagger. 
täufdjen  tr.  delude,  deeeive;  es- 

cape. 
taufenb  num.  adj.  thousand. 
tau'fenbiäfjrtg  adj.  of  a  thousand 

years. 
taufenbmal     adv.     a     thousand 

tirnes. 
(ber)    ^egerfelb  or    Segerfelben 

{gen.  -s)  Tegerfeld,  an  Austrian 

nobleman  and  one  of  the  mur- 

derers    of   emperor    Albrecht; 

cf .  11.   2859—2888,   and  notes  to 

1.  1339  and  1.  2988. 
ber  or  bets  %t\i  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e) 

part,  lot,  sbare. 
teilen  tr.  part,  divide;   have  in 

common. 
tei¥f)aft  adj.  sharing  in,  partici- 

pant  of . 
teilhaftig  =  tetll^aft. 
ber  SeH  (gen.  -s)  Teil,  a  man's 
%  name ;  cf.  Introd,  pp.  15,  16. 

teu(e)r  adj.  dear,  beloved;  pre- 

cious. 
ber  Seufef  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  devil. 
teuf  (e)  Ufa)  adj.  devilish,  flendish. 
bas  Seu  fet^münfter  (gen.  -s)  Teu- 
felsmünster, the  name  of  a  cliff ; 

cf .  note  to  1.  2189. 
bie  £eu(e)rung  (pl.  -en)  famine. 
ber  Styron  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  throne. 
(ber)  Sfmrgau  (gen.  -s)  Thurgau, 

the  name  of  a  canton ;  see  note 

to  1.  2433. 


tief  adj.  deep,  low. 

bie  Siefe  (pl.  -rt)   depth,  back- 

ground. 
ba<o  *£iev  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  -e)  animal, 

beast. 
ber  Stger  (gen.  -3,  pl.  — )  tiger. 
toben  intr.  rage,  stniggle. 
bie  Sodjter  (pl.  ~)  daughter. 
ber  $ob  (gen.  -es,  pl.  -e  or  £obe§= 

fälle)  death. 
ber   SJob'feinb   (gen.    -s,   pl.    -e) 

mortal  enemy. 
ber  Son  (#e?2.  -es,  pZ.  "e)  sound, 

tone. 
bct§  £or   (#e?i.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  gate, 

gateway. 
tö'rtdjt  a<&*.  foolish. 
tofen  intr.  rage,  roar. 
tot  adj.  dead. 

töten  fr*,  kill,  put  to  death. 
hit  Sa'tenlmnb  (p/.  "e)  deadhand. 
bct§  Qvafyten  (gen.  -s)  endeavor, 

desire. 
tragen   (u-a)    Zr.  bear,  carry,  en- 

dure ;  liold  ;  have,  cherish ;  jur 

@d)cut  tragen  display. 
hie  Tratte  (pl.  -en)  tear. 
trauen  intr.  trust  in,  rely  on. 
trauern  intr.  inourn,  sorrow. 
trau'Udj  adj.  familiär. 
träumen  tr.  dream. 
ber    Träumer    (gen.  -§,   pl.    — ) 

dreamer. 
traun  interj.  in  truth!  forsooth! 
traurig  adj.  sad,  sorrowful. 
treffen  (traf,  getroffen)  tr.  hit. 
treffftdj  adj.  excellent,  flne. 
(bas)  Xvcib  (gen.  -§)  Treib,  the 

name  of  a  village ;  cf .  note  to 

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treiben  (te-te)  tr.  drive,  cornpel, 
carry  on,  do;  intr.  (aux.  Ijaben 
or  ietrt)  drive  about,  drift. 

trennen  tr.  and  intr.  separate, 
part. 

treten  (a-e)  intr.  (aux.  fjaben  or 
[ein)  step,  go ;  tr.  tread,  trample. 

treu  adj.  true,  faithful. 

bte  ^rene  faithfulness,  faith. 

treu'Utf)  adj.  true,  faithful. 

treu'fod  adj.  faithless. 

ber  Xvicb  (gen.  -&,pl.  -e)  inipulse  ; 
love. 

triefen  (troff,  getroffen)  intr.  drip. 

trinfen  (fl-u)  fr.  and  infr.  drink. 

bte  Trommel  (pl.  -n)  drum. 

ber  Slroft  ($re/i.  -e§)  consolation, 
comfort. 

tröften  tr.  console,  cornfort;  refl. 
be  consoled. 

traft '{08  adj.  disconsolate,  desper- 
ate. 

ttofyprep.  ic.  dat.  in  spite  of. 

troöen  intr.  defy. 

trüfcen  tr.  disturb. 

ber  ^rü&'ünn  (gen.  -$)  melan- 
choly. 

trü'geriftt)  adj.  treackerous. 

bte  krümmer  (n.  pl.)  ruins. 

ber  ^rnpp  (gen.  -%,  pl.  -:)  troop. 

ber  ^rnt$  (gen.  -es)  defiance. 

trittst  gltrfj  adv.  defiantly. 

bte  Sugenb  {pl.  -en)  virtue. 

tu'genbftfjaft  adj.  virtuous. 

tnmnltna  rifd)  adj.  tuinultuously. 

tun  (tat,  getan)  tr.  and  intr.  do, 
niake,  act;  2}orfd)ttb  tun  render 
assistance. 

bte  Tnv  or  ^üre  (pl.  -en  or  -n) 
door. 


ber  Surm  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  ~e)  tower; . 

dungeon. 
btä  furnier'  (gen.  -5,  pl.  -e)  tour- 

nament. 
ber  Stoing  ferei*.  -s,  pJ.  -e)  strong 

tower,  dungeon. 
ber   Snnng'fjof   (gen.   -§,    pZ.   *e) 

strong  tower,  dungeon. 
ber  Sijrunn'   (gen.  -en,   pf.  -en) 

tyrant. 
bte  Stjrunnei'  (pl.  -en)  trrarmy. 
ba§  Si)run'nenj*)cfj  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e) 

tyrant 's  yoke. 
bte  Sijrunnenuturfjt   (pl.  "e)   ty- 
rant ?s  power,  tyranny. 
bas  Sijrunnenfrfjlo^  {gen.  £t)ran* 

nenid)[oifeö,  pl.  £ürannenjtt)löffet) 

tyrant 's  Castle. 
baä  S^ran'nenfcfjniert   (gen.  -es, 

pj.  -er)  tyrant's  sword. 
tfrjrunntfrt)  adj.  tyrannical. 

U. 

üöet  adj.  ill,  wrong. 

bas  Übel   (gen.  -f>,   pl.  — )  evil, 

wrong. 
üfcen  refl.  exercise,  practice. 
über  prep.  w.  dat.  or  acc.,  adv,, 

sep.  andinsep.pref.  over,  above, 

beyond,  across;  beyond,  about, 

on  aecount  of ;  during. 
ü  b  er  all  adv.  everywhere. 
ü&erbenf'en  (überbaute,  überbaut) 

tr.  think  over,  consider. 
ber    Ü&erbruft    (gen.   Überbrujjes) 

disgust,  weariness. 
bte  Überfahrt  (pl.  -en)  passage. 
ü b er fjunb  -nehmen  (nafym,  genont; 

men)  intr.  get  worse. 


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überlaf'fen  (überlief  ü6erfojfen)fr\ 

leave,  abandon. 
überliefern    tr.  give    up,    hand 

over. 
überm  —  über  fcem. 
ber  Übermut  (gen.  -s)  inipertin- 

ence,  insolence. 
übern  =  über  ben. 
über  'nan'ber  =  über  einander, 
übernehmen  (übernahm,  übernonu 

mert)  tr.  overtake ;  undertake. 
überrafoVen  tr.  surprise. 
ü'ber-fdittieu'ett   (0-0)   intr.    {aux. 

fein)  overflow. 
ü'ber-fe^en  tr.  carry  across. 
überffmn'nen     tr.     overstrain, 

Stretch  too  far. 
überfielen  (überftanb,  überftanben) 

tr.  stand,  endure,  overcome. 
über-tre ten  (a-e)  intr.  [aux.  fein) 

step  over,  go  over. 
übrig  adj.  over,  left,  remaining; 

pl.  others. 
(baä)   Ü^tlanb    (gen.  -3)   Ücht- 

laud,  the  name  of  a  country; 

cf .  note  to  1.  2433. 
ba§  Ufer   (gen.  -3,  pl.  — )  bank, 

sbore. 
bte  Uljr  (pl.  -en)  clock,  watch. 
(ber)  Uli  (gen.  -3)  Uli,  a  diminu- 
tive of  Ulrich, 
(ber)  Xtl'viä)  (gen.  -3)   Ulrich,  a 

man 's  name. 
um  prep.  w.  acc,  adv.,  sep.  and 

insep.  pref.  around  about,  near ; 

concerning ;  um  .  .  .  .  tot  den  for 

the  sake  of ;  um ....  $u  in  order 

to. 
umar'men  tr.  embrace. 
umbreing  en  tr.  crowd  around. 


nmfaffen    (umfaßte,    umfaßt)    tr. 

clasp,  embrace. 
umgarnen  tr.  ensnare,  Surround. 
umgeben    (umgab,    umgeben)    tr. 

Surround,  enclose. 
um-gefjen   (ging,   gegangen)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  round. 
untrer'  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  around 

about. 
untfjer-blitfen  intr.  look  around. 
um!) er  -merfen  intr.  look  around, 

spy  about. 
nm^er-fi^en    (fafj,  gefeffen)   intr. 

(aux.  fein)  sit  around. 
umljer-fjmfjen     intr.     search 

around,  watch  around. 
umljer-ftreifen   intr.   (aux.   fein) 

roam  about. 
Umlüften  tr.  envelop,  veil. 
um'-feljren  intr.  (aux.  fein)  and 

refl.  turn  around;  return. 
ber    UmfretS    (gen.  -e3,   pl.  -e) 

cireuit,  extent. 
umringen  tr.  Surround. 
um$  ==  um  i>a§. 
umfdjlie  ften  (umfd&lojj,  umfdjlojfen) 

tr.  enclose,  Surround. 
um-feljen  (a-e)  refl.  look  about. 
umfonff  adv.  in  vain ;  for  nothing. 
umfielen     (umftcmb,     umftanben) 

intr.  stand  around,  surrouDd. 
um'-roanbeln   tr.  change,   trans- 

f  orm . 
ber  Um'toeg  (gen.  -%,  pl.  -e)  round- 

about  way,  cireuit. 
nm-wer'ben   tr.  woo,  pay  court 

to. 
ber  Un'bebadEjt  (gen.  -3)  thought- 

lessness. 
mW  Mannt  adj.  unknown. 


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unbequem  adj.  ineonvenient,  dis- 

agreeable. 
uu  bemannet  adj.  unarnied. 
uribe%at)it  adj.  unpaid. 
un'fcitttg  adj.  unjust. 
unb  conj.  and. 
unburdjbring'aä)     adj.     inipene- 

trable,  inaccessible. 
unentbeeft'  adj.  undiscovered. 
unerhört'  unkeard  of. 
unerfät'tliä)  adj.  insatiable. 
unerträg'Hrf)  adj.  unbearable. 
(ber)  Ungar  {gen.  -n,  pl.-n)  Hun- 

garian. 
unqebo'ven  adj.  uiiborn. 
bie  Ungefcüfir  wfong,  impropriety. 
ungefcüfjr'Iirt)   adj.  iniproper,  in- 

decent. 
bie  Un'gebufb  impatience. 
un'gebufbig  adj.  impatient. 
ungeheuer     adj.    immense,     ter- 

rible. 
ungefränft   adj.    unhnrt,  undis- 

turbed. 
un  gerecht  adj.  unjust. 
un'geretjt  adj.  unprovoked. 
un'gefefcütf)   adj.   illegal;  irregu- 
lär. 
un'getröftet  adj.  uncomforted. 
ba3  Un  geroitter  {gen.  -%,  pl.  — ) 

tempest,  tliunderstorm. 
ungezügelt    adj.    unbridled,  un- 

restrained. 
ber  Un'glim£f  (gen.  -3)  harskness, 

in  justice. 
bas  Un  glucf  {gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  mis- 

fortime,  disaster. 
un'gtücfttci)    adj.    wietched,    un- 

happy. 
ungtiieffe  tig  adj.  unhappy. 


bie    Ungüicf£tat     {pl.    -cn)    un- 

happy  deed. 
btö   Unheil   {gen.    -s)    mischief, 

evil. 
unleib'iid)  adj.  unbearable. 
unmenfd)  Urf)  adj.  inhuman,  cruel. 
unmöglich  adj.  impossible. 
bie  Un'tnitnbigfeit  minority. 
ber  Unmut   {gen.  -s)    anger,   In- 
dignation. 
uu'nüfc  adj.  useless. 
baä  Un'retfjt  (gen.-*)  ivrong,  gru.lt, 

crime. 
unruhig  adj.  restless,  impatient. 
bie    Un'fc^ulb     innocence,    inex- 

perience. 
un'frf)u(btg  adj.  innocent. 
nnf et  pron.  our,  ours. 
nnten  adv.  doTrn,  below. 
unter  prep.  w.  dat.  and  acc,  adv., 

sep.  and  insep.pref.  under,  be- 

Iotv  ;  among,  between ;  during, 

in. 
unter&red)'en    (imterbrad),    unter; 

brocken)  tr.  Interrupt. 
unterbef  fen  adv.  meanwhile. 
unterbrücf'en  tr.  oppress. 
ber  Unterbrücf  er  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

oppressor. 
ber  Un'tergnng   (gen.  -§,  pl.  ^e) 

ruin.  destruetion. 
unternehmen    (unternahm,    unter; 

nommen)  tr.  rindertake. 
unterstehen  (umerftemb,  unterftart; 

ben)  refl.  dare ;  take  upon  one- 

self. 
unter  tauchen  intr.  dive  under. 
(bets)  Unternmtben  (gen.  -s)  Un- 
terwaiden,  a   canton   of   Swit- 

zerland. 


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ber  Unternm!  bner  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 
Unterwaldner,  an  inhabitant  of 
the  canton  of  Unterwaiden. 

Unterttml'bttcr  adj.  from  Unter- 
waiden. 

«nterhJeg^  adv.  on  the  way. 

untertoer'fen  (imterftmrf,  untere 
ttorfen)  tr.  subdue ;  refl.  submit, 
yield. 

unterwürfig  adj.  submissiye,  re- 
spectful. 

btc  Untat  (pl.  -en)  monstrous 
deed,  crime. 

un'beränbert  adj.  unchanged. 

unberäu'fterlid)  adj.  inalienable. 

un  berbäcftiiij  ad/,  unsuspected. 

un'berle^t  ad/,  uninjured,  safe. 

bie  Unvernunft  lack  of  sense, 
folly. 

un'bernünftig  acj[/.  irrational,  un- 
reasonable. 

un'berfdjämt  adj.  impertinent,  in- 
solent. 

un'berfefjrt  adj.  unharmed,  un- 
injured. 

unftmn'ber&ar  adv.  invariably. 

unweit  prep.  w.  gen.  and  dat. 
not  far  from, 

ber  Utt'ftttte  or  Unsitten  {gen. 
-n§  or  -§)  indignation. 

unituflrur  tttfj  adv.  involuntarily. 

un'nnrtttd)  adj.  inhospitable. 

un^erbretf)  lief)  adj.  unbreakable, 
inviolable. 

ur'alt  adj.  very  old,  ancient. 

ur'alterS  adv.  from  ancient  times ; 
t>on  uralter^  J)er,  from  time  im- 
memorial. 

bie  Ur'feljbe  ( pl.  -n)  sacred  oath ; 
cf.  note  to  1.  2911. 


(bas)  Uri  (gen.  -§)  Uri,  thename  of 
a  canton  of  Switzerland. 

ber  Urner  (gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  Urner, 
a  man  or  an  inhabitant  of  Uri. 

bie  Ur'fatfie  (pl.  -n)  cause,  rea- 
son. 

ber  Ur  fjirung  (gen.  -§,  pl.  Äe)  or- 
igin. 

ber  ttr'ftcmb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  Äe)  ori- 
ginal condition. 

bct§  Urteil  (aen.  -8,  _pZ.  -e)  judg- 
ment. 

urteilen  üifr*.  judge. 

bie  Söartation'  (_p£.  -en)  Variation. 
ber  Söitter  (gen.  -3,  pl.  ~)  father; 

sire,  ancestor. 
bctä  Söct  terlanb  (gen.  -e§,  _pZ.  Äer) 

fatherland,  native  country. 
bä'terlitt)  adj.  fatherly,  paternal, 

ancestral. 
tm'terlo^  ad;,  fatherless. 
ber  Söa'temtorb   (gen.   -§)  parri- 

cide. 
bie  Söä'tertugenb   (p£.  -en)  ances- 
tral virtue. 
berab'ftfpeuen  tr.  despise,  scorn. 
beracfy'ten  tr.  despise,  scorn. 
bie  Söeraoytung    contempt,    dis- 

regard. 
feeratf/tungätoert  adj.  despicable. 
beränbern     refl.     be     changed, 

change. 
berän^ern  tr.  alienate,  seil. 
fcerber'gen  (öerbarg,  Verborgen)  tr. 

hide,  conceal;  refl.  be  hidden. 
berbie'ten  (berbot,  Verboten)  tr.  for- 

bid,  prohibit. 


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fcer&ut'bett  (bcrbanb,  berbunben)  tr. 

bind,  blinclfold ;  unite. 
i>  er  Muffen  intr.  turn  pale. 
berfclenbcn  tr.  blind;  delude. 
fcerblu'ten  intr.  and  refl..  bleed  to 

deatb. 
bas  %sevbved)'en  (gen.  -§,  p/.  — ) 

crime. 
Verbreiten  fr.  spread. 
Verbrennen  (Derbrannte,  berbrannt) 

infr.  burn  up,  burn  to  death. 
bie    Sßerbantnfni^    (pl-\z)    con- 

demnation,  damnation. 
Verbanden  tr.  owe,  tbank  one  for. 
Verberben  (berbarb,  betborben)  tr. 

ruin,  destroy. 
fcierbte'nen  tr.  merit,  deserve ;  reß. 

gain  for  oneself . 
ber  Verbrief?'  igen,  -es)  yexation, 

annoyance. 
fcerbrie '^en  (öerbrotf,  berbrojjen)  tr. 

vex,  annoy;  ftd)  berbrtetfen  laiien 

besitate  to,  shrink  from. 
ber&erbmf?  igen,  äSerbruffes»)  Yexa- 
tion, annovance. 
Verehren  tr.  honor,  respect. 
öerefben  tr.  bind  by  oatb. 
öerei'nen  tr.  nnite. 
tierfaflen   (berftef,   berfatfen)   intr. 

(aux.  fein)  fall  to,  be  forfeited 

to. 
öerfan'gen  (öerftng,  bedangen)  intr. 

avail;  refl.  be  caugbt. 
iierfe^len  intr.  fail. 
fcerflndjen  fr.  curse. 
fcerfof  gen  tr.  follow,  pursne. 
ber  Verfolger   (gen.  -§,  pJ.   — ) 

pursuer. 
Herführen  fr.  rnislead,   deeeive ; 

corrupt. 


hit  Söerfitfj'mng  (pl.  -en)  tempta- 

tion. 
Vergeben    (bergab,    bergeben)    tr. 

forgive. 
fcerge  ben§  adu.  in  vain. 
fcergeb'üd)  ac?;.  useless. 
bie  Sßergebnng  forgiveness,  par- 

don. 
bie  &ergel'tnng  retribution,  ven- 

geance. 
bergeffen    (bergafj,    bergejjen)    tr. 

forget. 
Vergiften  tr.  poison. 
öergfei'rfjen  tr.  settle. 
fcergret  ben  (oergrub,  bergraben)  tr. 

bury. 
&ergrö'|}ern  tr.  increase. 
tiergn'ten  tr.  make  good. 
tierijaften  fr.  arrest. 
beruften  (t>erf)ieft,  berfj  alten)  fr. 

conceal,  keep  frorn;  refl.  be. 
fcerfjanbeln  tr.  transact. 
berfjäng'en  tr.  ordain. 
bevtyant'  adj.  odious,  detested. 
betfytfy'Un  tr.  kide,  conceal. 
berOinbern  tr.  hinder,  prevent. 
ber^nffen    tr.    and    refl.    Cover; 

bide  one 's  face. 
bereuten  tr.  avert,  prevent. 
berir'ren  intr.  and  refl.  lose  one's 

way,  get  lost. 
berjtfgen  tr.  drive  ont. 
berfeutfen  tr.  seil. 
berflei'ben  tr.  disguise. 
berfüm'mern  intr.  {aux.  jein)  pine 

away,  witber. 
berfnn'ben    tr.    announce,   make 

known. 
bertiht'bigen    tr.    and    refl.    an- 
nounce, proclaim;  show  itself. 


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fcerfunb  fdjaften  tr.  explore,  find 

out. 
berlana/en  tr.  demand. 
ba§  Verfang  en  (gen.  -§,  pl.  — ) 

longing,  desire. 
üerlaffett     (berttejs,    bertajjen)     tr. 

leave,  forsake  ;  rely  upon. 
Verlaufen  (berttef,  Verlaufen)  refl. 

lose  one's  way. 
tierlauten    intr.    impers.    be    re- 

ported. 
fcerle'gen  adj.  embarrassed,  con- 

fused. 
fcerlei'fjen    (berltelj,    berlierjen)    tr. 

give,  grant. 
feerle^en  tr.  hurt,  violate. 
fcertte  reu  (bertor,  bertoren)  fr.  lose; 

refl.  be  lost,  disappear. 
bermau'ern  ^r.  Surround  with  a 

wall. 
Dermef^ren  tr.  increase. 
bermet'ben  (bermieb,  bermt  eben)  tr. 

avoid. 
bermeng'ett  £r.  mix  up,  confuse. 
fcermö'gen  (bermodjte,  bermoajt)  tr. 

be  able. 
bct§  Söermö'gett  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — ) 

ability;  means. 
öcrnc^men  (berncujm,  bernommen) 

fr.  hear ;  learn. 
bie  Vernunft  reason,  understand- 

ing. 
vernünftig  acZj.  sensible. 
fcerö'ben  Zr.  cmd  znfr.  lay  waste ; 

be  deserted. 
i>er£fänben  tr.  mortgage. 
ber    betrat'    {gen.    -§)    treason, 

treachery. 
fcerra'ten     (b  erriet,    b  erraten)     tr. 

betray. 


ber   Söerrä'ter   (gen.  -%,  pl.   — ) 

traitor. 
Herrinnen     (berrcmn,     berronnen) 

intr.  (aux.  jein)  pass  away. 
berfcigen  tr.  deny,  refuse;  infr. 

fail. 
fcerfatn'mertt  refl.  assemble,  meet. 
bie   &erfatnm/(nng    (pl.   -en)   as- 

sembly,  meeting. 
fcerfdjaf  fen  £r.  secure,  obtain,  get. 
fcerfdjeiben   (berjdjieb,   betrieben) 

znfr.    (aux.    fein)    expire,  pass 

away. 
fcerfajenf  en  fr.  give  away. 
berftfyen'rtjen  fr.  drive  away. 
fcerfdjte'&en  tr.  defer,  postpone. 
fcerfdjieben    ac?;.    different;    pl. 

several. 
fcerfdjlet'ern  tr.  veil. 
berfrfjtie'ften  (berftfjtog,  berjd&Iofjen) 

fr.  shut  up,  hide. 
fcerfdjUng'en  (berjdjlang,  berja^lun= 

gen)  tr.  swallow  up. 
berfäjmä'ljen  tr.  despise,  scorn. 
fcerfäjnrben  fr.  do,  commit. 
öerfdjüt'ten  fr.  bury,  oyerwhelm. 
berfa)nnn/bett     (berf^tbanb,     ber= 

fdjttnmben)  intr.  (aux.  fein)  dis- 
appear, vanish. 
bie  *8erftf)h>ö  rung  (pZ.  -en)  con- 

spiracy. 
fcerfe'fjen    (berfctr;,    berje^en)    re/f. 

expect  of ,  look  out  for. 
fcerfen'ben  (berjanbte  or  berfenbeie, 

berfanbt  or  berfenbet)  tr.  send. 
&  er  fetten  tr.  put,  throw ;  reply. 
tierfölj'nen    refl.   become    recon- 

ciled,  make  one's  peace. 
berf£red)'en  (berfbrarf),  berfbrodjen) 

tr.  promise. 


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34T 


feerftätt'big  adj.  sensible,  prudent. 
fcerftetft'  adj.  remote. 
t>crftc'()cn  (berftanb,  berftanöen)  tr. 

understand,  mean,  know ;  ftd) 
berjteljen  mit  conie  to  an  agree- 
ment  with. 

öerftorfcit  refl.  be  stubborn. 

fcerftof)  fett,  adv.  secretly,  stealth- 

berfu'rtjett  tr.  try,  attempt ;  tempt. 

fcertei  btgen  tr.  defend. 

ber  SSertet'biger  {gen.  -Z,pl.  — ) 

defender. 
fcertü'gen  £r.  destroy,  annul. 
fcertrau'en  £ft£r.  trust  in,  rely  on ; 

tr.  connde,  trust. 
baö   Q3crtrau(e)it   (gen.  -§)  trust, 

conndence. 
fcertraut'  acZ;.  trusted,  intimate. 
tjertrei'&ett  (bertrieb,  Vertrieben)  tr. 

drive  out,  expel. 
fcerü'&ett  tr.  do,  commit. 
fcjerttmty'rett  tr.  guard,  keep. 
fcerftmfteit  tr.  adrninister. 
berttmn  bellt  £?\  and  refl.  change. 
öerttmnbt'  ac(/.  related,  kindred. 
fcertoe'gen  (Derftog,  berroogen)  refl. 

dare. 
berftje'gen  ad;,  bold,  daring. 
üertoet'gern  £r.  refuse. 
tievftet'Ien  intr.  remain,  stop. 
HerlQitn'fc^en  fr*,  curse. 
beriuüttfdjt'     adj.     cursed,     con- 

founded. 
fcerja'gen  in£r.  despair. 
feersei'fjett    (berief),   bergen)    fr\ 

pardon,  excuse. 
fcerste'ren  fr1,  decorate. 
ticr^itiei'fettt  mir.  despair. 
bie  SöerjftJeiflmtg  despair. 


bic  ^et^hJeif'lnng^angft  (pl.  Äe) 

desperate  fear. 
tiersitieif'atngätioH    ad;,    füll    of 

despair,  desperate. 
ber  Sßetter  (#e?i.  -§,  pl-  -n)  cousin ; 

relative. 
ba§  Söielj  (#erc.  -8)  beast,  cattle. 
tnel  ac?J.  much,  a  great  deal;  pl. 

many;  adv.  very. 
iriefer fahren    ad;,    very  experi- 

enced,  wise. 
tnetfeidjr'     ady.      perhaps,     per- 

cliance. 
bielmefjr'  conj.  but  ratner. 
tuer  num.  adj.  four. 
ötcrt  /mm.  a^;.  fourth. 
ber  Q3icrhialbftätterfee  (#e>i.  -s) 

Lake  of  the  Four  Cantons  ;  cf . 

note    on     stage    directions    on 

p.  43. 
ber  $öogeI  (gen.  -§,  pl.  ")  bird. 
ber  QSogt  (V/e>i.  -3,  p?.  ~e)  bailiff, 

governor. 
ba§  ©oü  {gen.  -e§,  />Z.  -er)  people, 

nation. 
fcoH   acT/.  füll,  coniplete ;   whole, 

great. 
tJOÜOring'en  (üoftbradjte,  bottbradjt) 

acconiplisb,  carry  out. 
ijottett'ben  tr.  end,  flnish,  accom- 

plisli. 
fcöttig  adj.  füll;  adf.  entirely. 
bie  %$olitnad)t  (pl.  -ert)  füll  power, 

authority. 
f)om  =  t)0n  benu 
fcott  prep.    w.  dat.,  of,  frorn,  by, 

because,  with ;  concemiug. 
Hur  prep.  ic.  dat.  and  acc,  adv.. 

and  sep.  pref.  before,  frorn ;  be- 
cause of  :  in  front  of  :  ago. 


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tootan'  aclv.  and  sep.  pref.  before, 
in  advance. 

Hciratt -5ic()cn  (509,  gebogen)  intr. 
(aux.  (ein)  precede,  go  in  ad- 
vance of . 

burou^'  aclv.  before,  in  advance. 

bor'-b  alten  intr.  take  precau- 
tions,  anticipate. 

btfrfcei'  aclv.  and  sep.  pref.  by, 
past,  over ;  an  .  .  .  borbei  past. 

borfcet'-geljen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 
(aux.  (ein)  go  by,  pass  by. 

borfcei-fein  (toar,  gerne  Jen)  intr. 
(aux.  fein)  be  over. 

bor'-btegen  (0-0)  tr.  bend  for- 
ward. 

borber  adj.  forward,  fore,  front. 

ber  Soor  ber grunb  (gen.  -s)  fore- 
ground. 

bor'berft  superl.  adj.  foremost. 

bär-getten  (ging,  gegangen)  i?2fr\ 
(cma.  fein) 

bar -Ratten  (ie-o)  ^r.  bold  up  be- 
fore. 

ber  Soor  J)ang  (#en.  -§,  pZ.  ~e)  cur- 
tain. 

bte  Söut'fiut  vanguard,  sentinel. 

borig  ady.preceding, former ;  last. 

bor'-tummen  (tarn,  gekommen)  intr. 
(aux.  jein)  come  forward. 

born  aclv.  before,  in  front. 

ber  Söpr'ftfjub  (gen.  -s)  aid,  as- 
sistance;  SSorjdnxb  tun  render 
assistance. 

bie  ^öor/fe()ung  =  ^ürfeI)ung. 

bie  Söor'ftdjt  foresight,  rjrudence. 

Ijor'f bringen  (a-11)  mfr».  (cmz.jein) 
jut  out,  project. 

ber  SGor'fJirung  (#en.  -s,  pj.  ~e) 
protection,  ledge. 


borfteHen  £r.  stand  for,  represent. 
ber  Soor  teil  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  ad- 

vantage. 
bor'treten  (a-e)  intr.  (aux.  jein) 

stand  forth,  step  forward. 
bor'über  adv.  anc?  sep.  pref.  by, 

past. 
borüber-gefjen    (ging,     gegangen) 

intr.  (aux.  fein)  go  past,  go  by. 
borü'ber-Ienfen  fr\  steer  past. 
bor  übertreiben  (ie-ie)  re/L  burry 

past. 
tootü/bev-tvant>elnintr.  (aux.  jein) 

go  past. 
toov'tDävfö  aclv.  and  sep.  pref.  for- 
ward. 
borniartä-ramntett   (tarn,    gefönt 

men)  m£r.  (awa;.  fein)  advance. 
ber  SGar  nrnrf  (gen.  -s,  pl.  Äe)  re- 

proacb. 

bie  2Satf)e  (#ett.  -n)  watch,  guard; 

2öad)e  Ratten  stand  guard. 
hmtfjfen  (u-a)    mfr\    (cmz.    jein) 

grow ;  advance. 
ber  £Säd)ter  (ge^.  -§,  pJ.  — ) guard ; 

as   a  proper  noun,  2öäd)ter  the 

name  of  a  dog. 
bmcfer   ac?;.   brave,  good,   excel- 

lent. 
bie   2öaffe  (pl.   -n)   weapon;  pl. 

arms. 
ber  S$af  fettbienft  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e) 

military  Service. 
ber     2öaf  fenfreunb     (gen.     -e§, 

2;?.  -e)  friend  in  arms,  comrade. 
ber  2$af  fentneojt  (gen.  -e§,pZ.  -e) 

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ftmffnen  tr.  arm. 

bie  SSa'gefaftrt  (pl,  -en)   daring 

trip. 
fragen  tr.  dare,  risk. 
ber  Üöa'geffcmng  (gen.  -§,  pl.  Äe) 

daring  or  lrazardous  leap. 
bie'Söa'getat  (p/.  -en)  daring  deed. 
bas  £$ag'ftücf   (#eft.   -S,   pZ.    -e) 

daring  deed. 
bie  %Qaf)l  (pl.  -en)  choiee. 
fcmfjlen  tr.  choose. 
bie  $Qaf)i'jveif)eit   (pl.  -en)  free- 

doni  of  election. 
ber  %Qaf)tt   (gen.  -s)    dream,   il- 

lnsion. 
ttmfpt'ftottig  adj.  insane,  mad. 
bie  $Qaf)ri)inn§tat  (pl.  -en)  insane 

deed. 
toafyv  adj.  true,  genuine. 
tväfyvenb  prep.  w.  gen.  during. 
bie  $8at)vt)tit  (pl.  -en)  trath. 
toafyv'litf)  adv.  truly,  indeed. 
bie  äöäfj'rnng  (pl.  -en)  Standard 

of  yarue ;  value,  worth. 
bie  £öaife  (pl.  -n)  orphan. 
ber  SS^alb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  Äer)  woods, 

forest, 
bas  2öalbrge&trg  or  2öalb'ge&irge 

(ozen.   -es  or  -s,    pZ.   -e  or  — ) 

forest  mountains. 
bie  SCÖnlb^egenb  (pl.  -en)  forest 

region. 
bie  %8alb'fapelle    (pl.  -n)  forest 

chapel. 
bie  Söaibftätie  (/.  pl.)  The  Forest 

Cantons. 
bie    £öalbnng   (pl.    -en)    woods, 

forest. 
baZ    g$alb/ftmffer    (gen.    -§,    —) 

forest  stream. 


ber  £öatt  (gen.  -es,  pl.  Kt)  wall, 

rampart. 
tonlien  intr.  (aux.  fein)  wander, 

make  a  pilgrimage. 
ttmlten  in^r.rule,  govern,  control. 
(Der)  maltt)tv  (gen.  -s)  Walther. 
(Der)    XQälti   (gen.    -s)    Wälti,   a 

diminutive  of  Walther. 
intÜ^en  Zr.  roll. 
bie  2öanb  (pl.  "e)  wall. 
ftianbeln  intr.  (aux.  [ein  or  f>a6en) 

go,  rnove,  walk. 
tomnbem  £n£r.  (aux.  fein)  wander, 

go,  travel. 
ber     £öan'ber3ntann     (flre?i.    -e§, 

p?.  Sanberstente)  traveler. 
ber  &öanb(e)rer  (gen.  -s,  pl.   — ) 

traveler. 
femnfen  intr.  (aux.  fein  or  Jjaben) 

shake,  totter. 
ttiann  interrog.  adv.  when  ? 
bas  Slöajj'f»  enf  d)Üb   (gen.  -es>,  p?. 

-er)  coat-of-arnis. 
mahnen  ö\  arm. 
ttmrm  ae#.  warm. 
toarnen  tr.  warn, 
bie  Slöar'nung  (pl.  -en)  warning. 
(ber)    %Qavt   (gen.  -s)   Wart,   an 

Austrian  nobleman  and  one  of 

emperor  Albrecht 's  murderers  ; 

ef .  11.  2859—2898,  and  notes  to 

1.  1339  and  1.  2998. 
nrntten  intr.  wait,  wait  for ;  tend. 
ftmrnnt'  interrog.  adv.  why? 
ft»a§  interrog.  pron.  what?;reZ. 

pron.  what,  that  which,  what- 

ever;  often  equivalent  to  ettuas 

something;   rrms    für   ein  what 

kindof ;  was"  .  .  .  and)  whatever. 
bas  $8affer  (gen.  -s,pl  — )  water. 


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ba§  gSaf'fcr^ufjn  {gen.  -^.pl.^tx) 

water  hen. 
bie  $ßaf  ferfhift  CpJ-  ~0  gorge  of 

water,  whirlpool. 
bie  2öaf fertuüfte  {pl.  -n)  watery 

desert.  waste  of  waters. 
ft>ecf)feltt    tr.    and   intr.   cliange, 

alter,  vary. 
toecfen  tr.  awaken,  arouse. 
toeber  conj.  neither. 
ber  £Seg  {gen.  -es,  pl.   -e)   way, 

patli,  road. 
tueg  adv.  and  sep.  pref.  away,  off. 
ftieg-Met&en    (ie-ie)    intr.    {aim. 

fein)  stay  away. 
biegen  preß,  w.  gen.  on  account 

of. 
fcieg'-fafjren  {u-a)intr.  (aux.  fein) 

sail  away.  sail  along. 
ttieg'-füfjven  fr.  lead  away. 
toeg'-gefjen  (ging,  gegangen)  intr. 

{aux.  ietn)  go  away;  go  over. 
hieg'-ran&en  tr.  carry  off. 
ft)eg'-tret&en  (ie-ie)  tr.  drive  away. 
toeg'-toienben   (toanbte  or  roenbete, 

getoanbt    or    geroenbet)    tr.   and 

refl.  turn  away,  avert. 
nie^(e)  interj.  woe!  alas! 
bas  Söelj'gefrfjrei  {gen.  -3)  cry  of 

distress,  lamentation. 
nielj'flagen  intr.  moan,  wail,  la- 

ment.' 
niedren  tr.  stop,  hinder. 
tvtf)t'lo&  adj.  unarnied,  defense- 

les,c. 
bas  XQcib  {gen.  -&,pl.  -er)  wornan, 

wife. 
ber    %&eibei    {gen.     -es,    pl.    — ) 

beadle,  bailiff . 
toei&üd}  adj.  womanly. 


toettfjen    (i-i)     intr.    {aux.    jetn) 

yield,  give  way. 
bie  $öeibe  {pl.  -n)  pasture. 
toeiben  tr.  graze,  pasture. 
ber  28eibgefell  {gen.  -en,  pZ.  -en) 

huntsnian. 
ber  2öetb  mann   (-3,   p/.  *eT    or 

Seibleute)  hunter. 
bas  $öetb  tt>erf    (#eft.   -s)  game, 

hunting. 
tneigem  tr.  refuse. 
ber  2öeiij  or  2Setfje  (#en.  -en  or 

-n,  p/.  -en  o?*  -n)  falcon,  eagle. 
toeidjen  refl.  devote  oneself. 
Weil  conj.  while ;  because. 
toeüen  intr.  stay,  linger. 
ber  $öeüer  {gen.  -s,  pl.  — )  ham- 

let ;  also  part  of  a  proper  name. 
meinen  intr.  weep. 
tueifc  adj.  wise,  prudent. 
bie  28etje  (pl.  -n)  manner,  way. 
toeifen  (ie-ie)  tr.  show,  refer;  re- 

prove. 
toeiälid}  adv.  wisely.  prudently. 
toeif?  adj.  white. 
bas  2öetf?lanb  {gen.  -es)  White- 

land  :  ef .  note  to  1.  1193. 
nieit   adj.   wide,   broad,   far;  ein 

SBettreg  something  further. 
bie   2$ette    {pl.   -n)    width,    dis- 

tance. 
ftjetter  adv.  and  sep. pref .  further, 

on. 
tneit'fdjidjtig     adj.    far-reaching, 

vast,  most  iniportant. 
toeit'-fd)ntettem    intr.     resound 

afar. 
fc)eit'i>erfn)Inngen  adj.  tangled. 
hJefdjer  rel.  and  interrog.  adj.  and 

pron.  who.  which,  what;  that 


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bte  SCÖeße  (pl.  -n)  wave,  surge. 
toelfd)   adj.   foreign;   cf.  note  to 

1.  519. 
bas  Söelfdj'fanb  (gen.  -c§)  Italy : 

cf .  note  to  1.  519. 
bte  2öelt  (pl.  -en)  world,  earth. 
toenben  (rocmbte    or    roenbete,    ge= 

toanbt  or  getuenbet)  refl.  turn. 
toentg  adj.  little ;  few,  sl  few. 
toenn  odj.  if ;  when;  though. 
toer   interrog.  pron.  who;  indef. 

rel.  pron.  who,  whoever. 
toeröen  (a-o)  fr.  gatn,  enlist;  re- 

quest ;  znfr.  sue,  woo. 
öierben  (a-o)  m£r.  (aus.  [ein)  be- 

conie,  get,  happen;  aux.  with 

future   shall,   will ;    aux.   icith 

passive  be. 
itierfen  (a-o)  tr.  throw,  cast. 
bas  $öerf  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e)  work. 
bte  £öerf  leutc  (m.  pJ. )  workmen. 
bas  $Qevt  jeug  (#e?i.  -s,  pZ.  -e)  tool. 
(ber)  ferner  (#e>i.  -s)  Werner. 
(ber)  2öerm  (#era.  -§)  Wemi,   a 

huntsman's  name. 
toert  ad)",  worthy,  dear. 
ber  £öert  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e)  worth, 

yalue. 
bcts  £öefen  (#ew.  -s,  pZ.  — )  beirig, 

creature. 
beräöeften  (gen.  -§)  west. 
bas  2öetter  (#en.  -S,pZ.  — )  weath- 

er ;  Storni,  thunderstorm. 
bas  $8et'tetloä)  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -er) 

weather  hole  ;  cf .  note  to  1.  40. 
ber  Söetr'ftrett  (gen.   -s,  pl.  -e) 

contest.  dispute. 
itiefcen  fr.  whet,  sharpen. 
tuiber  prep.    ?#.    acc,   adv.   and 

insep.pref.  against,  contrary  to. 


ber  2öt'berjmrt  (gen.  -s,   pl.  -e) 

adversary. 
tvxbetpvatttn  intr.  (aux.  (ein)  re- 

bound. 
tu  ib  er  fe^en  re/L  resist. 
niiberfte'fjen  (nuberjtanb,  rotberftcnu 

ben)  intr.  resist. 
hnberftre'fcen   wtfr.  struggle,   re- 
sist. 
nuberftretten    (nnberftritt,    roiber= 

firitten)  intr.  be  contrary  to. 
Xoitadv.  how;  co?i/.  how,  as,  as 

if,  when. 
toieber  adv.,  sep.  and  insep.  pref. 

again,  anew. 
fcneberljolett  tr.  repeat. 
ttiie'ber-fe^ren  intr.    (aux.  fein) 

return. 
toie'ber-tommen  (tarn,  gefommen) 

intr.  (aux.  {ein)  come  back. 
hneberfefjen  ( iat),  gejefjen)  tr.  see 

again. 
bte  2ötege  (pl.  -n)  cradle. 
ftnegen  tr.  rock. 
bte  g&iefe  (pi.  -n)~meadow. 
toie&iel'  adv.  how  niany. 
fcnlb  adj.  wild, 
bas  2öüb  (gen.  -es)  wild  animals, 

ganie. 
hiUb'&eöJegt  ad;,  stormy. 
ber  2&üb(}euer  (gen.  -§,  pZ.  — ) 

gatherer  of  wild  hay ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  2739. 
bte  2$Ub 'nt$  (pl.  -ie)  wilderness. 
(ber)  $8ilf)tlm  (gen.  -§)  William. 
ber  2$iHe  or  ^Sitten  (gre/i.  -n§  or 

-s,  p£.  -n  or  — )  will,  purpose  ; 

nm  .  .  .  mitten  for  the  sake  of. 
toiütomtnen  adj.  welcome. 
bte  iöimfcer  (pl.  -n)  eyelash. 


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ber  SSHnb  (gen.  -e§,  pl.  — )  wind, 
bie  $ötnbe$fc)ef)e  (pl.  -n,)  snow 

drift. 
bie   2&inb'(anune    (pl.    -n)   wind 

avalanche;  cf.  note  to  1.  1501. 
bat  aöinb'Hdit  (gen.  -4,  pl.  -er) 

torch. 
(ber)  aötn'felrteb  (gen.  -s)  Win- 
kelried, a  man's  name  ;  cf .  note 

to  1.  911. 
totalen  intr.  nod,  beckon. 
ber  hinter  (gen.  -%,  pl.  — )  winter. 
önntern  tr.  and  intr.  winter,  keep 

throngh  the  winter.  m 

hit  &ötn  ternng  wintering. 
ber  SäMrfcel  (gen.  -s,  pl. — )  Whirl- 
pool. 
würfen  intr.  work,  act. 
ttnrf'Udj  adv.  really,  truly. 
ber  SSMrt  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  -e)  host. 
bit    äßirttn   (pZ.  -nen)    hostess, 

wife. 
ttnrt'lid)  adj.  hospitable. 
ftriffen  (foulte,  getoujst)  tr.  know, 

know  how. 
ba%  £8ttft>enieib  (gen.  -S)  widow's 

sorrow. 
tut»  adv.  and  conj.  where;  when; 

if. 
ttiofertt'  conj.  if,  provided  that. 
fttpgen  intr.  wave,  surge. 
tvofyev'  adv.  whence,  where. 
toofjin'  adv.  whither,  where. 
ttiotll  adv.  well,  indeed,  perhaps. 
bas  Söo^l  (gen.  -s)  welfare. 
tovfylan  interj.    come    on!    yery 

well! 
toofythefteUt  adj.  duly  appointed. 
toof)l'betoaf)Vt  adj.  well  kept,  well 

preserved. 


toofjffeU  adj.  cheap. 
mofjl 'cjcimljvt  acy.  well  fed. 
hiofU  gepflegt  a<:#.  well  cared  for. 
bie  a&oljl'tat  (/>Z.  -en)  good  deed, 

kindness. 
toofjnen  intr.  dwell,  reside,  live. 
ttJOfjn'tttf)   adj.    habitable,     com- 

fortable. 
bie   2&o$tt'ftätte  (pl.   -n)  dwell- 

ing,  home. 
bie  %Qof)'nunq   (pl.  -en)   habita- 

tion,  abode,  home. 
ber  2SoIf  (gen.  -es,  pl.  *e)  wolf. 
(ber)    Üöulfenfdjteften   ($re?i.    -s) 

Wolfenschiessen,  the  name  of 

an  Austrian  bailiff ;  cf .  note  to 

1.  77. 
bie  $Ö0{fe  (pl.  -n)  clorid. 
bie  %ßoüe  wool. 
motten  tr.  and  modal  aux.  will, 

intend,  wish. 
Worauf  adv.    whereupon,   upon 

which. 
niorein'  adv.  into  which. 
bas  2öi>rt  (gen.  -es,  pZ.  -e  or  -er) 

word ;  watchword. 
fciojn'  adv.  for  which,  for  what, 

for  what  purpose. 
bie  2Gntf)t  weight. 
baZ  &önnber    (^en.    -§,    pl.  — ) 

wonder,  miracle. 
nmn'ber&ar  adj.  wonderful. 
bas  äönn  berbtng  (gen.  -s,  pl.  -e) 

wonderful  or  stränge  thing. 
nntnbem  intr.  and  impers.  refl. 

wonder. 
ba§     ^önn'berjetdjen     (gen.    -§, 

pl.  — )  prodigy,  portent. 
ber  2$unfd[j   (gen.  -e§,    "e)  wish, 

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tomnfdjen  tr.  wisb,  desire. 

ftiürbig  adj.  wortby. 

bie  2önrjel  (pl-  ~n)  root. 

bit  2$üfte  (j?J.  -n)  desert,  wilder- 

.   ness. 

bie  $öut  rage,  fury. 

mitten  intr.  rage,  be  furious. 

bie  2$üteret'  rage ;  tyranny. 

ber  äöü't(e)ritt)   (gen.  -%,  pl.  -e) 

niadman ;  tyrant,  monster. 
mutig  adj.  raging,  furious. 

bie  gacfe   (pl.  -n)  prong,  peak. 

jagen  intr.  be  afraid. 

bie  gafft  (pl-  -eti)  number. 

Sagten  fr.  pay,  pay  for. 

jagten  fr.  count ;  jagten  auf  count 

UpOIL. 

jälimen  fr.  tarne,  subdue. 

gart  acZ/.  tender,  gentle. 

ber  gaufcer  (#e?i.  -3,  pZ.  — )  spell, 

charm. 
jaubetn  mfr.  besitate ;  delay. 
5efj(e)n  timwi.  adj.  ten. 
jefjnfacf)  ?iw?n.  acZ/.  tenfold. 
§efmt  ?iwm.  ad;,  tentb. 
ba§  geilen  (,ae?i.  -s,  p?.  — )  sign, 

token,  rnark ;  symbol. 
geigen   fr.  sbow ;  intr.  point  at ; 

open  towards ;  refl.  appear. 
bie  geite  (pl.  -n)  line,  verse. 
bie  gett  (pl.  -en)  tirne;   eine  3ett 

lang  for  some  time. 
Settig  aä)'.  early. 
jeitttd)  adj.  temporal;  worldly. 
bit  3ett  or  gelte  (pJ.  -en  or  -n) 

cell,  bermitage. 
bas  geftter  (#e?i.  -s,  pZ.  — )  scepter. 


Serfcrecfjen  (^erbracf),  $erbroä)en)  fr. 

break  to  pieces. 
jerrnicfen  fr.  break,  crusb. 
jertumfct'  adj.  ragged. 
jerna'gen  tr.  gnaw. 
Serret??en  (^errife,  ^errijjen)  tr.  tear, 

rend,  break. 
jerftfjmet'tern  tr.  dasb  to  pieces ; 

kill. 
§erf£at  ten  tr.  split,  cleave. 
§erfferengen  fr.  burst,  break. 
jerfjmngen  (^erjprang,  ^erjprangen) 

intr.   (aux.  jein)   fly  to  pieces, 

break. 
jerftö  reu,  tr.  destroy,  ruin. 
§erftört'  adj.  distorted,  troubled. 
jertreten    (§erttat,    vertreten)    tr. 

tread  under  foot,  crusb. 
ber  geuge  (#e?i.  -n,  p2.  -n)  wit- 

ness. 
jengen  iftfr.  be  a  witness  to. 
bie  Beugung  (pl.  -en)  generation. 
jieljen  Cjog,  gebogen)  fr.  pull,  draw; 

i?zfr.   and  refl.  (aux.  fein)  go, 

move,    pass;     gebogen     fommen 

come  along. 
bas>  gief  (gen.  -§,  pl.  -e)  end,  goal ; 

mark,  aim. 
fielen  intr.  aim. 
jiemen  intr.  beboove,  beflt. 
bie  gier  (pl.  -en)  Ornament, 
bie  gimmera£t   (j?J.    "e)  carpen- 

ter's  ax. 
ber  gim  merntann  (#e/i.  -§,pZ.  *er 

or  3^tni:rier'teute)  carpenter. 
Simmern  fr.  build. 
$infen  i?ifr.  pay  tribute. 
gittern  intr.  tremble. 
§oüen  intr.  pay  toll, 
ber  gorn  (gen.  -es)  anger,  wratb. 


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5U  prep.   w.  dat.,   adv.,  and  sep. 

pref.    to,    unto,     at,     in,     on, 

with,    besides;    too;    ju   Sanbe 

by  land. 
%tt'-bv\nqcn   (braute,  gebraut)   tr. 

bring  to. 
bie  3uä)t  (pl.  -en)breed,  herd. 
bte  güäVtignng  (pl.  -en)  punish- 

nient. 
jncfen  intr.   (aux.  fein  or  fjaben) 

quiver,  trenible. 
ju'-brütfen  tr.  shut,  close. 
Siterft7  adv.  first  of  all,  at  nrst. 
SU^fa^ten    (u-a)     fr*,    bring    to, 

carry  to;   intr.   (aux.   fein)  ap- 

proach. 
5U -fallen  (fiel,  gefallen)  i»*r.  (cws. 

fein)  fall  to. 
oer  3«9  (gen.  -e§,  pZ.  "e)  march, 

procession;  pl.  features,   coun- 

tenance. 
5n-gel>en  (a-e)  ftr.  grant,  concede, 

allow. 
jnge'gen  adj.  present. 
5n'-gel)en    (ging,    gegangen)    intr. 

(aux.  fein)  go  on,  go  towards; 

bend  to. 
*>er  3ügel   (gen.  -§,  pl.  — )  rein, 

bridle. 
jngletä)'  adv.  at  the  sarne  time, 

at  once. 
$n  -festen  fr\  turn  towards. 
bie  gnhtnft  future. 
%K\z$tf  adv.  at-  last. 
ännätfjft'  adv.  next,  in  the  next 

place,  near  by. 
bie  3nnft  (pl.  "e)  guild. 
bie   gunge    (pl-  ~n)  tongue,  lan- 
gnage. 


jn-retten  (ritt,  geritten)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  ride  on. 
(bie)   or   (baz)    3ür(i)rt)  (gen.  -3) 

Zürich,  the  capital  of  the  can- 

ton  of  Zürich. 
jnrücf  adv.   and  sep.  pref.  back, 

backwards;  interj.  back! 
gnrücf-fclet&en  (ie-ic)  intr.  (aux. 

fein)  rernain  behind. 
Sittürf -fahren    (u-a)   intr.    (aux. 

fein)  shrink  back,  recoil. 
5nrücf -fallen   (fiel,    gefaden)  intr. 

(aux.  fein)  fall  back. 
5nrücf-fül)ren  tr.  lead  back,  re- 

instate. 
5nrücf-gel»en  (a-e)  tr.  give  back, 

restore. 
%utü(f  -galten  (te-a)  fr.  hold  back, 

withold. 
%uvüä  -festen  znfr\    (awx.    fein) 

return. 
Snrücf-fontmen    (fam,   gekommen) 

intr.    (aux.  fein)  return. 
5nrücf-laffen    (tiejs,    ge(ajfen)    tr. 

leave  behind. 
jnrücf-ffmngen  (a-u)  mfr\  (awx. 

fein)  leap  back. 
Snrücf -fielen     (ftcmb,     geftanben) 

intr.    (aux.    fein)   stand  back; 

withdraw. 
5nrütf-treten    (a-e)    mfr\    (aux. 

fein)  step  back. 
5nrücf-toerfen     (a-o)    tr.    throw 

back. 
jn-f^gen  tr.  promise. 
änfatn'men    adv.   and  sep.   pref. 

together,  along  with. 
jnfam  men-&retf)en  (a-o)  tr.  break 

down. 
Snfam'men-fletfjten  (o-o)  tr.  clasp. 


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jufam'men-fütyren   tr.  bring    to 

gether. 
jufam'mcn-grenjcn  intr.  meetto- 

gether,  border. 
5ufam'men-fmlten    (ie-a)   tr.  and 

intr.    hold     together;    reniain 

united. 
Snfam'men-Icmfen     (ie-a)     intr. 

(aux.  fein)  gather  together,  ran 

together. 
Snfmn'men-r  äffen,    re/L     collect 

oneself,  compose  oneself. 
5ufammen-i?«fcn    (ie-n)    fr\   call 

together. 
äufammen-fdjletajen    (t-i)    intr. 

creep  together. 
5itfattt'inen-ftttf en  (a-u)  intr.  (aux. 

lein)  sink  down. 
5ufamtnen-ftef)en    (ftcmb,    ge[tan= 

ben)  mtfr.  stand  together. 
ber  gnfdjauer    {gen.  -§,   pl.    — ) 

spectator. 
5U '-fdne^en  (fdjofj,  gejdjojjen)  infr. 

shoot  away. 
5U-fdjIettbern  tr.  hurl  towards. 
3it-f$tteften  (id;(o^  gejrfjlojjen)  ö% 

shut. 


ju'-fnjnüren  2r.  lace  up ;  stirle. 
ju'-fe&en  (a-e)  infr.  look  on. 
Sit -tragen  (u-a)  re/?.  happen. 
ju  -trauen  re/?.  risk,  dare. 
5Utraulidj  aä>*.  trxisting. 
jufcor'  ac/i>.  before. 
5u'-£äf)Ien  fr.  count  out  to. 
her  gftmng   igen,   -es)   force,   op- 

pression. 
ä&mn'sig  ?iwm.  adj.  twenty. 
ber  gtoetf    (firen.  -%,  pl.  -e)  pur- 

pose. 
5to>ei  nicn».  ad;,  two. 
ber    ^toeifel     fererc.    -s,    d/,    — ) 

doubt. 
Stoeifeln  intr.  doubt. 
Ztoeimal  adv.  twice. 
jtt)eit  ra^m.  aä^\  second. 
bte  3wjie/trartjt  discord. 
ber  3ö*ing  (ffen-  -?*,  pl-  _e)  prison, 

dungeon. 
jnnngen  (a-u)   tr.  force,  compel, 

subdue. 
5ttrifdjen  prep.  iv.  dat.  and  acc. 

between,  arnong. 
jttiölf  /iwm.  ad;,  twelve. 


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