praising him in heart and voice,
and weeping and singing were heard side by side. And close by
followed, with saddest heart, that most faithful lady after her
sweetest prince, her most loving spouse, never, alas! to behold him
more. And when she was going to return, the force of love and the
agony of separation forced her on with him one day's journey: and
yet that did not suffice. She went on, still unable to bear the
parting, another full day's journey. . . . At last they part, at the
exhortations of Rudolph the Cupbearer. What groans, think you, what
sobs, what struggles, and yearnings of the heart must there have
been? Yet they part, and go on their way. . . . The lord went
forth exulting, as a giant to run his course; the lady returned
lamenting, as a widow, and tears were on her cheeks. Then putting
off the garments of joy, she took the dress of widowhood. The
mistress of nations, sitting alone, she turned herself utterly to
God--to her former good works, adding better ones.'

Their children were 'Hermann, who became Landgraf; a daughter who
married the Duke of Brabant; another, who, remaining in virginity,
became a nun of Aldenburg, of which place she is Lady Abbess until
this day.'

NOTES TO ACT III.

P. 94. 'On the freezing stone.' Cf. Lib. II. section 5. 'In the
absence of her husband she used to lay aside her gay garments,
conducted herself devoutly as a widow, and waited for the return of
her beloved, passing her nights in watchings, genuflexions, prayers,
and disciplines.' And again, Lib. IV. section 3, just quoted.

P. 96. 'The will of God.' Cf. Lib. IV. section 6. 'The mother-in-
law said to her daughter-in-law, "Be brave, my beloved daughter; nor
be disturbed at that which hath happened by divine ordinance to thy
husband, my son." Whereto she answered boldly, "If my brother is
captive, he can be freed by the help of God and our friends." "He
is dead," quoth the other. Then she, clasping her hands upon her
knees, "The world is dead to me, and all that is pleasant in the
world." Having said this, suddenly springing up with tears, she
rushed swiftly through the whole length of the palace, and being
entirely beside herself, would have run on to the world's end, usque
quaque, if a wall had not stopped her; and others coming up, led her
away from the wall to which she had clung.

Ibid. 'Yon lion's rage.' Cf. Lib. III. section 2. 'There was a
certain lion in the court of t