... House of Swabia, and who, for the purpose of conciliating him, made him Imperial Bailiff of the Waldstaette. An active, vigorous man this Rudolph, grandfather of the Rudolph who was afterwards called to be King of the Germans, whom the Swiss, scattered in their hamlets, were little prepared to make head against, and therefore recognized him with what grace they might, after an assurance that their freedom and rights should be maintained; and he smoothed for them their old controversy ... — Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 41, March, 1861 • Various
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