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 ROBERT WALLER DEERING, Ph.D. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 There is, perhaps, no German play better suited to the 
 needs of students than Schiller's SBilfyelm Sell. Its noble 
 theme, simple style, lofty poetic tone and wonderful drama- 
 tic power make it in every way an admirable text for class 
 use. The writer's purpose in the present volume has been 
 to prepare an adequate, yet convenient edition of the play 
 for school and college. The book claims no special origin- 
 ality, but is simply an attempt to provide the text with 
 such practical commentary as will best meet the needs of 
 the student who would not only read, but also understand 
 and appreciate Schiller's great drama. 
 
 The Text is that of the first Cotta edition (1804), the 
 only one Schiller corrected, with such minor changes as 
 seemed necessary on comparison of this original with the 
 Berlin, Hamburg and Aschaffenburg MSS., which have been 
 carefully collated by Maltzahn, Oesterley and Vollmer. For 
 obvious reasons orthography and punctuation have been 
 conformed to modern standards. 
 
 The Introduction has been made as short as possible in 
 justice to the subject. After some hesitation, a sketch of 
 Schiller was included ; not, of course, because of any lack 
 of < lives ' of Schiller, but because even the best known of 
 these sketches, Carlyle's for instance, are unfortunately not 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 always accessible to students, and again because students 
 rarely read a detailed biography, even when it is accessible. 
 Other chapters of the Introduction are devoted to the 
 systematic treatment of the more important dramatic, his- 
 torical and legendary questions connected with the play, 
 which could not be properly discussed in the Notes. The 
 sometimes rather detailed statement has seemed necessary, 
 since any real appreciation of S£eII is impossible until such 
 vital points are clearly understood. 
 
 Designed for two very different kinds of students — for 
 such as may read SeE as a first classic, early in their German 
 course, as well as for more advanced pupils who may wish 
 to use the play for rapid reading later — the Notes have 
 of necessity a two-fold character, so that elementary points 
 are often explained side by side with matters more difficult. 
 
 In preparing the commentary, the editor has made free use 
 of all the material available and desires to express here his 
 sense of general obligation to Bellermann, Birlinger, Breul, 
 Buchheim, Dierauer, Dlintzer, Funke, Oechsli, Vischer and 
 other predecessors in the same field. Particular indebted- 
 ness is frankly acknowledged in its proper connection. 
 Heartiest thanks are also due to Professor E. S. Joynes of 
 South Carolina College for many valuable suggestions, and 
 to Dr. Lewis A. Rhoades of Cornell University for careful 
 reading of the proofs. 
 
 R. W. Deering. 
 Cleveland, January, 1894. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I. SKETCH OF SCHILLER'S LIFE AND WORKS. 
 
 There is no writer so well known, none so honored among 
 the masses of German people as Friedrich Schiller. Not Luther, 
 nor Goethe, nor anyone has ever got so close to the great, honest 
 German heart as he. His name is a household word with every 
 class. The rich and cultured honor the genius with which he 
 embodied his lofty ideals ; the poor and humble love him for his 
 childlike simplicity and genuineness, for his broad and tender 
 human sympathies, for his noble life — in spite of its sore trials 
 and bitter disappointments, to them an inspiring example of all 
 that is best and noblest in German character. His splendid 
 genius, his sterling manhood, his tireless energy, his unflinching 
 courage command the esteem and admiration of all men. 
 
 He descended from the sturdy stock of the middle classes. 
 His ancestors were doughty village bakers and inn-keepers, 
 holding office also as magistrates. His father was first barber's 
 apprentice, then surgeon, soldier and finally major in the army 
 of the Duke of Wurtemberg. He was a man of considerable 
 culture, of positive character, blunt and imperious in manner, 
 but the soul of honor and kindness. The rugged soldier found 
 a fitting helpmeet in Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiss, the slender, 
 blond-haired daughter of ' mine host of the Golden Lion ' in 
 Marbach in Wurtemberg — a glad-hearted girl of seventeen, 
 whom time soon developed into a noble, womanly woman of 
 excellent tact and judgment, of singularly gentle and happy 
 disposition, of finest sense and feeling. The 'eldest son and 
 
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VI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 second child of this worthy couple was Johann Christoph Fried- 
 rich Schiller, born in Marbach on Saturday, Nov. 10, 1759 — 
 thirty years after Lessing, ten years after Goethe, two hundred 
 and seventy-six years, to the day, after Luther. Unlike the 
 precocious wonder-child Goethe, Schiller was an average boy, 
 like other boys. Unlike Goethe, he inherited the physique of 
 his mother, even to her soft blue eyes and red-blond hair. He 
 combined the mental qualities of both parents — his father's 
 restless energy and ambition and his mother's gentle dignity, 
 happy disposition, refined feeling and decided literary taste. 
 The mother's influence, especially during his earlier years, when 
 the father was away with the army, cannot be overestimated in 
 its wholesome effect upon the boy's character. His first teacher 
 was good old pastor Moser in the neighboring village of Lorch, 
 whom the poet afterward honored in 9D£ofer, the priest, in the 
 Member. 
 
 By nature devout, inspired by the example of his teacher and 
 warmly encouraged by his parents, the boy early decided to be- 
 come a dergyman, and devoted some time to preparatory classical 
 studies in the Latin School at Ludwigsburg. These cherished 
 plans were broken up, however, by Duke Karl Eugen, who 
 wanted the already promising student for his new military 
 academy, the later $arlsfd)u(e, near his country residence, ■ Soli- 
 tude.' He offered a free education on condition that Schiller 
 then devote himself to the service of Wiirtemberg. Limited in 
 means and afraid to refuse, his parents reluctantly consented, and 
 in Jan. 1773, not yet fourteen, the boy entered the school as a 
 student of Law, since Theology was not taught there. The step 
 was soon bitterly regretted, for the government of the school, a 
 rigorous military discipline, which made machines of the students, 
 cut off the outside world and regulated work and play and even 
 prayers and meals "by word of command," was in the highest 
 degree galling to Schiller's impulsive, sensitive nature. The fault 
 was partly his own, however. Having come against his wish, he 
 
INTRODUCTION. Vll 
 
 was prepared to be displeased. Expecting, as every boy does, 
 greater freedom at school than at home, he was disappointed to 
 find even more exacting rules. He naturally resented such re- 
 straint and received only too ready encouragement from his fel- 
 lows. He soon developed decided aversion to Law, and within 
 two years, on the removal of the school to Stuttgart, changed to 
 Medicine. This was less irksome, yet his heart was not in it. 
 His chief interest centered in literature, especially poetry, and, 
 in spite of the rules., the works of Rousseau, Ossian, Shakespeare 
 (Wieland's translation), Klopstock's 9fteffia3, Goethe's ®'6% and 
 SBertfjer, and other foreign and German classics, were eagerly 
 devoured, like forbidden fruit, in secret with a few chosen 
 friends. Such reading at once awakened his own poetic impulse. 
 He said later: " I would have gladly given my last shirt for a 
 subject on which to practice my youthful ambitious spirit." He 
 did find themes for short poems, for epic and dramatic sketches 
 — all more or less the extravagant expression of a morbidly 
 sensitive imagination, and none of them important as literature, 
 " but enough, 11 says Carlyle, " to show that his mind had already 
 dimly discovered its destination and was striving with restless 
 vehemence to reach it, in spite of every obstacle. 11 
 
 These early efforts soon gave place to his first larger work, a 
 revolutionary drama, 2>ie SRciuber, begun at eighteen and pub- 
 lished, at his own expense, in 1781, after he had left the Karls- 
 schule to become regimental surgeon, in the service of the Duke, 
 at Stuttgart. At the instance of Dalberg, theater-manager at 
 Mannheim, it was soon prepared for the stage and, in Jan. 1782, 
 was performed. Eager to see his first drama played, but unable 
 to go without special permission, which he knew would be refused, 
 Schiller went secretly to see it. A second similar offence led to 
 his arrest for a fortnight and to the Duke^ positive command 
 that in future he cease " all literary work and all communication 
 with other countries. 11 He pleaded in vain, endured for a while 
 and then, irritated beyond control by such senseless restraint, 
 
Vlll INTRODUCTION. 
 
 determined on flight as a last resort. In the night of Sept. 22, 
 1782, in company with his musician friend, Andreas Streicher, 
 he left position, home and country, and fled, under the assumed 
 name of Dr. Ritter, to Mannheim. By repeated promises Dalberg 
 had led him to hope for help towards pacifying the Duke and se- 
 curing the post of theatre-poet and critic. Dalberg had promised 
 much, but, fearing the Duke's displeasure, did little, even re- 
 fusing to accept gte£co, a second drama Schiller had just finished 
 and hoped soon to see performed. Disheartened, almost penni- 
 less and fearing that even in Mannheim he was not safe from the 
 Duke's anger, he pawned his watch, changed his name again 
 and wandered about, undecided what to do, seeking relief from 
 his trouble in revising gie3co and sketching another play, Soutje 
 9D?uflerin, later called ®abci(e unb SMebe {Plot and Passion) . 
 
 Finally in his distress he turned to his friend, Frau von Wolzo- 
 gen, the widowed mother of two of his Stuttgart fellow-students, 
 who had offered him a home at her house in Bauerbach, near 
 Meiningen. Kindly received there, he forgot his griefs, found 
 leisure for work on $abale unb Siebe, and even planned another 
 drama, 2)on (£arto§. Too proud to accept longer the support of 
 his hostess and unhappy in a love-affair with her daughter, he 
 returned the next summer to Mannheim, where Dalberg, seeing 
 that the Duke intended no persecution of Schiller or his family, 
 felt free to help by giving him the wished-for position of theater- 
 poet, with small, but assured salary. Schiller contracted to 
 furnish gte§co, ®abafe unb SMebe, and one other play during the 
 year. This agreement soon proved a burden ; petty jealousies 
 among the actors worked against him and rendered his position 
 unpleasant. After one year he gave it up. 
 
 Again adrift, in great pecuniary distress, broken in health and 
 out of heart, he turned next to journalism and founded a period- 
 ical — 3)te 9?lj)emijdje (later 2)te s D?eue) Zfyalia, devoted to literature 
 in general and drama in particular. The venture increased his 
 literary influence, but was not a success financially. The future 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. IX 
 
 seemed darker than ever. Karl August of Weimar had heard 
 him read parts of 2) on (5arfo3 and had made him £>ofrat (Court 
 Councillor) ; but such empty honor, however appreciated for the 
 social prestige it gave, could not relieve his need or make Mann- 
 heim a congenial home. He keenly felt the narrowness of his 
 sphere and yearned for better opportunities and conditions for 
 work. With unalloyed pleasure, therefore, did he receive " the 
 most glorious surprise in the world " — an invitation to make his 
 home in Leipzig with one of several ardent admirers, Christian 
 Gottfried Korner, later a high government official in Dresden 
 and father of the poet, Theodor Korner. 
 
 In April 1785 he went to Leipzig and, generously helped by 
 Korner, began the second "period " of his life. For two years, 
 spent in Leipzig, Gohlis, Dresden, he was busy with many plans. 
 He wrote for the Xfyatta, finished $)on (Xarlo3, and composed a 
 number of fine lyrics, of which his Ode to Joy is especially 
 popular. He became interested also in history, and began his 
 ®e[d)td)te be3 9(6fafl3 ber 9?ieberlanbe {Revolt of the Netherlands). 
 In July 1787, hoping to make influential connections, which 
 might help to permanent position, he visited Weimar, the univer- 
 sity town of Jena, and other places. He met prominent scholars 
 and court officials, the dowager Duchess Amalia, and, in Rudolf 
 Stadt, became acquainted in the family of Frau von Lengefeld, 
 whose youngest daughter Charlotte (Schiller's 'Lotte') after- 
 wards became his wife. Here, too, about a year later, he met 
 Goethe, who, though not at once an intimate friend, felt interest 
 in him and helped him to the chair of History, nominally Philo- 
 sophy, in the University of Jena in May 1789. The position 
 paid little at first, but soon, with a salary of two hundred thalers 
 and a pension yielding the same amount from the ever generous 
 Karl August, he felt able to marry and have a home of his own. 
 Feb. 22, 1790 is the date of the wedding. He owed much to 
 Lotte. A noble heart, a sunny nature, a most lovable woman 
 in heartiest sympathy with him and his plans, she was just the 
 
X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 wife for him. With her help he soon found what he needed most 
 — the quiet, contented happiness that only a happy home and 
 settled work can bring. He devoted himself with enthusiasm to 
 his history lectures, began his ©ejdjtdjte be3 bretJ3tgjaf)rigen trtege3, 
 and for once the future was all bright. His prospects were soon 
 blighted, however. Within a year his health failed, and long 
 and serious illness brought direst need. Fortunately help came 
 from the Prince of Holstein-Augustenburg and the Danish 
 Minister, Count Schimmelmann, who generously and delicately 
 offered him a thousand thalers a year for three years. A trip 
 to Karlsbad had benefited his health, and now a visit of nearly a 
 year to his old Swabian home gave him rest and made glad his 
 heart, but his enfeebled body was not yet restored to normal 
 strength. Still he continued to study and to write, finished his 
 Thirty Years' War, read Kant and occupied himself much with 
 philosophy and aesthetics. 
 
 May 1794 he returned to Jena, where he soon received a visit 
 from Goethe, whom he invited to become co-editor of a new 
 periodical, 2)te £)oren, for which arrangements had already been 
 made with Cotta, the great South-German publisher. Goethe 
 readily accepted, and from this time dates their intimate friend- 
 ship, which became the pride of the nation and was so fruitful 
 of good to its literature. Schiller's enthusiasm inspired Goethe 
 to effort, while Goethe's calmer judgment had most wholesome 
 influence on Schiller's impulsive nature. In spite of excellent 
 prospects the §oren met a cold reception ; many contributors 
 lacked interest, and the public failed to appreciate its high stand- 
 ards of taste. Literary jealousy inspired attacks by mediocre 
 writers, which injured the paper, and its issue was stopped. Re- 
 tribution soon came in the Lenten, a collection of cutting epi- 
 grams, in which both poets took revenge upon the writers and 
 critics of the day. In the §oren f and more especially in the 
 9ttufenalmcmarf), his new annual, founded 1795, Schiller published 
 many of his finest lyrics and ballads, written in friendly rivalry 
 
INTRODUCTION. XI 
 
 with Goethe, $er ©anbfdjul), 3)er (Spajtergang, 3)er 3*ing be§ $ou)= 
 frateS, $er Xaudjer, 2)te 93urgfcf>aft f 2>te ftranidje bed 36gfu3, and 
 many others, of which 2)a3 £ieb toon ber ©lode, published in 1800, 
 is the longest and best. 
 
 Meanwhile Schiller had "shut up the philosophy shop" and 
 returned to the drama. He was busy with SSattenftem, the idea of 
 which he had found in his studies for the Thirty Years' War, 
 and which had developed during his visit to Karlsbad in 1791. 
 He saw it performed in Weimar, and in Dec. 1799, wishing to 
 be nearer Goethe and the theater, he moved permanently to 
 Weimar, and spent there the last five years of his life. These 
 last years were the happiest, busiest and most successful of all. 
 Material affairs took a turn for the better ; his salary was doubled ; 
 his income from his publishers was considerable ; he bought a 
 house; he became co-director of the theater with Goethe and 
 was happy in his home and in the brother poet, who had grown 
 mentally, socially and professionally so necessary to him. He 
 was influential at court and among "such friends," says Bulwer, 
 "as genius rarely finds — men alike dear to his heart and worthy 
 of his intellect." After years of trial, he was at last honored as 
 he deserved. Queen Luise of Prussia tried in vain to draw him to 
 Berlin as director of a magnificent theater. In 1802 Franz II. 
 gave him a patent of nobility, a distinction he neither sought 
 nor desired, but which he accepted "to please Lotte and the 
 children." At the height of his literary fame, just as he was 
 ready to live, he had to prepare to die. His feeble body grew 
 rapidly weaker, yet with a mighty energy which no infirmity 
 checked and no glory could satisfy, he worked on as if he knew 
 his days were numbered. His persevering courage, his lofty 
 poetic inspiration rose superior to every obstacle. Though his 
 health was gone, he wrote in quick succession and, as it were, 
 with his heart's blood, that splendid array of dramas, SBattenftein, 
 9Karta Stuart, $ie Qungfrau toon Orleans, $ie 33raut toon SSftefftna, 
 28tlf)eun Sell, which made him Germany's greatest dramatist and 
 
Xll INTRODUCTION. 
 
 made his name a household word in every German home. Im- 
 portant translations from French and classic authors engaged 
 him, ambitious literary plans were going through his mind, when 
 on May 9, 1805, death overtook him in the midst of what 
 promised to be his greatest work thus far, a drama from Russian 
 history, called 2)emetrtu§. He was cut off by consumption in the 
 prime of his noble manhood, when not yet forty-six years old. 
 
 In personal appearance, to quote Carlyle in substance, « Schiller 
 was tall, bony, very thin, with pale face, hollow cheeks, aquiline 
 nose and reddish hair. At no time handsome, his form and 
 features were much wasted by disease and overwork, but his high, 
 thoughtful brow, his finely shaped mouth, soft kindling eyes and 
 pale cheeks gave him withal an attractive appearance and a certain 
 manly beauty. In manner he was plain and unassuming, modesty 
 and childlike simplicity itself. Somewhat shy with strangers, 
 he was, at home and among his friends, light-hearted and gay, 
 everywhere patient, buoyant, calm, cheerful, never morose, never 
 complaining. With no parade or display, he simply rated him- 
 self an honest man and a good citizen. He was the greater for 
 having forgotten that he was great.' 
 
 Schiller's literary career may be conveniently divided into 
 three periods, determined largely by the external circumstances 
 of his life: (1) the formative stage, from his first work to his 
 removal to Leipzig-Dresden, 1 777-1 785, is devoted to drama 
 and lyrics; (2) with greater maturity the author and professor 
 writes history and is busy with aesthetic and philosophical studies, 
 1785-1794; (3) his ripest years, spent in close friendship with 
 Goethe ; he returns to poetry and writes his greatest lyrics and 
 dramas, 1 794-1 805. 
 
 His earliest important works were three plays, 3)ie dauber 
 (1781), gte§co (1783), andfabafe unb Siebe (1784)* all three 
 written in prose and of decided revolutionary tendency. 2)ie 
 Member, he confesses, was the 'product of his liberty-loving 
 genius in union with the thralldom ' of the Karlsschule, a true 
 
%^NTRODUCTION. XU1 
 
 type of the « Storm and Stress 1 play, crude in plan, extravagant 
 in expression, but intensely tragic, in spite of many unnatural 
 scenes and distorted characters. In substance it is a violent, 
 unreasoning attack upon existing social evils. Older people were 
 scandalized, but the young were inspired to wildest enthusiasm 
 by its stirring scenes. It was and has remained very popular and 
 marks a distinct epoch in the poet's development as well as in the 
 literature of his time. gte3co embodies a political revolution in 
 Genoa, and though much less violent, it attempts by shrewdness 
 and stratagem the same end, freedom, attained by brute force 
 in the SRciuber. It is inferior in animation, yet is notable as 
 Schiller's first historical drama. $a6afe unb SMefre protests against 
 abuses in society, especially against the privileged position of the 
 upper classes. Its greater simplicity and more natural tone make 
 it dramatically and artistically far the best of the three. All show 
 poetic fire and dramatic talent, but a talent that has not yet 
 found its true path. The lyrics of this period are much like the 
 dramas — boldly, vividly conceived and full of "deep, though 
 overdrawn, poetic feeling and impatient impulse." 
 
 The transition to the second period is 3)on (Xarlo3, in which the 
 extravagant, unreasoning passion of earlier plays becomes the 
 calmer expression of riper thought. Though, as a result of long 
 delay in its composition, 1 784-1 787, it lacks dramatic unity, it 
 is notable as Schiller's first drama in verse, as the poet's own 
 political confession of faith, and as marking a turning-point in 
 his literary career. He is now a mature man, no longer a 
 gifted youth. Based on important events in Spanish history, it 
 involved careful study of the political movements of those times. 
 Such study soon led Schiller away from poetry, and for years he 
 devoted himself almost entirely to prose and especially to history. 
 Besides a number of shorter essays and sketches, he produced 
 two larger works, the above-mentioned 2t6fall ber Sftteberfartbe 
 (1788) and 2)te ®efd)td)te be§ bretfetgjdljrigen ®ttege3 (1792), both 
 faithful, often vivid pictures of the times they describe, most 
 
XIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 remarkable, perhaps, for the characteristic epic method, by 
 which details are conveniently grouped around well-drawn central 
 characters, like Orange, Egmont and Wallenstein. The philo- 
 sophical and aesthetic studies of this period resulted in a number of 
 shorter essays, such as his $ftf)etifd)e Sr^te^ung be3 Stfenfdjen, Uber 
 5Jnmut unb SBiirbe, and his later 9?att>e unb fenttmentalijd)e SMdjlung. 
 His last ten years form a third period, filled and inspired by 
 his friendship for Goethe, and one of great lyric and dramatic 
 activity. His growing epic interest in Wallenstein, developed 
 by his studies for the Thirty Year's War, brought him back 
 to poetry. The Wallenstein trilogy (1798-99) — 3$a(lenftem3 
 Sager, %\t ^iccolomint, SBaKenfterw? £ob — is an historical drama 
 in the best sense, based upon those great movements of the 
 Thirty Years 1 War in which Wallenstein took part. Free from 
 the faults of earlier plays, it is considered by some his best 
 work. Its images are no longer distorted ; they are faithful, 
 vivid pictures from a master hand. After Schiller^ removal to 
 Weimar almost every year brought a new drama. SBaHeuftein 
 was followed by 9ttarta <3tuart (1800), which deals with the 
 imprisonment and death of Mary Queen of Scots, at the hands of 
 Elizabeth. Turning then to France for a theme, he wrote %'vt 
 JJuttgfrcm uon Orleans (1801), a classic account of the career of 
 the beautiful and terrible Joan of Arc, in her struggle against the 
 English invaders of her country, in her tragic struggle with her- 
 self, when love for her enemy enters her heart. %'\t SBrctut bon 
 SD^efftna (1803), a •« drama of fate," is an unsuccessful attempt to 
 combine the Classic and the Romantic, by bringing the Greek 
 chorus into a modern play, thus giving it an antique dress ; 
 an awful destiny keeps two brothers at war with each other, 
 which results in ruin and death. There is but little action in 
 the play, and the chorus is a disturbing element, so that it has 
 never been popular on the stage, yet many of the lyric passages 
 are of unrivaled beauty and tenderness. In his last drama, 
 3$ilf)elm %<& (1804), Schiller «« completes the circle," says 
 
INTRODUCTION. XV 
 
 Bulwer, "in which genius often seems to move and returns to 
 those longings for liberty, now idealized and tempered by riper 
 years, which once prompted the Robbers." It is the story of the 
 Swiss struggle for liberty, and is in many respects the finest work 
 of his life. The lyrics and ballads of this last period are among 
 the best in German literature. For bold conception, graphic de- 
 scription, deep poetic feeling and rich fancy, Schiller is unsur- 
 passed as a ballad-writer. Even Goethe acknowledged his own 
 inferiority to him. In order to help supply the Weimar stage, 
 Schiller was also busy during these last years with translations 
 and adaptations, notably from Euripides, SWflcnie hi 8fall$, 
 Shakespeare, SRac&etl), Picard, $er ^araftt and Set Weffe ctlS 
 Dnfel, Gozzi, £uranbot,and Racine, ^fycibra. His last complete 
 work was a lyric festival play, $te £>ulbicmng ber OTnfte {Homage 
 to the Arts), containing "his poetic confession of faith," and 
 written in honor of the marriage of the hereditary Grand Duke 
 of Weimar to a Russian princess, Nov. 1804. In a review of 
 Schiller's literary life we are surprised at the great amount of his 
 work. He was allowed about 25 years, and into this time, by 
 untiring industry, he crowded the work of a long life. Again 
 there is the greatest variety in his productions. As student, 
 surgeon, theater director and critic, editor, professor, historian, 
 philosopher, essayist, dramatic and lyric poet, he was always 
 busy, and despite the great amount and the great variety of his 
 literary work, he attained a degree of excellence truly remarkable 
 — and that in the face of poverty and life-long ill health. 
 What might he not have been and become, if he could have 
 lived out a happy, green old age ! 
 
 II. FACT AND FABLE. 
 
 The real difficulties in Schiller's £elt are rarely points of 
 grammar or style. They lie rather in the many historical, legend- 
 ary and local allusions, which occur on every page. The play 
 
XVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I has to do not only with the famous archer, but also, 
 especially, with the Swiss struggle for libertj) and the p 
 closely following native chroniclers, presents genuine histor 
 blended with local tradition that the necessary separation oi 
 two is very difficult. Moreover, the early history of the Fc 
 Cantons, especially in their political relation to Austria and 
 German Empire, is, in itself and without the admixture of ti 
 tion, often very incomplete and indefinite. After bitter part 
 disputes, for more than two centuries, over the story of Tell 
 the beginnings of the Swiss Republic, impartial historians, 1 
 Swiss and German, have established what is now generally < 
 ceded to be the truth. Knowledge of the facts they ] 
 gathered, by most searching examination and careful deduct 
 from the authentic documents preserved, is absolutely necess 
 if one would understand and appreciate Schiller's play, 
 following sketch attempts to embody, clearly though briefly, 
 results of the most recent and reliable investigation on the ( 
 points involved, viz., the settlement and early history of 
 Forest Cantons, their relation to the German Empire and to 
 House of Habsburg- Austria, their finally successful struggh 
 liberty and the establishment of their independent governm 
 Though the play has a certain historical background, it i 
 no means history. The poet-artist was concerned that 
 picture be true to Swiss life and character ; he did not can 
 historical accuracy of time, or place, or fact. He took, therei 
 from local tradition, as he found it in old chronicles, what 
 material suited his purpose best — in substance as follows : 
 
 The people of the SBctlbft&tte were descendants, tradi 
 says, of Scandinavian ancestors, who, driven by famine i 
 their northern home, Sweden, had forced their way south 
 settled the uninhabited shores of Lake Lucerne (Xefl, 11. 1 1 
 1203). From the first they had been free men, acknowledi 
 only the authority of the German Emperor, giving their vo 
 tary allegiance in return for his royal protection (SfceH, 12 
 
INTRODUCTION. XV11 
 
 1227). They managed their own affairs, save in extraordinary 
 cases of penal jurisdiction, when an imperial delegate was called 
 in (£etf, 1 233-1 242). All went well until a grasping Habs- 
 burg-Austrian emperor, Albrecht, ignoring their true relation to 
 the Empire, endeavored, with the help of tyrannical bailiffs, 
 Gessler and others, whose cruelty is described in detail, to sub- 
 jugate them and add the Forest Cantons to his own, Austrian, 
 private possessions (Xett, 1257 ff.). After patient endurance 
 and vain entreaty (Xett, 1325-1349), the people in Uri, Schwyz 
 and Unterwalden conspired against their governors (Act II., Sc. 
 2), and, in open revolt on New Year's Day 1308, destroyed their 
 castles (Xell, 2873 ff-)» killed some and drove out others (Xelf, 
 2903 ff.). The worst of the tyrants, Gessler von Bruneck, fell 
 by the hand of Wilhelm Tell, a worthy man of Uri (Act IV. 3). 
 This union of the three cantons was the origin of the independ- 
 ent Swiss Confederation. 
 
 Thus in brief the legend. For the most part, however, these 
 events are not founded on fact. The Swiss did not descend 
 from famine-stricken Swedes, nor were they free from obligation 
 to Habsburg. Albrecht did not send tyrants to grind the people, 
 nor was any bailiff, Gessler, ever shot by a Tell. Authentic 
 history knows no Wilhelm Tell. The Swiss Confederacy was 
 not established by any sudden uprising, but by a long, stubborn 
 struggle with Austria. 
 
 On each point, therefore, it is necessary first to find out actual 
 fact and then to note how, in the hands of the chroniclers, this 
 fact has been gradually mingled with fable, by the addition 
 of whatever new feature seemed good to each successive writer. 
 
 Though the presence of prehistoric races, lake-dwellers and 
 nomad hunters, in the SSalbficitte has been sufficiently estab- 
 lished by the remains found there, the origin and fate of these 
 ancient peoples are still in doubt. The earliest inhabitants of 
 Switzerland, definitely known to history, were several Keltic 
 tribes, notably Helvetians and Rhaetians, who were conquered 
 
XV111 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and half civilized by the Romans early in the Christian era. 
 Remains of this rude Roman-Keltic culture have been found in 
 abundance. From the third to the fifth century Helvetia was 
 gradually overrun by Germanic tribes from the north. Forced 
 south by the migration of races, some penetrated even to the 
 shores of Lake Lucerne. About 406 the Alamanni spread over 
 north-east Switzerland, destroying all civilization, enslaving the 
 Kelts and forcing upon them their own Teutonic speech and 
 pagan religion. A generation later, about 443-450, the less 
 numerous Burgundians occupied the south-west, where, though 
 victors, they gradually adopted the language, religion and culture 
 of the conquered race. To this day French predominates there, 
 while German is spoken in the north-east. The Forest Cantons 
 were settled very slowly ; latest investigation seems to indicate 
 that the colonization, by straggling Alamanni gradually forced 
 out of more fertile lowland districts, was not complete until the 
 ninth century, though begun in the fifth. 
 
 By the treaty of Verdun, in 843, after three centuries of 
 Frankish overlordship, Alamannic (Eastern) Helvetia became 
 part of the empire of Ludwig the German, and from 1032, when 
 Burgundian (Western) Helvetia was added, all Switzerland 
 belonged directly to the German Empire. The population 
 included various elements; some were free men (XeU, 1366), 
 others were serfs (eigne Seute, 1081) attached to the soil, while 
 others owed more or less allegiance to individual lords, lay and 
 clerical (Sell, 1360 ff.). Rich monasteries, especially, early 
 acquired great power and important privileges. Thus the Abbey 
 of Our Lady in Zurich (bie ®rof$e grcm $11 giird), £efl, 1364) was 
 endowed by Ludwig the German with large estates in Uri, 
 together with his rents, his serfs and privileges of exemption from 
 all authority save that of the Emperor. The monasteries of 
 Murbach, Einsiedeln (Xell, 1248) and Engelberg (£ell, 1080) 
 are other important instances. Many free towns and communi- 
 ties, as well as petty nobles, enjoyed special privileges, holding 
 
INTRODUCTION. XIX 
 
 lands in fief directly from the Empire. In the eleventh and 
 twelfth centuries the imperial power was represented in these re- 
 mote districts by the Dukes of Zaringen, but on the extinction of 
 this family, in 121 8, the greatest confusion prevailed. Naturally 
 a few rich and prominent nobles increased their power at the 
 expense of the others, and gradually gained control. This is true 
 especially of the Counts of Savoy in the south-east and of those 
 of Kiburg and Habsburg in the north and east. Above all the 
 Habsburgs, insatiably land-hungry, forced their way up with 
 restless energy. By inheritance, by purchase, by force, by well- 
 planned marriages and political cunning, they rapidly absorbed 
 the power of the Kiburgs, Lenzburgs, Laufenburgs and others, 
 and gained virtual control, either as private landowners or as 
 9leidj&)ogte (or (2d)tn:tt>ogte, i. e. rulers in the Emperor's name and 
 stead), in the Forest Cantons. The latter, fearing lest this 
 Habsburg 'protectorate' (SSogtet) be forcibly changed into ab- 
 solute ownership, sought refuge in charters (5reilj)ett3briefe, £ell, 
 311) promising the protection of the Emperor. In Uri Habs- 
 burg possessions were small, the canton having been settled 
 largely by dependents of the abbey of Zurich and by free nobles 
 and peasants. Moreover, Ludwig the German had already 
 granted, in 843, special privileges. In 1231, therefore, the 
 canton readily obtained from Heinrich, the rebellious son of 
 Friedrich II., an imperial charter attesting its 9teid)3unmittel6ar= 
 leit. 1 
 
 In Schwyz the case was different. Though most of the people 
 were free, large estates and many serfs were owned by monaster- 
 ies and by the Habsburgs, who claimed, moreover, to be "by 
 lawful inheritance the rulers and 'protectors' of the canton." 
 
 1 That is — its dependence directly on the Empire and not on a feudal lord. The 
 protectorship (governorship), thus in the Emperor's hands, could not become hered- 
 itary in any family. Often no governor was appointed, affairs being administered 
 by a local magistrate (Wmmann) or, in special cases, by an imperial delegate (©rctf). 
 Rudolf of Habsburg served as such in Altorf in 1256-7. 
 
XX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Though without prior claim, such as Uri\s just mentioned, 
 Schwyz sought a similar charter. Shrewdly seizing their oppor- 
 tunity they sent messengers and troops to Emperor Friedrich II., 
 then besieging Faenza in North Italy, offering their services in 
 return for the desired charter. Though conflicting with cer- 
 tain Habsburg rights, it was granted, in doubtful terms at least, 
 in Dec. 1240, and the Schwyzer were taken under the immediate 
 and especial protection of the Empire. 
 
 Unterwalden was not so fortunate. Without organic union 
 between Ob- and Nidwalden, with fewer free men and owned so 
 largely by ecclesiastical and secular lords, chief among which 
 were the Habsburgs, it had no charter. Watching their op- 
 portunity during the Guelph-Ghibelline conflicts between Em- 
 peror and Pope, Schwyz, Luzern and Unterwalden, i. e. Stanz 
 and Sarnen, met in 1246-7 and formed the first Swiss league for 
 mutual defence (cf. the uralt 93imbtii3, Jell, 1157)- For so do- 
 ing they were promptly put under the ban by Pope Innocent IV. 
 on Aug. 28, 1247. Soon after Uri joined them and for years a 
 stubborn fight was kept up. This struggle furnished, perhaps, 
 the historical basis upon which tradition built up all the later 
 stories of Habsburg cruelty told in £ett. After the extinction of 
 the Hohenstaufens and during the long interregnum (1254- 
 1273), the Habsburgs regained and even increased their old 
 authority, especially in Schwyz and Unterwalden. 
 
 When Rudolf of Habsburg was elected Emperor in 1273, the 
 situation changed. Their Vogt and enemy became their sover- 
 eign. As such he confirmed the charter of Uri in 1274, but re- 
 fused to accept that of Schwyz, since it had come (1240) from 
 an excommunicated emperor (Friedrich II. was excommunicated 
 1239) an d violated Habsburg private rights. Schwyz felt the 
 danger and urged union with Uri and Unterwalden. On Aug. 1, 
 1291, soon after Rudolfs death, they formed that memorable 
 offensive and defensive alliance which is aptly called their 
 Magna Charta, the basis of their later Confederacy. This docu- 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXI 
 
 ment, preserved with religious care in Schwyz, though indepen- 
 dent in tone, is very conservative. It pledges resistance to 
 «* attacks from without and dissensions within," and will tolerate 
 no feudal lord, but, far from suggesting the establishment of 
 any independent federal state, urges continued adherence to 
 their lawful sovereign, the Emperor. 
 
 Nov. 30, 1297, Rudolf's successor, Adolf of Nassau, granted 
 to Uri and Schwyz charters identical with that of Friedrich II., 
 but these availed little, since Adolf was soon afterward killed in 
 battle. His rival and successor, Rudolfs son Albrecht of 
 Austria, 1 during whose reign the play passes, refused charters to 
 both Schwyz and Uri. Though he was a stern, grasping ruler, 
 determined to maintain and increase his private power (here 
 using his imperial veto as a means to this end) , tradition makes <4l 
 
 him much worse than he really was. He refused the charters, 
 yet the cantons were practically reid)3umnittel()ar, being governed 
 by native magistrates. Wernherr Attinghauseji^yas^enbcrnnnanir 
 in Uri, Rudolf Stauffacher in Schwyz, Rudolf Odisried in 
 Unterwalden. Albrecht was too busy elsewhere to send tyranni- 
 cal bailiffs, nor was there any uprising during his reign. Not 
 until 250 years after was such ascribed to his time. Murdered 
 May 1, 1308, Albrecht was succeeded by Heinrich (VII.) of 
 Luxemburg (1308-13 13), the enemy and rival of the Habsburg 
 Dukes of Austria, Albrechfs sons. He not only confirmed, 
 in 1309, the charters of Schwyz and Uri, but gave a similar one 
 to Unterwalden. The next rivals for the crown were Ludwig of 
 Bavaria and Friedrich of Austria, son of Albrecht and grandson 
 of Rudolf of Habsburg. The Swiss naturally declared for Lud- 
 wig, whereupon Friedrich's brother, Leopold, equipped a splendid 
 army and set out to subdue the cantons and enforce all old 
 
 1 Emperor Rudolf had, in 1278, invested his sons with the conquered duchy of 
 Austria, the Counts of Habsburg thus becoming the Dukes of Austria. Hence 
 allegiance to Ostreich (lell, 184) meant submission to their hated enemies the 
 Habsburgs. 
 
 
XX11 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Habsburg rights. He was met on Nov. 15, 1 3 1 5 , in the pass of 
 Morgarten and signally defeated by the Swiss. Ludwig con- 
 firmed their charters, and the League of 1291 was renewed at 
 Brunnen, Dec. 9, 13 15. Other cantons, Luzern, Zurich, Zug, 
 etc., admitted later, and other victories won from Austria (Sem- 
 pach, 1386 ; Nafels, 1388) only served to extend and strengthen 
 the confederation thus begun. 
 
 Such the genuine history, as drawn from the scanty records 
 preserved. It is now important to trace the gradual intermin- 
 gling of this history with fable, in the direction (1) of the origin 
 of the Confederation and (2) of the union of this story with the 
 Tell legend. 
 
 Strange to say, nearly a hundred years pass by after Morgarten 
 without even the slightest mention of Habsburg oppression or 
 Swiss resistance. Contemporary record says nothing of the 
 events described in the later chronicles. The supposed Scandi- 
 navian ancestry of the Swiss is first mentioned by Johann Puntiner, 
 in 1 4 14, who makes the Urner descendants of Alaric's Goths. 
 Other chroniclers, impelled by local or political prejudice, change 
 the story to suit themselves or their cantons; thus we find 
 Swedes, Frisians, Cimbrians, * heathen Saxons' etc., instead of 
 Goths. The dates of the supposed settlement vary from the 
 fourth to the ninth century. The name, too (Swiss from 
 Schwyz), is dragged through many shrewd and amusing etymo- 
 logical processes. 1 It is plain that these stories, though stead- 
 fastly believed by the common folk, are pure fable. Such a 
 Norse people in the SBalbftcitte would have been mentioned in 
 the earliest records, would at least have left its impress on the 
 language ot the country. This is not to any degree the case. 
 The fact is, no doubt, that the Alamanni, coming south from 
 the Elbe and the Oder, kept alive the memory of their " northern 
 
 1 Rochholz gives detailed accounts of these versions in his Tell und Gessler, pp. 
 64 ff., 148. Oechsli derives the name from Suites (gen. of Suito), i. e. the men (de« 
 scendants) of Suito. 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXlll 
 
 home," which the later legend purposely construed to mean 
 Sweden or Frisia, lest the admission of their German descent 
 should weaken their case in their quarrel with Habsburg. 
 
 Of bailiff tyranny and Swiss resistance the earliest records say 
 nothing. They merely mention Morgarten as the result of Habs- 
 burg- Austrian effort to assert authority which the Swiss resented. 
 Conrad Justinger, official chronicler of Bern, gives the first account 
 of the cruel 'governors' (about 1420). With verbal tradition as 
 authority, he writes of old struggles with Habsburg leading up to 
 Morgarten, and gives two reasons for them : (1) Habsburg at- 
 tempts to assert and increase authority ('mortgaged to them by 
 the Empire 1 ) never wholly denied, but always stubbornly resisted 
 by the Swiss; (2) insolent conduct of Habsburg bailiffs towards 
 worthy men and women. The statement is perfectly general ; 
 all particulars ', names and dates are, as yet, wanting. 
 
 The real ground for these conflicts — a political one, the 
 extent of Habsburg rights — was soon forgotten, and only the 
 tyranny of the bailiffs was remembered as the cause of the 
 struggle. Meanwhile legend, ever ready to develop general 
 statement into definite details, was not slow to invent in each 
 canton special stories of individtial acts of cruelty, not failing 
 gradually to assign name and place and time. These were 
 believed by the common people and then further embellished by 
 whatever additions best accorded with the personal taste or local 
 prejudice of each chronicler. Hemmerlin of Zurich records, 
 in 1450, one of the oldest of these special stories : two brothers kill 
 a Habsburg bailiff (no names given), living on Lake Lowerz in 
 Schwyz, for having insulted their sister ; punishment is threatened, 
 friends come to their help, the bailhTs castle is destroyed ; 
 thereupon the Unterwaldner revolt, destroy Burg Sarnen, expel 
 Landenberg and league with the Schwyzer. The ' White Book ' 
 of Sarnen, an anonymous chronicle of about 1470, has several of 
 these stories, and contains, in fact, all the main features of the 
 later legend. Each canton is represented. Thus in Obwalden 
 
XXIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 a Vogt, Landenberg (the original hill, ber £anben6erg, near 
 Sarnen, has thus already become a grim tyrant) , sends a servant 
 to take a pair of fine oxen from a " man in the Melchi " (not 
 named as yet) ; the man's son breaks the servant's finger and 
 flees, whereupon Landenberg puts out the father's eyes and takes 
 all his property (XeK, 561 ff.). For Nidwalden Hemmerlin's 
 Lowerz incident is transferred to ' Altsellen' (for Alzellen) and 
 becomes the later Baumgarten story (2e(l, 68 if.), though as yet 
 without names. Then for Schwyz : ■ der Gessler ' whose name is 
 probably borrowed from the Gesslers of the neighboring Meyen- 
 berg or Aargau, covets the * stone house of Stoupacher ■ in Stei- 
 nen ; the ' wise wife ' of the latter inspires a compact (not merely 
 with friends in Schwyz, as in the Lowerz story above, but with 
 representatives of the other cantons) with * him from the Melche 
 in Underwalden * and * one of the /Hirsts of Uri ' ; these meet in 
 league at night < imDiublt' (Xe(I, 195-348, 656-745, II. 2). Uri, 
 not mentioned by Hemmerlin,probably because not so controlled 
 by Habsburg as the others, is, of course, anxious, now that the 
 others are so honorably mentioned, to get the most credit pos- 
 sible for her part in the struggle, and claims for her hero the 
 most important place. The Tell story, no doubt already current 
 in Uri, is brought in here, and the two once totally distinct ver- 
 sions of the legend (Tell and SRutliburtb) are quietly melted to- 
 gether : « der Gessler ' demands obeisance to the hat, a worthy 
 man named Tall also ( Thall, der Th'dll ; Tell's first appearance 
 in the legend) refuses, is arrested and punished (here follow 
 particulars of the 9(pfeljd)uft, cf. Xe(I, III. 3) ; in a great storm 
 he escapes from Gessler's boat (IV. 1) at ' ^e Xellen blatten ' 
 (evidently so named before Tell's escape, but later, as Xellspfcitte, 
 derived from Tell's own name) ; he then kills Gessler (here Uri, 
 not Schwyz as in Hemmerlin, gets credit for killing the Vogt) 
 near K'ussnach (probably a reminiscence of early fourteenth 
 century conflicts with the ^Hitter bon £iifmad)) and * runs home.'* 
 After this ■ Stoupacher's company becomes powerful,' destroys 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXV 
 
 'Twing Uren^ and other castles in Switz and Stems'* (cf. £ett, 
 V. i) ; Rotzberg is taken with the help of a maiden (Xetl, 1414 
 ff.) ; the Confederation is formed. Notably the stories from 
 Schwyz and Uri begin to assign definite names, but no exact 
 date is yet attempted. It is very probable that the still remem- 
 bered struggles of 1247 and later years furnished a sort of his- 
 torical germ or nucleus about which ever growing tradition built 
 up these tales. 
 
 This the substance of the legend. Later chronicles spread it 
 among wider circles and naturally changed minor points. Thus 
 the Xellenlieb (Lucerne, about 1470) calls the famous archer 
 'Wilhelm Tell, the first Confederate' and makes his daring shot 
 the chief cause of the uprising which brought freedom. Melchioi 
 Russ (Lucerne, 1482) is also thus partial to Uri and Tell; he 
 makes Thell (no longer Tall, Thall) the real founder of the 
 league, whereas the ■ White Book ' had given ■ Stoupacher's 
 company' most of the credit. Petermann Etterlin (Lucerne, 
 1507) was the first to spread among wider circles the account of 
 Tell and * Geissler, 1 or * Gryssler,' which he had copied with few 
 changes from the * White Book.' The §ubfcf) Spl)l . . . Don ben? 
 5Bil£)dm Xetlen, etc., a play written about 15 12, adds other feat- 
 ures : * he of the Melchi ' becomes Erny vom Melchthal, the 
 53iebermann t>on 5lltfe(len is now Cuno Abatzellen (= Ab Altzellen, 
 i. e. from Alzellen), 'Stoupacher' is now Stouffacher ; Tell 
 arouses the people and founds the league. Uri's predomi- 
 nance over Schwyz is assured and the account of *Stoupacher , s 
 company ' becomes a mere episode in the now greater Tell story. 
 Here, too, definite dates are first attempted : in 1243 the cantons 
 accept Rudolfs 'protectorate'; 1296 is the date of their lib- 
 eration. Johann Stumpff puts the beginning of the Habsburg 
 quarrel in 1260, the banishment of the governors in 13 14. 
 Gessler sets up the hat in order to find out who were the Rlitli 
 conspirators. 
 
 The form in which Schiller used the legend is substantially 
 
XXVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 that given by Aegidius Tschudi (or Gilg Schudy), a learned 
 man and high official in Glarus, who diligently collected original 
 documents, other chronicles and verbal traditions, and con- 
 structed, about 1569, from the sometimes vague and contradictory 
 versions of the legend, especially as he found them in the 
 1 White Book ' and in Etterlin, an account so systematic in ar- 
 rangement, so vivid in description, so definite and plausible in 
 statement as to inspire the utmost confidence. His rich fancy, 
 fine command of language and wonderful narrative talent make 
 the whole resemble an historical novel. He not only uses pre- 
 vious accounts, but generously offers his pen to record anything 
 the cantons will send him. He "received many stories, 1 ' he 
 says, which, though obliged greatly to alter his work, «« he could 
 not refuse, 11 since they "would enhance the honor of the Con- 
 federacy and do no harm whatever. 11 Supplying needful details, 
 he sends these stories forth as authentic history. He preserves 
 the main features of the legend, but most arbitrarily assigns names 
 and dates : Landenberg becomes Beringer von Landenberg ; his 
 victim is Heinrich vom Melchthal, whose son is Arnold, date 
 1307 ; Cuno Abatzellen becomes Konrad Baumgarten von Alzel- 
 len, date 1306; Gessler, coming to Uri in 1304, builds Zwing 
 Uri in Allorf; ■ Stoupacher 1 becomes first Johans {Hans) then 
 Wernher; ' one of the Fursts 7 is now Walther Fi'irst ; other 
 names, wherever wanting, are supplied at random from any old 
 document. The Riitli oath, taken by ten of each canton, falls 
 on Nov. 8, the $fyfelfd)uJ3, Nov. 18, 1307, the expulsion of the 
 governor, Jan. 1, 1308. Other particulars were added later. 
 Stauffache^s * wise wife 1 is named Margaretha Herlobig (Schiller 
 calls her Gertrud)\ Tell fought at Morgarten in 13 15 and was 
 drowned, 1354, in the Schachen, while trying to rescue a child. 
 The legend received still more definite form (1786-95) at the 
 hands of Schiller's friend, the eminent Swiss historian, Johannes 
 von Muller. He made but few real changes (for instance, 
 following an old play, he calls Gessler Hermann Gessler von 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXV11 
 
 ' Bruneck), but he further systematized and settled what was 
 handed down. He knew it was fiction, yet he sacrificed critical 
 method to patriotic and rhetorical ends in order to please his 
 people and promote his own republican views. 
 
 At last the poet, with Tschudi and Mliller as chief authorities, 
 made whatever changes seemed required by dramatic expe- 
 diency, inventing thus the roles of Bertha and Rudenz, Kunz 
 von Gersau and others, naming TelPs wife Hedwig, Stauffache^s, 
 Gertrud, etc. Particulars are mentioned in the Notes. 
 
 The Swiss have always loved their Tell. To this day many 
 firmly believe in him. Yet as early as 1607 scholars began to 
 doubt his existence. During two centuries of bitter dispute, 
 zealous Swiss partisans resorted to every means possible, even 
 to forgeries in old documents (thus changing Tridlo to Tello, 
 Nail to Thalt), in order to establish his identity, but the search- 
 ing investigations of modern scholars have shown him to be a 
 myth, and as such the story is and must be regarded. Yet we 
 honor him and his people none the less for the undaunted spirit 
 he represents. He will live as long as the love of liberty has a 
 place in the hearts of men. 
 
 Having traced to their source the stories of the Sftiitttuunb and 
 of the Scandinavian origin of the Swiss, it remains to inquire 
 how the Tell myth became part of the national legend. It 
 appears, already well developed, in the ■ White Book \ of Sarnen, 
 yet the famous archer is by no means the exclusive property of 
 the Swiss. Very similar stories have been found among all 
 Germanic peoples — in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, 
 
 England, Germany, etc as well as in India, Persia, Greece, 
 
 Italy and even among the Turks and Mongolians. The target, 
 not always an apple, is often a nut, a ring, a coin laid on the 
 head or held in the hand. The story most like Tell is that first 
 recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus (died 
 1204) : Toko (also Tokko, Palnatoki) boasted great skill in 
 archery, whereupon his king, Harald Blaatand (Bluetooth), 
 
XXV111 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ordered him to shoot an apple from his son's head. Allowed only 
 one shot, he was to die if he missed. Taking three arrows Toko 
 commanded the boy to stand still, and hit the apple with the first 
 arrow. When asked the purpose of the other arrows, he said 
 they were meant for the king if he had missed the apple. Toko 
 afterwards killed Harald, from ambush in the forest, for cruelty 
 to himself and his friends. In the likewise thoroughly Germanic 
 Thidrek (or Wilkina) Saga, the caprice of King Nidung requires 
 the same shot of Eigil, brother of Weland the Smith ; the king 
 also receives, and this time approves, the same answer about 
 the other arrows. These ancient stories were transplanted in 
 quite similar form to England by the Anglo-Saxons, where they 
 still live in the legends of Robin Hood, Adam Bell, Clym of the 
 Clough and William of Cloudesly (cf. Percy's Reliques) . The 
 latter is much like Tell, save that the shot is his own suggestion 
 and not the king's order. Any connection between William of 
 Cloudesly and Wilhelm Tell is uncertain. The word Tell, both 
 as surname and as nickname, has been variously explained ; 
 Grimm derives it from telum, * arrow, 1 Simrock from Eigil's son 
 Orendel, later Eml/ielle, others from dalen, ■ to be foolish,' 
 hence Wilhelm Tell = « William the Simple' etc., etc. The 
 original source of these wide-spread archer stories is thought to 
 be a nature-myth, common to all Aryan races, an allegorical 
 struggle in which the grim tyrant Whiter is driven from his 
 stronghold and slain by the unerring arrows of the Summer Sun 
 (beam = (Strati = arrow) . Thus in Germanic mythology, 
 Wotan struggling with the Winter tyrant at first lies bound in a 
 cloud (the symbol of a ship), but he suddenly springs out, 
 draws his (rain) bow and sends the deadly (thunder) bolt into 
 the (cloud) ship and into the heart of the Winter giant. Such 
 mythological ideas transferred to men (heroes) may readily have 
 furnished the nucleus necessary for a Tell legend. 
 
 Whatever its origin, it is clear that the legend is common 
 Germanic, even Aryan, property and, as such, it was, no doubt, 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXIX 
 
 taken to Switzerland by the original Alamannic settlers. Later, 
 in developed form, it served in the Swiss- Austrian campaigns 
 and found its way into the ■ White Book/ and through Tschudi 
 into Schiller's £ell. 
 
 III. SCHILLER'S TELL. 
 
 28it£)e(m Xefl, Schiller's last finished drama, though composed 
 in a few months, really occupied the poet's attention for several 
 years. The idea of writing the play was due, very indirectly 
 however, to Goethe, who had once intended to use the subject 
 himself. On his third and last trip to Switzerland, late in 1797, 
 Goethe again visited the Forest Cantons and spent some days 
 in the Tell country. In a letter to Schiller, Oct. 14, 1797, 
 describing his experiences and impressions, he wrote that he had 
 found a subject — the story of Tell — which he •« felt would suit 
 for an epic poem" adding that he had very carefully studied the 
 country and people and that "good luck" must now determine 
 "whether anything should ever come of the undertaking." 
 Schiller was pleased and warmly encouraged this "very happy 
 idea" of his friend. Though much interested at first in the 
 plan, Goethe made but little progress with his Xell. He sketched 
 the outlines of the first cantos, but, in doubt about the verse- 
 form and soon busy with other things, he delayed work on it 
 until, he confesses later, «« it had lost the charm of novelty " and 
 until he had lost that interest, that proper mood, always so nec- 
 essary to his success. He gave it up, as he had given up other 
 subjects, neglected in the same way. 
 
 Nothing more is said of £ell until early in 1801 , when the rumor 
 became current that Schiller was writing a £ett, and not an 
 epic but a drama. Many inquiries were made regarding this — 
 a work he had not yet thought of undertaking. His conversations 
 with Goethe, about the proposed epic, had no doubt inspired 
 him with deeper interest in Tell. He seems to have even then 
 
XXX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 considered it a better dramatic than epic subject, and this opinion, 
 very probably expressed to others, may have given rise to the 
 rumor just mentioned. It is to this false report that we owe the 
 play. Schiller himself admits as much in letters to various 
 friends. Thus he wrote his publisher, Cotta (March, 1802), 
 asking for ' « a good map of Lake Lucerne and the adjacent 
 cantons" and confessing that this " false rumor" had called his 
 attention to the subject and led him to read Tschudi's chronicle, 
 which had so attracted him that he "now in all earnestness meant 
 to write a $8tlf)efm Xett." He also wrote his Dresden friend, 
 Kbrner, that he had not before thought of writing such a play. 
 
 Though delayed for some time by other plans, he never lost 
 his interest, and finally, on Aug. 25, 1803, he began his £efl. 
 He soon realized the peculiar difficulties of the subject, especially 
 to one who had never been in Switzerland and yet who felt 
 obliged to embody as many purely local features as possible. 
 Not in the least discouraged, however, he asked his friends 
 again and again for maps, pictures, books and other material on 
 Switzerland, with which to make himself thoroughly familiar 
 with Swiss scenery and manners and character. With untiring 
 industry, though slowly at first, he gathered from every available 
 source ] the information he needed. His severer historical 
 studies in other years, his history lectures in Jena, his Thirty 
 Year's War, Revolt of the Netherlands, Don Carlos, IVallenstein, 
 had given him great skill in using such material, while his native 
 energy and enthusiastic sympathy with the subject, so congenial 
 to his own liberty-loving soul, enabled him soon to progress 
 more rapidly. His intuitive genius was, moreover, inspired by 
 
 1 He studied several maps of Lake Lucerne and, besides Tschudi's Chronicon 
 Helveticum (his principal authority), the chronicles of Etterlin and Stumpf (see 
 above, p. xxv), Johannes von Miiller's Geschichte der Schweizerischen Eidgenossen- 
 schaft, Scheuchzer's Naturgeschichte des Schweizerlandes, Ebel's Schilderung der 
 Gebirgsvolker der Schweiz, Fasi's Staats- und Erdbeschreibung der helvetischen 
 Eidgenossenschaft, Schmidt's Geschichte der Deutschen, Meiners' Briefe iiber die 
 Schweiz. » 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXXI 
 
 the vivid descriptions of his wife, of Goethe and of other friends, 
 who had seen Switzerland and could tell him more of places and 
 people than he could find in books. Oct. I, 1803 he saw Julius 
 CcEsar played in Weimar and derived important indirect help 
 from it. He wrote Goethe: "For my £efl this play was in- 
 valuable ; my own little craft was floated by it ; yesterday it at 
 once put me in a most productive frame of mind. 11 
 
 In spite of many interruptions, business engagements, the 
 death of Herder and the chatter of Madame de Stael, then on a 
 visit in Weimar, he was able to send the first act to Goethe on 
 Jan. 12, 1804. The others followed soon, and on Feb. 18, 
 1804 the whole was finished. Preparations were begun at once 
 to have it played before Easter. As far as poor health permitted, 
 Schiller superintended the rehearsals and in his absence Goethe 
 took his place. The first performance was in the Court Theater 
 in Weimar, Marclj 17, 1804, and during the next few months 
 it was given repeatedly in Berlin, Breslau and other large cities. 
 
 After all the labor and enthusiasm bestowed upon £ell, 
 Schiller naturally expected much of the play. He had written 
 Korner: •« If the gods favor me ... it shall be a mighty thing 
 and shake the German stage. 11 His hopes were more than 
 realized. Its effect was greater than that of any of his other plays. 
 Goethe, Korner and Iffland were delighted, Schlegel called it 
 Schiller^ finest work and praised especially its wonderful fidelity 
 in local matters. Indeed contemporary criticism was almost 
 universally favorable. The first edition (of seven thousand 
 copies), issued October 1804, was soon exhausted and before the 
 year was out a second (three thousand copies) was printed. 
 On sending out the first edition Cotta wrote: ** Tell now goes 
 into all the world/ 1 He spoke wiser than he knew. In transla- 
 tions it has gone throughout the civilized world and has done 
 more than anything else to spread the name and the fame of the 
 Swiss and their hero as well as of its author. Above all, in 
 Germany it is his best known, most popular play. Especially in 
 
XXX11 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 times of political unrest, as during the wars with France, it has 
 been a great source of patriotic enthusiasm, an inspiring lesson 
 to the little German states to hold together — feft unb emtcj — 
 in their resistance to their common enemy. 
 
 Closely following Tschudi, Schiller has laid all the scenes of 
 Tell on or near the shores of Lake Lucerne. Tschudi's dates, 
 however, — for the Baumgarten incident the autumn of 1306, 
 the Riitli oath Nov. 8, 1307, Gessle^s death Nov. 19 (for 20), 
 1307, the destruction of Rossberg and Sarnen Jan. 1, 1308, the 
 murder of Albrecht May 1, 1308 — are so changed that the 
 events of the play occur on four different days, at intervals within 
 a period of three weeks, as follows: Act I. on Oct. 28, 1307, 
 Act II. on Nov. 8, Acts III. and IV. on one day, Nov. 19 
 (Tschudi says 18 and 19, by mistake for 19 and 20), Act V. on 
 the morning of the following day. 
 
 The Swiss struggle for independence naturally attracted the 
 gretf)ett3bid)ter, Schiller; the same love of freedom that had 
 once prompted the Member, 2rte3co, S)Stt (Sarlo3 and others found 
 here a most congenial, yes, inspiring theme. He saw its 
 dramatic possibilities and devoted to it the last great effort of 
 his life. His "object," of course, was not deliberately "to 
 teach Germany the lesson of national unity" or any other 
 "lesson" — though many lessons have, no doubt, been drawn 
 from the play — but simply to write a great drama, to nobly 
 embody the noble theme, which had so strongly appealed to his 
 own liberty-loving nature. Better than all the critics, he him- 
 self has expressed his plan and purpose in the lines he wrote on 
 sending a manuscript copy of %t\{ to the Prince Elector Karl 
 von Dalberg, brother of his old friend, the theater manager in 
 Mannheim : 
 
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INTRODUCTION. XXX111 
 
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 Unb fold) ein 2teb barf id) bir freubig getgen, 
 2)u fennjV3, benn afleS ®rof3e ift bein etgen. 
 
 The theme of XeK is thus, briefly, the lawful and successful 
 uprising of a united people against cruel oppression. The hero 
 of the play is, therefore, not Tell alone, but the whole Swiss 
 people in close and faithful union against a common enemy. 
 Though above all the most interesting character, Tell is but one 
 individual element. Herein lay a great dramatic difficulty, and 
 one not entirely overcome, namely, to preserve the unity of 
 action and yet to separate the very important individual cause 
 of Tell from that of the whole people, without giving the former 
 undue prominence. Such separation was required, for in order to 
 justify the killing of Gessler, to make it appear not murder, but, 
 as the poet intended it, a just and necessary deed of self-defense, 
 Schiller felt, and so did Goethe, that «« Tell must stand alone in 
 the drama, that his cause is and must remain a private one, 
 entirely without political character, till at the close it coincides 
 with that of the people," as represented by the men of the Rutli. 
 Moreover Tell, the individual, must be a type of the whole Swiss 
 people, a simple-hearted nature folk, brave yet gentle, slow to 
 speak, but quick to act when once aroused. For such dramatic 
 reasons, therefore, Tell is made a quiet unobtrusive man of few 
 words, unwilling to be present at the Rutli or to take part in any 
 of the deliberations of his friends (which, of course, would have 
 
XXXIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 lent his later action a political character), preferring to pursue 
 the even tenor of his way, so long as he is let alone, yet strong 
 in his love of liberty, resolute and ready to fight, when he must, 
 in defense of his home, his friends, his honor or his rights. 
 With great physical strength, he is daring and fearless, yet 
 modest and gentle as he is brave. He shows the tenderest love 
 for wife and children, and with most unselfish sympathy is ever 
 ready to help his neighbor in distress, without asking why or 
 wherefore. His skillful hand, his generous heart, his blameless 
 life win him the love and admiration of all, who know him : (£§ 
 giebt nicfjt gmet lute ber ift im ©ebtrge ! (Zdi, 164.) 
 
 While in Tell we have thus the purest type of the Swiss 
 nature in general, other characters give us types of different and 
 special classes, occupations, rank and age in society. Thus 
 Melchthal, StaurTacher and Furst are splendid types of the better 
 classes of citizens ; each represents one of the three cantons — > 
 Unterwalden, Schwyz and Uri — each, too, a different age and 
 temper — rash, excitable youth, calm, mature manhood, and 
 anxious, over-cautious age. Rudenz and Attinghausen stand for 
 the young and old among the native Swiss nobility ; the latter 
 a class living like loved patriarchs among their people, the 
 former a class, young and ambitious, coquetting at first with 
 Austria, but finally awakening to their true duty and character 
 and supporting the people against a common enemy. The 
 women are especially well portrayed. Gertrud is the ' pleasant 
 hostess,' the courageous, patriotic matron, standing in telling 
 contrast by the side of her hesitating, less confident husband, 
 Stauffacher. Hedwig, the anxious wife, the loving mother, 
 whose chief concern is the welfare and safety of husband and 
 children, ever seeks to restrain the daring, over-confident Tell. 
 Bertha is the high-minded, fearless girl, who, though noble in 
 rank and related to Gessler, gives her sympathy to her people 
 and her heart to the lover whom she brings back to his country 
 and his duty. All three, and in them all classes of Swiss 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXXV 
 
 womanhood, maidens, wives and mothers, noble and peasant 
 alike, resent and resist the tyrants' oppression. 
 
 Gessler, the governor, is the worst enemy of Swiss liberty. 
 He is a typical tyrant, cowardly, coarse and cruel, faithless and 
 vindictive, — a stranger to every impulse of gentleness and kind- 
 ness. He is the stern, inflexible ruler, with great political plans 
 for extending the power of Habsburg, and determined to carry 
 them out, though it means the stifling of every impulse of liberty 
 in the Swiss people. Angered by their resistance, he resorts to 
 the most cruel and inhuman means of enforcing his authority. 
 
 The lower classes, too, hunters, herdsmen, laborers and even 
 serfs, all have their types, well drawn and true to nature, in 
 Werni, Kuoni and the rest, and all making common cause 
 against their common enemy. This union of all classes only 
 makes the justice of their cause the more evident. It is not the 
 rash hot-headedness of youth, not the mere discontent of 
 laborers — it is the common uprising of a whole people, whose 
 most sacred rights have been ruthlessly outraged. 
 
 In its dramatic character the play is quite too serious for 
 comedy, nor is it altogether tragedy, for it ends too happily ; its 
 theme is, moreover, too epic, and its personal action and passion 
 too often secondary to the general welfare. An individual is 
 better than a people as the hero of a tragedy. Schiller wisely 
 called it ein <3d)aujpiel — ■ an epic drama, in which the force of 
 outward circumstances and conditions as well as of innate char- 
 acter determines the action' (Carriere). 
 
 As a piece of art £etf is, SSatlenftetn not excepted, the poet's 
 best work. The first act, in Goethe's opinion * not a first act 
 simply, but a whole play in itself,' has always been considered a 
 masterpiece of dramatic * exposition,' or preface, setting forth, as 
 it does, at once and most clearly the conditions under which the 
 play is to proceed. The lyric introduction shows at a glance the 
 idyllic character of country and people and induces just the 
 proper mood of appreciative sympathy for what follows. We 
 
XXXVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 then meet the chief actors and through them, as types, learn how 
 the different classes of Swiss people feel and think ; we see the 
 just cause of their discontent in the ever increasing cruelty of the 
 governors in every canton, as well as their determined courage 
 and their ever growing purpose to resist. A passing glance at 
 Tell, in his prompt rescue of Baumgarten, suffices to show his 
 character and to inspire confidence in him for the future. Act 
 II. scene I, put in II. and not in I. on account of its length, 
 also belongs to the * exposition ' and shows the attitude of the 
 Swiss nobility towards the people's cause. Thus all classes, in 
 all three cantons, feel the weight of the tyrannical yoke, and 
 three representative men, Fiirst, StaufTacher and Melchthal, 
 have combined to shake it off. Thus, side by side, the poet 
 develops the plans and character of $o(f and $8ogtc ; sympathy 
 for the people is at once awakened, while the introduction 
 of the younger nobility, in their adherence to Austria (Act 
 II. i), adds a new element of uncertainty and danger for 
 the people's cause, which invests the already doubtful issue with 
 still further interest. The plan thus outlined is carried out in a 
 manner worthy of the poet and his great theme. Many passages 
 in £efl equal in force and beauty anything in German literature, 
 while contrast, rhyme and scenic arrangement are frequently and 
 most skillfully used to show increasing intensity of feeling and to 
 heighten the dramatic effect. Nowhere has Schiller shown the 
 power of his splendid genius so well as in his faithful reproduc- 
 tion in £etf of purely local features of Swiss scenery and charac- 
 ter. The glowing descriptions of others were helpful, but the 
 secret of his success lies rather in his patient study of even the 
 smallest details, in his intuitive appreciation of his sources, and 
 in his wonderful skill in using this material. His rich imagina- 
 tion freely invented what he found wanting, but in many places 
 he follows his sources so closely as to transfer to his play not 
 only the subject-matter of whole passages, but to adopt even the 
 old and peculiar words and all the native simplicity of the Swiss 
 
INTRODUCTION*. XXXV11 
 
 dialect, thus securing, in spite of unusual difficulties, the most 
 natural local coloring. << One who has read £eH and then 
 visits Switzerland feels as if he had already seen it all, and that 
 which seemed an ideal picture of the imagination, becomes 
 actual and living reality " (Carriere) . 
 
 The play has its faults, of course. Chief among these has 
 been urged the want of dramatic unity, due to the relation of the 
 individual cause of Tell to that of the whole people. The poet's 
 sources, however, and not his dramatic method, are to blame, 
 for, as we have seen, the old chronicles present the story of Tell 
 in very loose connection with that of the Riitli men. Within 
 the play there are really three smaller dramas, for convenience 
 named from their chief characters, the Riitli (or People's) 
 drama, the Tell drama and the Rudenz drama. The first begins 
 with accounts of suffering in the three cantons (I.), has its 
 climax in the Riitli meeting (II. 2), and ends with sweeping 
 away the last remnants of tyranny in Act V. ; the second, begin- 
 ning with Tell's rescue of Baumgarten (I. 1), developed in the 
 scene of the 2fyfeljdjuJ3 (III. 3), has its climax in the death of 
 Gessler (IV. 3) ; the third begins with the allegiance of Rudenz 
 to Austria (II. 1), is developed by Bertha (III. 2), and ends 
 with the storming of Rossberg and Sarnen (IV. 2) ; all three 
 coincide at the end (V. 3), (Kuenen). Schiller attempted the 
 dramatic union of these three by giving each set of characters 
 (1) a common enemy, the tyrants, (2) a common object, 
 resistance and the freedom of the cantons, (3) a common 
 motive, self defense, and lastly by bringing them together at 
 important points and uniting them all at the end. Though the 
 difficulty was not entirely overcome, so that some parts of the 
 play are but loosely connected with others, we must wonder at 
 the skill with which it was met. " It is as if three independent 
 springs were finally brought together into one stream" (Kluge). 
 
 The so-called " Bertha- Rudenz episode," Schiller's own inven- 
 tion, has been considered unnecessary, and condemned as lack- 
 
XXXV111 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ing in force and animation and unimportant for the dramatic 
 development. True, it is weaker than other parts of the play, 
 yet it is more than an ■ episode, 1 it is skillfully woven into the 
 whole action of the play. This romantic love idyll brightens 
 and relieves the grim seriousness of the action, and both char- 
 acters are needed as types of the younger Swiss nobility. More- 
 over, Bertha wins over Rudenz to the people's cause, he lends 
 material assistance in resisting the tyrant, and is the first to 
 abolish serfdom among his own dependents. The character of 
 Attinghausen, too, one of the finest in the play, would lose 
 much of its force and interest if Rudenz were absent He is 
 indeed an essential part of that action. (Buchheim, XtU, xxxiv.) 
 
 The killing of Gessler has been criticized as a cowardly as- 
 sassination. That it was not such must be evident from his 
 own inhuman cruelty, from the logic of Tell's monologue, and 
 from the interview with Parricida (V. I). Though he shudders 
 at it, Tell believes that he may, yes, must kill the tyrant, not for 
 political or patriotic reasons, — such are not mentioned once — 
 but in lawful self defense, to protect his home and family, and to 
 keep a sacred oath, wrung from him in the agony of most 
 terrible provocation. Tell is no coward, no assassin ; he merely 
 planned his attack in a manner certain to succeed. 
 
 The addition of Act V., with its less animated action, has 
 been called a mistake. Some think the play should end with 
 Gessler's death. Yet Act V. seems necessary, for, in the capture 
 of the castles, it shows the results of the work of resistance, the 
 certainty that Swiss liberty is complete, while, in the news of 
 the Emperor's death, it brings the assurance that their independ- 
 ence may be permanently safe from outside interference. Tell's 
 interview with Parricida, the Emperor's murderer, was intended, 
 by sharp contrast, to excuse and justify the one and to condemn 
 the other. Yet it seems out of place ; the provocation to Tell's 
 deed is its own defense, he needs no further justification, and the 
 scene is greatly weakened by Parricida's presence. 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXXIX 
 
 Such are the merits, such the faults of Xefl. In summing up an 
 estimate of the play, Gustav Freytag has aptly said : " Whatever 
 may be said against the dramatic structure of £efl, there is a 
 charm in the individual scenes (as I. i, 3, III. 1, 3, II. 2 etc.) 
 that ever compels admiration," while Borne remarked that "the 
 faults of the play are the virtues of the poet." What is lost in 
 loose dramatic structure is gained in the wonderful power and 
 beauty of the individual scenes. 
 
 As the poet of freedom, Schiller has achieved in XeU his 
 greatest triumph. More than any of his other plays does it 
 appeal to the great masses of German people ; more than all the 
 others has it furnished favorite sayings, almost become proverbs, 
 ever remembered and quoted by prince and peasant alike ; in it 
 the prose of his early dramas has given place to his best, his 
 noblest verse ; the extravagant rhetoric and unreasonable theories 
 of the young enthusiast have here become the calmer thought, 
 the riper convictions of the mature man ; the narrower social or 
 political freedom which formed the theme of gie3co, $auale unb 
 SHeue, Gar(o3 and others, has been broadened, till freedom 
 everywhere — in the home, in society, in thought, in govern- 
 ment — the freedom of a whole people is the theme of Tell ; the 
 effort of individual fanatics or revolutionists to overthrow all law 
 and order in attaining an imaginary freedom has become in £el( 
 the uprising of a whole brave and patient people to defend and 
 preserve their real liberty from the attacks of foreign tyrants. 
 
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 Snbem toir foremen — ®ott — fcerrinnt bie 3^ — 
 
 ((5§ fdiiQt an ju bonncrn.) 
 
\. 2Iuf3ug. i Scene. 11 
 
 $uotu. 
 
 grif$, gdfyrmann — fd^aff' ben Siebermann fyinitber! 
 
 ©efyt ni$t. @in fdE)toere§ Ungetoitter ift" 
 105 S m 2l n 5 u 9- 2$ r mufet Garten. 
 A^vv^-a^* Saumgarten. 
 
 §eil'ger ©ott! 
 $$ !ann ni$t Garten. %&zx 2luffd^ub totet — 
 
 ^UOtti (ium Sifter). 
 
 ©reif an mit ©ott! 2)em 9?dcfyften mufe man fyelfen; 
 @3 fann un£ alien ®Ieid)e§ ja begegnen. 
 (SBraufen unb $onnern.) 
 
 2)er gofyn ift lo3, 2#r fefyt toie l)o$ ber ©ee gefyt ; 
 no 3$ ^ ann n i$t fteuern gegen ©turm unb 2BeHen. 
 
 S3aumgatten (umfa&t feine Jlniee). 
 
 ©0 fyelf @u$ ©ott, n>ie 2#r 6u$ mein erbarmet — 
 
 ttenri. 
 @3 geE?t um3 Seben. ©et barmfyerjig, $dljrmann! 
 
 1 ^ XJ^t* * $uoni. 
 
 '« ift ein §au§bater unb fyat SBeib unb $inberl 
 
 (SBBieber^otte £)onnerfd)taQe.) 
 Rttitt 
 2Ba3? 3$ fyab' au$ ein Seben ^u berlieren, 
 115 §ab' ffieib unb $inb bafyeim, toie er — ©efyt fyin, 
 SBie'S branbet, taric e$ toogt unb -ffiirbel ^iefyt 
 Unb atte ffiaffer aufriifyrt in ber Siefe. 
 — $cfy toollte gem ben Siebermann erretten; 
 2)o$ e^ ift rein unmoglicfy, 3# r \*ty felbft. 
 
12 UH1 ft elm (Cell. 
 
 Saumgcrten (no$ auf ben flnieen). 
 
 120 ©o muft id) fallen in be3 geinbeS §anb, 
 2)a§ nafye SiettungSufer im ©eficfyte ! 
 — ®ort liegt'g ! $$ fann'§ erreicfyen mit ben 2lugen, 
 §inuberbringen fann ber ©timme ©cfyatt, 
 £)a ift ber ftatyn, ber micfy fyiniibertruge, 
 i2s U ni > mu ft ^ er K*B en / &tfflo8, unb fcerjagen! 
 Jtttoni. VWv-. 
 
 ©efyt, toer ba lommt! 
 
 2Benti. 
 @S ift ber Sett au3 Siirglen. 
 
 XtU mit ber SIrmbrufi. 
 
 £ea. 
 
 2Ber ift ber SDIann, ber fyter um §ilfe flefyt? 
 '3 ift ein Slljeller 9Jtann ; er fyat fem' ©fyr* 
 
 93erteibigt unb ben SBolfenfcfyiefc erfcfylagen, 
 130 2)e3 $onig3 Surgfcogt, ber auf Stofeberg fafc — 
 !De3 SanbfcogtS better finb ifym auf ben ^erfen. 
 6r flefyt ben ©differ um bie flberfa^rt; 
 2)er fiird^t't ft$ fcor bem ©turm unb toitt ntd^t fafyren. 
 
 Rttrti 
 SDa ift ber Sett, er fiifyrt ba3 Jtuber au<$, 
 135 SDer fott mir'§ &eugen, ob bie gafyrt &u toagen. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 2Bo'3 not tfyut, gdfyrmann, Idfet fi$ atteS toagen. 
 
 (§eftige 2)onnerfd)lage, ber ©ee raufdjt auf.) 
 
 fflnobi. 
 
 3$ fott tnicfy in ben §ottenracfyen ftiirjen? 
 2)a§ t^dte Iciner, ber bei ©innen ift. 
 
33aumgarten auf bev gludjt 
 
 Face p. 12 
 
j._2Iuf3ug. X* Scent. 13 
 
 XzU. 
 
 SDer brabe 9Jiann benft an ftcfy felbft jule^t. 
 140 Sertrau' auf ©ott unb rette ben Sebrdngtenl 
 
 SSom fid^ern $ort lafct ftcfy'3 gemacfylicfy raten. 
 ®a ift ber ftafyn, unb bort ber ©ee! SSerfud^fg ! 
 
 XtU. 
 
 2)er 6ee !ann ficfy, ber Sanbfcogt nicfyt erbarmen. 
 SSerfud^' e3, gafyrmann*! 
 
 $trtcn unb ^figcr. 
 
 SRett* ifyn! ^1^ tyn! SRett' ifyn! 
 JHuobi. 
 
 145 ^ n *> tofa'3 twin Sruber unb mein leiblicfy $inb, 
 @3 !ann ntd^t fein ; 1 ift fyeut' (Simons unb Suba, 
 25a raft ber (See unb ftntt fein Dpfer fyaben. 
 
 £efl. 
 9Jtit eitler 9iebe foirb fyier nidjtS gefd&afft ; 
 2)ie ©tunbe bringt, bem 5Jtann tnuf$ §ilfe toerben. 
 150 Spri#, gafyrmann, hrittft bu fafyren? 
 
 •Jtein, ,ni$t i# ! 
 ZtU. 
 
 3n ©otteS Sftamen benn! ©ieb fyer ben Rdfynl 
 %d) toilTS mit meiner fcfytoacfyen ilraft fcerfud^en. 
 
 $a, toacfrer £eH ! 
 
 >^A . SBernL 
 
 SDa§ gteid^t bem SEetbgefeHen ! 
 
14 IPtffjelm Cell. 
 
 SBaumgarten. 
 
 9Kein Setter feib 3fyr unb mein @ngel, £eH! 
 
 Sea. 
 
 i5j SBofyl au3 be3 SSogt^ ©etoalt errett' \$ (£u$, 
 2lu3 SturmeS Soten muft em 2lnbrer ^elfen. 
 SDodf) beffer tfM, Sfyr faUt in ®otte$ §anb 
 2H3 in ber 2Wcnfc$en! 
 
 C8u bent £trten.) 
 
 ?anb3mann, troftet 3fyr 
 •JJtein 2Betb, toenn mtr tt>a^ 9D?enfc^Iic^e^ begegnet. 
 160 %d) fyab' getfyan, toaS \6) ni$t laffen fonnte. 
 
 (Gr fprtngt in ben flatyn.) 
 5lU0tti (aum Sifter). 
 
 3#r feib ein 3Weifter ©teuermann. 2Ba§ fi$ 
 £>er SteU getraut, ba§ fonntet 3^r ntd^t toagen? 
 
 yfuobi. 
 
 SBofyl befcre banner tfyun'3 bem SeH nicfyt na$, 
 @3 giebt nicfyt |tam, ftne ber ift, im ©ebirge. 
 
 993emt (ift auf ben ^cI3 geftiegen). 
 
 165 Sr fto&t fcfyon ab. ©ott fyelf btr, brafcer ©drummer! 
 ©iel), toie ba3 6$ifflein auf ben SBetten fd^toanft! 
 
 $U0m (am Ufer;. 
 
 2)ie ftfot 9^* briiber toeg — $$ fefy'3 ni$t mefyr. 
 SDod^, fjalt, ba ift e§ toteber! 5lrdftigli$ 
 Slrbettet ft$ ber 2Bacfre burcfy bte 93ranbung. 
 
 **. 
 
 170 2)e3 SanbfcogtS Setter fommen angefprengt. 
 
j.2tuf3iig. {.Scene. 15 
 
 fluoni. 
 
 SBeifj ©ott, fie fmb'3 ! 2)a3 toar §Uf ' in ber Slot. 
 
 ©in £ruw 2anbcnbergifd)er better. 
 
 (£rfter Obiter. 
 
 2)en SJtorber gebt fyerau£, ben il)r berborgenl 
 
 Btttitar. 
 35 e§ 2Beg3 fam er, umfonft fcerfyefylt tfyr ityn. 
 
 ftuont unb iHuobt. 
 2Sen meint ifyr, 3ieiter? 
 
 ©rfter OTeitet (entbedt ben Wad&en). 
 
 §a, toaS fey id&! Seufel! 
 
 aSerni (o&en). 
 
 l 7S SfW ber im 5fta$en, ben ifyr fucfyt? — 9teit ju! 
 3Benn ifyr frifcfy betlegt, f;olt ifyr tyn no$ ein. 
 
 3toeiter. 
 
 Sertoflnf^t! @r ift enthrifd&t. 
 
 ©tfter (jum $irten unb ftiffler). 
 
 3&r fyabt ifym fortge^olfem 
 3fy* fottt un3 biifeen — ^attt in ifyre §erbe! 
 S)te §iitte reifcet ein, brennt unb fd^tagt nieber! 
 
 ((Silett fori) 
 Se^^t (ftttrit na®. 
 
 180 D meine Sammer! 
 
 Shtont (foiQt). 
 2Bel? mir! meine igerbe! 
 
 fEBenti. 
 
 SDie 2Biitrid&e! 
 
16 VOxlttelm Cell. 
 
 9tU0fct (ringt bie £«nbe). 
 
 ©eredEjtigfeit be3 §immel3! 
 SBcmn U>ttb ber better lommen biefem Sanbe? 
 
 (Solflt tynen.) 
 
 §tpeite Scene. 
 
 3u ©tetnen in ©d)rot)3. (Sine fiinbe toor be§ Stauffa#er5 #aufe an bet 
 
 Canbftrajje, nad)ft ber 23rticfe. 
 
 SBerner Stauff a$er, ^feifer toon Cujern 
 
 fomtnen im ©efpratfc. 
 
 *feifer. 
 
 3^/ i a / § err ©tauffacfyer, hrie id) gu$ fagte. 
 ©cfytoort nid^t ju £)ftreicfy, toenn gfyr'S fonnt fcermeiben. 
 185 §altet feft am 9teid) unb toadfer, h)ie bisfyer. 
 ©ott fctyirme Sucfy bei Surer alten greifyeit! 
 
 (Isriicft i&m Ijerjlidfc bie £anb unb win ge^en.) 
 
 Stauffadjcr. 
 ©leibt bocfy, bi§ meine SBiriin lommt — 3#r feib 
 SJlein ©aft ju (2djft% t$ in Sujern ber Sure, 
 
 $fcifer- 
 
 SSxel 2)anl! SWufc fyeute ©erfau nocfy erreid^en. 
 190 — 2Ba§ 3$r au $ ©cfytoereS mogt ju leiben fyaben 
 3Son (Surer Sogte ©eij unb tlbermut, 4—-^ 
 Stragt'3 in ©ebulb! 63 fann ftcfy anbern, fcfyneH, 
 ©in anbrer $aifer !ann an§ Jletcfy gelangen. 
 ©eib 2#r er ft SDfterreid^, feib $i)v$ auf immer. 
 
 (§r ge^t ob. ©tauffadjer fet^t ftd) fummerttoE auf eitte SBanf unter 
 
 ber Sinbe* ©0 finbet ilnx ©ertrub, feine grau, bie ftd) iteben 
 
 ifyn ftcllt unb ifyn eine 3 e ^ * an 9 fc^n^etgenb betradjtet. 
 
{. 21 uf 3 ug. 2. Scene, 17 
 
 ©ertntb. 
 
 195 ©0 ernft, mem greunb? 3$ fwnz bid) nicfyt mefyr. 
 
 ©$on inele £age fefy ? icfy'g fd^it>eigenb an, 
 
 2Bie finftrer Stubfinn beine ©time furcfyt. 
 
 2tuf beinem §er§en briicft ein fttH ©ebreften; 
 
 SSertrau' eg tnir; icfy bin bein treueg 23eib, 
 200 Unb meine §alfte forbr' \<fy beineg ©ramg. 
 
 (©tcmffudjer reic^t iljr bie £anb unb f^roeigt.) * 
 
 2Bag fann bein §er§ beflemmen, fag* eg mir. 
 ©efegnet ift bein gteife, bein ©lucfgftanb bliifyt, 
 SSoU finb bie ©cfyeunen, unb ber Jiinber ©cfyaren, 
 ®er glatten $ferbe toofylgenafyrte 3 U $* 
 
 205 5ft ^ on ^ en 33e r 9 e n Qliitflirf) fyeimgebra^t 
 3ur 2Bmterung in ben bequemen ©taHen. 
 — 2)a ftefyt bein §aug, reicfy toie ein Sbelfi£ ; 
 SSon fcfyonem 6tammI;oI§ ift eg neu gejimmert 
 Unb nacfy bem SJicfytmafc orbentlicfy gefiigt; 
 
 «io SSon Dtelert genftern gldn^t eg toofynticfy, fyell; 
 9Kit bunten 2Bappenfc$ilbem ift'g bemalt 
 Unb toeifen ©priicfyen, bie ber SBanbergmann 
 $ertoeilenb lieft unb tfyren ©inn betounbert. 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 2Bofyl ftefyt bag §aug gejimmert unb gefiigt, 
 
 215 35o$, aty — eg toanft ber ©runb, auf bem toir bauten. 
 
 ®ertrufc. 
 
 3Jtein SBemer, fage, tote berftefyft bu bag? 
 
 ©tauffatfyer. 
 SSor biefer Sinbe fa§ i$ jungft toie fyeut', 
 S)ag fcfyon SSoEbrad^te freubig iiberbenfenb, 
 ®a fam bafyer t>on $u£na$t, feiner Surg, 
 220 2)er 2Sogt mit feinen Seifigen geritten. 
 
18 rOi Helm Cell. 
 
 SSor biefem igaufe fyielt er tounbemb an; 
 2)o$ id) erfyob mi$ fc^nett, unb untertoiirfig, 
 3Bte ftcfy'3 gebiifyrt, trat MB bem £errn entgegen, 
 2)er un3 be3 ®aifer§ ridE)terlitf>e 9Ra$t 
 
 225 Sorftettt im Sanbe. „2Befjen ift bie3 §au§?" 
 ftragt' er bo£meinenb, benn er roufct' e§ roofyl. 
 2)o$ fcfyneH befonnen idfj entgegn' ifym fo: 
 „$)ieg §au3, §err SSogt, ift meineg §errn be§ Saifer$, 
 Unb @ure3 unb mein Sefyen" — SDa fcerfetjt er : 
 
 230 ,,3$ bin Regent im Sanb an SatferS Statt 
 Unb mill nicfyt, baft ber Sauer §aufer baue 
 3luf feine eigne §anb unb alfo fret 
 Jptnleb', aU ob er §err mar' in bem Sanbe; 
 3$ roerb' mid? unterftefyn, (Sucfy ba§ ju roefyren." 
 
 235 ®ie§ fagenb, ritt er tru^iglicfy fcon bannen, 
 3$ aber blieb mit fummertooHer ©eete, 
 2)a3 SBort bebenfenb, ba§ ber 335fe fpra$. 
 
 ©ertrub. 
 
 Sttein lieber §err unb gfyeroirt! SMagft bu 
 @in reblid^ 2Bort bon beinem SBeib bernefymen? 
 
 240 £)e§ ebeln $berg3 Softer riifym' i$ mtcfy, 
 
 3)e3 fctelerfafyrnen 3Jiann§. Sir Sd^roeftern faften, 
 2)ie 2BoHe fyinnenb, in ben langen 9tacfyten, 
 SBenn bei bem 23ater fi$ be§ 33ol!e§ §aupter 
 33erfammelten, bie ^ergamente Iafen 
 
 245 3)er alten £aifer, unb be3 SanbeS 2Bofyl 
 Ojf^A^ Sebacfyten in fcernimftigem ©efyracfy. 
 
 2lufmerfenb ^ort' idf) ba mancfy ftugeS SBort, 
 28a§ ber aSerftdnb'ge benft, ber (3uti uninfect, 
 Unb [till im §er^en fyab' icfy mir'3 bema^rt. 
 
 250 ©0 fyore benn unb a$t' auf meine 9tebe ! 
 
\. 2luf3ug. 2. Scene* 19 
 
 2)enn, toa§ btd^ prefete, fiefy, ba§ tt)u^t' icfy langft. 
 
 — ©ir'grollt ber Sanbfcogt, mocfyte gem bir fcfyaben, 
 SDenn bu bift ifym ein §inberm3, bafc ftdfj 
 
 3)er ©d^tu^jer nicfyt bem neuen gfiirftentyauS 
 255 2SiH untertoerfen, fonbern treu unb feft 
 33eim SReid^ 6'efyarren, toie bie toiirbigen 
 2Htt>orbern e3 gefyalten unb getfyan, — 
 Sft'S nid^t fo, -Ekrner? ©ag' e3, toenn icfy luge! 
 Stauffad|er. 
 ©0 ift'3, ba§ ift be§ ©efclerS ©roll auf mid^. 
 ©ertrub, 
 260 6r ift bir neibifdEj, toeil bu gliicflicfy toofynft, 
 6in freier SDtann auf beinem eignen 6rb' 
 
 — 3)enn er fyat feinS. 3Som $aifer felbft unb 3teicfy 
 i£ragft bu bie§ §au3 511 Sefyn; bu barfft e3 jeigen, 
 ©0 gut ber 9ietcfy§furft feine Sanber ^eigt; 
 
 265 Qtrin iiber bir erfennft bu feinen §errn 
 2113 nur ben §ocfyften in ber @fyriftenl)ett — 
 @r ift ein jiingrer ©ofyn nur feineS §aufe3, 
 9ti$t3 nennt er fein ate feinen 9tittermantel ; 
 £)rum fiefyt er jebeS 33iebermanne£ ©liicf 
 270 9Kit fc^eelen Slugen gift'ger 9Kifcgunft an. 
 
 3)ir fyat er Idngft ben Untergang gefcfytooren — 
 9io$ ftefyft bu unfcerfefyrt — SBillft bu ertoarten, 
 33i3 er bie bofe Suft an bir gebti|t? 
 | 2)er Huge SWann baut fcor. 
 
 ©tauffaefjer. 
 
 2Ba3 ift &u tfyun? 
 
 ©ertrttb (tritt ticker). 
 
 275 ©0 I)ore meinen Sat ! 2)u toeifct, toie fyier 
 3u ©$to% fi$ ade Seblicfyen bellagen 
 
^ 
 
 20 IP i Helm (Cell. 
 
 Db biefeS £anbfc>ogt§ ©ei§ unb 2Biiterei. 
 
 ©o gtoeifle nid^t, baft fie bort briiben auc$ 
 
 3n Untertoalben unb im Urner Sanb , ^^i^p^iK. 
 
 280 £>e3 £range3 miib' finb unb beg fyarten 3o$3 — " 
 ®enn tr>te ber ©eftler fyier, fo fcfyafft e§ frecfy 
 £)er Sanbenberger briiben iiberm ©ee — 
 @3 lommt lein gifefyerfafyn gu iml fyeriiber, 
 SDer nicfyt ein neueg Unveil unb ©exalts t 
 
 285 SBeginnen Don ben SSogten un§ fcerfiinbet. 
 SDrum tfyat' e3 gut, baft euer etlicfye, 
 SDie'3 reblicfy meinen, (till ju Jtate gingen, 
 2Bie man be§ ®rucf3 ft$ mod&tf erlebtgen; 
 ©0 acfyt' i$ toofyl, ©ott tourb' eucfy ni$t berlafje* 
 
 290 Unb ber gerecfyten ©acfye gndbig fein — 
 £>aft bu in Uri fetnen ©aftfreunb, fyri$, 
 5Dem bu bein §er$ magft reblicfy offenbaren? 
 
 s 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 2)er toatfern banner fenn' icfy t>iele bort 
 Unb angefefyen grofce §errenleute, 
 
 295 2)te mir gefyeim finb unb gar roofyl fcertraut. 
 (dr jle^t auf.) 
 $rau, toelcfyen ©turm gefdfyrlid;er ©eban!en 
 SBecfft bu mir in ber fttffen Sruft! 9Jtein ^nnerfteS 
 $el)rft bu an$ 2i$t be3 £age§ mir entgegen, 
 Unb toa3 i$ mir ju benfen fiitt fcerbot, 
 
 300 J)u fpridfyft'3 mit leister 3 un 9 e tedtlid^ au3. 
 
 — §>aft bu aucfy tt>o^I bebacfyt, roa§ bu mir rdtft ? 
 SDie hnlbe gtoietracfyt unb ben $Iang ber 2Baffen 
 JKufft bu in biefeg friebgetooI)nte %fyal — 
 2Bir toagten eg, ein fd;toa$e§ 3SoIf ber £>irten, 
 
 305 3 n Jtotyf &u 9^n m it bem §errn ber 2Belt? 
 
> 
 
 I 2luf3ug. 2. Scene. 21 
 
 3)er gute ©cfyein nur i[t% toorauf fte toarten, 
 Urn lo^ulaffen auf bieg arme £anb 
 
 SDie toilben §orben ifyrer tfrteflegmad^t, ia*Xc**s P % ^*» 
 Sarin ju flatten mit beg (Sieger^ ffitfyttn \ 
 310 Unb unterm ©$ein gerec^ter ^u^tiflung p>:- 
 £)ie alien greifyeitgbriefe ju fceriilflen. 
 
 ©ertrub. 
 
 2#r feib and) Wanner, toiffet eure Sl^ct 
 
 3u fityren, unb bem Wutiflen fcilft ©ott ! r '*i**-*^ 
 
 etauffadjer- y*^ 
 
 D ffieib! gin furcr)tbar toiitenb ©cfyreefnig ift ' 
 315 35er £riefl ; bie §erbe fcfylaflt er unb ben §irten. 
 ©erirub/^ 
 grtraflen rnufc man, toag ber §immel fenbet; 
 UnbiHicjeg ertracjt lein ebleg §er$. 
 w^w^-^ \ .- stauffadjer. 
 SDteg §aug erfreut bt$, bag toir mn erbauten. 
 2)er Slrieg, ber unflefyeure, brenni eg nieber. 
 
 ©ertrub* ir ^yuAfViJ?. 
 
 320 SBfijjt' t$ mein §er^ an jeitlicfy ©ut flefeffelt, 
 Sen 93ranb toarf i<$ fyinein mit eigner §anb. 
 
 Stauffadjer, 
 S)u fllaubft an 2Renfc§Ud&Ieit ! @g fd&ont ber Slrieg 
 2Iu$ ni$t bag garte $inblein in ber SBiege. 
 
 t ©ertrub. 
 
 2)ie Unfcr)ulb fyat im §immel einen greunb! 
 325 — ©iefy fcortoartg, SBerner, unb nid^t Winter bi$! 
 
 ©tauffadjer* 
 
 2Bir Wanner fonnen tapfer fecr)tenb fterben; 
 
22 rDtlfj elm Cell. 
 
 2BeI$ ©cfytcffal aber it>trb ba3 eure fein? 
 
 2)te le£te SSafyt ftefyt au$ bem ©cfytoacfyften offen, 
 (gin ©prung fcon biefer 33riicfe mad)t mtd^ fret. 
 
 ©tattffarfjer (ftiirjt in i§re Sirme). 
 
 330 2Ber foI$ etn §er§ ap fetnen Sufen bruit, 
 
 SDer lann fur §erb unb §of mtt greuben fed^ten, 
 Unb feineS $omg§ §>eermatf)t furd^tet er — c&\a>%** 
 • 9fa$ Uri fal)r' t$ ftebnben $ufee3 gletcfy, 
 2)ort lebt etn ©aftfreunb mtr, £>err SBaltfyer gurft, 
 
 335 2)er itber biefe 3eiten ^ cn ^ *W i$. s^l^jl^^ j, £*>— 
 2lud^ ftnb* tcfy bort ben ebeln 33annerfyerrn 
 3Son 2lttingfyau£ — obgleicfy Don fyofyem ©tamm, f-^*" 
 Stebt er ba§ §Bol! unb efyrt bie alten ©itten. dx Q^U 
 9fttt tfynen beiben ^fleg* id) 9tat§, tuie man 
 
 340 2)er 2anbe§feinbe mutig ftcfy ertoefyrt — 
 
 Seb toofyl — unb, toeil \§ fern bin, ftifyre bu 
 9Kit flugem ©inn ba§ Regiment be3 §aufe§ — 
 $)em ^tlger, ber &um ©ottesfyaufe toattt, 
 SDem frommen Wonty, ber fiir fein Klofter fammelt, 
 
 345 ©ieb retcfylicfy unb entlaft tfm roofylgepflegt. 
 
 ©tauffa$er» §au§ feerbirgt ftcfy nicfyt. 3 U aufeerft 
 2lm offnen £>eertoeg ftefyt'8, ein VDtrttid^ £>a$ 
 giir aEe 2Banbrer, bie be£ 2Bege§ fafyren. 
 
 Snbem fie nad) bent .frtnterQrunb abgetjen, tritt 2Bili>eIm Sell tnit 
 SBaumgarten toorn auf bie Scene. 
 
 XtU (8u 23aumgarten). 
 
 3$r fyabt je$t meiner wetter nicfyt bonnoten. 
 350 3" i cnem §aufe gefyet ein; bort toofynt 
 
(• 2Iuf3ug. 3. Scene. 23 
 
 Set ©tauffacfyer, ein SSater ber Sebrangten. 
 
 — $0$ fiefy, ba ift er f etber — gfolgt mir, lommt ! 
 
 (©etyen auf i§n ju; bte ©cene rerwanbelt fidj.) 
 
 Dritte Scene* 
 
 Offentlic^cr <ptafc bet Stltorf. 
 
 Sluf einer Stnljolje int §intergrunb fteljt man cine gefte bauen, roeldje 
 fdjon fo toeit gebteljen, bag ftcf) bte gorm beS ©angcn barftellt 3)ie 
 Ijintere ©eitetft fertig, an ber Dorbern rotrb ebon gebaut, ba$ ®eriijte 
 pc^t nod), an roeldjem bic SSerfteute anf unb nicber ftetgen ; anf 
 bent f)od)ften 2)aa^ Ijangt ber ©d)icferbedfer — 2IKeS ift in SBetoegung 
 nnb Arbeit, 
 gron&ogt 9W c t ft c r ©teinnte^. ©efctten unb 
 §anblanger. 
 
 JJrontJogt 
 
 (tntt bem Stabe, treibt bte Wrbeiter). 
 yixtyt lang' gefeiert, frtfcfy ! 3Me 2Jiauerfteine 
 §erbei, ben i?ctlf, ben SJtortel &ugefafyren ! 
 355 2Benn ber §err Sanbfcogt lommt, ba| er ba£ 2Berf 
 ©eroacfyfen fiefyt — ®a§ fdjlenbert wie bte ©cfynecfen. 
 
 C8u 3h)ct £anbtangern, foeldje tragen.) 
 
 §eifct bag gelaben? ©lei$ ba§ ffio^elte ! 
 2Bie bte £agbiebe ifyre SpfKcfyt beftefylen! 
 
 Grfter (Befell. 
 2)a§ ift bod^ fyart, baft mir bie ©teine felbft 
 360 3 U unferm £roing unb Verier foEen fafyren! 
 gfrontoogt. 
 2Ba3 murret tyr? 2)a3 ift ein f^Ied&teS Soil, 
 
24 ZDtlfielm (Cell. 
 
 3u ni$t§ anfteEig, ate bag 33iefy $u melfen 
 Unb faul fyerum gu fcfylenbern auf ben 33ergen. 
 
 Sttter 2ttatm (ru&t aus). 
 3$ lann nicfyt mefyr. 
 
 JJrOtttHJgt (f^iittelt i$n). 
 
 grifcfc, alter, an bie SIrbeit! 
 ©rfter ©efett. .f^f*^ 
 
 365 §abt 3$t benn gar Icin ©ingetreib', bafc 3&* 
 SDen ©rete, ber laum ftcfy felber fc^leppen fann, 
 3um fatten gronbienft treibt? 
 
 2Rcifter ©teumte^ unb ©efeflen. 
 
 'J ift fyimmelf cfyreienb I 
 Srotrtogf. 
 
 <Sorgt ifyr fiir eu$; icfy ifyu', toaS meineS 2tmi3. 
 
 3mcitcr ©cfefl* 
 gtonfcogt, toie toirb bie gfefte benn ft$ nennen, 
 370 $ie fair ba baun? 
 
 Sfnrattogt. 
 
 3 to in g Uri foil fie fyeifeen; 
 3)enn unter biefeS 3°$ hnrb man eu$ beugen. 
 
 ©efettcit. 
 
 3toing Uri! 
 
 gfrotttoogt. 
 
 9iun, h>a§ gtebt'3 babei 311 lad^en? 
 3tt>eiter @efell, 
 •Kit biefem §au§Iein toottt 3fy* Uri ^toingen? 
 
 (Srfter ©efeu\ ^Jp 
 Safe fefyn, lute biel man folder 9ftaultourf3fyaufen 
 375 5Ku| iiber 'nanber fe^en, bis ein 23erg 
 
\. 21 uf 3 ug. 3. 5 cent. 25 
 
 2)rau§ toirb, ftne ber geringfte nur in Urt! 
 
 (£$front>ogt gel)t natf) bent ,£>tntergrunb.) 
 
 2tteifter ©teinme*?. 
 
 $)en jammer toerf idj in ben tiefften ©ee, 
 $)er mir gebient bet biefem glucfygebaube! 
 % e 1 1 unb ©tauffad&er fommen. 
 
 6tauffatf|er* 
 
 D, fyatf icfy nie gelebt, urn ba£ ^u flatten! 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 380 §ier ift ni$t gut fein. Safet un£ better gefyn. 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 SBin i$ ju Uri, in ber $reifyeit 2anb? 
 
 2fteifter ©teutme^. 
 
 D §err, toenn £# r We teller crft gefefyn 
 Unlet ben £urmen! ga, toer bie betoofynt, 
 2)er toirb ben §afyn ni$t fiirber Ird^en fyoren. 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 385 D ©ott! 
 
 ©efyt biefe glanfen, biefe ©trebepfeiler, 
 2)ie ftefyn, toie fur bie ©ftrigleit gebaut! 
 
 Sett. 
 
 28a§ §dnbe bauten, !onnen §dnbe ftiir^en. 
 
 0Ra# ben S9ergen jetgenb.) 
 
 2)a3 Qau% ber greifyeit I)at un3 ©ott gegriinbet. 
 
 Sttan f)5rt etne trommel, e§ fommen Ceute, bie etnen £ut auf etner Stange 
 tragen, etn 9lu8rufer folgt ifynen, 2Beiber unb tfinber bringen tumuU 
 tuarijd) na#. 
 
26 EHItjelm Cell, 
 
 (Srftcr ©cfcE. 
 390 2Bag toiU bte trommel? ©ebet a$tl 
 
 3Keiftcr Steinme*?. 
 
 2Ba3 fur 
 6tn gaftnacfytSauf&ug, unb toa$ fott ber §ut? 
 
 5lu3ruf tvjA**/*0^ 
 ^n beg SaiferS Sftamen! §oret! 
 ©cfeKctu 
 
 ©till bo# ! §orct ! 
 9lu#nifer. 
 
 Sfyr fel)et btefen §ut, -JKanner Don Uri! 
 SJufric^ten toirb man ifyn auf I)oI)er ©aule, 
 
 395 Sftitten in Slltorf, an bem fyocfyften Drt, 
 
 Unb biefeS ift be§ £anbfcogt§ 2BiIT unb SWeimmg: 
 2)em §ut foil gletcfye (Sfyre n>te tfym felbft gefcl^e^tu 
 3Jlan foil ifyn mtt gebognem $nie unb mit 
 (Sntblofctem §aupt berefyren — 2)aran toill 
 
 400 SDer $onig bte ©efyorfamen erfennen. 
 23erfaEen ift mit feinem £eib unb &ut 
 3)em $onige, toer ba§ ©ebot beracfytet. 
 
 ($)a§ Soil Ia$t Iaut auf, bte trommel toirb gerufyrt, fte getyett 
 tooriiber.) 
 
 (Srfter ®efeH. 
 
 9BeI$ neue3 UnerfyorteS fyat ber S3ogt 
 ©i$ au£gefonnen! 2Bir 'nen $ut fcerefyren! 
 405 ©agt! §at man je bernommen bon bergletd^en? 
 
 3fteifter Stemmed. 
 
 2Bir unfre $niee beugen einem §ut! 
 
 Sfcreibt er fein ©ptel mtt ernftfyaft tourb'gen Seuten? 
 
J. 21 uf 3 ug. 5. Scene. 27 
 
 <$rfter ®efett. 
 
 S5?ar'« no$ bie faiferlid^e $ron' ! ©o ift'3 
 S)er §ut bon Dfterret$ ; i<$ fafy ifyn fyangen 
 410 ttber bem Sfyron, too man bie Sefyen giebt! 
 
 Shifter Steinme^. 
 
 ®er §ut bon Dfterreicfy ! ®tht afyt, e3 ift 
 ©in gaQftricf, un3 an Dftreicfy ^u berraten! 
 
 (Sefetten. ^. ^ u ^X^ 
 $ein (Sfyrenmann toirb ftcfy ber (Scfymaaj bequemen. 
 
 2ftetfter (Stemmed £„ .*— *— ^ t^w*-*^ 
 $ommt, lafct un3 mit ben anbern 2lbreb' nefymen. 
 
 (Sie gefjen ncufc ber Xiefe.) 
 £eff (jum ©tauffad&er). 
 
 415 3i)t toiffet nun^gefc^eib. £ebt toofyl, §err SBerner! 
 ^ v fetauffadjer. 
 
 2Bo tootlt S^r tyin? D, eilt nid^t fo Don bannen! 
 
 Sett. 
 2Rein §au3 entbefyrt beg 23ater3. Sebet toofyl! 
 
 ;) ^ (©tauffarfjer. 
 
 9ftir ift ba§ §erj fo boll, mit @u$ &u reben. 
 
 Xefl. 
 2)a3 fcfytoere §erj toirb nicfyt bur$ 3Borte lei$t. 
 Siauffadjer. 
 420 $0$ fonnten SBorte un3 $u Sfyaten fiifyren. 
 
 £ea. 
 
 3Me ein^ge £fyat ift je$t ©ebulb unb Scfytoeigen. 
 
 etauffadjer. 
 (Soil man ertragen, toa§ unleiblid? ift? 
 
28 IDtltielm Cell. 
 
 2)ie fcfyneHen £errf$er ftnb'3, bie furj regieren. 
 
 — 2Benn fid§> ber $ofyn erfyebt au3 feinen ©cfyliinben, 
 425 2of$t man bie $euer au$, bie ©cfyiffe fucfyen xA^^^^ 
 
 @i(enb§ ben §afen, unb ber macfyt'ge ©eift 
 
 ©efyt ofyne ©cfyaben fyurloS iiber bie ©rb^,^ 
 n J 6in jeber lebe ftiU bet ficfy bafyeim ; 
 
 35em gfrieblicfyen getoafyrt man gem ben grieben. 
 
 (Stauffatfjer. 
 
 430 9Jteint ^r? 
 
 Die ©flange ftid&t nid&t ungerei&t. 
 ©ie toerben enblicfy bocfy toon felbft ermiiben, 
 2Benn fie bie Sanbe rufyig bleiben fefyn. 
 
 (Stauffac^er. 
 2Bir lonnten Die!, toenn fair jufammen ftimben. 
 
 Sett. 
 23eim ©d^iffbrud^ fyilft ber ©inline fi$ leister, 
 
 435 ©0 fait t>erla§t $f)r bie gemeine ©a$e? 
 
 ZtU. 
 gin jeber gafylt nur ftcfyer ; auf fid; felbft. 
 
 <5tauffa#er. 
 SSerbunb.en toerben au$ bie ©dfytoacfyen macfytig. 
 
 2)er ©tar!e ift am macfytigften allein. 
 
 Siauffadjer. 
 ©0 fann ba3 23aterlant> auf ®ud) nicfyt ^d^Ien, 
 440 2Benn e3 fcer^tociflungSfcoll jur -Kottoefyr greift? 
 
 1 ,*/U**Ua 
 
\. 21uf3ug. 3. Scene. 29 
 
 £ett (giebt itjm bic £anb). 
 
 2)er 5£eIT fyolt ein fcerlorneS Samm fcom Slbgrunb ^c^U^^^ , 
 Unb foHte feinen greunben fid§> entjiefyen? --^Mx^r 
 2)0$, toa£ ifyr tfyut, lafet midj au§ eurem Slat, 
 3d; lann nic^t lange priifen ober tt>d^Ien ; k*v~*^ ^ 
 445 Sebiirft il)r meiner ju beftimmter £fyat, 
 
 2)ann ruft ben £eH, e3 foH an mir nicfyt fefylen. 
 
 (®ef)en ab 311 berfcfytebenen Setten. (Sin ptofctidjer Wuflauf entfletjt urn 
 t>a% ©erufte.) 
 
 2Jietfter Stemmed (eta&tn). 
 
 2Ba3 fliebt'«? 
 
 (grfter ©efett (fommt oor, rufenb). 
 
 ®er ©c^ieferbecfer ift bom ®acfy geftiir^t. 
 SBerttja mit ©efolge. 
 Sert^a (ftttrjt herein). 
 
 3ft er jerf d^mettert ? dimnzt, rettet, fyelft — 
 450 2Benn igilfe moglicfy, rettet, fyier ift ©olb — - 
 
 (2Birft il)r ©efcfcmeibe untcr t>a$ SSolt.) 
 
 3tteifter. 
 
 3Mit ©urern ©olbe — SlHeS ift @u$ feil 
 Urn ©olb; toenn 3^ r ben SSater fcon ben Sinbem 
 ©eriffen unb ben Warm toon feinem SBeibe, 
 Unb 3 ammer &<*&* gebracfyt ttber bie 2Belt, 
 455 ®enlt g$r'3 mit ©olbe §u fcergiiten — ©efyt ! 
 2Bir toaren frofye SJknfcfyen, e^ 3^ r * am t; 
 3Kit @ud) ift bie $e r *to^ung einge^ogen. 
 
 JBert^d (ju bcm gromjoatj ber juriidtfommt). 
 
 Ztht er? 
 
 (f5front)0Qt Qtebt ein #eut)en be§ ©egenteilS.) 
 
30 lDUi?eim (Tell. 
 
 D unglitcffePgeS ©d^ 
 ©rbaut, unb gliid^e toerben bid) betoofynen ! 
 
 D unglitdffePgeS ©cfyloft, mit gluten * 
 
 (®e$t ab.) 
 
 XJterte Scene , 
 SBattfjer gitrfts SBofntung. 
 
 SBaltfyergiirft unb 21 r n o t b D o m 9ft e 1 cf) 1 1) a f tretcn gugleid) 
 ein Don Derfdjiebenen @eiten. 
 
 •teWfttf, 
 
 4 6o §err SBaltfyer giirfi — 
 
 SSal^er gfftrf*. 
 
 28enn man un§ iiberraf$te! 
 Sleibt, too 3$t f^« 3B^ r f™b umringt Don ©pdfyern. 
 
 Sringt 3$r mir nt$t3 Don Untertoalben ? nidE)tS 
 SSon nteinem 33ater? -Jiicfyt ertrag' icfy'3 langer, 
 2118 ein ©efangner miifcig ^>ier ju Itegen. 
 
 465 2Ba§ fyab' i$ benn fo <Strdflid^e§ getfyan, 
 Urn mi$ gleicfy einem SRorber ju berbergen? 
 2)em frecfyen 33uben, ber bie Deafen mir, 
 2)a§ trefflicfyfte ©efyann, Dor meinen Slugen 
 2Beg toollte treiben auf be3 33ogt§ ©efyeifc, 
 
 470 §ab' icfy ben finger mit bem Btah gebrocfyen. 
 SBaltljer gurft* 
 3#r fetb ^u raf$. SDer 33ube toar be£ 23ogtS; 
 33on (Surer Dbrigfeit toar er gefenbet. 
 2#r toart in ©fraf gefaEen, mufctet @u$, 
 2Bie fd^toer fie toar, ber 33uf$e fcfytoeigenb fiigen. 
 
 A 
 
I 2Juf3ug. <*. Scent. 31 
 
 475 @rtragen fottt' id) bic leic&tferfge Sebe 
 
 3)e3 Unfcerfcfydmten : „28enn ber Sauer 23rob 
 2Bottf effen, mog' er felbft am $fluge aiefyn!" 
 $n bie ©eele fcfynitt mir% al§ ber Sub bie Dcfyfen, 
 3Jt< fcfyonen £iere, fcon bem ^fluge tyannte; 
 
 480 2)um!pf briittten fie, al3 fatten fie ©efiifyl 
 2)er Ungemifr^, unb ftiefcen mit ben foment; 
 ®a iibernafym mid) ber gered)te ,3 orrt ' 
 Unb meiner felbft mdjt §err, f$lug id) ben Soten. 
 
 aSoltftcr fturft- 
 D, faum begroingen hrir ba3 eigne §er^ ; 
 
 485 2Bie foil bie rafctye S"9 en ^ P^ be^d^men! 
 
 9Jtt$ jammert nur ber SSater — Sr bebarf 
 ©0 fefyr ber ^ftege, unb fein (SoEm ift fern. 
 $)er SSogt ift if)m gefydffig, tt>eil er ftets 
 %ixx SKecfyt unb $reibett reblidf) I)at geftritten. 
 490 ®rum roerben fie ben alten 9TOann bebrdngen, 
 Unb niemanb ift, ber ifyn Dor Unglimpf \d)ii$t. 
 — SBerbe mit mir, roa3 mitt, id) mufc fyiniiber. 
 
 Salter gfftrfl. 
 
 ©rroartet nur unb faftt @ud) in ©ebulb, 
 33i3 9tad)rid)t un§ fyeriiberfommt bom 2BaIbe. 
 495 — 34 fy^re Hopfen, gefjt — 33iellei$t ein 33ote 
 $om Sanbbogt — ©eF>t fyinein — 3#r feib in Uri 
 ;Jiid)t fid)er fcor be3 2anbenberger§ 9lrm; 
 Qtrm bie Styrannen reicfyen ficfy bie §dnbe. 
 
 WltWW. 
 
 ©ie le^ren \m%, roa$ roir tfyun fottten. 
 
32 H> tilt elm (Cell. 
 
 SBaltfjcr 8f§rff. 
 
 ©e^t! 
 
 500 3$ ruf ®u$ roieber, roenn'3 fyier fid^er ift. 
 (9Jletd)tt)at gef)t fytnetn.) 
 2)er Ungliicffeltge, idfj barf tfym nicfyt 
 ©eftefyen, toaS mir 93ofe3 fd&roant — 98er Ilotft? 
 ©0 oft bie Satire rciufd^t, ertoart' id) Ungludf. 
 SSerrat unb Strgtoofyn laufcfyt in alien (Scfen; 
 
 505 33i3 in ba§ ^nnerfte ber §aufer bringen 
 3)ie 33oten ber ©etoalt; balb tfyat' e3 not, 
 2Bir fatten Scfyloft unb Jliegel an ben Sfyiiren. 
 
 (@r fiffnet unb tritt erftaunt gurud , ha SBcrncr @ t a u f f a d) n 
 ^ereitttrttt.) 
 
 2Ba3 f# id)? 3^r, §err SBerner! Stun, bet ©ott! 
 (Sin roerter, teurer ©aft — $ein bearer SRann 
 510 -3ft itber biefe ©cfytoeEe nod; gegansen. 
 ©etb I)odf) roiUfommen unter meinem £)acfy ! 
 2Ba$ fityri @ucfy fyer? 2Ba3 fucfyt ^x ijxtx in Uri? 
 
 ©tailffadjer (i$m bie £cmb reid&enb). 
 
 SDie alten 3 e ^ en un ^ ^ e a ^ e ©cfyroeia. 
 SSaityer prft. 
 
 2)ie bringt g^r mit (£u$ — ©iefy, mir roirb fo toofyl, 
 515 Sffiarm gel)t ba3 §er§ mir auf Bet @urem 2tnblicf. 
 
 — ©e£t @u$, £>err SBerner — 2Bie t>erltefeet 2$r 
 
 grau ©ertrub, (Sure angenefyme 2Birtin, 
 
 5De3 roetfen 3berg§ I)od)t>erftanb'ge Stouter? 
 
 SSon aHen SSanbrem au3 bem beutfcfyen Sanb, 
 520 SDie iiber 3D^inrab§ £tft nad) 2BeIf$Ianb fafyren, 
 
 9tiil)mt jeber 6uer gaftlicfy §au3 — £)ocfy fagt, 
 
 Sommt ^br fo eben frifcfy Don gliielen fyer 
 
I 2luf3ug. <$. Scene. 33 
 
 Unb fyabt @ud) nirgenb fonft nod) umgefefyn, 
 @fy' 3# r ^ en 5 U 6 9 e f e ^ au f kiefe ©cfytoeUe? 
 ©tauffadjcr (fefet ft$). 
 525 SBofyl ein erftaunltdj neue§ 2Berf fyab* id) 
 33ereiten fefyen, ba3 micfy ni$i erfreute. 
 
 2Baltt)er giirft, 
 
 D greunb, ba fyabt 3$r'g gletd^ mit ein em 93Hcfe! 
 
 ©tauffacfycr, 
 6tn foId£)e3 tft in Uri nie getoefen — 
 Seit 9Jienfd;enbenfen Wax fein 3^ir>incj^of fyier, 
 530 Unb feft toar feine 2Bofynung aH ba§ ©rab. 
 
 SBaltljcr gitrft, 
 
 ©n ©rab ber greifyeit ift'3. 3# r nennt'3 mit Sftamen. 
 
 ©tauffad)ei\ 
 §err 28altl)er $urft, id) totH @u$ ni$t fcerfyalten, 
 9ft$t eine miifc'ge 5fteugier fiifyrt mid) fyer; 
 Wild) briicfen fcfytoere ©orgen — 3)rangfal fyab' id) 
 
 535 3 U § au $ berlaffen, ®rangfal finb' id) fyter. 
 3)enn ganj unleibltcfy ift'3, Wa$ Wix erbulben, 
 Unb biefe£ 2)range3 ift fein $tel ju fefyn. 
 grei Wax ber ©$ft>ei§er Don uralterS fyer, 
 SBir finb'S getoofynt, bafc man un3 gut begegnet. 
 
 540 Sin folded toar fan Sanbe nie erlebt, 
 
 ©clang' ein §irte trteb auf biefen Sergen. 
 
 2Battl)er prft 
 
 Jja, e§ ift ofyne SSetfyiel, tote fte'3 ireiben! 
 2luc^ unfer ebler §err fcon Slttingfyaufen, 
 ®er nod) bie alten 3etott fa* g^Wn, 
 545 SReint felber, e£ fei nid^t mefyr ^u ertragen. 
 
34 UHlfjelm Cell. 
 
 ©iauffacfyer* 
 
 2Tu$ briiben unterm 2BaIb gefyt 6$toere3 Dor, 
 Unb blutig toirb'S gebiifct — ®er SBoIfenfc^te^en, 
 2)e§ ^aifer^ 93ogt, ber auf bem Jlofcberg fyaufte, 
 ©eliiften irug er nacfy Derbotner $xu<fyt; 
 550 23aumgarten§ 2Beib, ber fyau^balt ju Snellen, 
 5fi5oHt ) er $u freezer Ungebiifyr miftbraud;en, 
 Unb.mit ber 2lr,t fyat ifyn ber SWann erfcr)lagen. 
 
 SBaltfjer ftiirft. 
 
 D, bie ©ertcfyte ©otteS finb gered;t! 
 — - SBaumgarten, fagt 3tyr? @in befdjeibner 3Jtann! 
 555 @r ift gerettet bo$ unb toofyl geborgen ? 
 
 <2tauffatfyer. 
 
 @uer ©ibam fyat ifyn tibern ©ee gefliid^tet; 
 33ei mir $u ©teinen ^alt' i$ ifyn Derborgen — 
 — 9locfy ©reuli$er3 fyat mir berfelbe -Biann 
 33eri$tet, toa3 &u <5arnen ift gefefyefyn; 
 560 2)a3 §er$ muft jebem Siebermanne bluten. 
 
 SSalt^Cr gittft (aufmcrrfam). 
 
 ©agt an, toaS tft'3? 
 
 Stauffar^er. 
 3m 9JleI$tfyal, ba, too man 
 ©ntritt bei $ern§, toofynt ein gerecfyter 2Rann, 
 6ie nennen ifyn ben §einrt$ Don ber § a lb en, 
 Unb feine ©timm' gilt toa§> in ber ©emeinbe. 
 
 2$altl)er |irfr 
 
 565 9Ber lennt ityn ntd&t! 2Ba§ tfft mit tym? 2Menbet! 
 
 Stauffacfjer. 
 
 £)er Sanbenberger bitftte feinen <&o\)n 
 
k 2luf3U($. <fc. Scene. 35 
 
 Urn Heinen $efyler§ toiHen, lieft bie Deafen, 
 2)a§ befte $aar, ifym and bem $fluge fyannen; 
 SDa f$Iug ber Snab' ben $ne$t unb ftmrbe flud)tig. 
 
 SBaltljer 5?iirft (in ttyftac ©pannung). 
 
 570 2)er Sater aber — fagt, tote [test's urn ben ? 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 2)en 33ater Iaftt ber Sanbenberger forbern, 
 gur ©telle fcfyaffen foil er ibm ben ©ofyn, 
 Unb ba ber alte 5Wann nut SBafyrfyett fc^mort, 
 6r fyabe fcon bem ^liidjtftng leine $unbe, 
 575 Da Icifct ber SSogt bie golterfnecfyte lommen — 
 
 2BaWjcr gffep 
 
 (fpringt auf unb mill if)n auf bie anbere Seite futyren). 
 D, [tin, ni$t§ mefyr! 
 
 @taitffad)er (mit fteigenbem Son). 
 
 „3ft tnir ber ©ofyn entgangen, 
 ©0 fyab' i$ bid)!" — Safct il)n 311 33oben toerfen, 
 3)en fri^gen Stafyl ifym in bie 2tugen bofyren — 
 
 a»altfter gurft. 
 
 Sarmfyerj'ger igimmel! 
 
 Wltlfitfial (fturjt ^erau§). 
 
 3n bie Slugen, fagt 3$tt 
 
 Stattffadjer (erftaimt au 2Baltt>er gfflrft). 
 
 580 2Ber i(t ber Swngling? 
 
 (fait if)tt mit frampf Rafter £eftigfett). 
 
 3n bie Slugen? SHebet ! 
 
36 HJtlitelm Cell. 
 
 SBaltyer giirft. 
 D ber $Beiammern3tourbige ! 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 <ffier iftf? 
 
 (2)a 2BaItt)cr fjiirft if)m ein geicfcen fitebt.) 
 
 £)er ©ofyn iff*? Slttgere^ter ©ott! 
 
 VtelfttiaL 
 
 Unb tdfr 
 3Jtufc feme f ein ! — !gn f e * ne Beiben 2lugen? 
 
 2BaltI>er ftiirft. 
 $e§ioinget Sucfy ! ©rtragt e£ tote ein 3Jlann ! 
 ajlelfttyat. 
 
 585 Urn tneiner ©cfyulb, urn meine3 greoels totllen! 
 — SKnbalfo? AaBU} blinb, unb gan^ geblenbet? 
 
 ©tauffadjer* 
 %<$ fagt'3. 2)er Duett be3 6efyn§ ift auSgefloffen, 
 £>a3 2\tf)t ber ©onne fcfyaut er memate toieber. 
 
 gBaltljer Sitrft. 
 
 ©$ont feine§ ©c^rner^en^! 
 
 2ttelcWal- 
 
 5Rtemal§ ! mentals toieber I 
 
 (Sr briitft bte ©anb Dor btc Slugcn unb fdjtoeigt eintge 2ftomente, 
 bann tuenbet er ftdj bon bent einen ju bent anbern unb fpric^t ntit 
 
 fanfter, Don £l)ranen erfticfter ©ttmme.) 
 
 590 /D, etne eble £>imntel3gabe ift 
 
 1 ®a§ £ttf>t be3 2tuge§ — 2ttte SBefen leben 
 Som Sid&te, jebe3 glticfticfye ©efdjofcf — 
 £)te ^flan^e felbft fefyrt freubig ftcfy %um £i$te. 
 Unb er muft ftijen, fiifylenb, in ber yiatyt, 
 
{. 21 uf 3 ug. 4. Sctm. 37 
 
 595 S m ^9 $inftern — ^ n erquicft nicfyt mefyr 
 
 ®er fatten toarme§ ©run, ber SBlumen ©d;mel&; 
 2)ie roten gimen !ann er nid^t mefyr fcfyauen — 
 ©terben ift mcfjtS — bo$ leben unb nicfyt fefyen, 
 2)a3 ift ein Ungliicf — SBarum fe^>t ifyr micfy 
 
 600 ©0 jammernb an? %<fy fyaV ftvci frifd^e 2lugen 
 Unb !ann bem bltnben S3ater feineS geben, 
 9iid)t einen ©dimmer bon bem 3Keer be3 2icfyt3, 
 2)a§ glanjboll, blenbenb mir in$ 2luge bringt. 
 
 (Stauffaetyer. 
 
 21$, tdj muft @uren 3> amme * nofy bergroftern, 
 605 ©tatt ifyn &u fyeilen — @r bebarf nocfy mel)r ! 
 Qznn atte^ fyat ber Sanbbogt tfym geraubt; 
 SRicfytS Ijat er ifym gelaffen aU ben ©tab, 
 Urn nacft unb blinb bon SCfyiir ju %fyiix &u toanbern. 
 
 SReldjtfjal. 
 
 TOcfytS al3 ben ©tab bem augenlofen ©rete! 
 610 2lHe§ geraubt unb aucfy ba3 2i$t ber ©onne, 
 
 2)e3 Strmften atlgemeineS ®ut — 3 e §* re ^ e 
 
 9Kir feiner mefyr bon Sleiben, bon SBerbergen! 
 
 2Ba3 fur ein feiger ©lenber bin icfy, 
 
 ®afc id) auf meine ©id^er^eit gebacfyt 
 615 Unb ntcfyt auf beine! — T>ein geliebteS §aupt 
 
 2113 $fanb gelaffen in be3 2Butricfy3 §anben! 
 
 geigfyers'ge 33orfi$t, fafyre fyin — 2luf nicfytS 
 
 2113 blutige SBergeltung toill idfy benfen. 
 
 §imiber toiH icfy — Reiner foH mi$ fyalten — 
 620 2)e3 33ater§ 2luge bon bem Sanbbogt forbem — 
 
 2lu§ alien feinen 9tetfigen I)erau3 
 
 2BiH icfy ifyn finben — -JticfytS Iiegt mir am Seben, 
 
38 HH Helm Cell. 
 
 2Bemt xij ben fyeifcen, ungefyeuren ©d^mer^ 
 3>n feinem £eben£blute fiifyle. 
 
 (<£r tuitt ge^en.) 
 
 Baltfitx Stirft- 
 - Sleibt! 
 
 625 2Ba3 fonnt 2$ r 9 e 9 en ify n ? @* f l fc* 8 U ©arnen 
 Sluf feiner fyofyen §errenburg unb fyottet 
 Dfynmadfyt'gen 3 orn ^ * n f^iner ftd^ern fjeftc. 
 
 Strftttttl; 
 
 Unb toolmt' .sj broben auf bem (SiSpalaft 
 
 2)e§ ©cfyrecffyornS ober fyofyer, too bte 3 u n g f r a u 
 
 630 ©eit (Stotgfeit t>erfd^Iexert ftfct — id) mad^e 
 Wxx $5ai)n &u tfym; mit gtoanjtg Sitngltngen, 
 ©eftnnt tote t$, jerbrecfy' icfy feine gefte. 
 Unb toenn mir niemanb folgt, unb toenn il)r aHe, 
 gitr eure Jputten bang unb eure §erben, 
 
 635 @u$ bem 2tyrannenjocfye beugt — bte §irten 
 3BUJ icfy &ufammenrufen im ©ebtrg, 
 Sort, unterm freten §immelsba$e, too 
 2)er ©inn no$ frifcfy ift unb ba3 §erj gefunb, 
 2)a3 ungefyeuer ©rafelicfye erjcifylen. 
 
 ©tattffa^et (jii SBaltljer g-firft). 
 
 640 (S3 tft auf fetnem ©ipfel — SBoffen toir 
 grtoarten, big ba§ Sufcerfte — 
 
 3ReW&tl>aI* 
 
 2BeI<^ $ufcerfte§ 
 3ft nocfy gu furd^ten, toenn ber ©tern be3 2luge3 
 3n feiner §ofyle ntd^t mefyr ftcfyer tft? 
 — ©inb toir benn toefyrto§? SBo^u lernten toir 
 645 2>ie 2lrmbruft fyannen unb bte fcfytoere SBud&t 
 
*. 21 u f 3 it g. <*. S c e n e. 39 
 
 Der ©treitast fcfytoingen? 2>ebem SBefen toarb 
 ©in 5Rotgetoel)r in ber 33er§toeifhmg3angft. 
 @3 ftetft fid; ber erfcfyopfte §irfd) unb ^eigi 
 Set !IRcute fetn gefiircfyteteS ©etoeify, 
 
 650 ®ie ©einfe reifct ben imager in ben 2lbgrunb — 
 ®er ^flugftier felbft, ber fanfte §au3genofe 
 3)e§ 9Jtenfd;en, ber bie ungefyeure Rraft 
 2)e3 §alfe§ bulbfam unterS $0$ gebogen, 
 ©pringt auf, gereigt, toetjt fein getoaltig §orn 
 
 655 Unb fd^Ieubert feinen geinb ben SSoIfen ju. 
 
 SBalttyer gurft. 
 
 SBenn bie brei Sanbe batten tote toir brei, 
 ©0 molten toir fcieHeicfyt ettoaS toermogen. 
 
 6tauffad)cr. 
 
 SBenn Uri ruft, toenn Untertoalben fyilft, 
 5Der ©cfytoty$er toirb bie atten 33unbe efyren. 
 
 660 ©rofc ift in Untertoalben meine greunbfcfyaft, 
 
 Unb jeber toagt mit gfreuben £eib unb Slut, 
 
 2Benn er am anbern einen j Studfen fyat 
 
 Unb ©cfyirm — D fromme SSater biefeS SanbeSI 
 
 3$ ftefye nur ein Angling Jtoifc&en eucfy, 
 665 $)en Sielerfafyrnen — meine ©timme mufc 
 
 Sefcfyeiben fcfytoeigen in ber £anb£gemeinbe. 
 
 Sftcfyt, toeit vi) jung bin unb nicfyt Die! erlebte, 
 
 SSerad^tet meinen Stat unb meine 3iebe; 
 
 9l\d)t Iiiftern jugenbUcfyeS Slut, micfy treibt 
 670 2)e§ fyodjften jammers fd^mer^ltd^e ©etoalt, 
 
 2Ba§ aucfy ben ©tein be3 gelfen mufj erbarmen. 
 
 3Sfyr felbft feib Setter, §aupter eineS §aufe3, 
 
40 XOxlkclm Cell. 
 
 Unb toiinfcfyt eu$ einen tugenbfyaften ©ofyn, 
 2)er eure3 £>aupte§ fyeiPge Soden cf?re 
 
 675 Unb eu$ ben ©tern be3 2luge3 fromm betoacfye. 
 D, toeil xf)x felbft an eurem Seib unb ©ut 
 92o$ nid;t3 ertitten, eure Stugen fu$ 
 SRoc^ frifcfy unb fyell in ifyren $reifen regen, 
 So fei eucfy barum unfre Slot nicfyt fremb. 
 
 680 2ludj iiber eucfy fydngt ba3 2^rannenf$toert, 
 igfyr fyabt ba§ Sanb fcon Sftreid; abgetoenbet; 
 Sein anbereS toar tneineS 33ater§ Unrest, 
 2$r feib in gleicfyer 9Kitf$uIb unb 3Serbammni3. 
 
 6tattffaif)Cr (ju 2BaIt§er giirft). 
 
 33ef$Iiefeet !gfyr! 3$ tin bereit, $u folgen. 
 SSalt^er gurft- 
 685 SBir toollen fyoren, toaS bie ebeln §errn 
 33on ©iftinen, bon Slttingfyaufen raten — 
 gfyr 9?ame, benf i$, toirb un§ greunbe toerben. 
 
 2Bo ift ein 3Zaine in bem 2Balbgebirg 
 gfyrtoiirbiger alg (Surer unb ber (Sure? 
 
 690 2ln folder ^amen ed^te -IBdfyrung glaubt 
 3)a3 SSoIf, fie I)aben guten $lang im Sanbe. 
 3$f ^abt ein rei$e3 @rb' fcon SSdtertugenb 
 Unb l)abt e3 felber reicfy fcermefyrt — 2Ba£ braud^t'3 
 2)e3 ©belmannS? Safety un§ aHein fcoftenben! 
 
 695 SBdren fair bocfy aHein im Sanb! gd; meine, 
 2Bir toottten un3 f$on felbft $u fdjirmen toiffen. 
 
 Stauffatfjer* 
 
 2)ie ©beln brdngt nid)t gletcfye SRot mit un3; 
 SDer (Strom, ber in ben Weberungen toiitet, 
 
t, 21nf3iig. 4. Seen*. 41 
 
 23i£ je£t I)at er bie &6i)t\ nocfy ni$t erreid^t — 
 700 2)o$ ifyre Jgilfe toirb un§ nidbt entftefyn, 
 2Benn fie ba§ Sanb in SBaffen erft erblicfen. 
 
 SBattljcr gfftrfU 
 
 SBdre ein Dbmann jtoifcfyen un§ unb Sftreidj), 
 ©0 module Sftecfyt entfcfyeiben unb ©efe£. 
 £0$ ber un3 unterbriidt, ift unfer $aifer 
 705 Unb fyocfyfter 9ttd)ter — fo muft © p tt un3 £; e I f e n 
 2) u r d) u n f e r n 21 r m — Srf orf $et 3 fy * bie SRdnner 
 Son ©d;to%, id? toift in llri $reunbe toerben; 
 • 2Ben aber fenben toir nad; Untertoalben ? — 
 
 9Re{djtfja(. 
 ■Dlidj fenbet fyin — 2Bem lag' e3 ndfyer an — 
 
 f^^j J gSoltfrcr giirft, 
 
 '710 §4 -0w§ nid;t ju ; 2#r f e & m *w ©<*ft/ i$ tttufc 
 giir (Sure (sicfyerfyeit getodbren! 
 
 SReMMal. 
 
 Safet tni$! 
 £)ie <5$Ii$e fenn* id; unb bie gelfenftetge ; 
 2tu$ greunbe finb' id) gnug, bie mi$ bem geinb 
 SSerfyefylen unb ein Dbbad) gem getodfyren. 
 ©tauffac^er* 
 715 Safct il)n mit ©ott fyiniiber geljn ! SDort britben 
 3ft fein 33errdter — ©0 berabfd)eut ift 
 ®ie 2tyrannei, baft fie lein SEerf^eug finbet. 
 2tudf) ber feller foE un8 nib bem 2SaIb 
 ©enoffen toerben unb ba§ Sanb erregen, 
 
 Wetdjtftal. 
 
 720 2Bte bringen ftnr un3 ftcfyre Sunbe ju, 
 
 2)a{$ toir ben 2lrgft>ofyn ber 2tyrannen tauffitn? 
 
42 IP tit] elm Cell. 
 
 er. 
 
 3Btr fonnten \m$ $u $$Tunntn ober £reib 
 aSerfammeln, tt>o bie ilaufmannSj'cfyiffe lanben. 
 
 SBaltfjer gitrft. 
 
 ©o offen biirfen fair bag SBerf ni$t treiben. 
 
 725 — §ort meine -JJleinung : SinfS am ©ee, toenn man 
 9la<fy SBrunnen fafyrt, bem -Dtytfyenftein grab' itber, 
 £iegt eine 9Jtatte fyeimli$ im ©efydl&, 
 2)a§ Slut It fyeifct fie bet bem SSolf ber §irten, 
 SBeil bort bie SBalbung au^gereutet toarb, 
 
 730 2)ort ift'§, too unfre Sanbmarf unb bie Sure 
 
 (£u gRettMal) 
 
 3ufammengren§en, unb in farmer gafyrt 
 
 ($u ©tauffa^er) 
 
 £ragt ©u$ ber letcfyte Rafyn Don 6<$tltyj fyeruber. 
 3luf oben $faben fonnen fair bafyin 
 Set SWad^t^ett toanbern unb un3 [till beraten. 
 735 2)afyin mag jeber jefyn fcertraute Scanner 
 •Btitbringen, bie fyerjeinig ftnb mit un§, 
 ©0 fonnen rotr gemeinfam ba£ ©emeine 
 aSefpred^en unb mit ©ott e§ frifd^ befcpe&en. 
 
 Stauffarfjer, 
 
 ©0 fei'3 ! ige^t retcfyt mir 6ure biebre 9lttf)U, 
 740 3let$t $fyr bie @ure l)er, unb fo toie fair 
 2) ret banner je£o unter un§ bie §anbe 
 gufammenflecfyten, reblid^, ofyne ftatftf), 
 ©0 roollen ftrir brei San ber aucfy $u ©$u$ 
 Unb £ru$ &u|ammenftefyn auf Sob unb Seben! 
 
j. 2luf3ug. 4. Scene. 43 
 
 233altl)cr gitrft unb gWeldMal. 
 745 2tuf £ob unb Seben! 
 
 (@ie Ijalten bie §anbe uod) einige ^aufeu lang gufammcngejlod^tcn 
 unb fdjtoeigen.) 
 
 mama. 
 
 Slinber, alter SSater! 
 S)u fannft ben Sag ber greifyeit nicfyt mefyr fcfyauen; 
 £)u fotlfi ifyn fyoren — 2Benn toon SCIj> ju 2lty 
 3Me ^euerjeid^en flammenb fi$ erfyeben, 
 2)ie feften ©cfyloffer ber 2tyrannen fallen, 
 750 3 n ^ e ^ ne (WU foB ber ©cfytoeijer fallen, 
 3u betnem Dfyr bie greubenfunbe tragen, 
 Unb fyeH in beiner 9ta$i foil e§ btr iagen! 
 
 (6ie geljen auSeinanber.) 
 
$mntn jJfrxtfjug* 
 
 (£rfte Scene. 
 
 Sbetfyof be§ SfreUjerrn Don Sitting f)cm[en. 
 
 (Sin gotifdjer @aat, ntit SBatobenfdjilbern unb §elmen oergiert. 2) e r 
 greiljerr, cin ©rei« toon funfunbad^tjtg 3>al)ren, oon fyoljer, ebler 
 ©tatur, an cincm ©taoe, toorauf ein ©emfenljom, nnb in cin 
 ^etsnmms gefleibet. $ it o n i unb nod) f e d) 3 $ n e d) t e ftefyen nm 
 ifyn l)er ntit Sftedjen unb @enfen. — U 1 r t d) n 9* u b e n 3 tritt ein 
 in Sftitterfletbung. 
 
 §ier bin i$, Dtyeim — 2Ba3 ift ®uer SBide? 
 
 ©rlaubt, bafe icfy na$ altem §au§g,ebrau$ 
 755 3)en gfriifyirunf erft mit tneinen $ne$ten teile. 
 
 (6r trinft au3 einem $8e<$er, ber bann in hex IReuje IjemntQc^t.) 
 
 ©onft tear id) felber mtt in $elb unb 2Balb, 
 
 SFlit meinem 2tuge ifyren $leij$ regierenb, 
 
 2Bie fie mein Sanner fiifyrte in ber ©cfylacfyt; 
 
 3>e$t fann i$ ntcfytS mefyr, al§ ben ©cfyaffner madden, 
 760 Unb fommt bie toarme ©onne nicfyt $u tnir, 
 
 3$ lann fie ntcfyt mefyr fucfyen auf ben 93ergen. 
 
 Unb fo in enger ftets unb engerm $rei£, 
 
 SSehjeg' i$ Tnicfy bem engeften unb le^ten, 
 
 2£o aHe§ Seben ftttt ftefyt, langfam ju. 
 765 SKein ©fatten bin icfy nur, balb nur mein -Jtame. 
 
2. 71 uf 3 ug. \. Scene. 45 
 
 Sinoni (jit SRubenj mit bem 93e$er). 
 
 3$ Brittfl'S @u$, 3unfer. 
 
 (SSa Wubcna jaubert, ben Sc^er 3U nef)tnen.) 
 
 Srinfet frifd&l @3 gefyt 
 2tu3 einem Seeder unb au3 einem §er$en. 
 
 Vttittgtaitfett* 
 
 ©efyt, $inber, unb toenn'3 geierabenb ift, 
 2)ann reben fair aucfy bon beg 2anb3 ©efefyaften. 
 
 (Jtuetite oe()en ab.) 
 
 21 1 1 i it g f) a u | c n unb 9t it b e it j. 
 Sitting!) auf en. 
 770 3$ M e ^^ gegiirtet unb geriiftet, 
 
 2)u toitlft nacfy 2lItorf in bte £errenburg? 
 
 JHubcn^ 
 
 8a, Dljeim, unb i$ barf ntd^t langer fdumen — 
 5ltting^aufcn (fe^t m. 
 
 §aft bu'3 fo etlig? 2Bie? 3ft beiner Sugenb 
 2)ie 3eit fo farg gemeffen, baft bu fte 
 775 3ln beinem alien Dfyeim muftt erfparen? 
 
 JWubcnj. 
 
 3$ fefye, baft 3*) r tneiner nidjt beburft, 
 3$ bin em grembling nur in biefem §aufe. 
 
 Sttttngljaufett 
 
 (I)at t()tt lange mit ben 9ltujen oemuftert). 
 
 ga, leiber bift bu'3. Seiber ift bie §eimat 
 3ur grembe bit getoorben ! — Uli ! Uli ! 
 780 3$ * enne bid) nid^t tnefyr. 3 n ©etbe prangft bu, 
 
46 UHlljelm Cell. 
 
 S)ic ^fauenfeber tragft bu ftolj jur ©cfyau 
 Unb fcfylagft ben $urpurmantel urn bie ©cfyultern; 
 2)en Sanbmann blicfft bu mit Seracfytung an 
 Unb fd^amft bicfy feiner traultd^en 33egriiftung. 
 
 *Jtobeits. 
 
 785 ®ie @fyr', bie ifym gebufyrt, geb' i$ ifym gem; 
 2)a3 9te$t, ba3 er fi$ nimmt, bertpeigr' i$ ifym. 
 
 Stttingljaufeit. 
 
 2)a3 gan^e £anb liegt unterm fcfytoeren ftoxn 
 2)e3 $5nig3 — $ebe§ StebertnanneS §er$ 
 3ft fummerfcotl ob ber ttyrannifcfyen ©etoalt, 
 
 790 £)ie fair erbulben — 2)i$ aHein rii^rt nicfyt 
 2)er aHgemeine ©camera — SDi$ fte^et man 
 2lbtrunntg fcon ben 3)einen auf ber ©eite 
 2)eS 2anbe3feinbe3 ftefyen, unfrer 9lot 
 ^ofynfyrecfyenb, na$ ber Ieicfyten greube jagen 
 
 795 Unb bufylen urn bie $iirftengunft, inbeS 
 2)ein SSaterlanb Don fcfytoerer ©eifeel blutet. 
 
 Rrta*. 
 
 S)a3 Sanb ift fcfytoer bebrangi — SBarum, mein Dfyeim? 
 
 2Ber iff*, ber e§ geftur$t in biefe 3lot? 
 
 63 foftete ein einjig teicfyteS 2Bort, 
 800 Urn augenblicfs be§ 2)range§ lot ju fein 
 
 Unb einen gnab'gen Saifer 5U getoinnen. 
 
 2Bel) ifynen, bie bem 3SoIf bie 2lugen fyalten, 
 
 2)ajj e§ bem toafyren 33eften toiberftrebt ! 
 
 Urn eignen 93orteiI§ toillen fyinbern fie, 
 805 3)afj bie SBalbftatte nicfyt §u Dftreitf) fd^tooren, 
 
 2Bie ringSum aHe Sanbe bod^ getfyan. 
 
 SBofyl ifyut e§ ifynen, auf ber §errenbanf 
 
2. 21uf3ng. J. Scene. 47 
 
 gu fi^en mit bem ©belmcum — ben $ a i f e r 
 2BiU man jum §errn, urn fein en £>errn & u fyaben. 
 Sftttngtyaufen. 
 810 SRufc icfy bag fyoren itnb aug beinem 5Munbe! 
 
 JHubenj. 
 
 3#r fyabt mid^ aufgeforbert, Iafct mi$ enben I 
 — SBeld^e $erfon ift'g, D&eim, bie %f)x felbft 
 §ter tyielt? £>abt Sfyr nid&t fyofyern Stolj, alg ^ier 
 Sanbammann ober Sanrierfyerr $u fein 
 
 815 Unb neben biefen §irten ju regteren? 
 2Bie? 3ft»« nicfyt eine nifymlic^ere 2BafyI, 
 3u fyulbigen bem foniglicfyen §errn, 
 Bid) an fein glan^enb Sager an^ufcfyliefjen, 
 2Ug (Surer eignen Snecfyte $air &u fein 
 
 820 Unb $u ©ericfyt ju fi£en mit bem Sauer? 
 
 5Ittingl)oufciu 
 »$, Uli! UK! S^ erfenne fie, 
 25ie ©timme ber 93erfufyrung ! Sie ergriff 
 2)ein offneg Dfyr, fie fyat bein §erj fcergiftet. 
 
 Rubens, 
 3a, ic^> berberg' eg nicfyt — in tiefer ©eele 
 
 825 ©d^mergt midj ber ©pott ber grembltnge, bie ung 
 SDen Sauernabel fd^elten — -Kicfyt ertrag' i$'3, 
 $jnbeg bie eble !Jugenb xm Q$ umfyer 
 <5i$ @I)re fammelt unter §abgburgg ^dfyntn, 
 2luf meinem @rb' I)ier miifctg ftitt ju liegen, 
 
 830 Unb bei gemeinem £agetoerf ben £en$ Y 
 3)eg Sebeng $u fcerlieren — 2tnber£too 
 ©efcfyefyen Sbaten, eine 2BeIt beg 9tufymg 
 Setoegt fi$ glanjenb jenfeitS biefer Serge — 
 
48 TO \l\\elm Cell. 
 
 5Rir roften in ber §a(Ie §clm unb <5$ilb; 
 835 £)er $rieg3brommete tnutigeS ©etdn, 
 3)er §ero!b§ruf, ber $um Surniere labet, 
 @r bringt in biefe Scaler nid^t herein; 
 9l\d)t$ aid ben $ufyreil;n unb ber ^erbegloden 
 ©nformigeS ©elaut bernefym' icfy fyier. 
 
 Sfttingfjattfen. 
 
 840 93erblenbeter, fcom eiteln ©Ian& toerfiifyrt! 
 Seracfyte bein ©eburt3lanb! ©cfydme bi<$ 
 2)er uralt frommen ©itte beiner 93&ter! 
 3Jlit fyeifcen 2:l;ranen n>irft bu bicfy bereinft 
 §eim fefynen nacfy ben fcaterlicfyen 33ergen, 
 
 845 Unb biefe§ §erbenrei^en§ -JMobie, 
 
 ®ie bu in ftoljem iibevbritft fcerfcfymdfyft, 
 3Kit (5$meraen£fel)nfuefyt hrirb fie bid; ergreifen, 
 2Benn fie btr anflingt auf ber fremben @rbe. 
 fb, ntdcfyticj ift ber Srieb bed SaterlanbS! 
 
 850 2)ie frembe, falfcfye 2SeIt ift nicfyt fur bi$; 
 SDort an bem ftol^en $aiferl;of bleibft bu 
 3>ir etoig fremb nut beinem treuen §er$en! 
 3)ie SBelt, fie forbert anbre Sugenben, 
 2(13 bu in biefen Sfyalern btr ertoorben. 
 
 855 — ©efy fyin, fcerfaufe beine freie ©eele, 
 
 9timm Sanb 311 Setyen, toerb' ein giirftenfnecfyt, 
 ®a bu ein 6elbftfyerr fein fannft unb ein glirft 
 2luf beinem ctgnen @rb' unb freien Soben. 
 8d&, Hit! BUI 33Ietbe bei ben SDeinen! 
 
 860 ©el; nid;t nacfy 3lItorf — D, fcerlaft fie m$t, 
 ®ie fyeifge &a<fyi beineS 93aterlanb3! 
 — gd; bin ber £e£te metne3 ©tamm§ — 9Kein 9?ame 
 (Snbet nut mtr. SDa fydngen $elm unb ©cfyilb; 
 
 
2. 21 nf3itg. *. Scene. 49 
 
 SDte toerben fte mir in ba§ ©tab ntitgeben. 
 865 Unb mujj id; benfen bei bent Iefcten $aui), 
 £)afc bu mein bred£)enb 2luge. nur ertoarteft, 
 Urn fyin^ugefyn Dor biefen neuen Sefyenfyof 
 Unb meine ebeln ©titer, bie icfy fret 
 SBon ©ott entyfing, toon £)ftrei$ §u empfangen! 
 
 JHubenj. 
 
 870 93ergeben§ nriberftreben fair bent $onig, 
 
 JHe SBelt gel)ort ifym; tootten toir attein 
 
 Un3 eigenftnnig fteifen unb Derftoden, 
 
 ®ie Sanberfette il)m ju unterbred>en, 
 
 S)ie er getoaltig ring3 urn un3 ge$ogen? 
 875 ©ein finb bie 9Jiarfte, bie ©ericfyte, fein 
 
 ®ie ilaufntamtSftra&en, unb ba§ ©aumrofc felbft, 
 
 2)a£ auf bcm ©ottfyarb aiefyet, mufc ifym gotten. 
 
 SSon feinen Sanbern tote nttt eincnt -Jiefc 
 
 <5tnb hnr umgarnet ring3 unb eingefcfyloffen. 
 880 — 22irb un3 ba3 9tcid& bef$ii£en? $am\ e3 felbft 
 
 ©icfy fd^u^en gegen Cftretc^>^ toacfyfenbe ©etoalt? 
 
 §ilft ©ott un3 nid)t, fein $aifer fann un3 fyelfen. 
 
 2Ba3 ift ju geben auf ber $aifer $Bort, 
 
 2Benn fie ttt ©elbs unb £riege3not bie ©t&bte, 
 885 ®ie untern ©d;irm bei 2lbler3 fid) gefliicfytet, 
 
 SSefyfanben biirfen unb bem 9teicfy Derailment? 
 
 — SRetn, Dfyetm ! SBofyltfyat tft'3 unb toeife aSorft<$t, 
 
 gn biefen fd;toeren ^eiten ber Cartelling, 
 
 ©icfy an^ufdjlieften an ein ntacfytig £>aupt. 
 890 3)ie fiaiferlrone gefyt Don (Stamm gu ©tanun, 
 
 2) i e fyat fiir treue SMenfte lein ©ebad;tni§ ; 
 
 2)od) urn ben ntacfyt'gen ©rbfyerrn toofyl Derbienen, 
 
 §etfct ©aaten in bie 3 u ^ un f^ ftreun. 
 
60 ._ tPtlfjelm Cell, 
 
 m 
 
 5ltthtgljattfett. 
 
 Sift bu fo toeife? 
 
 SBittft fetter fefyn aU beine ebeln 33dter, 
 895 35ie urn ber greifyeit foftbarn ©belftem 
 
 2Rtt @ut unb Slut unb §elbenfraft geftritten? 
 
 — ©cfytff na$ Sugem fyinunter, frage bort, 
 2Bte DftreicfyS §errfcfyaft laftet auf ben Sdnbern! 
 ©ie toerben fommen, unfre ©cfyaf unb Jtinber 
 
 900 gu ^dljlen, unfre 2lfyen afyumeffen, 
 
 3)en §o$f!ug unb ba3 §o$gen)iIbe bannen 
 $n unfern freien SBdlbern, ifyren ©cfylagbaum 
 2ln unfre Srutfen, unfre £l)ore fe£en, 
 9Jtit unfrer 2lrntut ifyre Sdnberfdufe, 
 
 905 W\t unferm Slute ifyre £riege ^afylen — 
 
 — 9Jein, toenn tt>tr unfer Slut bran fe£en fatten, 
 ©0 jtTfi f it r un§ — toofylf eiler lauf en toir 
 
 5)ie greifyeit ate bie £ne$tf$aft etn! 
 
 2Ba3 lonnen toir, 
 (Sin Solf ber §irten, gegen 2Ilbre$t3 §eere! 
 
 Sltttitgljattfeit. 
 
 910 Sent' biefeS 53oII ber §irten fennen, $nabe! 
 $$ Ienn'§, icfy fyah' e§ angefiifyrt in ©cfylacfyten, 
 %<fy fyab' e3 fecfyten fe^en bei ^afeenj. 
 ©te fotten fommen, un§ ein !god(j aufjhnngen, 
 £)a§ fair entfcfyloffen finb nicfyt ^u ertragen! 
 
 915 — D, Ierne f listen, toelcfyeS ©tammS bu bift! 
 2Birf nid)t fur eiteln ©lanj unb $Ittterfcf)ein 
 ®ie ecfyte ^Serle betneS 2Berte3 fyin — 
 2)a3 §aupt $u fyeijien eine§ freien 93olf3, 
 2)a3 bir au§ Siebe nur fi$ ^er^Iid^ toeifyt, 
 
2. 2Iuf3itg. \. Scene. 51 
 
 920 2)a§ ireuli$ ju bir ftel)t in ®ampf unb !£ob — 
 SD a 3 fei bein 610(5, b e § 2lbel3 riifyme bi$ — 
 3)te angebornen Sanbe fnityfe feft, 
 2tn§ SSaterlanb, an£ teure, fcfyliefe bid^ an, 
 SDaS fyatte feft mit beinem garden §er$en! 
 
 925 £>ier ftnb bie ftarfen SBurgeln betner Sraft; 
 2)ort in ber fremben 2BeIt fteE^ft bu allein, 
 (gin fd&toanfe£ 3tofyr, ba$ jeber ©turm jerfnidft. 
 D, fomm, bu fyaft un3 lang' nid&t mefyr gefefyn, 
 aSerfud^'g mit un$ nur e i n e n Sag — nur fyeute 
 
 930 ©efy ni$t nacfy 2Utorf — £>orftbu? §eute nid^t; 
 2)en einen Sag nur fcfyenfe bi$ ben Semen! 
 
 (Gr fajjt feiue £aub.) 
 s Jiubens. 
 2$ gab mein SBort — Safet mt$ — $<$ & n gebunben. 
 51 tt tug I) auf en 
 (tafct feine £anb lo§, mit (Sntfi). 
 3)u bift gebunben — ga, Ungliic!(i^er! 
 3)u bift'3, bocfy nid^t burcfy 2Bort unb ©$tour, 
 935 ©ebunben bift bu burcfy ber Siebe ©etle ! 
 (Rubens tuenbet jidj meg.) 
 — SSerbirg btcfy, hne bu toillft. 2)a3 graulein tft'3, 
 Sertba Don Srunedf, bie §ur £>errenburg 
 SDicfy jiefyt, bicfy feffelt an be§ $aifer3 SDienft. 
 Sa3 Slitterfraulein toiUft bu bir ertoerben 
 940 3Jtit beinem 2tbfaU bon bem 2anb — SBetrug bt# ni$t! 
 2)i$ an§ulocfen, jeigt man bir bie 33raut; 
 2)ocfy beiner Unfcbulb ift fie nicfyt befd^iebenw^v^^^^ 
 
 s Jhtben$. 
 ©enug §ab' id) gefyort. ©efyabi @u$ toofyl! («rfle&ta&.) 
 
 
52 IPUfjelm Cell. 
 
 Sttthtgljattfetu 
 
 2Bar)nftnn'ger bungling, bletb! — @r ge^t batym! 
 945 3$ ^ ann tyn ni$t erfyalten, nicfyt erretten — 
 
 ©o ift ber 2BoIfenf$iefcen abgefaHen 
 
 3Son feinem 2anb — fo toerbert anbre folgen; 
 
 2)er frembe £aubzx reifet bie 3 u 9 en b fa rt > 
 
 ©etoaltfam firebenb iiber unfre Serge. 
 950 — D ungliicffePge ©tunbe, ba ba§ grembe 
 
 gn biefe [till begliicften Scaler fam, 
 
 2)er ©itten fromme Unfcfyulb $u jerftoren! 
 3)a§ 9?eue bringt herein mit 2Ra$t, bag Sllte, 
 
 2)a§ XBurb'ge fcfyetbet, anbre £t\ttn fommen, 
 955 @3 Iebt ein anber3benfenbe3 ©ef$Ie$t! 
 
 3Ba3 tfyu' icfy fyter? ©ie finb begraben aUe, 
 
 2Rit benen id) getoaltet unb gelebt. 
 
 Unter ber @rbe f$on liegt meine 3^; 
 
 SBofyl bem, ber mit bem e u en nt$t mefyr braud^t &u Ieben ! 
 
 (®e&t ab.) 
 
 <5u>eite Scene, 
 
 Sine SMefe, toon Ijoljen gelfen unb SBalb umgeben. 
 
 2luf ben geljen fmb ©teige mit ©elanbern, and) Seiteru, Don benen 
 man nad^er bie 2anbfeitte fyerabfteigen ftetjt. 3m §intergrnnbe getgt 
 ftd) ber ©ee, iiber meldjem anfangS ein 9ftonbregenbogen gu feljen ift 
 S)en ^rofpect fdjltegen Ijofye 23erge, gutter meldjen nod) Ijoljere (Sis* 
 gebirge ragen. (gs ift oollig 9tad)t auf ber ©cene, nur ber ©ee unb 
 bie meif^en ©tetfdjer leudjtcn im 2ftonbUd)t. 
 
 2Jcetd)tI)at, SBaumgarteu, SBinfelrieb, 2fteier Don 
 ©amen, SBurffyart am SB ii r) el # SIrnolb ton <Sema, 
 
2. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. S c c n e. 53 
 
 $ I cut 8 Don ber gtiie unb nod) trier cuibere 2au bteute, 
 aUt bemaffnet. 
 
 2fteUf)tf}al (no# Winter ber Scene). 
 
 960 2)er Sergtoeg off net ftcfy, nur frifcfy mir na$! 
 2)en gelg erfenn* i$ unb bag ^reujlem brauf; 
 2Btr finb am 3iel, fyter ift bag 3tutli. 
 
 (Xreten auf mtt SBtnblidjtern.) 
 
 2SHnfeIrteb. 
 
 §or$! 
 ©earn. 
 <5an$ leer. 
 
 Wltitv. 
 
 'g ift nodfj fein Sanbmann ba. 2Bir finb 
 3)ie (Srften auf bent $la$, totr Untertoalbner. 
 
 SReldjtyal. 
 965 2Bie foeit ift'g in ber SKad&t? 
 
 SBaumgartets. 
 
 2)er geuertoad&ter 
 SBorn ©eligberg fyat eben 3h)ei fiwufen. 
 
 (9Jlan t)5rt in bcr fterne tauten.) 
 9tteier. 
 ©till! £ord&! 
 
 Sag -BtettenglocHein in ber SBalbfapeffe 
 Slingt fyell ^criiber aug bem ©cfyto^erlanb. 
 
 %on ber glue. 
 3)ie £uft ift rein unb tragt ben <5$att fo toeit. 
 ^eltyfja^^Xr^V 
 970 ©efyn einige unb giinben 9teigfyol$ an, 
 
 2)afc eg lofy brenne, toenn bie 3Jlanner fommen! 
 C3t»ei Canbleute flc^en.) 
 
54 IPUftelm (EeiL 
 
 <Bma. 
 'I ift eine f$one 3Konbennad^t. 2)er ©ee 
 Ciegt rufyig ba alg toie ein ebner ©piegel. 
 
 ©ie fyaben cine leicfyte gafyrt. 
 
 aSiltfclncb (seigt nac$ bem <Sce). 
 
 $a, fe$tl 
 
 975 ©efytbort^in! ©el)t ifyr ni#tg? 
 
 2Reter. 
 
 2Bag benn? — 3a, \oa^rItc^ I 
 Gin SHegenbogen mitten in ber -Kacfyt! 
 
 aReldjtyal. 
 ^ iji bag Sid&t beg 3Jtonbeg, bag tyn bilbet. 
 
 fSon ber glue, 
 3)ag ift ein feltfam tounberbareg 3ei$en! 
 Sg leben toiele, bie bag ni$t gefefyn. 
 
 ©efea. 
 980 @r ift bo}tyeIt; fe^t, ein blafferer ftefyt brtiber. 
 JBaumgarten. 
 
 6in Slacken fafyrt foeben brunter toeg. 
 
 mam* + 
 
 TiaZ ift ber ©tauffacfyer mit fetnem Safyn, 
 2)er Siebermann lafjt ft$ nid;t lang* ertoarten. 
 (©c^t tntt Saumflarten na# bem Ufer.) 
 9Weier, 
 35ie Urner ftnb eg, bie am Iangften faumen. 
 2tm SityeL 
 985 ©ie miiffen foeit umgefyen bur#g ©ebirg, 
 
2. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. 6 c e n e. 55 
 
 2)afj fte be3 £anbfcogt§ $unbf$aft fymtergefyen. 
 
 (Unterbeffen ^aben bie aroei Canbleute in ber 5Dlitte be3 ^ptafeeS etn fjeuer 
 anflcaiinbet.) 
 
 9JieW&tI)at (amUfer). 
 
 2Ber ift ba? ©ebt ba3 SBort! 
 
 ©tattffarf|Cr (Don unten). 
 
 3?reunbe be§ SanbeS. 
 
 5CHc gefyen nad) ber £iefe, ben tfommenben entgegen. 2hi8 bem 
 $a!nt fieigen @ t a u f f a d) e r , 3 1 e t 9£ e b t n g , $ a n 8 auf ber 
 9flauer, 3 org tm £ofe, $onrab $unn, Ulridj ber 
 ©d)tttib, 3 o ft Don SBeiler unb nod) brei anbere ? anbleute, 
 gleidjfatts betraffnet. 
 
 Wit (rufen). 
 
 SBiHfommen ! 
 
 (3nbem bie Ubrigen in ber £iefe bertoeilen unb fid) begriigen, fommt 
 2ft e I dj t Ij a I mit @ t a u f f a d) e r oortuarts.) 
 
 ■WMA 
 
 D £>err ©tauffacfyer! 3$ &<*&' ifyn 
 ©efefyn, ber mt$ nid^t toieberfefyen fonnte! 
 990 S)te §anb tyab' i$ gelegt auf feine Slugen, 
 Unb glitfyenb 9la$gefufyl §aV \§ gefogen 
 2lu§ ber erlofc^nen ©onne feine^ 33Iicf§. 
 
 Stouffad^cr* 
 
 ©precfyt ntcfyt Don 3tadje. 9ticfyt ©efd^er)ne§ ra$en, 
 ©ebrofytem ttbel toollen toir begegnen. 
 995 — 3 e i* f a (& toa ^ Sfy* rot Untertoalbner Sanb 
 ©efcfyafft unb fiir gemeine ©a$' getoorben, 
 2Bie bie Sanbleute benfen, it>ie %fyx felbft 
 ®en ©tricfen be3 Serrate entgangen feib. 
 
r 
 
 56 m \ l\ e I n* €ti I 
 
 3)ur$ ber ©urennen furd^tbareS ©ebirg, 
 
 iooo 2Iuf toett berbreitet oben (gxfegfelbern, [jy^JUJ^ 
 2Bo nur ber fyeifre Sdmmergeier frdd^t, 
 ©elangt' id) ju ber 2lfyentrift, too ftcfy 
 2tu3 Uri unb bom ©ngelberg bie §irten 
 2lnrufenb srtifcen unb gemeinfam toeiben, 
 
 ioos SDen 2)urft mir ftittenb mit ber ©letter 9JiiI$, 
 
 £>ie in ben Stunfen fd^dumenb nieberquiHt. L^^^t 
 3Jn ben einfamen ©ennfyutten le^rt' id) em, 
 2Rein eigner SBirt unb ©aft, bt§ bafc i$ fam 
 3u SBofynungen gefeHig lebenber 9Jtenf$en. 
 
 ioio — (grfcfyotfen toar in btefen SCfydlern fcfyon 
 2)er 5tuf beg neuen ©reuelS, ber gefdfyefyn, 
 Unb fromme @^rfurcr)t fcfyaffte mir mein Ungliicf 
 SSor jeber ^forte, too id) toanbernb flopfte. 
 ©ntruftet fanb id) biefe graben ©eelen 
 
 1015 Dh bem getoaltfam neuen Regiment; 
 35enn fo toie tl)re 2ltyen fort unb fort 
 Siefelben $rduter ndfyren, ifyre Srunnen 
 ©Ieid^formig fltefcen, SBolfen felbft unb SBtnbe 
 $)en gleid^en ©trid) untoanbelbar befolgen, 
 
 jro2o ©0 fyat bie alte ©itte fyier bom 2Ifyn 
 Sum @nfet unberdnbert fort beftanben. 
 3l\d)t tragen fie fcertoegne 9?euerung 
 3>rn altgetoofynten gleicfyen ©ang be3 SebenS. 
 — 2)ie fyarien §dnbe reid^ten fie mir bar, 
 
 1025 SSon hm SBdnben langten fie bie roft'gen ©d^toerter, 
 Unb au3 ben 2lugen blitjte freubigeS 
 ©efitfyl be^ 9Jlut3, aU id) bie ^amen nannte, 
 2)ie im ©ebirg bem Sanbmann beilig ftnb, 
 
2. 21uf3ug. 2. Scene. 57 
 
 . Sen ©urigen unb SBaltfyer gfiirfts — 2BaS @u$ 
 1030 5te$t toiirbe biinfen, fcfytouren fte ju tfyun, 
 
 ©udj fcfytouren fie big in ben £ob ju folgen. 
 
 — ©0 etlt* idj fid^er unterm fyeiPgen ©cfyirm 
 
 £)eg ©aftrecfyig Don ©e^ofte $u ©efjofte^" 
 
 Unb alg icfy fam ing fyeimatltcfye !£fyal, 
 1035 2Bo mir bie SSettern biel fcerbreitet toofynen — 
 
 2113 tcfy ben SSater fanb, Beraubt unb blinb, 
 
 2luf frembem ©trol), t)on ber ^Barm^erjigfeit 
 
 3Jiilbtyat'ger SKenfc^en lebenb — 
 
 8tauffa#er. 
 
 §err im §immel! 
 
 2)a toeinf i$ nicfyt! 9?i$t in ofynmacfyt'gen £fyranen 
 1040 ©oft \d) bie $raft beg fyeiften ©cfymer^eng aug; 
 3n tiefer Sruft, trie einen teuren &d)Q$, 
 SBerfdfjlofc icfy ifyn unb bac^te nur auf £fyaten. 
 3>dj frocfy burcfy alle Rriimmen beg ©ebtrgg, 
 Rein Sfyal toar fo berftedft, id) fpd^t > eg aug; 
 1045 ©ig an ber ©letfcfyer eigbebecften guft 
 grtoartet' id) unb fanb betoofynte igiitten, 
 Unb iiberaU, toofyin mein guft mi$ trug, 
 ganb icfy ben gleicfyen igaft ber 2tyrannei; 
 3)enn big an biefe letjte ©renje felbft 
 1050 Selebter ©cfyopfung, too ber ftarre Soben 
 Sluffyort ju geben, raubt ber SSogte ©eij — 
 Sie §erjen aHe biefeg biebern SSolfg 
 grregf id) mit bem (gtacfyel meiner 2Borte, 
 Unb unfer finb fie atT mit §er$ unb 9#unb. 
 
 @tauffaef)er. 
 1055 ®rofee3 fyabt 2$ r * n ^ ur J er 3 r ift 0eIeiftet. 
 
58 ItHlfjelm Cell. 
 
 3$ tfyat no$ mefyr. 2)ie beiben ^eften finb% 
 SRoftberg unb 6arnen, bie ber Sanbmann fiird^tet; 
 Qznn Winter ifyren gelfentoaHen fcfyirmt wdi+Jr 
 2)er gfeinb "W ta$* unb fcfydbiget bad £anb, 
 1060 3Jtit eignen Slugen toottt' icfy ed erfunben, 
 
 %<fy toar $u ©amen unb befafy bie Surg. (Xe 
 
 ^tauffae^er. 
 
 3#r toagtet @u$ bid in bed Sigerd §5fyle? 
 
 9Reldjtya(. 
 
 3$ toar fcerfleibet bort in ^Jilgerdiracfyt, 
 3c^ fafy ben Sanbfcogt an ber Safel fcfytoelgen — 
 1065 Urteilt, ob icfy mein §er$ bejtoingen f ann ; 
 3$ fafy ben geinb, unb icfy erfcfylug ifyn nicfyt. 
 
 ©tauffatfjer* 
 gfiirtoafyr, bad ©liicf toar Surer ^iifynfyeit fyotb. 
 (Unterbeffen fmb bie atibcrn ftmbfeute toortuartg gefommen unb ndfjern 
 ftd) ben beiben.) 
 
 $0$ je$o fagt mir, toer bie greunbe finb 
 Unb bie gerecfyien Scanner, bie @u$ folgten? 
 1070 Sftacfyt micfy befannt mit il)nen, baft fair und 
 3utrauli$ nafyen unb bie §erjen offnen. 
 
 9tteier. 
 
 2Ber lennte gucfy nid^t, £err, in hm brei Sanben? 
 %d) bin ber 9Jiei'r toon ©amen; bied fyier ift 
 SKein ©cfytoefterfofyn, ber ©trutfy Don 2Binfelrieb. 
 
 <Stauftad)tr. 
 
 1075 3$ r nennt wit leinen unbefannten Seamen, 
 ©in Sinfelrieb toar'd, ber ben SDracfyen fd^lug 
 
2. 2luf 3 ug- 2. Scene. 59 
 
 ^m ©umpf bet 2BetIer unb fein Seben liefc 
 3>n biefem ©traufc. 
 
 SBinfelrieb. 
 
 2)a§ toar mein 2lljn, §err SBerner. 
 
 2Jieltf|tI)al (seigt auf $tt>ei Sanbleutc). 
 
 3)ie toofynen fyinterm 2Balb, ftnb ^lofterleute 
 1080 3Som (Sngelberg — 3$r toerbet fie brum m$t 
 Seracfyten, toetl fie eigne Seute ftnb, 
 Unb nicfyt toie fair frei ft§en auf bem Srbe — 
 ©ie lieben'3 Sanb, ftnb fonft aucr) toofyl berufen. 
 
 ©tattffadjer (ju ben beiben). 
 
 (&tht mir bie §anb ! @3 pretfe ftcfy, toer feinem . 
 1085 Tlit feinem Seibe pflicfytig ift auf Srben ; 
 ®ocfy Jteblicfyfeit gebeifyt in jebem ©tanbe. 
 
 $onrab §umt. 
 2)a§ ift §err 9tebing, unfev 2lltlanbammann. 
 
 9tteier. 
 3$ fenn' ifyn toofyl. Sr ift mein SBiberpart, 
 Ser urn ein alteS (SrbftiidE mit mir recfytet. 
 1090 — §err Slebing, Voir finb $einbe Dor ©ericfyt ; 
 §ier finb Voir einig. 
 
 (Sdjiittelt ifym bie £anb.) 
 (Stauffadjer, 
 
 3)a3 ift brafc gefprocr)en. 
 2Bittfelneb. 
 £ort ifyr? ©ie lommen. §ort ba3 §om & on Mn! 
 (5Rec^t§ unb tints ftet)t man betoaffnete banner mit SBinbfcidjteru bie tfretfen 
 tyerabfteigen.) 
 
 5tuf ber 2ttauer, 
 
 ©efyt! ©tetgt ntcr)t felbft ber fromme 3)iener ©otte£, 
 S)cr toiirb'ge ^farrer mit fyerab? 9iicr;t fcfyeut er 
 
60 rDiitjefm Cell. 
 
 1095 ® e§ 2B*9*8 9Mufyen unb bag ©raun ber 9la$)t, 
 (Sin treuer $irte fur bag 23olf ju forgen. 
 
 23aumgarten. 
 
 2)er ©igrift folgt ifym unb §err !ffialtfyer gurft; 
 £)ocfy nid^t ben £eH erbltcf icfy in ber 9Kenge. 
 
 SB a 1 1 $ c r jj ft r : ft , ^offclmonn ber ^Pfarrer,^etermann 
 ber ©igrift, ^uoni ber §irt, Serni ber 3ager, 
 9tuobi ber gifdjer unb nod) fiinf anbere £anbleute. 
 5llle gufammcn, breiunbbreifjig an ber £aty, treten fcortoarts unb 
 ftellen ftd) urn ba8 geuer. 
 
 2Balt!)er ftiirft. 
 
 ©o miifjen toir auf unferm eignen ©rb* 
 
 iioo Unb fcaterlicfyen Soben ung fcerftofylen 
 
 3ufammen fcfyleidfyen, toie bie SRorber tfyun, 
 Unb bet ber 9?a$t, bie ifyren fcfytoar^en 5Kantel 
 9iux bem 23erbrecfyen unb ber fonnenfcfyeuen 
 Serfcfytoorung leifyet, unfer guteg 3ie$t 
 
 1 105 Ung fyolen, bag bocfy lauter ift unb liar 
 
 ©leicfyhne ber glan^oH offne ©cfyofe beg £ageg. 
 
 Safct'g gut fein! 28ag bie bunfte 9lafyt gefyonnen, 
 ©oil fret unb frofyiicfy an bag £t$t ber ©onnen. 
 
 TOffelmamt. 
 
 §ort, toag mir ©ott ing §erg giebt, gibgenojfen! 
 1 1 10 2Cir fter)en fyier ftatt einer Sanbggemeinbe 
 
 Unb !onnen gelten fur ein gan^eg 23oIf. 
 
 ©0 lafet ung tagen nad) ben alien 33raucfyen 
 
 £>eg Sanbg, luie hnr'g in rufyigen $eiten pflegen ; 
 
 2Bag ungefe^licfy ift in ber Serfammlung, 
 ins Gntfc^ulbige bie 5Rot ber 3ett. 2)ocfy ©ott 
 
2. 2Iuf3iig. 2. Scene. 61 
 
 3ft liberal!, too man bag 9ted;t toerroaltet, 
 Unb unter feinem §immel ftefyen ftrir. 
 
 ©tauffadjer, 
 
 2Bofyl, lafct ung tagen nadj ber alien ©ittel 
 3ft eg gleid^ 9?acfyt, fo leudjtet unfer SWec^t. 
 
 Reft**** 
 
 ii2o 3ft Qletd^ bie 3afyl nic&t tooll, bag §er& ift tyier 
 £eg ganjen 33olfg, bie 33 eft en finb &ugegen. 
 
 Jfourab $unn. 
 
 ©inb aucfy bie alten Suctyer nicfyt ^ur §anb, 
 6ie finb in unfre §er$en eingefcfyrieben. 
 
 JRoffelmamt. 
 
 •Bofylan, fo fei ber Sling fogleicfy gebilbet! 
 1125 9Wan pflanje auf bie Scfytoerter ber ©etoalt! 
 
 5(uf ber 2ttauer» 
 
 !£>er Sanbegammann nefyme feinen $la$, 
 Unb feine SBaibel ftefyen iljm jur ©eite! 
 
 ©igrift. 
 
 @g ftnb ber SSolfer breie. 2Belcfyem nun 
 ©ebiifyrt'g, bag §aupt ju geben ber ©emeinbe? 
 
 aWeier. 
 
 1130 Urn biefe ©fyr' mag 6$tattft mit Uri ftreiten; 
 SBir Untertoalbner ftefyen frei guriicf. 
 
 2Bir ftefyn guriicf ; roir finb bie glefyenben, 
 S)ie §ilfe fyeifcfyen toon ben macfyt'gen greunben. 
 
62 IP i Helm Cell. 
 
 ©tauffattyer. 
 
 ©o nefyme Uri benn ba£ ©cfytoert; fetn 33anner 
 "35 3^* &** b*n Stomerjiigen un§ tooran. 
 SBaU^cr Prft. 
 SDe§ ©cfytoerteS @fyre toerbe ©$to% ju tetl; 
 Qtrxn feine^ ©tammeS tubmen Vr>ir un$ aHe. 
 
 fRiiffcImann. 
 
 2)en ebeln SBettftreit lafet mi$ freunblicfy fcpc^ten; 
 ©$to% foil im 9iat, Uri im gelbe fiifyren. 
 
 SBaltyer prft 
 (reic^t bem Stauffadjer bie Ccfcroerter). 
 
 1 140 ©0 nefymt! 
 
 (Stauffadjer, 
 
 9Zi$t mir, bem 2Uter fei bie Gtyre. 
 3m £ofe. 
 ®ie meiften gafyre i^W Ulrid^ ber ©$mib. 
 
 5(uf ber 2ttauer. 
 2)er 2Kann ift toacfer, bodE) nicfyt freien ©tanb§; 
 $ein eigner Wlann fann Slitter fern in ©$to%. 
 
 ©tauffadjer, 
 ©tefyt ntd^t §err Stebing fyier, ber Slltlanbammann ? 
 1 145 2Ba3 fucfyen toir nocfy einen SBiirbigern? 
 SBaltljer prft, 
 @r fei ber 2lmmann unb be§ £age§ §auj>ti 
 SBer baju fttmmt, erfyebe feine §anbe! 
 (Me Ijeben bie redjte £anb auf.) 
 
 [Rebitlg (tritt in bie s UUtte). 
 
 2$ lann bie £>anb nicfyt auf bie Silver Iegen, 
 ©0 fcfytoor' tcfy broben bet ben eto'gen ©ternen, 
 
2. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. S c e tt e. 63 
 
 1150 ®aft idj mid£) nimmer toitt fcom 9ted;t entfernen. 
 
 (2ttan ridjtet bie sum <Sd>roerter toor if)m auf, ber ffling btlbet jidj urn ifyn 
 Ijcr, (S^rot)3 tjciit bte DJHtte, tec^t^ ftelit ft# Uri unb lin!§ Unterroalbeu. <5r 
 {iefyt auf fetn £d)tadjt|d)roert gcftiifet.) 
 
 2Ba§ ift'S, ba§ bie brei 935Ifer be$ ©ebirgS 
 £ier an be3 ©ee£ unhnrtlicfyem ©eftabe 
 3ufammenfitl)rte in ber ©eifterftunbe ? 
 2Ba§ foil ber 3nfyalt fetn be£ neuen 33unb§, 
 1 155 2)en toir fyier unterm ©ternenfyimmel ftiften? 
 
 ©tOttffaC^er (ttttt in ben 9ting). 
 
 2Bir ftiften leinen neuen 55unb; e3 ift 
 (Sin uralt 33iinbm3 nur Don Setter $eit, 
 2)a3 fair erneuern! ffiiffet, ©bgenoffen ! 
 Db un£ ber See, ob un£ bie Serge fcfyeiben, 
 1 160 Unb jebe§ 3SoI! ficfy fitr ficfy felbft regiert, 
 
 So finb toir eine3 ©tammeS bocfy unb 93lut3, 
 Unb eine §eimat tft'S, au3 ber fair jogen. 
 
 SBinfelneb, 
 
 ©0 ift e3 toafyr, toie'S in ben Siebern lautei, 
 2)aft fair bon fern fyer in ba§ 2anb getoatlt? 
 1165 D, teilt'3 un3 mit, toa§ 6u$ bafcon belannt, 
 2)af* fi$ ber neue Sunb am alten ftarfe. 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 igort, toa§ bie atten §trten fidfj erjafylen. 
 — @3 toar ein grofceS Solf, ^inten im Sanbe 
 •Nacfj SRitternacfyt, ba3 litt toon fcfytoerer Seurung. 
 1 170 3>n biefer 3lot befcfyloft bie 2anb3gemeinbe, 
 3)aft je ber ityntz Sitrger nadfj bem £o$ 
 2)er Setter Sanb fcerlaffe — 2)a§ gefd^afy ! 
 Unb gogen au§, toefyflagenb, banner unb SBeiber, 
 
64 BHIft-elnrCelL 
 
 Sin grower ^ycergug, nad) ber 9Kittagfonne, 
 
 1175 3Kit bem ©cfytoert ficfy fcfylagenb burcfy ba§ beutfc^e Sanb, 
 8i3 an bag §ocfylanb btefer SBalbgebirge. 
 Unb efyer nicfyt ermiibete ber $ug, 
 33i3 bafe fie famen in bag toilbe £I?al, 
 2Bo je£t bie 9Jhtotta gluifd^en SBiefen rinnt — 
 
 nSo 9lxd)t 9Kenf$enfjntren toaren fyier &u fefyen, 
 ■Jtur eine §utte ftanb am Ufer einfam. 
 3)a fafe ein 9Kann unb toartete ber gfafyre — 
 2)o$ fyefttg toogete ber ©e'e unb toar 
 9tt$t fafyrbar; ba befafyen fie bag Sanb 
 
 1185 ©i# nafyer unb getoafyrten fcfyone ftiitte 
 £)eg §oI^e§ unb entbecften gute Srunnen 
 Unb meinten, fid^ im lieben SSaterlanb 
 3u finben — 3)a Befd&loffen fie ju bleiben, 
 (Srbaueten ben alten gflecfen ©$totyj 
 
 1 190 Unb fatten mancfyen fauren £ag, ben SBalb 
 •Dtit toeit berfcfylungnen SBurjeln au^uroben — 
 S)rauf alg ber Soben nicfyt mefyr ©niigen fyat 
 2)er 3^ b*3 33oIf§, ba ^ogen fte fyiniiber 
 Bum fcfytoar^en Serg, ja big ang SBeifclanb tyin, 
 
 1 195 SBo, Winter eto'gem Sifegtoall berborgen, 
 ©in (inbreg SSoIl in anbern 3 un 9 en frnc^t. 
 $)en glecfen ©tan 3 erbauten fte am $erntoalb, 
 SDen glecfen 21 It or f in bem 2#al ber SReufc — 
 3)o# blieben fte beg Urfyrungg ftetg gebenl; 
 
 i2cx> 2tug ad ben fremben ©tammen, bie feitbem 
 3n 2Ritte ibreg SanbS fid^> angefiebelt, 
 ginben bie ©cfyto^er Sftanner ft$ fyeraug; 
 @g giebt bag §erg, bag Slut fi$ 5U erfennen. 
 
 (SReidjt re#t§ unb ltnl§ bie £anb f)in.; 
 
2. 71 u f 3 u g. 2. 5 c e n e. 65 
 
 8ttf ber aWancr. 
 
 2>a, totr fmb eineS ^er^enS, eine§ 33lut3! 
 
 9ltte (fi$ bie £ftnbe reic&enb). 
 
 i2os 95U r f m ^ e * n SSoIf, unb etnig tooBen Imr fyanbeln. 
 8tauffad)er. 
 35ie anbern 2S5I!er tragen frembeS 3o$, 
 ©ie Ijaben ficfy bem ©ieger untertoorfen. 
 63 Ieben felbft in unfern 2anbe3marfen 
 2)er ©affen fctel, bie frembe *PfIi$ten tragen, 
 
 1210 Unb ifyre ^necfytfcfyaft erbt auf i^re Sinber. 
 £)o$ toir, ber alien Scfytoeijer edgier ©tamm, 
 2Btr fyabtxx ftet§ bie greifyeit un3 betoafyrt. 
 9ftcfyt unter giirften bogen toir ba3 $nie, 
 greitoiHig toafylten h>ir ben ©$irm ber itaifer. 
 
 f A Wo jf elmamt, 
 
 1215 grei toafylten toir be3 9tei$e§ ©$u$ unb ©d&irm; 
 ©0 ftefyt'3 bemerft in Kaifer g-riebrid&S Srief. 
 
 <3tauffad|er. 
 
 Sunn fyerrenloS ift aucfy ber greifte m$t. 
 ©in Dberfyaupt muft fein, ein Ijocfyfter Sifter, 
 2Bo man ba3 Jtecfyt mag fcfyityfen in bem ©treit. 
 
 1220 ®rum fyabcn unfre SSater fiir ben Soben, 
 $)en fte ber alten 2Bilbni3 abgetoonnen, 
 3Me &ljx' gegonnt bem $aifer, ber ben §errn 
 ©t$ nennt ber beutfcfyen unb ber toelfd^en 6rbe, 
 Unb, toie bie anbern greien feineS 9tei$3, 
 
 1225 ©i$ ifym 311 ebelm SBaffenbienft gelobt; 
 £>enn btefeS ift ber greien ein^ge $flid)t, 
 2)a3 9Jei# &u fcfyirmen, ba3 fie felbft befd&irmt. 
 
66 lV\ll\elm Cell. 
 
 2Bag briiber ift, ift 9Jierfmat eineg ®nt$t$. 
 
 v 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 ©ie folgten, toenn ber §eribann erging, 
 1230 SDem Sfleicfygpanier unb fcfylugen feine ©$Ia$ten. 
 ■ftadlj 2Eelfcfylanb gogen fie getoappnet mit, 
 2)ie 9lomerfron' il)m auf bag §aupt §u fe$en. 
 2)afyeim regierten fie ftdj frofylid; felbft \<i^ 
 
 9iad^ altem Sraucfy unb eigenem ©efefc; J ^^ 
 1235 ®er fyod;fte Slutbann tear attem beg Saiferg. 
 Unb baju toarb beftettt ein grower ©raf, 
 SDer fyatte feinen ©i$ ni$t in bem Sanbe. 
 SBenn 23lutf$ulb lam, fo rief man ifyn fyerctn, 
 Unb unter offnem ^immel, f$Ii$t unb flar, 
 1240 ©prad) er bag 9te$t unb ofyne fturcfyt ber 9Kenf<$en. 
 3Bo finb lu'er ©puren, baft toir Snedjte finb? 
 3ft einer, ber eg anberg ioeift, ber rebe! 
 
 3m £ofe. 
 
 9tein, fo feerfyalt ftcfy alleg, tone 2#r forest, 
 ©etoaltfyerrfcfyaft toarb nie bei un^ gebulbet. 
 
 ©tauffadjer. v»% ■JW 
 
 1245 ® em &aifer felbft fcerfagten fair ©efyorfam, 
 S)a er bag SRed&t gu ©unft ber SPfaffen bog. 
 SDenn alg bie Seute bon bem ©ottegfyaug 
 ©in ft ebe In ung bie 2(1)) in 2lnfpru$ na^men, 
 2)ie ftrir betoeibet feit ber Setter 3eit, 
 
 1250 S)er 2lbt fyerfitr^og einen alten 93rtcf, 
 SDer ifym bie fyerrenlofe SBiifte fd&enfte — 
 S)enn unfer ®afein fyatte man fcerfyefylt — 
 Da fpracfyen toir: „($;rf$K$en ift ber 33rtef 1 
 
2. 21 uf3ug. 2. Scene. 67 
 
 $ein $atfer fann, toa§ unfer ift, fcerf cfyenf en ; 
 125s Unb tuirb un3 9te$t t>erfagt Dom SRetd), tx?ir fonnen 
 3>n unfem 33ergen au$ be3 Sfteid^ entbefyren." 
 
 — ©o tyracfyen unfre 93dter ! ©ollen to i r - 
 £)e§ neuen 3jocfye3 ©$dnbli$feii erbulben, 
 ©rleiben toon bem fremben $ne$t, toa§ un3 
 
 1260 3 n f e * ner yfta<i)t fein ^?aifer burfte bieten? 
 
 — 2Bir fyaben btefen 93oben un£ erfd^affen 
 Durcfy unfrer §dnbe gleifc, ben alien 2Balb, 
 2)er fonft ber 33dren tt>xlbe SBofynung toar, 
 3u einem ©i£ fur 2Kenfd)en umgetoanbelt; 
 
 1265 Die Srut be3 Dracfyen fyaben tx>tr getotct, 
 Der au3 ben ©iimpfen giftgefcfytooUen ftieg ; 
 Die -Jiebelbecfe fyaben toir ^erriffen, 
 Die etoig grau urn biefe SBilbniS tying, 
 Den fyarten gels gefyrengt, iiber ben 5lbgrunb 
 
 1270 Dem 23anber3mann ben ficfyern ©teg geleitet; 
 Unfer ift burcfy taufenbjdfyrigen 93efi$ 
 Der Soben — unb ber frembe £>errenfnectyt 
 Sod fommen bitrfen unb un$ $etten fctymieben 
 Unb ©djmacfy antfyun auf unfrer eignen (Srbe? 
 
 1275 3ft ^ ne §Mf e 9 e 9^« folcfyen Drang? 
 
 (Sine Qrofce SBemegung unter t>cn Canbleuten.) 
 
 9Jein, eine ©renje fyat SCtyrannenmactyt. 
 2Benn ber ©ebrtidte nirgenbS 9te$t fann ftnben, 
 SBenn unertrdglicfy toirb bie Saft — greift er 
 §inauf getroften -Dhtte3 in ben §immel 
 1280 Unb fyolt fyerunter feine eto'gen Stecfyte, 
 Die broben fyangen unfeerdufcerlicty 
 Unb underbred) lid) toie bie ©terne felbft — 
 Der alte Urftanb ber 9tfatur fefyrt toieber, 
 
1 
 
 68 Wxlltclm (Eel!. 
 
 2Bo 5ftenf$ bem 9Kenf$en gegeniiber ftefyt — 
 1285 gum lettfen SRtttel, toenn leirt anbreg mefyr 
 SBerfangen toiH, ift tfym bag ©cfytoert gegeben — 
 £)er ©liter fyoc^fteg biirfen fair fcerteib'gen 
 ©egen ©eVt>aIt. — 2Bir fte^n fiir unfer £anb, 
 2Bir fte^n fiir unfre 2Betber, unfre Sinber ! 
 
 5(ttc (an tljre ©djraerter f$lagenb). 
 
 1290 2Bir fte^n fiir unfre 2Beiber, unfre $inber! 
 
 JKiiffcImanit (tritt in ben SRing). 
 
 (Sty* ifyr jum ©cfytoerte greift, bebenft eg toofyl! 
 3fyr fonnt eg frieblicfy mit bem $aifer fcfyiicfyten. 
 @g loftet eudfj ein 2Bort, unb bie 2tyrannen, 
 2)ie eucfy je£t fcfytoer bebrangen, fcfymeidfyeln end). 
 1295 — Srgreift, toag man eucfy oft geboten fyat, 
 
 £rennt eucfy fcom Steicfy, erfennet fiftreicfyg $)ofyeit — 
 
 Sluf ber 3Waucr. 
 
 2Bag fagt ber ^farrer? 2Bir ju fiftreic^ fd&todren! 
 
 £ort ifyn nicfyt aril 
 
 SBinfelrieb. 
 
 'Dag rat ung ein 93errater, 
 @tn geinb beg Sanbeg! 
 
 JKebing. 
 
 9tufyig, ©bgenoffen! 
 Setoia, 
 1300 2Sir SDftreicfy fyulbigen, nad) folder ©$ma$! 
 Son ber glite. 
 2Bir ung abtrotjen laffen burcfy ©etoali, 
 2Bag toir ber ©iite toetgerten! 
 
2. 2luf3ug. 2. 5czm. 69 
 
 atteier* 
 
 35ann toaren 
 2Bir ©flatten unb fcerbtenten, eg 311 fein ! 
 
 2tuf ber 2Jiauer. 
 
 2)er fei geftofcen aug bem SJtecfyt ber ©cfytoeijer, 
 1305 2Ber Don ©rgebung f^rid^t an Sfterreid) ! 
 — Sanbamtnann, id? beftefye brauf; bieg fei 
 3)ag erfie 2anbggefe£, bag fair fyier geben. 
 
 ©0 fei'g ! SBer toon ©rgebung fpri$t an fiftreicfy, 
 ©oil recfytlog fein unb aHer (Sfyren bar. 
 1310 $ein Sanbmann ne^m' ifyn auf an feinem gfeuer. 
 
 9lfle (§eben bic recite #anb auf). 
 
 ffiir toollen eg, bag fei ©efefc ! 
 
 SRebittfl (nad) einer <Uaufej. 
 
 eg ift'g. 
 
 fllflffelmamt. 
 3e$t feib iJ^r frei, ifyr feib'g bur$ bieg ©efe§. 
 9li<fyt burcfy ©etoalt foil Dfterreicfy ertrotjen, 
 SBag eg bur$ freunblicfy SBerben ni$t erfyielt — 
 Soft turn 2Betler* 
 WS <3 ur Stagegorbnung, toeiier! 
 SRebtitg* 
 
 ©bgenoffen ! 
 ©inb atle fanften -Dttttel aucfy toerfucfyt? 
 SSietteid^t toeifc eg ber Kontg mcfyt; eg ift 
 SBofyl gar fein SBitle nicfyt, toa§ fair erbulben. 
 Slucfy biefeg £e£te fotlten Voir toerfudfjen, 
 1320 @rft unfre $lage bringen Dor fein Dfyr, 
 
70 IP ilfj elm Cell. 
 
 @fy' fair sum ©<$roerte greifen. ©cfyrecflid; tmmer, 
 
 3lu$ in gerecfyter ©a$e, ift ©etoalt. 
 
 ©ott ^>itft nur bann, toznn 3}ienfd^en nicfyt mefyr belfem 
 
 ©taitffadjer (|« tfonrab §unn). 
 
 9lun ift'3 an gucfy, 23eri$t ju geben. SRebet ! 
 
 1325 %d) Wax §u SRE^einfelb an b;3 $aifer§ $fal$, 
 2Biber ber SBogte fyarten SDrucf ju flagen, 
 £)en 23rief ju fyolen unfrer alten $reifyeit, 
 2)en jeber neue $ontg fonft beftatigt. 
 £)ie 33oten bieler (Stable fanb tcfy bort, 
 
 1330 3Som fcfytoab'fcfyen Sanbe unb fcom Sauf be£ JtyeinS, 
 ®ie ad' erfytelten t^re ^ergamente 
 Unb fefyrten freubig roieber in ifyr Sanb. 
 W\d), ear en 33oten, toieS man an bie 3tate, 
 Unb bie entliefcen micfy mit Ieerem £roft: 
 
 1335 „®er ilaifer fyabe bieSmal leine 3eit; 
 
 @r toiirbe fonft einmal tr>o^I an un£ benfen." 
 — Unb aU id) traurig bur$ bie ©ale ging 
 £>er Sonig^burg, ba fafy id? §er§og §anfen 
 2>n einem (Srler roeinenb ftefyn, urn tE?n 
 
 1340 2)ie ebeln £>errn fcon SBart unb SCegerfelb, 
 £ie riefen mir unb fagten: „§elft eucfy felbft! 
 ©erecfyttgfett erroartet ni$t bom $onig. 
 SBeraubt er nicfyt be3 eignen 33ruber§ Sinb 
 Unb fyinterbalt ifym fein gerecfyteS Srbe? 
 
 1345 ©er §erjog flefyt ifyn urn fein 9Jtutterli$e§, 
 (Sr fyaU feine gafyre Doll, e3 ware 
 Sftun 3eit, aud) Sanb unh Seute ju regieren. 
 3Sa3 toarb tl)m §um 23ef$eib? (Sin $ran§lein feist* ifym 
 SDer $aifer auf : ba3 fei bie $kx ber $ugenb." 
 
2, 21 u f 3 n g. 2. S c e n c. 71 
 
 2(uf bcr 2ttauei\ 
 
 1350 3#r fyahVZ gefyort. SRed^t unb ©erecfytigfeit 
 ©rtoartet ntd&t toom £aifer! §elft eu$ felbft! 
 
 JHebutg. 
 
 yiifytZ anbreS bleibt un§ iibrxg. 3l\m gebt $lat, 
 2Bie fair e§ ftug §um frozen (Snbe Ietten. 
 
 SBalt^Cr giirft Ctritt in ben King). 
 
 SIbtreiben toollen Voir toerfyafcten 3toang; 
 1355 2)ie alten Siedjte, toie toir fie ererbt 
 
 SSon unfern 33atern, Gotten toir betoatyren, 
 Uttcfyt unge^iigelt nacfy bem 3?euen greifen. 
 3)em $aifer bleibe, toas be§ $aifer§ ift ; 
 2Ber etnen £errn fyat, Men' tfym pflicfytgemafj. 
 
 SWcier. 
 
 1360 3$ trage ©ut toon £fterrei$ $u Sefyen. 
 
 2SaItf)cr prft. 
 gf>r ferret fort, fiftrei^ bie $fli$t ju leiften. 
 
 Soft tioit 2BeUer. 
 3$ fteure an bie §errn toon StapperStoeil. 
 
 2BaW>er gitrft. 
 
 S#r fafyret fort, 311 &infen unb &u fteuern. 
 
 Oioffelmann. 
 
 3)er groften grau ju gurcfy bin id) toeretbet. 
 
 IBaUtyv prft. 
 1365 3&* fiebt bem jtlofter, h>a§ bed £lofter3 ift. 
 Stauffatfjer. 
 
 3$ trage Icine Sefyen al£ be3 Sfteid^. 
 
72 tt> i I k 1 1 m C e It 
 
 SBaltljer prft. 
 
 2Bag fein mufe, bag gefcfyefye, bocfy ntcfyt briiber ! 
 2)ie S3ogte Pollen fair mit ifyren $ned?ten 
 23erjagen itnb bie feften ©cfyloffer brecfyen; 
 
 1370 ®o$, iuenn eg fein mag, ofyne Slut. @g fefye 
 £>er $aifer, baft tx>tr notgebrungen nur 
 3)er @fyrfurd)t fromme ^3flicfyten abgetoorfen. 
 Unb ftefyt er ung in unfern ©cfyranfen bletben, 
 SSielleid^t befiegt er ftaatgflug feinen $oxn ; 
 
 1375 Senn bill'ge gurdfyt ertoecfet ficfy ein 33oIf, 
 
 2)ag mit bem ©d^toerte in ber $auft fi$ mafcigt. 
 
 SHebutg. 
 
 SDod^ Iaffet fyoren! 2Bie boHenben hrir'g? 
 @g fyat ber geinb bie SBaffen in ber ipanb, 
 Unb nicfyt, fitrtoal)r ! in grieben toirb er toetctyen, 
 
 @tauffad)er. 
 
 1380 Gr toirb'g, tuenn er in 2Baffen ung erblttft ; 
 2DSir itberrafcfyen tfyn, el?' er ftcfy riiftet. 
 
 dieter. 
 
 3ft balb gefprodfyen, aber fd;toer getfyan. 
 Ung ragen in bem £anb §n>ei fefte ©cfytoffer, 
 3)ie geben ©cfyirm bem ftetnb unb toerben furc^tbar, 
 1385 3Benn ung ber $onig in bag Sanb fotlt' fallen. 
 Sofcberg unb ©arnen muft be^toungen fein, 
 8$' man ein ©cfytoert erE^ebt in ben brei Sanben. 
 
 Stauffactjer. 
 
 ©aumt man fo lang', fo imrb ber gtinb getoarnt; 
 8« SSiele finb'g, bie bag ©efyeimmg teilen. 
 
2. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. 5 c e n *. 73 
 
 2tteter. 
 1390 3 n *> en 2BaIbftdtten finb't fid) fein SSerrater. 
 
 JRoffelmantt. 
 £)er Sifer and), ber gute, !ann toerraten. 
 
 SSSaltljer gNbrft 
 ©$iebt man e3 auf, fo toirb ber 3toing fcoHenbet 
 gn 2lltorf, unb ber SSogt befeftigt ftd&. 
 
 2tfeier. 
 
 2$r benlt an euc§. 
 
 ©ignft. 
 
 Unb ifyr feib ungered^t. 
 
 aWeie? (auffa^renb). 
 
 1395 SGBir ungerecfyt! 2)a3 barf un$ Uri bteten! 
 
 JRebittg, 
 
 33ei eurem ©be! 5Ru^! 
 
 2Jleier. 
 3a, toenn ft$ ©$to% 
 SSerfte^t mit Uri, mitffen fair toofyl fcfytoeigen. 
 
 JRcbtng. 
 
 3$ mufc (§u$ toeifen toor ber SanbSgemeinbe, 
 2)afc 31jr mit fyeft'gem ©inn ben grieben ftdrt! 
 1400 ©tefyn hrir nid^t alle fiir biefelbe ©acfye? 
 
 SStnfelrieb. 
 
 2Benn toir'3 fcerfd^teben bt§ $um geft be§ §erm, 
 S)ann brings- bie ©ttte mit, baft alle ©affen 
 ®em SSogt ©ef$en!e bringen auf ba3 ©$Ioj$; 
 ©0 fonnen je^en banner ober jVx>5If 
 
74 ID illi elm (Cell. 
 
 1405 6t$ untoerbacfytig in ber Surg fcerfammeln, 
 ®ie fiifyreu fyetmlicfy fringe ©tfen mit, 
 ®ie man gefcfytotnb fann an bie ©fabe ftedfen; 
 3)enn niemanb fommt mit SBaffen in bie Surg, 
 gunacfyft im 2Balb fyalt bann ber grofce §aufe, 
 
 1410 Unb toenn bie anbern glitcflicfy ficfy be3 2^or3 
 (Srmacfytiget, fo toirb ein §orn geblafen, 
 Uttb jene brecfyen au§ bem §interl)alt. 
 ©0 ftrirb ba§ ©cfylofc mit leister Slrbeit unfer. 
 
 2Reid)tl)al. 
 
 ©en Jtofeberg ubernefym' \ti) gu erfteigen, 
 1415 ©enn eine £irn' be3 ©cfyloffeS ift mir fyolb, 
 Unb leicfyt bettor' id) fie, gum nacfytlicfyen 
 Sefucfy bie fd&toanfe Setter mir $u reic^en; 
 33in id) broben erft, giefy' icfy bie greunbe na$. 
 
 JHebing. 
 
 3ff« aUcr 2BiHe, bafc fcerf $oben toerbe? 
 
 ($>ie 2Kel)rf)eit erfyebt 2)ie £anb.) 
 (Stauffat^er (stt$lt bie ©timmen). 
 
 1420 63 ift ein 9ttefyr toon $toanjtg gegen gtoolf! 
 2BattI)er gitrft. 
 
 SBenn am beftimmten £ag bie Surgen fallen, 
 ©0 geben ftrir bon einem 33erg gum anbern 
 ®a§ 3ei<$eit mit bem 9tau$; ber Sanbfturm toirb 
 2lufgeboten, fc^neH, im §auJ)tort jebe§ 2anbe§. 
 1425 2Benn bann bie ffiogte fefyn ber SBaffen @rnft, 
 ©laubt mir, fie toerben ficfy be§ ©treits begeben 
 Unb gem ergreifen frieblid;e$ ©eleit, 
 2tu§ unfern SanbeSmarfen §u enttoeid&en. 
 
2. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. S c e n e. 75 
 
 <Siauffa<f|er. 
 
 9iur mit bem ©efcler fiird^t' id) fcfytoeren ©tanb, 
 1430 gurcfytbar \\t er mit 9ieiftgen umgeben ; 
 
 ■Jiicfyt ofyne Slut raumt er bag gelb; ja felbft 
 S3ertrieben, bleibt er furcbtbar nod) bem Sanb. 
 ©darner ift'g unb faft gefafyrlicfy, ifyn $u fcfyonen. 
 
 Saumgarten. 
 
 SBo'g fyalggefafyrlidj ift, ba ftettt micH™ 1 
 1435 ® em ^ e ^ towbanF id) mein gerettet Seben, 
 ©em fdjlag' itift in bie ©$an$e fur bag 2anb, 
 9Kein' ©fyr' fyab' icfy befcfyiifct, mein §erj befriebigt. 
 
 [Rebutg, 
 ©te Sett bringt 3tat. grtoartet'g in ©ebulb! 
 ■Btan muft bem Stugenblicf au$ toag fcertrauen. 
 1440 — 3)o$ fefyt, inbeg toir nacfytlid^ fyier nod) tagen, 
 ©tcHt auf ben fyocfyften Sergen fd^on ber SMorgen 
 3)ie gliifynbe §odf)toa$t aug — $ommt, lafet ung fd^eiben, 
 Jty' ung beg £ageg Seud&ten iiberrafd^t. 
 
 SBalt^er $urft. 
 
 ©orgt m$t, bie 3lad)t toeicfyt Iangfam aug ben £fyalern. 
 (9ine tyaben untmflfurli^ bie £ute abaenommen unb betradjten mit (iiHer 
 ©ammlung bie 9ttorgenr5te. 
 
 TOffelmamt. 
 
 1445 Sei biefem Sicfyt, bag ung juerft begriifct 
 3Son alien SSolfern, bie tief unter ung 
 ©djjtoer atmenb toofynen in bem Qualm ber ©tabte, 
 Safet ung ben ©ib beg neuen 33unbeg fcfytooren. 
 -- 2Bir Gotten fein ein einjig 33olf toon Srubern,*) 
 
 145c* 3>n feiner 5ftot ung trennen unb ©efafyr. *-/ 
 C^lttc fprecfyen e§ nad) mit erfyobeiten bret Sfinflcm.) 
 
76 rDtlfjelm Cell. 
 
 ^-— SGBir tooHen frei fetn, toie bie SSdter toaren, 
 \Jg£er ben Sob, ati in ber Snecfytfcfyaft leben. 
 
 (SBie oben.) 
 
 — 2Bir Gotten trauen auf ben fyocfyften ©ott 
 
 Unb un§ nicfyt fiircfyten fcor ber 5Jtadjt ber SJZenfd^en. 
 
 (SBie oben. 5Die Canbleute umarmen einanber.) 
 
 Stanffacfyer. m000* 
 
 H55 3 e £* 8 e ^ e i e ^ er f^ineS 2Bege3 ftitt 
 
 3u feiner greunifcfyaft unb ©enofifame! 
 
 2Ber §irt ift, tointre rufyig feine iperbe 
 
 Unb toerb' im ©iitten greunbe fiir ben Sunbl \ 
 
 — 2Ba§ no$ bis bafyin mufc erbulbet toerben, ^Bh - 
 1460 ©rbulbet'S ! Safct bie Jiecfynung ber Styrannen / b^~+ 
 
 Stntoacfyfen, bi3 ein Sag bie aHgemeine f 
 
 Unb bie befonbre ©cfyulb auf einmal &afyli. 
 Se^a^me jjeber bie gerecfyte 2But 1 
 
 Unb tyare fiir ba§ ®anje feine 3ta$e; 
 1465 2)enn 9taub begefyt am aHgemeinen ©ut, 
 2Ber felbft ft$ bilft in feiner eignen ©a$e. 
 
 (3nbem fie ju brei toerfdjiebenen Seiten in grSfcter 5Rul)e abgeljen, ffiHt ba8 
 Ordjefier mit einem pradjtooHen Sd)ttmng ein ; bie Ieere ©cene bteibt 
 nod) eine 3ett lang offen unb jeigt ba3 ©d&aujjnel ber aufgetyenben (Sonne 
 fiber t>en 6i§gebtrgen.) 
 
tyxxiUx 3ftitfjug* 
 
 (£rfte Suwz. 
 
 £of t>or %eU$ £aufe. 
 
 %tl\ ifl mit bcr 3itninerajrt, § e b roi g mit einer fjau$Iid)en Arbeit 
 befdjaftigt. SBattljer unb SBttljeim in bcr £iefe fpielen mit 
 cincr flcincn 2lrmbruft. 
 
 SBaltyer (fmgt). 
 ■Ditt bem ^Sfetl, bem 23ogen 
 2)ur$ ©ebtrg unb £fyal 
 Kommt ber ©$iit} gejogen 
 1470 grtify am 9Korgenftrafyt. 
 
 2Bte im 9tet$ ber Siifte 
 £onig ift ber 2Bety — 
 2)ur$ ©ebtrg unb &Iufte 
 §errfcfyt ber ©cfyitfce fret. 
 
 /47s 3^m gefydrt ba3 2Bette, 
 
 2Ba3 fein ^5fett erretcfyt, 
 2)a3 ift feme 33eute, 
 2Ba§ ba freucfyt unb fleugt. 
 
 (&ommt Qefprungen.) 
 
 $)er" ©trang ift mtr ent§toet. $Rafy mtr ityn, SBater. 
 £eu\ 
 1480 3$ nid&t. @tn renter ©c$u$e fyilft fid§> felbft. 
 
 (#naben entfernen jt#.) 
 
 n 
 
78 VOxllitlm Cell. 
 
 $ebaug. 
 SDte Knaben fangen jeittg an $u fcfyiefjen. 
 
 Sell. 
 
 %xify ubt fi$, toa§ ein -Bteifter toerben toitfo 
 
 $ebtmg. 
 2tdj, toottte ©ott, fie lernten'S nie! 
 
 Sett. 
 
 ©ie folten aHe§ lemen. 28er burets Seben 
 1485 ©i$ frtfd^ toill fd^Iagen, mufe &u ©#ufc unb £rufc 
 ©eriiftet fein. 
 
 £ebtt>tfl. 
 21$, e3 toirb leiner feme Stu^ 
 3u §aufe finben. 
 
 ZtU. 
 SMutter, t$ fann'3 aud^ ni$t. 
 3um §irten fyat 9iatur micfy nicfyt gebilbet; 
 SRaftlo^ muft icfy ein fliid^txg giel fcerfolgen. 
 1490 JDann erft genieft' icfy meineS SebenS red^t, 
 SBenn i<$ mir T 3 jeben £ag aufS neu erbeute. 
 
 $ebtt>ig. 
 
 Unb an bie 2tngft ber §au$frau benfft bu ni$t, 
 
 £)ie ficfy inbeffen, beiner toartenb, fyarmt. 
 
 SDenn mtcfy erfuHt'3 mit ©raufen, lt>a^ bie ®nec§te 
 
 1495 33on euren 2Bagefafyrten ftcfy ergd^Ien ; 
 Set jebem Slbfcfyieb jittert mir ba§ §erj, 
 $)afe bu mir nimmer toerbeft toieberfefyren 
 3$ fefye bicfy, im totlben ©tSgebirg 
 Serirrt, Don einer ^lippe 311 ber anbern 
 
 1500 2)en gefylfyrung ifyun, fefy', n>ie bie ©emfe bi$ 
 
3, 21 u f 3 u g. \. S c e n e. 79 
 
 SUicffyringenb mit ftcty in ben SIbgrunb reifet, 
 2Bie eine 28inblaftrine btd^ fcerfcfyiittet, 
 9Bie unter bir ber triigerifdje garn 
 ©inbricfyt, unb bu fyinabfinfft, ein lebenbig 
 
 1505 Segrabner, in bic fcfyauerlicfye ©ruft — 
 2tcb, ben fcertoegnen SUpenjager fyafctyt 
 2)er Stob in fyunbert toecfjfelnben ©eftalten! 
 SDaS ift ein ungliicffelige^ ©etoerb', 
 2)aS tyalSgefafyrlicty fiifyrt am 2lbgrunb fyin! 
 £eK, 
 
 1510 2Ber frtfcfy umfyerfyafyt mit gefunben Sinnen, 
 2luf ©ott fcertraut unb bie gelenle $raft, 
 2)er ringt fid^ leicfyt au§ jeber gtafyr unb 5Rot; 
 $)en fcfyrecft ber 33erg ntcfyt, ber barauf geboren. 
 
 (6r Ijat feme Arbeit bollenbet, Icgt ba$ ©erflt IjtnttJCfl.) 
 
 3e£t, mein' icty, fyalt bag S£I)or auf Satyr unb Sag. 
 1515 £)ie 3ljt im £au£ crf^art ben gimmermann. 
 
 (9Hmmt ben £ut.) 
 
 ^ebtoig. 
 
 2Bo getyft bu tyin? 
 
 Sett. 
 
 Sftacty ailtorf, &u bem 3Sater. 
 §ebttng, 
 ©innft bu aucty nictyts ©efatyrlictyeS? ©eftefy mir'8! 
 
 Set. 
 SGBie fommft bu barauf, grau? 
 
 £ebwtg. 
 
 (S3 frinnt ftcty ettoa* 
 ©egen bie SSogte — 2luf bem SWltli toarb 
 1520 ©etagt, tcfy toeifc, unb bu bift aucty im Sunbe. 
 
80 IPtl^elm Cell. 
 
 XtU. 
 3$ toar nid^t mit babei — bo$ toerb' icfy tm$ 
 5Dem Sanbe nicfyt entgiefyen, town e£ ruft. 
 
 $ebttrig. 
 
 6ie toerben bi$ fyinftellen, too ©efafyr ift; 
 
 2)a§ ©d;toerfte tx>irb bein 3lnteil fetn, h>ie immer. 
 
 sen. 
 
 1525 ©in jeber toirb befteuert na$ 23ermogen. 
 
 $ebttug. 
 3)en Untertoalbner tyaft bu aucfy im Sturmc 
 fiber ben (See gefefyafft — (Sin SBunber Wax's, 
 35aft iE^r entfommen — 2)a$teft bu benn gar nid^t 
 3ln Sinb unb SBeib? 
 
 Sell. 
 2teb SDScib, \<f) bad&t* an eu#! 
 1530 SDrum rettet' i$ ben SSater feinen Sinbern. 
 
 £ebwtg. 
 
 3u fdfyiffen in bem fcwt'gen <5ee! 2)a3 tyeifjt 
 9Ji$t ©ott fcertrauen! SDaS ^eifet ©ott fcerfud&ent 
 
 Sell. 
 SBer gar gu t>tel bebenft, toirb toenig letften. 
 
 $ebttiig. 
 
 3a, bu btft gut unb fyilfreicfy, bieneft alien, 
 153s Unb it)enn bu felbft in 9iot fommft, fyilft bir leincr. 
 
 Sell. 
 
 SBer^ut' eg ©ott, baft \<fy nid&t §ilfe braud&e! 
 (6r nimmt bie Strmbruft unb ^pfeite.) 
 
3. 2Iuf3ug. \. Scene. 81 
 
 2BaS toittft bu mit ber Strmbruft? Safe fie fyier! 
 9Kir fefylt ber 2lrm, h?enn mir bie 2Baffe fefylt. 
 
 (S)ie tfnaben fommcn jurttcf.) 
 
 2BaltI)er. 
 
 93ater, too gefyft bu fyin? 
 
 SRad& ailtorf, itnabe, 
 1540 3um @fym — 2BiHft bu mtt? 
 
 SBaltljer. 
 
 3a, freilicty toil! i$. 
 $ebtorig. 
 SDer Sanbbogt ift jefct bort. Sleib' toeg bon Sltorf! 
 
 Xett. 
 6r getyt, no$ fyeute. 
 
 #ebtoig. 
 2)rum lafe tfyn erft fort fein ! 
 ©emafyn' ifyn nid&t an bid&; bu toeifet, er groUt un3. 
 
 £eH. 
 SWir foil fetn bofer SBtHe ni$t fciel fd^aben, 
 '545 3$ ^ ue re $* un b fd^eue fetnen getnb. 
 
 £ebttrig. 
 S)te red^t tfyun, ^Un bie fyafet er am meiften. 
 
 2BeiI er nt$t an fte fommen fann — 3Wicfy toirb 
 2)er Sitter toofyl in grieben Iaffen, mein' id&. 
 
82 ID tilt elm (Eel!. 
 
 $ebto>i0. 
 
 ©o, roeifct bu bag? 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 @3 ift mcfyt Iange fyer, 
 
 1550 $)a ging i$ jagen burcfy bie roilben ©riinbe 
 
 X>e3 ©cfyacfyentfyalS auf menfdjenleerer ©pur, 
 
 Unb ba ic^> einfam einen gelfenfteig 
 
 aSerfoIgte, too nicfyt auSjutoeicfyen toar, 
 
 2)enn iiber mir tying fd&roff bie gelStoanb fyer, 
 
 1555 Unb unten rau[ctyte furctyterlicty ber ©cfyacfyen, 
 
 (SDie tfnaben brfingen fid) red)t3 unb linfS an tt)n unb jeljen mit sejpannter 
 9Jeugicr au itjm fyinauf.) 
 
 3)a fam ber Sanbtoogt gegen micfy bafyer, 
 
 @r gan$ attetn mit mir, ber aucfy attein mar, 
 
 33Iofc 5Kenf$ &u SKenfcfy, unb neben un3 ber 2lbgrunb, 
 
 Unb al3 ber §erre mein anficfytig toarb 
 
 1560 Unb micty erfannte, ben er furj $ubor 
 Urn fleiner Urfacty' toiUen fcfytoer gebiifct, 
 Unb fafy mid) mit bem ftattlicfyen ©etoefyr 
 5Datyer gefcfyritten fommen, ba fcerblafct' er, 
 SDie $nie' fcerfagten ifym, \<fy fafy e§ fommen, 
 
 1565 SDafc er je£t an bie gelStoanb toiirbe finfen. 
 — 3)a jammerte micty fein, icty trat ju itym 
 Sefcfyeibentlicfy unb fyracfy : 3$ &in'S, § err 2anbtoogt. 
 6r aber fonnte feinen armen Saut 
 2lu§ feinem SRunbe geben — 5Kit ber £anb nur 
 
 1570 SBinff er mir fcfytoeigenb, meineS 2Beg3 &u gefyn ; 
 S)a ging icty fort unb fanbf itym fein ©efolge. 
 
 ^ebtoig. 
 
 (Sr tyat bor bir ge^ittert — SBetye bir ! 
 2)afe bu ifyn fctytoacfy gefetyn, fcergtebt er nie. 
 
3. 21 u f 3 u g. \. 5 c e n e. 83 
 
 Sell. 
 
 £)rum metb' i$ tfyn, unb er toirb mi$ nid^t fucfyen. 
 
 $ebtmg. 
 
 1575 Sleib fyeute nur bort toeg. ©el) lieber jagen! 
 
 2ett. 
 2Ba8 fattt bir cin? 
 
 £ebtt>ig. 
 
 3Jtid& angftigt'3. SBIeibe toeg! 
 
 £ea. 
 2Bie fannft bu bic§ fo ofyne Urfa#' qualen? 
 
 §ebtt>ig. 
 
 SBeil'S feme Urfadfr' fat — Jell, bleibe ^ier! 
 
 Sen. 
 
 3$ fyab'3 fcertyrocfyen, UebeS 2Betb, &u fommen. 
 
 $ebtotfl. 
 i58o2Kuf*t bu, fo gefy — nur laffe mir ben $naben! 
 SBaliljer. 
 •Kern, -Dtuttercfyen. 3$ 9 e ^ e mi* *> em 3Sater. 
 
 ^ebmig. 
 SOBalti, berlaffen hnllft bu beine SJhitter? 
 
 2Baltljer. 
 
 3$ bring' bir au$ toaS §ubf#e§ mit bom Gfym. 
 (®ef)t mit bem Safer.) 
 
 SBttyelm. 
 
 •JRutter, i$ bleibe bei bir! 
 
84 rDUfjelm Cell. 
 
 $cbtt>tg (umarmt il)n). 
 
 3a, bu bifi 
 1585 2Kein liebeS Stnb, bu bletbft mir nod) alletn! 
 (Ste ge^t an ba§ #oftf)or nnb folfit ben 2Ibgef)enben lange mit ben 2luaen.) 
 
 <5tt>ette Scene. 
 
 (Sine etngc^toffene mitbe 2Balbgeaenb. Staubba^e jlurjen toon ben ftetfen, 
 SBertfya im 3agb!leib. ©tetdj barauf ^ubeitg. 
 Sertlja. 
 @r folgt mtr. ©nbltcfy !ann i$ mt$ erflaren. 
 
 JHttbcnj (tritt raf$ tin). 
 
 graulein, je$t enblicfy finb' id& (Sucfy aHein, 
 Slbgriinbc fcfyliefcen rings umfyer un§ ein; 
 3>n biefer SBilbmS fitrcfyt' i$ leincn 3 eu 9^ 
 1590 S3om £er$en toal$' i$ biefeS lange ©ctytoeigen — 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 ©eib S^r-getarifc, baft un3 bie 3^9*> ™$* f olgt ? 
 
 SRubenj. 
 
 2)ie 3 a 9^ ift bort IjinauS — $efct ober nie ! 
 $$ mufc ben teuren $lugenblicf ergreifen — 
 (Sntfd^ieben fefyen muft icfy mein ©efcfyidf, 
 1595 Unb foHt' e£ mi<$ auf ett)tg Don @u$ fd^eiben. 
 — D, toaffnet (Sure gtit'gen SBIidfe ni$t 
 9JHt biefer finftern ©trenge — SB e r bin icfy, 
 £)afe \§ ben fiifynen 2Bunj$ $u @u$ erfyebe? 
 2Jtt$ fyat ber 3tufym no$ nicfyt genannt; icfy barf 
 
3. 2Iuf3ug. 2. Scene. 85 
 
 1600 9Jli$ in bie 9ieuy nicfyt ftellen mit ben bittern, 
 2)te fiegberufymt unb gldn^enb (Sucfy umtoerben. 
 ■KicfytS fyab' icfy ate mem §erg tooH £reu' unb Siebe — 
 
 JBett^a (crnft unb ftreng). 
 
 ®urft $fyr Don Siebe reben unb toon £reue, 
 35er treuloS toirb an feinen ndcfyften ^flicfyten? 
 (01 u ben 3 tritt aurudf.) 
 
 1605 2)er ©flafce £)fterreicH ber ficfy bem grembling 
 33erfauft, bem Unterbriicfer feineS 33oIf3? 
 
 ^ube«a. 
 
 93on ©ucfy, mein grdulein, fyor' i$ biefen 33ortourf? 
 2Ben fucfy' i$ benn al§ @u$ auf jener ©eite? 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 9Ki$ benft 3^r auf ber ©eite beg Serrate 
 1610 3u finben? gfyer tooHt' icfy meine iganb 
 
 3)em ©efeler felbft, bem Unterbriicfer, fctyenfen, 
 2113 bem naturfcergefcnen ©obn ber ©cfytoeia, 
 ®er ftcfy ju feinem 2Berf^eug matfjen fann! 
 
 Otfubens. 
 
 D ©ott, toaS mufc i$ fyoren! 
 Sertija. 
 
 2Bie? 2Ba$ Kegt 
 1615 3)em guten 9Jtenf$en ndfyer al3 bie ©etnen? 
 
 ©iebt'3 fcfyonre $flicfyten fiir ein ebleS §er$, 
 
 2113 ein Serteibiger ber Unfcfyulb fein, 
 
 3)a3 5le$t be§ Unterbriicften gu befdnrmen? 
 
 — SDie ©eele blutet mir urn @uer Sol! ; 
 1620 !gcfy leibe m i t ifym, benn id? muft e3 Uebe^ 
 
 £>aS fo befcfyeiben ift unb bo$ Doll Kraft; 
 
86 XT» i 1 ^ c I m dell. 
 
 @3 jiefyt mein ganger §erg mt$ $u ifym fyn, 
 Wit jebem £age Uxn' \fy$ mefyr fcerefyren. 
 — gfyr aber, ben S^atur unb SWtterpjTtcfyt 
 1625 %fym gum geborenen 23efcbii£er gaben, 
 Unb ber'§ fcerlafU, ber treulo§ iibertritt 
 3um geinb unb $etten fcfymiebet fetnem Sanb, 
 3#r feib'3, ber mid; fcerle|t unb Irdnft; i$ muft 
 3Jtein §er$ begmtngen, ba| i$ @u$ nt$t ^affe. 
 
 1630 SBiH t$ benn nid^t ba§ 33efte meineS SolfS? 
 3$m unter DftreicfyS mad^t'gem ©center nicfyt 
 ®en grieben — 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 $ne$tf$aft rooHt 2#* ty*n bereiten! 
 £)ie greifyeit toollt 3#r au3 bem letjten ©cfylofe, 
 2)a£ ifyr nocfy auf ber ©rbe blieb, feerjagen. 
 1635 ®*% 33*>tf berftefyt fi$ beffer auf fein ©lucf ; 
 $ein ©cfyein fcerfiifyrt fein ftcfyereS ©efufyl. 
 6u$ fyahtn fie ba3 9te$ um3 Qaupt geroorfen — •' 
 
 93ertl)a! 3$ r fyafet micfy, %fyx feeracfytet mi$! 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 %fyaV W%, mir ware beffer — Slber ben 
 1640 SSerad^tet f e fy e n unb toeracfytungSroert, 
 35en man gem lieben mocfyie — 
 
 s Jiube«5. 
 
 Sert^a! Serial 
 3$r jeiget mir ba§ fyocfyfte §immel3glui 
 Unb fturjt mi$ tief in einem Slugenblicf. 
 
3. 21 uf 3 ug. 2. Scene. 87 
 
 fdtttya. 
 
 5Rein, nein, ba§ ©ble ift ntcfyt gan§ erfttdft 
 1645 3 n @ u $ • ®3 fcfylummert nur, i$ toill eg toecfen ; 
 
 3#r mii^t ©etoalt auSiiben an @ud) felbft, 
 
 2)ie angeftammte £ugenb ju ertoten; 
 
 2)ocfy toofyl Sucfy, fie ift macfytiger al3 2#r, 
 
 Unb tro£ @u$ felber feib 3#r 0"* unb ebei! 
 JRuben-$. 
 1650 3$r glaubt an mic§ ! D Sertfya, alleS lafet 
 
 9Jtt$ ©ure Siebe fein unb toerben! 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 ©eib, 
 SB05U bie fyerrlid^e Sftatur @u$ tnad&te! 
 (Srfuat ben $pia$, fool)in fte ®u$ geftellt, 
 3u ©urern SSoIfe ftefyt s unb ©urem Sanbe, 
 1655 Unb fdmpft" fiir fiuer fyeilig Stecfyt ! 
 
 2Bety mir! 
 2Bie lann icfy @u$ erringen, ©u$ beft^en, 
 2Benn i$ ber -Diactjt be§ KaiferS foiberftrebe? 
 Sft'S ber Sertoanbten mdcfyt'ger 2Bitte ni#t, 
 2)er itber (Sure §anb ttyranmfcfy tualtet ? 
 
 Serilja. 
 
 1660 gn ben SBalbftatten liegen meine ©liter, 
 Unb ift ber ©$n)eijer fret, fo bin aucfy id&'S. 
 
 JRubena. 
 
 SBertfya ! toelcfy einen Slid tfyut 2$ r m ^ <w*f ! 
 
 23crtlja. 
 §offt nicfyt burcfy Dftrei$§ ©unft mi$ ju erringen; 
 3laty meinem ©rbe ftrecfen fie bie §anb, 
 
90 IDtHcIm 'drell. 
 
 gerftoren f<$ — SBefy mir ! 2Bie ftunb'3 um mid^, 
 1720 2Benn idf? bem ftol^en Slitter mitfjte folgen, 
 £)em Sanbbebriicfer, auf fein finftreg Scfyloft! 
 — §ier ift fein ©cfylofc. 3Jltd^ fcfyeiben feine 3Rauern 
 SSon einem 33olf, ba§ icfy begliicfen fann! 
 
 2)o$ hne micfy retten — toie bie ©cfylinge Iofen, 
 1725 3Me icfy mir tfyoricfyt felbft um£ §aupt cjelegt? 
 33ertlja, 
 3errei^e fie nut mtinnlicfyem @ntf$Iuf$! 
 2Ba§ aucfy brauS toerbe — fte^> gu beiuem 3SoIf! 
 @3 ift bein angeborner $la£. 
 
 (3agDl)5mcr in ber fjerne.) 
 
 SDie 3agb 
 Sommt nafyer — gort, toir miiffen fc^eiben — Sampfe 
 1730 gitr§ SBaterlanb, bu lampfft fiir beine Siebe ! 
 & ift ein geinb, fcor bem toir alle ^ittern, 
 Unb eine greifyeit macfyt un3 alle frei! 
 
 (®e^en ab.) 
 
 Dritte Scene. 
 
 SMefe bei HItorf. 
 
 9tn Borbergrmtb 93aume, in bcr Xiefe ber -£ut auf eincr (Stange. 
 S)er ^rofpect luirb begrengt burdj ben SBcmnberg, fiber toetdjem ein 
 €5cf)neegebirg emporragt. 
 
 grtegljarbt nnb Seutljotb fallen S&acfje. 
 gricparbt, 
 3Bir paffen auf umfonft. 63 toiff ft$ niemanb 
 £eran begeben unb bem §ut fein' 9te&eren$ 
 
3. 21 u f 3 ug. 3. Scent. 91 
 
 1735 @^etgen. '3 toar bo$ fonft tote gafyrmarft fyier; 
 Sefct ift ber ganje Singer tote aerobe:, 
 ©ettbem ber $opanj auf ber ©range fyangt. 
 
 ficutljolb. 
 
 yinx fd&Ied&t ©eftnbel lafct ftcfy fe^n unb fcfytoingt 
 Un3 jum 23erbrte|e bte $erlum£ten 2JUt$en. 
 1740 2Ba3 recite 2eute ftnb, bte madden lieber 
 2)en langen Umtoeg urn ben fyalten glecfen, 
 ©^ fte ben Jlucfen beugten Dor bem §ut. 
 
 grieParbt. 
 ©ie miiffen itber btefen $la£, toenn fie 
 93om 3iail)au3 lommen urn bte -DttttagSftunbe. 
 
 <745 £)a metnt' i$ fcfyon, 'nen guten gang ju tfyun, 
 3)enn fetner bacr)te bran, ben §ut $u griifcen. 
 ©a ftefyt'3 ber $faff, ber SRoffelmann — fam juft 
 Son etnem ^ranfen fyer — unb ftettt ftcfy fym 
 9Jttt bem £)0$toiirbigen, grab toor bte ©tange — 
 
 1750 S)er ©tgrtft mufjte mtt bem ©locfletn fcr)ellen : 
 £)a ftelen alT auf3 £nte, \<fy felber mtt, 
 Unb griifcten bie 2Ronftrana, bocfy ntcfyt ben $ut. — 
 
 fieuiijolb. 
 §ore, ©efett, e§ fdngt mtr an &u beucfyten, 
 2Btr fter)en ^ier am granger Dor bem §ut; 
 1755 '3 ift bo$ etn ©cfytmpf fitr etnen 9tetter3mann, 
 ©cfytlbtoacb' 311 fter)n fcor etnem Ieeren £ut — 
 Unb jeber recr)te Serl mufe un§ &eracr)ten. 
 — £)ie 9iefc>erena 311 madden etnem §ut, 
 @3 ift bo$, traun ! etn narrifcfyer Sefefyl ! 
 
 gfrieparbt, 
 
 1760 SBartun nt$t etnem Ieeren, fyofylen §ut? 
 
92 TO x I l\e I m Cell. 
 
 33iicfft bu bi$ bo$ fcor mancfyem fyo^Ien ©dfyabel. 
 #Ubegarb, Sifted) tljitb unb (SUbetl) treten auf nut $inbern 
 unb ftellen ficf> urn bie ©tange, 
 
 Sentyol*. jM^ r 
 
 Unb bu Hft and) fo ein bienftfert'ger ©djurfe 
 Unb bracfyteft toacfre Seute gem in§ UngliidE. 
 Sftag, toer ba toitt, am §ut boriibergebn,' 
 1765 3$ k^tf' K< 2lugen ju unb fety' nidfyt fyin. 
 3fletf>t!>Ub. 
 SDa fyangt ber Sanbtoogt — §abt SRefpeft, ifyr SBuben ! 
 
 eis&ctfj. 
 
 SBoHt'^ ©ott, er ging' unb liefe' un3 feinen §ut; 
 ©3 follte brum nicfyt fcfytecfyter ftefyn um3 Sanb! 
 
 gricParbt (toerf$eu$t fie). 
 
 SBottt tyt bom $Ia$! SSertofinfd&ieS SSoII ber SBeiber! 
 1770 2Ser fragt na$ eucfy? ©cfyicft eure Scanner fyer, 
 2Senn fte ber 3Jlut fttd^t, bem Sefefyl $u trotjen. 
 
 (SBeiber Qefjen.) 
 
 Sell mtt ber Slrmbrufl tritt auf, ben $naben an ber §anb fiiljrenb. 
 ©te gefyen an bem §ut toorbei gegen bie toorbere ©cene, ofyne barauj 
 gu adjten. 
 
 993altl)er (jeigt na# bem S3annberg). 
 
 SSater, tft'3 toafyr, bafc auf bem 33erge bort 
 S)ie SBaume bluten, toznrx man einen ©tret$ 
 2)rauf fiifyrte mit ber 2l$t? 
 
 Sen. 
 
 2Ber fagt baS, Snabe? 
 IPiIt|<r< 
 
 1775 $)er 9fleifter §trt erjafylt'S — $)ie Saume feien 
 
3. 2(uf3ug. 3. Scene. 93 
 
 (Szhannt, fagt er, unb toer fte fcfydbige, 
 3)em toacfyfe feine £>anb fyeraug jum ©rabe. 
 
 Sett. 
 
 Die Sdume ftnb gebannt, bag ift bte SBafyrtyeit. 
 — ©tefyft bu bte girnen bort, bte toeifcen £>5rner, 
 1780 Die fyod) big in ben §tmmet ft$ fcerlieren? 
 
 2Baltl)er. 
 
 Dag ftnb bie ©letter, bte beg -Kacfytg fo bonnern 
 Unb ung bie ©cfylaglatoinen nieberfenben. 
 
 ©0 ift'g, unb bie Satoinen fatten Idngft 
 Den glecfen Slltorf unter ifyrer iSaft 
 1785 93erf$uttet, h>enn ber 2BaIb bort oben ntcfyt 
 2Ug eine Sanbtoefyr fi# bagegen ftellte. 
 
 2S3altl)er (nac§ cinigem SBefmnen). 
 
 ©iebt'g Sdnber, SBater, too nicfyt Serge ftnb? 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 SGBenn man fyinunter fteigt Don unfern §ofyen, 
 Unb immer tiefer ftetgt, ben ©tromen na$, 
 
 1790 ©elangt ntan in ein grofteg, ebneg 2anb, 
 
 28o bte 28albtoaffer ntcfyt mefyr braufenb fcfydumen, 
 Die g&ffe rufyig unb gemdcfyltcfy jiefyn; 
 Da fieJ>t man frei na$ alien §immelgrdumen, 
 Dag Sorn-toacfyft bort in langen, fcfyonen 2luen, 
 
 1795 U n *> to™ e * n ©arten ift bag £anb $u fcfyauen. 
 2BaW)er. 
 ©, aSater, toarum ftetgen ftrir benn nicfyt 
 ©efdjtotnb fyinab in biefeg fcfyone Sanb, 
 ©tatt ba§ fair ung fyier dngftigen unb plagen? 
 
94 ID tllj elm Cell. 
 
 Sett. 
 
 SDa§ Sanb ift fcfyon unb giittg trie ber §immel; 
 1800 2)o$ bie'3 hzhaum, f i e genieften nicfyt 
 2)en <S*gen, ben fie fflangen. 
 
 SBaliljer. 
 
 SSo^nen fte 
 •Kicr)t fret, roie bu, auf ifyrem eignen (Srbe? 
 
 3)a3 gelb gefyort bem 23i[cr)of unb bem $ontg. 
 
 SBaltljer. 
 ©0 btirfen fte bocr) frei in 2BaIbern jagen? 
 Sell. 
 1805 2)em §errn gefyort ba§ SBilb unb ba§ ©efieber. 
 233altljer. 
 ©te btirfen bocr; fret ftfcr)en in bem ©trom? 
 
 Sell. 
 3)er ©trom, ba3 9Keer, ba§ ©alg ge^ort bem Sonig. 
 
 SBalt^er. 
 SSkr ift ber Slonig benn, ben alle furcr)ten? 
 
 Sell. 
 
 g§ ift ber (Sine, ber fie fcfyiittf unb nar)rt. 
 
 Balder. 
 
 1810 ©ie fonnen ftcr) ntcr)t muttg felbft befd^ii^en? 
 
 Sett. 
 
 SDort barf ber 9lacr;bar nicr)t bem -Kacr)bar trauen. 
 
2>er £mt aitf bet @tange 
 
 Face p. gj 
 
3. 2Iuf3iig. 3. Scene. 95 
 
 SBaltljer. 
 SSater, e3 tx>xrb mtr eng im toetten Sanb; 
 2)a toofyn' id) lieber unter ben Sahrinen. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 3a, toofyl ift'3 beffer, £inb, bie ©letfd&erberge 
 1815 3m Stucfen Ijaben at3 bie bofen SKenfcfyen. 
 (€>te footlen toorfibergefyen.) 
 
 2BaW|er. 
 @i, 33ater, ftefy ben §ut bort auf ber ©tange! 
 
 ZtU. 
 2Ba§ fummert un§ ber §ut? Somm, lafe un§ getyen! 
 (3nbem er abgeljen null, tritt tfjm grtefftarbt mit Dorgefyaltener ^ife 
 entgegen.) 
 
 grieParbt. 
 gn be3 ilatfer^ 5ftamen ! §altet an unb ftefyt ! 
 
 £efl (greift in bie $i!e). 
 
 2Ba§ tooUt 3^r? SBarum ^altet 3^r mid& auf? 
 gfrieftftH 
 
 1820 3fyr fyabt'3 5flanbat fcerle^t ; S^r miifet un3 folgen, 
 Seutijotti. 
 3fyr fyabt bem §ut nicfyt 9tefceren$ behriefen. 
 
 Sea. 
 
 greunb, lafc micfy gefyen! 
 
 Sfrtegljarbt. 
 
 gort, fort in3 ©efangniS! 
 2Balt!)er. 
 35en SSater in§ ©efangniS! £ilfe! §ilfe! 
 (3n bie Scene rufenb.) 
 
96 IDtl^elm Eell. 
 
 §erbei, ifyr 5Kanner, gute £eute, fyelft! 
 1825 ©etoalt! ©ett>alt ! Sie fitfyren ifyn gefangen. 
 
 (3? {feint a nn ber starrer intb ^ctermann bcr @lgrijt 
 foramen Ijerbei mit brei anbern 2ftannern.) 
 
 6ignft. 
 2Ba$ giebt'g? 
 
 SRoffelmann. 
 
 2Ba§ Iegft bu §anb an bicfen -Dtamx? 
 
 griep arbt, 
 
 (Sr tft ein geinb be§ $aifer§, ein 93errater! 
 
 XtU (fafct i&n *eftig). 
 
 ©in 33errater, i$! 
 
 tWSffelmantt. 
 
 SDu trrft fcu$, $reunb! S)a3 tft 
 $)er XeH, ein ©fyrenmann unb guter SBurger. 
 
 Sitttet 
 
 (erbttcft SGBaltfjcr fjurften unb ctlt tf)m entaegen). 
 
 1830 ©rof&ater, fytlf ! ©etoalt gefefyiefyt bem Setter. 
 
 grieftfjarbi. 
 
 3n§ ©cfdngmS, fort! 
 
 2Baltl}er fjiirft (Serbeieilenb). 
 
 3d) leifte Surgf^aft, ^altet! 
 — Urn ©otte§ hritlen, Sell, toa§ tft gef$efyen? 
 9ftettf)tljat unb ©tanffadjer fommen. 
 g-neparbt. 
 
 2)e§ £anbbogt§ oberfyerrltcfye ©etoalt 
 SSeracfytet er unb h^ttt fie ni$t erfennen. 
 
3. 21 uf3ug. 3. Scene. 97 
 
 ©tauffattyer, 
 1835 Sto* &5tt' ber £etl getfyan? 
 
 3Reld)tl>al. 
 
 SDaS Higft bu, Sube! 
 fieutyoib. 
 (£r f)at bem §ut ni$t 9tetoerenj betoiefen. 
 
 SBal^er giirft 
 
 Unb barum foil er m3 ©efangniS? ftreunb, 
 SRimm meine 33iirgfcfyaft an unb lag ifyn lebig! 
 
 grieParbt. 
 SBiirg' bu fur bi$ unb beinen eignen 2eib! 
 1840 2Bir tfyun, toaS unf er3 2lmteS — gort mit tfym ! 
 
 SReldjtlfal (ju ben fianbleuten). 
 
 9letn, bag ift fcfyreienbe ©etoalt ! (Srtragen toir'3, 
 2)afj man ifyn forifiifyrt, fre$, feor unfern Slugen? 
 
 ©igrift. 
 SBtr fmb bie ©tarfern. greunbe, bulbet'S ni#t! 
 SBir fyaben einen Jtiicfen an ben anbern! 
 
 griefcljarbt. 
 1845 2S«r toiberfefct ftd& bem Sefetyl beg 93ogt3? 
 
 SRodj brei fianbleute ($erbeietienb). 
 SBir ^elfen eucfy. 2Ba§ giebt'S ? ©d&Iagt fte &u Soben ! 
 ($Ubegarb, 2ftecf)tljttb unb (SiSbetl) fommcn guriicf.) 
 
 Sett. 
 
 3$ tyelfe mir fd&on felbft. ©e^t, gute Seute! 
 Sfteint tfyr, toenn i$ bie 5?raft gebraud&en tooHie, 
 3$ toiirbe mi<$ fcor ifyren ©piefeen fitrd&ten? 
 
98 rDtltjelm <EeII. 
 
 2tteltf)tl)al (su ftrie^arbt). 
 
 1850 2Bag% ifyn au3 unfrer 5Ritte tt)egjufu^ren! 
 SBaltljer ftitrft unb Stauffadjer, 
 ©elaffen! SRufyig! 
 
 gricparbUt^reit). 4 ^^ M ^ vr ; 
 Slufru^r unb (Smporung! 
 
 (5JJan §5rt 3agbf)5rner.) 
 SBeiber. 
 35a fommt ber Sanbbogt! 
 
 JJrteParbt (er^ebt bie ©timme). 
 
 9Jteuterei ! ^(Smporung ! 
 ©tauffadjer/^^ 8 ^- tW^ 
 ©$rei, bis bu berfteft, ©dfrurfe! > ^'w.«*''' A 
 TOffelmann unb SDteldjtyal, 
 
 SBiUfl bu fc^foeigen? 
 
 gfrieParbt (ruft no$ lauter). 
 
 3u £ilf ', ju $iif ben SDienern beg ©efefceS ! 
 Bft8$ef gfirfi. ^ 
 
 1855 ^ a *P *> cr SSogt ! 2Befy unS, toaS ftrirb ba$ toerben! 
 ©egter 3U ^Pfcrb, ben gatfen auf ber gauft, ftubolpljber^arraS, 
 SBertfja unb SRubeng, cin grogeS (Sefotge toon betoaffneten 
 $ned)ten, toetdje cincn $rei8 Don $ifen urn bic ganje ©cenc 
 fdjliefjen. 
 
 JRubotylj ber #arraS. 
 Spiafc, $lafc bem Sanbbogt! 
 ©efeler. 
 
 £reibt fie auSeinanber! 
 2Ba3 ISuft ba$ SBoB jufamnien? 2Ber ruft $ilfc? 
 (Slflflemeine ©tiflc.) 
 
3. 2Iuf3ug. 3. Scene. 99 
 
 SBet ftmr'3? %<$ hrill e3 fotffen. 
 
 (3u Sfrieg^arbt.) 
 
 2)u tritt Dor! 
 2Ber bift bu, unb toa§ Ijaltft bu biefen 9Mann? 
 
 ((5r flicbt ben fallen cinem Wiener.) 
 gnegljarbt, 
 i860 ©eftrenger §err, i$ bin bein 2Baffenfne$t 
 Unb toofylbefteHter 2Bad?ter bet bem §ut. 
 Siefen 3Kann ergrtff icfy iiber frifd^er £fjat, 
 SSie er bem §ut ben (Sfyrengrufc toerfagte. 
 93erfyaften tooUt' i$ ifyn, tote bu befafylft, 
 1865 Unb mit ©etoalt toitl tl)n ba§ SSoIf entreifeen. 
 
 ©e§(er (nad) etner <Raufe). 
 
 SSerad^teft bu fo betnen Saifer, £ell, 
 Unb mi$, ber fyier an feiner ©tatt gebtetet, 
 3)aft bu bte 6fyr' berfagft bem §ut, ben i$ 
 3ur ^riifung be§ ©efyorfamS aufgefyangen? 
 1870 SDein bofeS £ra$ten tyaft bu mir toerraten. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 SBcrjei^t mtr, lieber §err! 2Iu3 Unbebad^t, 
 9ii$t au§ 93erad(jtung (Surer ift'3 gefefyefyn; 
 2Bar' id) befonnen, fyiefe' icfy ntcfyt ber Sell. 
 3$ bit? urn ©nab', e3 foil ntd^t meljr begegnen. 
 
 ©C§Ier (na$ eintgem <3ttHfc§n>etgen). 
 
 1875 SDu bift ein SKeifter auf ber 2lrmbruft, £ett, 
 Wlan fagt, bu nefymft e3 auf mit jebem (Sd^ti^en? 
 
 SBaWjer ZtU. 
 
 Unb ba£ mufc toafyr fein, £err, 'nen 2tyfel fd&iefct 
 2)er S3ater bir bom Saum auf fyunbert ©d^ritte. 
 
100 rDtffjelm Ceil. 
 
 ©efcler. 
 
 3ft ba§ bein £nabe, Sell? 
 
 £en. 
 
 3 a, lieber £>err. 
 ©ej?Ici\ 
 
 1880 §aft bu ber $inber mefyr? • 
 
 3toet $naben, §err. 
 ©efeter. 
 Unb toel^er ift'3, ben bu am meiften Iiebft? 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 §err, beibe ftnb fie mir glei$ Iiebe $inber. 
 
 ©eglcr. 
 
 5Run, Sell! 2BeiI bu ben Styfet triffft i>om 33aume 
 2tuf fyunbert ©cfyritt, fo totrft bu beine Sunft 
 
 1885 3Sor tnir betoafyren miiffen — 5Rimm bie 2lrm6ruft — 
 3)u fyaft fie gletcfy &ur §anb — unb macfy' bicfy fertig, 
 @inen 2fyfel fcon be3 $naben $opf $u fd^te^en — 
 2)o$ VDttt tcfy raten, giele gut, baft bu 
 S)en Styfel treffeft auf ben erften ©cfyufe; 
 
 1890 Qznn fefylft bu il;n, fo ift bein $opf fcerloren. 
 
 (2IUe geben Seitfjen be§ 6d)recfen3.) 
 
 £ett. 
 
 §err — 2Bel$e3 Ungefyeure finnet 3#r 
 3Rxx an? — 3$ foH & om §aupte meineS SlinbeS — 
 — 9iein, nein bocfy, lieber §err, ba§ fommt @u$ nid^t 
 3 U ©i nn — 83et$fttf3 ber gnab'ge ©ott — ba§ fount 3$r 
 1895 %m @rnft Don einem SSater nicfyt begefyren ! 
 
OF THE 
 
 3. 21 u f 3 u g. 3. Scene. 101 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 S)u toirft ben 2tyfel fcfytefcen bon bem $opf 
 2)e3 Snaben — 3$ begefyr'S unb ftrilTg. 
 
 £ea. 
 
 3$ fbB 
 
 ■Kit meiner 2lrmbruft auf ba§ liebe igaupt 
 2)e£ eignen $inbe£ jielen ? — Sfyer fterb' icfy ! 
 
 Vefltr. 
 
 1900 £)u f $iefeeft ober ftirbft m i t beinem $naben. 
 
 %tU. 
 3$ foil ber 3Korbcr toerben meineS 5tinb3! 
 §err, 3^ r fy a &* fo ne $inber — toxffet ni$t, 
 2Ba3 fid^ betoegt in eineS 33ater3 §erjen. 
 
 ©egler. 
 
 (Si, £ett, bu bift ja pI5$Ii$ fo befonnen! 
 1905 SRan fagtc tmr, bafe bu ein £raumer feift 
 
 Unb bicfy entfernft fcon anbrer 3J?enf$en 2Beife. 
 
 3)u liebft bag ©eltfame — brum fyab' i$ je$t 
 
 (Sin eigen SBagftitcf fur bicfy au§gefu$t, 
 
 gin anbrer toofyl bebdd^te fidfr — b u brixcfft 
 1910 2>ie 2lugen ju unb greifft e3 fyerjfyaft an. 
 
 ©d)ergt nicfyt, §err, mit biefen armen Ztutinl 
 3fyr fefyt fie bleicfy unb jitternb fteljm — <5o toenig 
 ©inb fie $ur$toeil3 getoofynt au3 (Surem SKunbe. 
 
 ©eftler. 
 2Ber fagt @u$, bafc i$ f$er$e? 
 
 (©reift nad) cinem SBaumjtDeige, ber liber if)n ^erfjflngt.) 
 
 §ier ift ber Styfel 
 915 3Kan macfye 5taum — @r nefyme feine SBeite, 
 
102 ID ill? elm Sell. 
 
 2Bie'£ Sraudfr ift — 3tcfyt$ig Sd&ritte geb' t$ tym — 
 9fa$t toeniger nocfy mefyr — @r riifymte ftcfy, 
 2luf i^rer fyunbert feinen 9flann 311 treffen — 
 gefct, 6$it£e, triff unb fefyle nic^t ba§ giel! 
 
 *Jhtbotylj ber $arra^, 
 1920 ©ott, ba§ rotrb ernft^aft — gfaHe nteber, Knabe, 
 63 gilt, unb flefy' ben Sanbfcogt um bein Seben! 
 
 SBaliljer prft 
 
 (betjeite ju !JMdjtf)at, ber !aum feine Itngebutb beattrinflt). 
 §altet an @u$, i$ flel)' @u$ brum, bleibt rufyig! 
 
 23crt!jd (jum Sanboogt). 
 
 Saftt e§ genug fetn, §err! Unmenfcpd^ ift'S, 
 fERit etne§ SaterS 2lngft alfo ju f^telen. 
 
 1925 SBenn biefer arme 3Kann audj Seib unb Seben 
 93ertoirft bur$ feine leicfyte ©cfyulb, bei ©ott! 
 @r fyatte je£t ^elmfacfyen Sob empfunben. 
 Gmtlaftt ilm ungeiranft in feine §utte, 
 @r fyat 6u$ fennen lernen; biefer ©tunbe 
 
 1930 SBirb er unb feine StnbeSfinber benlen. 
 
 ©efcler, 
 
 £)ffnet bie ©affe — ftrifcfc, roa§ ^auberft bu? 
 
 3)ein Seben ift fcerroirft, i$ lann bicfy toten; 
 
 Unb ftelj, tcfy lege gndbig bein ©efcfyicf 
 
 $n beine eigne lunftgeiibte §anb. 
 1935 &er lann nid^t flagen iiber fyarten ©pru$, 
 
 3)en man jum 9Ketfter fetneS ©cfyicffalS ma$t. 
 
 2)u riifymft bid^ beineS ficfyern 33licf3. SBofylan! 
 
 §ier gilt e3, 6$ii£e, beine Kunft ju geigen; 
 
 £)a§ ftxd ift roiirbtg, unb ber $rei§ ift groft! 
 1940 2)a§ ©d^mar^e treffen in ber Scfyeibe, ba3 
 
3. 21 u f 3 u g. 3. Scene. 103 
 
 $ann and) ein anbrer; ber ift mir ber SKeifter, 
 
 ©er fetner $unft getoift ift itberall, 
 
 2)em '1 §erj ni$t in bie §anb tritt, nocfy tn3 2luge. 
 
 SBalt^Cr giirft (wirft ftd) »or i$m nieber). 
 
 £err Sanbfcogt, toir erfennen Sure §ofyeit; 
 
 1945 3)od£> Iaffet ©nab* bor Jlecfyt ergefyen! 9tel)mt 
 
 2)ie §dlfte nteiner §abt, nefymt fie gan^! 
 
 9iur biefeg ©rafclicfye erlaffet einem 33ater! 
 
 2Baltl)er XtU. 
 
 ©rofefeater, fnie ni$t fcor bem falfcfyen 9Kann! 
 <3agt, too \ti) fyinftefyn foil! $5$ fiird&t' mt$ ni$t. 
 1950 ®er SBater irifft ben 93ogel ja im $lug, 
 
 @r totrb nicfyt fefylen auf bag §erj beg $inbe3. 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 §err Sanbfcogt, ru^rt gucfy n\d)t beS SinbeS Unfcfyulb? 
 
 JHoffefatamt. 
 
 D, benlet, ba& ein ©ott im §immel ift, 
 2)em 3#r tniifct 5tebe ftefyn fur (Sure ^aten! 
 
 ©egler (jeigt auf ben flnaben). 
 
 1955 3Kan binb' ifyn an bie Sinbe bort ! 
 
 SBaltljer Sell. 
 
 SKid^ binben! 
 9?ein, id) totH nid)t gebunben fein. %d) toitt 
 ©tin fatten tote ein 2amm unb and) nid)t atmen. 
 SBenn ifyr m\d) binbet, nein, fo fann i$ r 3 ntd&t, 
 ©0 toerb' id) toben gegen meine Sanbe. 
 
 JRubofylj ber $arra$. 
 i960 SDte Slugen nur Ian bir fcerbtnben, $nabe ! 
 
104 TO ilk elm Cell. 
 
 SBaityer Sett. 
 
 2Barum bie 2Iugen? SDenfet Sfyr, i$ flird^te 
 SDen $feil bon S3ater3 §anb? — 3$ KtO tyn feft 
 grtoarten unb nid^t guden mit ben 2Bimpern. 
 — tNW/ 3S«ter, seig'S, bafc bu ein ©$u$e bift! 
 1965 6r glaubt bir'^ ni$t, er benft un$ ju berberben — 
 2)em SDBiltrtd^ jum SSerbruffe fcfyiefc unb triff ! 
 (6r fict)t an bie Ctnbe, man Icgt iljm hen 9tyfet auf.) 
 
 3Eeld)tfyal (au ben Sanblcuten). 
 
 2Ba§? ©oil ber gfretoel fid^ bor unfern Slugen 
 SSoHenben? SBoju fyaben h)tr gefd^tooren? 
 
 ©tauffar^er. 
 
 @g ift utnfonft. 2Bir fyaben feine SBaffen; 
 1970 3#r feljt ben SBalb fcon Sanjen urn un3 fyer. 
 
 2Rel$t!>ci. 
 
 D, fatten toir'3 mit frifd^er £fyat boHenbet! 
 aSerjei^g ©ott benen, bie $um 2luffcfyub rieten! 
 
 (SJefcler (sum SdQ. 
 
 2In3 2Berf! 5Kan fiifyrt bie SBaffen nicfyt bergebenS. 
 
 ©efafyrlicfy ift'3, ein SKorbgetoefyr $u tragen, 
 1975 Unb auf ben ©$u£en fpringt ber $fetl juriicf. 
 
 2)ie3 ftolje SWec^t, ba§ fid) ber 33auer nimmt, 
 
 SBeleibiget ben fyocfyften §errn be3 SanbeS. 
 
 ©etoaffnet fei niemanb, ate toer gebietet. 
 
 gfreut'3 eucfy, ben $feil §u fiifyren unb ben 33ogen, 
 1980 aBofyl, fo toill i cfy ba£ giel eucfy baju geben. 
 
 Sett 
 
 (foannt bie Wrmbruft unb legt hen 5Pfeit auf). 
 
 £)ffnet bie ©affe! $Iafc! 
 
3. 2J u f 3 u g. i. Scene, 105 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 9Ba§, Sell? Sfyr toolltet — Stfmmermeljr — 2#r jiitcrt, 
 2)ie §anb erbebt @ucfy, (Sure $mee toanfen — 
 
 £efl (IfiBt bie Hrm&vuft fmfen). 
 
 Wxx fcfytoimmt e§ fcor ben Stwgen! 
 
 SBki&er, 
 
 ©ott im §immel! 
 
 £efl (sum Sanfcoogt). 
 
 1985 ©rlaffet mir ben ©cfyufc! §ier ift mein §erj! 
 
 «£r rei&t bie Srwft auf.) 
 
 3tuft @ure SRciftgen unb ftojjt tnid& nieber! 
 
 3$ toil! bein Seben nid&t, id& toill ben ©$uft. 
 — SDu fannft ja aHe§, Sell ! 2ln ni$t3 tjcrjagft bu ; 
 2)a§ ©teuerruber fiifyrft bu toie ben 33ogen, 
 1990 3>i$ fd^recft fein ©turm, toenn e£ ju retten gilt. 
 
 3cfct, Setter, &Uf bir fclbft — bu retteft alle ! 
 (XtU jleljt in fiirdjterUdjem $ampf, mil ben §anben gucfenb unb bie 
 rottenben 2(ugen batb auf ben 2anbbogt, ba\b gum §imntel gerta> 
 tet. — *|3(otjlidj greift erinfeinen $$a?er, nimmt einen jfaeiten $feit 
 tyerauS unb ftetft if)n in feinen ©otter. 3)er 2anb&ogt bemerft aUe 
 biefe SBetoegungen.) 
 
 ©alt^er Xett (unter fcer Sittbe). 
 
 SSater, f$te& ^u! 3$ furc^t' mi<$ ni$t. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 ®S mujj! 
 
 (<Sr rafft ft$ aufamnten unb tegt an.) 
 
 (ber bie ganje £e\t fiber in ber Ijeftigften ©pannung gefianben unb 
 mtt ©eroalt an fid) geljatten, tritt Ijerbor), 
 
 £err Eanbfcogt, toeiter toefbet Jftr'S ni$t treiben, 
 
106 XVxlk elm Cell. 
 
 2$r roerbet n t $ t — 63 roar mtr etne ^ritfung — 
 1995 SDen gtoed ^ a ^ 3# r erretd^t — £u tt>ett getrieben, 
 SSerfe^lt bte ©trenge tfyre3 toeifen 3toecf§, 
 Unb aH^uftraff gefyannt, ^erfpringt ber 33ogen. 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 3#r fcfyroeigt, bis man @ucfy aufruft! 
 
 tHuben^ 
 
 3$ to i II reben ! 
 3$ barf 8! $e§ £omg§ ©fyre ift mir fyetlig; 
 2000 3)oc§ foIcfyeS Regiment muft §aft ertoerben. 
 £)a§ ift be3 StdnigS SBiHe nic$t — $$ barf* 
 33efyaupten — ©olcfye ©raufamfeit fcerbient 
 SKein SSoII ntd&t ; ba$u fyabt 3$r icine a3oUmad&t. 
 
 ©ejjler. 
 ©a, 3^r erftilmt @u$ I 
 
 JRttbeitj. 
 
 3$ tyab' ftitt gefcfytoiegen 
 2005 3u ttH^n f^toeren £fyaten, bie i$ fafy ; 
 
 2Rein fefyenb 2luge §aV icfy ^ugefcfyloffen, 
 
 3Jiem iiberfcfytoellenb unb emporte3 §er$ 
 
 £ab' jcfy fytnabgebriicft in meinen Sufen. 
 
 2)o$ langer fcfytoetgen toar' SSerrat jugletcfy 
 2010 9In metnem SSaterlanb unb an bem Saifer. 
 
 S3ert^o 
 
 (tuirft fi$ anjtfrfjcn ifyn unb ben Canbtoogt). 
 D ©ott, 3$r w$ *> en SSiitenben no$ metyr. 
 
 9fJubett^ 
 •Dtein SSoIf berlieft i$, meinen 93Iut3t>ertoanbtett 
 
3. 21 u f 3 u g. 3. 5 c e n e. 107 
 
 gntfagf u$, aHe Sanbe ber Sftatur 
 
 3errifc idfr, urn an @u$ mid) anjufcfyliefcen — 
 
 2015 ®a3 33efte atter glaubt' idf) ju beforbern, 
 2>a i$ beg SaiferS 9Wa$t befeftigte — 
 £ie Sinbe fdllt fcon meinen 2lugen — ©cfyaubernb 
 ©efy' icfy an einen Slbgrunb mi$ gefu^rt — 
 9Jtein freieS Urteil i)abt gfyr irr geleitet, 
 
 2020 SJlein rebli$ £er& fcerfiifyrt — 34) tear baran, 
 9Jlein SSoIf in befter TOeinung ju toerberben. 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 33ertoegner, biefe ©practye beinem §errn? 
 
 2)er Kaifer ift mein §err, ni$t g$t — grei bin id& 
 SBie ^^r geboren, unb tcfy meffe mi$ 
 
 2025 W\t @ucfy in jeber ritterlicfyen £ugenb. 
 
 Unb ftimbet g^r ni$t fyier in ftaiferS 9tamen, 
 Den i$ toerefyre, felbft too man ifyn fdfjanbet, 
 3)en §anbf$ufy toarf i$ bor @u$ fyin, 3$r foHtet 
 9ta$ ritterlidjem Sraucfy mir 2lnttoort geben. 
 
 1030 — 3a, toinft nur ©uren 9teifigen — %<$) ftefye 
 9ti$t toefyrloS ba, tote b i e — 
 
 (^Cuf ba§ SBolf aetfienb.) 
 
 3$ fyab' ein ©$toert, 
 Unb toer mir nafyt — 
 
 Stauffatfjer (ruft). 
 
 S)er Sfyfel ift gefaffen! 
 (3nbem ftd) aide nadj biefer ©eite getoenbet, unb SBertlja gtt)ifd^cn 
 SKubenj unb ben ftmbbogt ftd) getoorfen, I)at Xett ben ^pfeit abgebriicft.) 
 
 TOffelmann. 
 
 SDer £nabe Iebt! 
 
108 H> Ufi elm Cell. 
 
 SBicIc Stumnetu 
 
 £)er 2tyfel i(t getroffen! 
 
 (2Balt$er ?5fur{i fd&toan!t unb brofjt ju jtnfen, SBertfca $filt it)n.) 
 ©e^et (erftaunt). 
 
 gr §at gefd^offen? 2Bie? SDer 9iafenbe! 
 S3ertl>a. 
 2035 £>er ®nabe lebt! $ommt ju 6u$, guter SSater ! 
 
 SBaliljer £eK 
 
 (fommt mit bem ^Ipfet geforungen). 
 
 SSater, tyter ift ber Styfel — SBufet' id&'S ja, 
 3)u toiirbeft beinen $naben ni$t feerle^en. 
 
 Sett 
 
 (jtanb mit borgebogenem 2eib, a(8 rooKf er bcm $fei( folgen — ble 
 Strmbruft cntftnft feiner §anb — roie er ben $naben tommen ftefyt, 
 eilt er ifmt mit auSgebreiteten 5lrmen entgegen unb Ijebt tlm mit 
 ^ef tiger 3nbrunft gu feinem §eqen Ijinauf ; in biefer ©teEung finlt 
 er IraftloS jufammen. 2XIIc fte^en geriiljrt), 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 D gutter £)immel! 
 
 2Baltf)er SHrft ftu SBater unb 6o$n). 
 
 fiinber ! meine $inber ! 
 
 ©ttwffarfjer. 
 ©ott fei gelobt! 
 
 fietttfjolb. 
 
 SDa§ toar ein ©$ufc! 2)afeon 
 2040 SBirb man no$ reben in ben f^atften geiten, 
 
 JHnbotylj ber §arra£. 
 (Sr^afylen ftrirb man bon bem Scfyu^en Sell, 
 ©olang' bie 33erge ftefyn auf ifyrem ©runbe. 
 
 (tRetc^t bem Canbtoogt ben Slpfet.) 
 
3. 21 u f 3 u g. 3. S c e n e. 109 
 
 ©efeler. 
 Sei ©ott! ber 2tyfel mitten burcfy gefd^offen ! 
 ®3 toar ein SWeifterfcfyufc, \<fy mufe ifyn loben. 
 
 OSoffelmatm. 
 
 2045 2)^ r ©$ufc toar gut ; bo$ toefye bem, ber tfyn 
 2)a$u getrieben, ba& er ©ott fcerfud&te ! 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 $ommt ju @u$, Sell, ftefyt auf, 2#r fyabt ®u$ mannlid^ 
 ©eloft, unb frei fonnt $$* na$ §aufe geljen. 
 
 $ommt, fommt unb bringt ber -Stutter, ifyren ©ofyn ! 
 (Ste tuoflen t^n n)CQffit)ren.) 
 
 ©efclcr. 
 
 2050 Sell, fyore ! 
 
 XtU (lommt surttrf). 
 
 2Ba3 befetylt S^r, §err? 
 
 ©efclc*. 
 
 SDu ftecfteft 
 9io$ einen ^toeiten $feil ju bir — !ga, \&> 
 3$ faty e$ h>ol)l — 2Ba$ meinteft bu bamit? 
 
 £efl (oerlegen). 
 
 igerr, bag ift alfo braucfylicfy bet ben ©$iifcen. 
 
 ©egler. 
 
 Jiein, Sell, bie SCntmort lafe id) bir ni$t gelten; 
 2055 @3 ftnrb toaS anberS tooI)l bebeutet fyaben. 
 
 ©ag' tnir bie SBafyrfyeit frifcfy unb frofylicfy, Sell; 
 2Ba§ e§ au$ fei, bein Seben ftc^r' id) bir, 
 SB05U ber stoeite $feil? 
 
110 IP i Helm (Cell. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 2Bofylcm, o §err, 
 SBeil Sfyr micfy meineS SebenS fyabt geficfyert, 
 2060 ©0 toitt id) 6u$ bie 2Bafyrl)eit gritnblicfy fagen. 
 (@r gieljt ben ^Pfeit au8 bem ©oiler unb ftefyt ben 2cmbDogt nut einem 
 furtf)tbaren SBUtf an.) 
 
 2Rit biefem atoeiten $feil burd^fc^o^ tcfy — @u$, 
 ■JBenn id§> mein IiebeS $inb getroffen fyatte, 
 Unb (Surer — toafyrltcfy ! fyatt' id) ni$t gefefylt. 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 2Bo$I, SCett ! be§ SebenS $aV id) bid) geft^ert, 
 2065 %d) gab mein Jtittertoort, ba§ n>tH icfy fyalten — 
 2)ocfy toetl icfy beinen bofen ©inn erfannt, 
 SBiH id) bid) fli^ren laffen unb bertoafyren, 
 2Bo toeber 5ftonb no$ (Sonne bicfy befefyemt, 
 Damit idfj ftcfyer fei toor beinen ^3fexlen. 
 2070 (Srgreift ifyn, $ne$te ! Sinbet ifyn ! 
 (%eU mirb gebunben.) 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 2Bie, §err! 
 ©0 fonntet %fyx an einem TOanne fyanbeln, 
 Sin bem fi$ ©otteS §anb fid^tbar fcerfunbigt? 
 
 ©efcler. 
 
 2afc fefyn, ob fie ifyn atoeimal retten toirb. 
 — 5Dlan bring' ifyn auf mein ©cfyiff! %d) folge nad) 
 2075 ©ogleicfy, id) felbfi toitt ifyn wad) $u&na$t fitfyren. 
 
 JRtiffeimamt. 
 
 2)a§ biirft 2#r x\id)t, ba3 barf ber itaifer ni$t, 
 Xa$ toiberftreitet unfern gretyeitsbriefen! 
 
 tt 
 
3. 21 uf 3ug. 3, Scene. Ill 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 2Bo ftnb fie? ©at ber Jtaifer fie beftatigt? 
 
 @r fyat fie nid^t beftatigt — SDtefe ©unft 
 2080 9Jhift erft ertoorben toerben burdlj ©efyorfam. 
 
 9iebellen feib ifyr atle gegen 5laifer3 
 
 ©ericfyt unb nafyrt fcertoegene (Smporung. 
 
 3d) fenn' eucfy atle — id) burctyf d&au* eu$ ganj — 
 
 2) en nefym' icfy je^t fyerauS au$ eurer SDtitte; 
 2085 2)odj alle feib ifyr teilfyaft feiner ©djulb. 
 
 28er flug ift, leme fcfytoeigen unb gefyorcfyen. 
 
 (@r cntfcrnt ftc^, SBertlja, ffiubens, §arra« unb $ned)te folgen, grteg* 
 Ijarbt uub Seutfyolb bleiben gurflcf.) 
 
 gSalt^er fjllrft (in &eftigem ©inters). 
 
 @3 ift fcorbei ; er fyat'3 befcfyloffen, mtd& 
 3SJiit meinem gan^en ©aufe &u berberben! 
 
 ©tauffadjer (jum £eU). 
 D, toarum mufjtet 3#r ben 2Biitri$ reijen! 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 2090 Se^to'inge fi$, toer meinen ©d^merj gefiifylt! 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 D, nun ift atteS, aUe§ $in ! 9JUt ®ud& 
 ©inb toir gefeffelt aKe unb gebunben! 
 
 Sanbleute (umringen ben Xefl). 
 
 5Kit @uc§ gefyt unfer letter 5£roft bafyin! 
 
 Settt^Olb (nft^ert fi<$). 
 
 Sell, e3 erbarmt mt$ — bod^ tcfy mug ge^ord^en. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 2095 Sebt toofyl ! 
 
112 rDtHeltn del!. 
 
 (ft(& nut Ijefttgem gtfcmera an if)n fc&mteaenb). 
 D SSater ! SSater ! Sieber $ater ! 
 
 Sell 
 
 (fyebt bte %rme aunt £immet). 
 
 £>ort broben ift bein SSater ! 3)en ruf' an ! 
 
 6*auffadjer. 
 Sell, fag' i$ @urem SBetbe m$t3 toon @u$? 
 
 $ea 
 
 (fcebt ben tfnaben mit Snbrunfi an feine Srujl). 
 ®er £nab' ift unberlefct; mir toirb ©ott fyelfen. 
 (ffieifet fid) jt&nell lo§ unb fotflt ben SBaffenfned&ten.) 
 
Bxtxhx: Bltfjttg* 
 
 (£rfte Scene. 
 
 £)piid)c§ Ufer beS SBterttmtbptterfeeS. 
 
 2)te fcltfam gejtotteten fdjroffen gelfen im SBeften fdjtteften ben $ro* 
 fpect. 2)er ©ec if* betoegt, fyeftigeS $aufd)en unb £ofen, baattrifdjen 
 SBUfee unb 2)onnerfd)Itige. 
 
 $unj Don ®erfau. gifdjer unb gifefyerfnabe. 
 
 ftfttt|. 
 
 3$ fafy'3 mtt 2lugen an, 2#r Knnt mir'S glauben; 
 
 2100 f i ift aHeS fo gefefyefyn, *™ e *$ @ u # f a 9 te * 
 
 2)er Sett gefangen abgefiifyrt na$ Jtufcnad&i, 
 £)er befte 9Wann im Sanb, ber brafcfte 2lrm, 
 SBenn'S einmal gelten foEte fur bie greifyett. 
 
 5hin$. 
 
 2)er Sanbfcogt fiifyrt ifyn felbft ben See fyerauf; 
 
 2105 Sie toaren ihm bran, ficij einjufefytffen, 
 
 2113 icfy toon gluelen abfufyr; bocfy ber ©turm, 
 2)er ^Un je£t im Sln^ug ift, unb ber 
 2lu$ micfy ge&toungen, eilenbS fn'er ju lanben, 
 2Kag ifyre 2Ibfafyrt too^I feerfyinbert fyaben. 
 Sifter. 
 
 2110 2)er STett in geffeln, in be3 33ogt3 ©etoalt! 
 D, glaubt, er toirb ifyn ttef genug bergraben, 
 
 (113) 
 
114 rDtl^elm Cell. 
 
 $Dafc er beg Sages 2id?t ni$t toieber fte^t! 
 ^nn fitrcfyten muft er bie gerecfyte 9ia$e 
 S)e3 freien 9J?anneg, ben er fcfytoer gerei^t! 
 
 21 15 2)er Slltlanbamman aucfy, ber eble igerr 
 
 23on Slttingfyaufen, fagt man, Iieg' am £obe. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 ©0 bric^t ber lefcte 2ln!er unfrer £offnung! 
 S)er toar eg no$ attein, ber feine ©timme 
 ©rfyeben burfte fiir beg Solfeg 9le$te! 
 
 fen*. 
 
 2120 3)er ©turm nimmt iiberfyanb. ©efyabt @u$ toofyl! 
 3$ nefyme §erberg' in bem 2)orf; benn tyeut' 
 3ft bo$ an feine 2Ibfafyrt mefyr ju benfen. 
 
 (®et)t ab.) 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 2)er Sett gsfangen, unb ber greifyerr tot! 
 @rfyeb' bie freeze ©time, Styrannei, 
 2125 SBirf atte ©$am fytntoeg ! SDer 3Jhtnb ber SBafyrtyeit 
 3ft ftumm, bag fefy'nbe 2luge ift geblenbet, 
 SDer 2lrm, ber retten foHte, ift gefeffelt. 
 
 flttabe. 
 
 @g ^agelt fd^toer. $ommt in bte §utte, 33ater, 
 @g ift ni$t fommlicfy, fyier im greien tyaufen. 
 
 gifdjer. 
 2130 3tafet, tfyr 2Bmbe! glammt tyerab, ifyr 33li$e! 
 3fyr 2BoIfen, berftet! ©iefct fyerunter, ©trome 
 SDeg §immelg, unb erfauft bag Sanb! 3erftort 
 3m $eim bie ungeborenen ©ef$le$ter! 
 
^. 21 ii f 3ii g. J. Scene. 115 
 
 3$r toilben ©lemente, toerbet §err! 
 2135 3#r 93aren, fommt, t^r alien SDSoIfe toieber 
 2)er groften 2Biifte! 6u$ gefyort bag Sanb. 
 2Ber ftrirb fyier leben tooHen ofyne greifyett! 
 
 ftttile* 
 
 §ort, vt>te ber Slbgrunb toft, ber SBirbel bxixttt, 
 ©0 fyat'g nod) nie geraft in biefem ©$lunbe! 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 2140 3^ jielen auf beg eignen $inbeg §aupt, 
 ©olcfyeg toarb feinem SSater nocfy geboten! 
 Unb bie -Katur foil ni$t in toilbem ©rtmm 
 ©i$ brob emporen — D, mt$ folPg nid^t tounbem, 
 SBenn fi$ bie gelfen biidfen in ben ©ee, 
 
 2145 SBenn jene ,3 a * en / i ene ©ife^tiirmc, 
 
 S)ie nie auftauten feit bem ©cfyopfunggtag, 
 53on tfyren fyofyen ihilmen nieberfcfymelsen, 
 SGBenn bie SBerge bred^en, toenn bie alten Jtliifte 
 Sinftiir$en, eine &toeite ©tinbflut atfe 
 
 2150 2Bofynftatten ber 2ebenbig*n fcerfcfylingt! 
 (Wan l)5rt tauten.) 
 
 $nabc. 
 igort 3^/ fa lauten broben auf bem 93erg. 
 ©etoifc fyat man ein ©cfyiff in 3lot gefefyn 
 Unb jie^t bie ®Iodfe, bafe gebetet toerbe. 
 
 (StetQt auf cine Wnl)5f)e.) 
 Sifter. 
 SBefye bem gafyr^eug, bag, je£t untertoegg, 
 2155 3>n biefer furcfytbam SBiege toirb getoiegt! 
 §ier ift bag ©teuer unnu£ unb ber ©teurer; 
 SDer ©turm ift 3Ketfter, 2Binb unb SEeUe ftielen 
 
116 HH lli elm (Eel.!. 
 
 33att mit bem 5ftenf$en — 2)a tft nafy unb fern 
 $ein 33ufen, ber ifym freunbltcfy Scfyufc geroafyrte! 
 2160 §anbIog unb fcfyroff anftetgenb ftarren ifym 
 £>ie f5 e If en /- ^ e untoirtlicfyen, entgegen 
 Unb toeifen ifym nur ifyre fteinern fd^roffe 33ruft. 
 
 ftnabt (beutct Un!8). 
 
 SSater, ein ©$iff! eg fommt toon gliielen fyer. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 ©ott fyelf ben armen Seuten! 2Benn ber ©turm 
 2165 2>n biefer 2Bafferfluft ftd) erft toerfangen, 
 
 2)ann raft er urn ficfy mit beg 9taubtierg 2Ingft, 
 Sag an beg ©itterg (Sifenftabe fcfyiagt; 
 2)ie ^forte fud^t er fyeulenb ficfy Dergebeng, 
 £)enn ringgum fcfyranfen ilm bie gfelfen ein, 
 2170 SDie fyimmelfyocfy ben engen $afe fcermauern. 
 
 ((5r ftctflt auf bie 9lnf)5$e.) 
 
 $nabe. 
 
 @g ift bag §errenf$iff bon Uri, SSater, 
 
 3$ fenn'g am rotten 2)a$ unb an ber gafyne. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 ©eridfjte ©otteg! 3a, er ift eg felbft, 
 
 SDer Sanbfcogt, ber ba fafyrt — 2)ort f$ifft er fyn 
 2175 Unb fitfyrt im ©cfyiffe fein 33erbre$en mit ! 
 
 ©Cornell fyat ber 3lrm beg 9ia$erg ifyn gefunben; 
 
 Sefct fennt er iiber ficfy ben ftarfern £>enn. 
 
 $)iefe SBeHen geben ni$t auf feine ©iimme, 
 
 SDiefe gelfen biicfen ifyre §aupter nicfyt 
 2180 SSor feinem §ute — $nabe, bete nid^t! 
 
 ©reif nic^t bem 9ti$ter in ben 2lrm ! 
 
<$. 2luf3ug. \. Scene. 117 
 
 toabe. 
 
 3$ bete fiir ben Sanbfcogt nid^t — £5$ Bete 
 
 %ixx ben Sett, ber auf bem ©cfyiff fi$ mit befinbet. 
 
 3?tf$er. 
 
 D Unfcernunft be3 blinben ©lementS! 
 2185 Wufct bu, urn e i n e n ©d^ulbigen ju treffen, 
 
 £)a* ©cfyiff mit fammt bem ©teuermann fcerberben! 
 
 ©iefy, fiefy, fie toaren gliicfUcfy fdjon fcorbei 
 2lm 33uggi3grat; bod^ bie ©etoalt beg ©turmS, 
 S)er Don bem SeufeUmunfter toiberprattt, 
 2190 SBirft fie jum grofcen 2l$enberg juriidE. 
 
 — 3$ W fi e n ^t mefyr. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 SDortiftba3§acfmeffer, 
 2Bo f$on ber ©cfyiffe mefyrere gebrocfyen. 
 SBenn fie nicfyt toei£li$ bort fcoruberlenfen, 
 ©0 toirb ba§ ©cfyiff $erfcfymettert an ber $lufy, 
 2195 £)ie fid^ gafyfto^ig abfenft in bie Siefe. 
 
 — ©ie fyaben einen guten ©teuermann 
 
 2lm Sorb; fonnt* einer retten, toar'S ber Sell; 
 2)o<$ bem fmb 2lrm' unb §anbe \a gefeffelt. 
 
 SBii^elm £eti mit ber SIrmbrufL 
 
 (@r fommt mit rafdjen ©Written, bticft erftaunt umljer unb getgt bie 
 Ijefttgfte SBetoegung. SSenn er mitten auf ber @cene ift, hnrft er 
 ftcf) uteber, bie §anbe gu ber (Srbe unb bann gum #immei au8* 
 breitenb.) 
 
 Shtabe (bemertt i&n). 
 
 ©iefy, aSater, toer ber 2Kann ift, ber bort f met ? 
 
118 IPil^elm Cell. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 2200 @r faftt bie (Srbe an nut feinen §anben 
 Unb fc^eint tote aufcer ficfy gu fein. 
 
 Stttabt (tommt t>orroart§). 
 
 2Ba§ fe^' ic&! Sater! Sater, fommt unb fe^t! 
 
 fjtfr^er (na&ert ft$). 
 
 2Ber ift eg? — ©ott im §immet! 2Ba3! ber 3TeH? 
 2Bie lommt 3&r ^ie^er? Sebet! 
 Rnabt. 
 
 SBart gtyr nid&t 
 2205 2)ort auf bem ©cfyiff gefangen unb gebunben? 
 
 Sfyr tourbet ni$t na$ 5tii&na$t abgefu^rt? 
 
 £ett (fteljt auf). 
 
 3$ bin befreit. 
 
 Sifter unb Jhtalie, 
 Sefreit! D SBunber ©ottcg! 
 $nafce. 
 2Bo lommt 2#r fyer? 
 
 Sell. 
 
 2)ort au3 bem Scfyiffe. 
 fttfaer. 
 
 2Ba3? 
 Jfttabe Cpgbtft 
 2Bo ift ber Sanbfcogt? 
 
 XtU. 
 2luf ben 2Betten treibt er. 
 
<k. 21 uf 3119. t. Scene. 119 
 
 Stfdjer, 
 
 2210 Sfk'S moglidj? 2lber 3^r? toxc feib %fy fyier? 
 ©eib Gsuren Sanben unb bem ©turm entlommen? 
 
 XtU. 
 
 2)ur$ ©otte§ gnab'ge giirfefyung — £ort an! 
 
 ftifdjcr unb $nalie. 
 D, rebet, rebet! 
 
 £eu\ 
 2Ba3 in 3lItorf ft$ 
 Segeben, toifet 3^r'«? 
 
 gif«cr, 
 2lHe3 toeifeicfy, rebet 1 
 
 £ea. 
 
 1215 35afe mi$ ber Sanbbogt fafyen liefe unb binben, 
 9la$ feiner Surg $u ^ufenacfyt moUte fufyren. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 Unb ftcfy mit @u$ gu fjluelen etngefcfyifft! 
 
 2Bir h>iffen aHeS. ©precfyt, n>ic 2#r entfommen? 
 
 XtU. 
 
 3$ lag im Scfytff, mit ©tricfen feft gebunben, 
 2220 -IBefyrloS, ein aufgegebner 3Jlann — -Kicfyt ^>offt' i$, 
 2)a3 frofye £t$t ber ©onne mefyr ju fefyn, 
 3)er ©attin unb ber $inber IiebeS 2lntli§, 
 Unb ttoftlo* bltcft' idj in bie 2Bafferh;ufte — 
 
 StWer. 
 
 D armer 9Kann! 
 
 Sett. 
 6o fufyren h>ir bafyin, 
 2225 ®er 33ogt, Stubotyfy ber §arra3 unb bie Rntfyt. 
 
120 IDtl^cIm Cell. 
 
 ■Jftein Slower aber mit ber 2lrmbruft lag 
 2lm ^intern ©ranfen bet bem ©teuerruber. 
 Unb aU toir an bie 6cfe jetjt gelangt 
 33etm Ileinen 2l£en, ba ber^dngt* e£ ©ott, 
 
 2230 3)af$ fol$ ein graufam morbrifcfy Ungetoitter 
 
 ©afylingS ^erfiirbrad^ au§ be3 ©ottfyarbS ©cfylunben, 
 2)aft alien Stuberern ba3 §erj entfanf, 
 Unb meinten affe, elenb ju ertrinfen. 
 25a fyon' id&'S, tote ber 2)iener einer ftdlj 
 
 2235 3 um Sanbfcogt toenbef unb bie SBorte fyra$ : 
 „3^r fe^>et (Sure 3lot unb unfre, §err, 
 Unb baft toir alP am 9tanb be§ £obe§ fd&toeben — 
 2)te ©teuerleute aber toiffen ficfy 
 SSor grower gurcfyt ntdj)t Slat unb finb be§ ftaljrenS 
 
 2240 -Jficfyt toofyl bericfytet — 5ftun aber ift ber £eH 
 @tn (tar!er SJtann unb toetft ein ©cfyiff $u fteuern. 
 2Bie, toenn totr fein je$t braudjten in ber 9?ot?" 
 2)a fprac^ ber 33ogt ju mir: „£eH, toenn bu bir'3 
 ©etrauteft, un§ ju Ijelfen au3 bem ©turm, 
 
 2245 ©0 moc^t' i$ bicfy ber Sanbe toofyt entleb'gen." 
 %<fy aber fyracfy: „%a, §err, mit ©otteS $i(fe 
 ©etrau' id) mtr'3 unb Ijelf un3 toofyl fyiebannen." 
 ©0 toarb id) metner S3anbe Io§ unb ftanb 
 5lm ©teuerruber unb fufyr reblicfy fyin; 
 
 2250 2)o$ fcfytelt' id) fetttoart£, too mein Scfyief^eug lag, 
 Unb an bem Ufer merft' idj) f$arf umfyer, 
 2Bo \id) ein $orteil auftfyat' §um ©ntftmngen. 
 Unb tote id) eine§ gelfenrip getoafyre, 
 2)a3 abgeplattet fcorfyrang in ben ©ee — 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 2255 3$ fenn% e3 ift am guft be£ grofcen SSfeen, 
 
Sells ghtd)t 
 
 Face p. 120 
 
4. 21uf3ug. i Scene. 121 
 
 2)od) nicfyt fur tnogltd^ ad£)t' i$'3 — fo gar fteil 
 ©efyt'S an — fcom ©cfyiff e§ fyringenb ab^ureicfyen — 
 
 sea. 
 
 ©cfyrte id) ben $ne$ten, fyanblicfy jujugefyn, 
 23i3 baft toir Dor bie gelfenplatte fdmen, 
 
 2260 Sort, rief id), fei bas ^Xrgfte iiberftanben — 
 Unb al§ toir fte frifd^ rubernb balb erreid^t, 
 glefy' xi) bie ©nabe ©otte3 an unb briide, 
 ■Kit alien Seibeefraften angeftemmt, 
 T)en btntern ©ranfen an bie gelStoanb fyin. 
 
 2265 3 e t& fdjneH mein ©cfyiej^eug faffenb, fcfyttring' idEj felbft 
 §odjfyringenb auf bie $latte midj Ijinauf, 
 Unb mit getoalt'gem gu^ftofe Winter micfy 
 ©cfyleubr' id£> ba§ ©djifflein in ben ©dEjIunb ber Staffer — 
 SDort mag'3, toie ©ott toiff, auf ben SSeHen treiben ! 
 
 2270 ©0 bin id) fyter, gerettet au§ be§ ©turmS 
 
 ©etoalt unb au§ ber fdjlimmeren ber 3Ken[$en. 
 
 ftifdjer. 
 
 Sell, Sell! ein ficfytbar SBunber fyat ber §err 
 2ln @ud) getfyan; faum glaub' td^S tneinen ©innen — 
 SDocfy faget! 2Bo gebenfet 3fyr jefct fyin? 
 2275 2>enn ©icfyerfyeit ift nicfyt fiir 6ud), toofern 
 2)er Sanbbegt Iebenb biefem ©turm entfommt. 
 
 Sett. 
 
 3d? i)orf ifjn fagen, ba id) nocfy im ©d^iff 
 ©ebunben lag, er toolP bei Srunnen lanben, 
 Unb iiber 6d;to% nacfy feiner Surg micfy fii^ren* 
 
 5if«er. 
 
 2280 2Bitt er ben SBeg bafyin ju Sanbe nefymen? 
 
122 VO tiff elm Cell. 
 
 XtU. 
 @r benfH. 
 
 gifdjer. 
 
 D, fo fcerbergt @u$ ofyne ©ciumen! 
 9ti$t groeimal fyttft @udj ©ott au§ fexner §anb, 
 
 Sea, 
 
 SRennt mir ben nadfyften 23eg na$ 2lrt unb Siiftnad&t, 
 
 Sftfdjer* 
 SDie offne ©trafee jtefyt fid) iiber ©teinen; 
 2285 Qctf) einen fiir^ern 2Beg unb fyetmlicfyern 
 5lann @u$ mein $nabe iiber £oroer§ fii^ren. 
 
 XtU (gie&t itjm bie £anb). 
 
 ©ott IoI?n' ©udj (Sure ©utt^at! Sebet mofyl! 
 
 (Q5cl)t unb fefjrt ttueber urn.) 
 — §abt g^r nicfyt aucfy im Stiitli mitgefefyrooren? 
 9Jttr beucfyt, man nannt' @u$ mtr — 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 3d(j mar babei 
 2290 Unb J)ab' ben Gib be§ 33unbe§ mit befd^tooren. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 ©0 eilt nacfy Siirglen, tfyut bte Sieb mtr an\ 
 9Ketn 2Betb fcer^agt urn mi$; fcerfiinbei ifyr, 
 2)afc idf) gerettet fei unb roofyl geborgen. 
 
 SDocfy roofyin, fag' icfy tfyr, bafy 3$r geflofyn? 
 £e«. 
 2295 S^ r werbet metnen ©cfymafyer bet tfyr finben 
 Unb anbre, bte im 9tutlt mitgefefyrooren — 
 ©te foHen toatfer fein unb gute3 5Jtut§. 
 
<*. 21 u f 3 u g. 2. Scene. 123 
 
 2)er Sell fei fret un£> feine§ 2lrme§ mcic^txg ; 
 Salb toerben fie ein 2Beitre§ Don mir fyoren. 
 
 gtftfer. 
 2300 2Ba3 fyabt g&r im ©etniit? ©ntbecft mir'* frei! 
 
 Sen. 
 
 3ft e3 g e t fy a n , toirb'3 aucfy jur 9tebe fommen. 
 
 (<3cf)t ab.) 
 
 $eig' ifym ben 2Beg, ^enni — ©oit fiel)' ifym bet ! 
 6r fufyrt'3 jum 3iel, ^ a ^ er au $ unternommen. 
 
 (®e^t ab.) 
 
 <5rDette Scene. 
 
 (Sbettjof pi s 2lttingl)aufen. 
 
 S)er gretljerr, in etnem Slrmfeffei, fierbenb. SBatt^er 5 ur ffr 
 © t a u f f a tf) e r , 2ft e 1 cf) t Ij a I unb 33 a u m g a r t e n urn ilnt be* 
 fdjaftigt. SBaltljer £eH, fnieenb bor bcm ©terbenben. 
 
 2Baltyer gurft 
 6§ ift toorbei mit iljm, er ift fn'nii&er. 
 
 <5tauffa$ei\ 
 
 2305 6r Iiegt ni$t toie ein £oter — ©efyt, bte geber 
 2luf feinen Sijtyen regt ficfy! 9iufyig ift 
 ©ein ©$laf, unb frieblid) lacfyeln feine .Biige. 
 (Saumgarten gel)t an bte S^iire unb fpridjt mit jemanb.) 
 
 2®alt^er gitrft (su Saumgarten). 
 
 SBer iff 8? 
 
124 XP tilt elm Cell. 
 
 S3aumgartctt (lommt suriid). 
 
 @3 ift $rau §ebmig, (Sure Softer; 
 (Ste toU Sucfy fyred)ert, hnH ben Slnaben fefyn. 
 
 (SBalt^er SeHrtd&tet fief) auf.) 
 SBaitljer ftiirft. 
 
 2310 ®amt icfy fie. troften? §ab' icr; felber £roft? 
 £>auft aHe3 Seiben fid^> auf meinem §au£t? 
 
 ^pebttltg (^creinbringenb). 
 
 2Bo ift mem $irtb ? Safct micr), icr) muft e§ f er;rt — 
 
 (Stauffadjer. 
 
 gafet @ucr; ! Sebenft, ba{$ 3r/r im §au§ be§ SobeS — 
 
 §ebttJtg (ftttrjt auf ben flnaben). 
 
 SRem SBalti ! D, er Iebt mir ! 
 
 2Baltljer XtU (§angt an t$r). 
 
 Slrme Gutter! 
 
 §ebtt>tg. 
 
 2315 Sft'3 auc§ geroift? Sift bu mir unfcerle^t? 
 
 (Setrarf)tet if)n mit angftticfyer Sorgfalt.) 
 Unb ift e§ moglicr;? $ormt' er auf bid^ jielen? 
 22 ie lonnf er'3? D, er fyat lein §er$ — @r formte 
 SDen ^Pfeil abbriicfen auf fein eigne§ Sinb! 
 
 2Balt^er fjitrft. 
 6r that's mit 2lngft, mit fc^mer^erriftrter ©eele ; 
 2320 ©e^mungen tr)at vt% benn e§ gait ba§ 2zhtn. 
 
 §ebttrig. 
 
 D, l?atf er eirte§ 93ater§ £er&, e§' er r § 
 ©etfyart, er mare taufenbmal geftorben! 
 
<*. 21 u f 3ug. 2. Scene. 125 
 
 ©tauffatfjer, 
 
 2$r foUtet ©otte§ gnab'ge ©cfyicfung preifen, 
 £)ie eg fo gut gelenft — 
 
 $ebttJtg. 
 
 Sann icfy Dergeffen, 
 2325 2Bie'3 batte fommen fonnen? — ©ott be§ §immelg! 
 Unb Iebt' tcfy ad^ig $afyr' — 3$ W *> en Snaben etoig 
 ©ebunben ftefyn, ben 3Sater auf i^n jielen, 
 Unb eitug fliegt ber $feil mir in bag §erj. 
 
 9tteltyl)al. 
 
 gratt, toiifctet 3#r, tt>ie ifyn ber 3Sogt geretjt! 
 
 2330 D rofyeg §erj ber banner ! 2Benn ifyr ©tolj 
 33eleibigt toirb, bann ad^ten fie nicfytg mefyr; 
 ©ie fe£en in ber bltnben 2But beg (Spiels 
 SDag £aupt beg £inbeg unb bag §er$ ber Gutter! 
 
 Saumgartett. 
 
 3ft @ureg SOTanneg £og nicfyt fyart genug, 
 
 2335 ®aft 2$r mil f efferent £abel ifyn nocfy frdnft? 
 
 gur feine Setben fyabt 3fyr lein ©efityl? 
 
 #ebtotg 
 (fctjrt ftd) nadj iljm urn unb ftefyt ifyn nut etnem Gtofcen SBttcfe an). 
 §aft bu nur £fyranen fur beg greunbeg Ungliicf? 
 — SBo toaret il)r, Da man ben £reffli$en 
 3n 33anbe fcfylug? 28o Wax ba eure £>tlfe? 
 2340 3br fafyet ju, tfjr liefet bag ©rafcltd^e gefd;efyn ; 
 ©ebulbig littet \f)x\ baft man ben greunb 
 Slug eurer 3Jiitte fityrte — §at ber Sell 
 2lu$ fo an eucfy gefyanbelt? ©tanb er and) 
 
126 IDilljelm (EcIL 
 
 Sebauernb ba, aU fyinter bir bie better 
 2345 2)e§ 2anbfcogt§ brangen, al§ ber tout'ge See 
 9Sor bir erbraufte? Sfacfyt mtt tnufs'gen S^ranen 
 SBellagt' er bid), in ben 5fta$ert fprang er, 2Betb 
 Unb Stub fcergafc cr unb befrette bid^ — 
 
 SBaitijer gfurft 
 
 2Ba§ fonnten fair $u feiner Stettung toagen, 
 2350 3Me Heine gafyl, & e unbetoaffnet h>ar! 
 
 ^ebmig (roirft fld^ an feine 93rufi). 
 
 D Sater! Unb aucfy bu fyaft ifyn toerloren! 
 
 $Da§ £anb, fair alle I)aben ifyn fcerloren! 
 
 lln§ alien fefylt er, a$! toir fefylen ifym! 
 
 ©ott rette feine Seele feor Ser^toeiflung. 
 2355 3u ifym fyinab in3 obe 33urgfcerliej$ 
 
 2)ringt f eine3 greunbeS Eroft — SBenn er erfranfte I 
 
 21$, in be§ $erler§ feucfyter $infterni3 
 
 2Ru{$ er erfranfen — 2Bie bie Slfyenrofe 
 
 Sleid^t unb feerfummert in ber SumpfeSluft, 
 2360 60 ift fiir tfyn lein Seben al§ im 2i$t 
 
 ®er Sonne, in bem Salfamftrom ber Siifte. 
 
 ©efangen ! @r ! Sein 2ltem ift bie greifyeit ; 
 
 @r lann ni$t Ieben in bem §au$ ber ©riifte. 
 
 ©tauffaefjer. 
 
 Serufyigt @u$! 2Bir alle tooHen fyanbeln, 
 2365 Urn feinen $erfer auf^utfyun. 
 
 $ebttng. 
 
 2Ca§ fonnt t^r fcfyaffen ofyne ifyn? — ©clang* 
 ®er Eett no$ frei toar, ja, b a toar no$ §offnung, 
 E)a tyatte no$ bie Unfcfyulb einen greunb, 
 S)a ^atte einen §elfer ber Serfolgte, 
 
/*. 2luf3ug. 2. Scene. 127 
 
 2370 Gutf) atte rettete ber Sell — g§r aHe 
 
 gufammen lonnt ni$t feine ^effeln lofen! 
 
 ($)er £$fretf)err ertua^t.) 
 gtaumgarten. 
 @r regt ftd&, ftitt ! 
 
 2(tttttgl)aufen (ft* aufri^tenb). 
 
 2Bo ift er? 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 2Ber? 
 8ttiftg|tttfttt. 
 
 ©r fefylt mir, 
 33erlajjt mtcfy in bent le^ten Slugen&licf ! 
 
 Stauffatfjer. 
 
 6r meint ben ^unfer — 6cfyicfte man nadj t&m? 
 SSalt^er giirft 
 2375 @3 ift nad) ifym gefenbet — Sroftet @u$ ! 
 6r tyat fein §er§ gefunben, er ift unfer. 
 
 Stttingljaufen. 
 
 feat er gefprocfyen fiir fein SSaterlanb? 
 
 Stauffadjer. 
 3Jttt £elbenlitfynfyett. 
 
 2tttingl)attfeit. 
 
 SBarum fommt er ni$t, 
 Urn tneinen le^ten ©egen 311 empfangen? 
 ?38o £5$ fitfyle, bafc e§ fcfyleunig mit tnir enbet. 
 
 (Stauffacfycr. 
 
 9W$t alfo, ebler §err! 2)er lur^e S$Iaf 
 £>at @u$ erquicft, unb fyetl ift 6uer 33Iidf. 
 
128 H> till elm Cell. 
 
 Sitting!) anfetu 
 
 ®er ©$merg ift Seben, er toerliefc midfj audi; 
 5Da§ Seiben ift fo tote bie §offnung au3. 
 (G?r bcmerft ben $nafcen.) 
 
 2385 2Ber ift ber Snabe ? 
 
 SB&aifljer gffirfr 
 
 ©egnet ifyn, §err! 
 6r ift ntein (Snfel unb ift fcaterloS. 
 (^cbmtQ fin ft mit bem ftnaben t>or bcm Sterbenben nieber.) 
 
 9Cttmgl)aufett. 
 
 Unb fcaterloS Iaff id? eu$ aEe, aHe 
 3uriicf — 2Befy mir, bafc tneine lettfen 33Iitfe 
 ®en Untergang be§ 2?aterlanb§ gefefyn! 
 2390 SKuftt' i$ be$ 2eben3 ^od^fte^ 9Kafc erreicfyen, 
 Um gang mit alien §offnungen 311 fterben! 
 
 Stauffarfjer (ju 2BaItI)er ftiirft). 
 
 ©oil er in biefem finftem Summer fd^eiben? 
 6r^eHen toir ifym nicfyt bie letjte ©tunbe 
 SDtit fcfyonem ©trafyl ber §offnung? — gbler $reifyerr! 
 2395 (Srfyebet @uren ©etft! 9Bir finb nicfyt gang 
 SSerlaffen, finb nidjt rettungslo3 berloren. 
 
 Slttiugljaufett. 
 2Ber foil eu$ retten? 
 
 2Balt!)er gtirft 
 
 2Bir un§ felbft. Serne^mt! 
 @<S I)aben bie bret Sanbe ftd) bag 2Bori 
 ©egeben, bie Styrannen gu fceqagen. 
 2400 ©efd^Ioffen ift ber Sunb; ein fyeil'ger ©detour 
 Serbinbet un§. (S3 toirb ge^anbelt toerben, 
 
4. 2luf3ug. 2. Scene. 129 
 
 ©^ nocfy ba§ igafyr ben neuen SreiS beginnt. 
 (Suer 8taub Voirb rufyn in einem freien Sanbe. 
 
 9tttingf)aufett. 
 
 D, faget mir! ©ef cutoff en ift ber Sunb? 
 
 9tteltWal. 
 
 c 4 c5 3m gleidfren Sage toerben atte bret 
 9BaIbftatte ftd§> erfyeben. 2ttte3 ift 
 33ereit, unb ba£ ©efyeimniS toofylbetoafyrt 
 93t3 je£t, obgleid) bieF §unberte e3 teilen. 
 §ofyl ift ber S3oben unter ben Styrannen ; 
 
 2410 ®te Sage ifyrer §errf$aft finb gejd^lt, 
 
 Unb balb ift i!)re Spur nicfyt mefyr ju ftnben. 
 
 Sfttingljattfetu 
 
 2)ie feften Surgen aber in ben Sanben? 
 
 6ie fatten atte an bem gleicfyen Sag. 
 
 2ltiutgl)aufcm 
 Unb finb bie gbeln biefeS SunbS teil^aftig? 
 
 <Stauffatf)er. 
 2415 9Bir fyarren ifyreS 33eiftanb§, toenn e§ gift; 
 3c$t aber fyat ber Sanbmann nur gefcfytooren. 
 
 Sfttingliaufett 
 
 (rtdjtet fidj tangfam in bie «£>ot)e, mit gro&em (Srfiaunen). 
 
 §at ftd) ber Sanbmann foldjer Sfyat fcertoogen, 
 2lu§ eignem 3Ritt*eI, ofyne §ilf ber ©beln, 
 §at er ber eignen Sraft fo t>tel fcertraut — 
 2420 2Sa, bann bebarf e3 unferer nicfyt mel)r ; 
 ©etroftet ionnen toir $u ©rabe fteigen, 
 
130 tPtitjeim Cell. 
 
 (S3 lebt n a dj tm§ — burcfy anbrc ®raf te toill 
 
 2)a§ §errli$e ber 5Renfd$eit ftd^> erfyalten. 
 
 ((Sr Iegt feme £anb auf ba3 £aupt be§ $tnbe§, ba§ t>or tfjtn auf ben 
 $nieen liegt.) 
 
 2(u§ biefem §aupte, too ber 2fyfel lag, 
 2425 2Birb eucfy bie neue, beftre gretfyeit griinen; 
 ®a§ Slltc tfftqt, e§ anbert ficfy bie grit, 
 Unb neue£ Seben blii^t au£ ben Slutnen. 
 
 Stauffatfjer (ju smaller ftttrft;. 
 
 ©efyt, toelcfyer ©Ian§ ftcfy urn fein 2Iug' ergiefct! 
 3)a3 ift ntd&t ba3 Srlofcfyen ber 9Jatur, 
 2430 2>a§ ift ber ©ira^I f$on eineS neuen £eben§. 
 
 Sfttingljaufeiu 
 
 £)er 2lbel fteigt toon feinen alten Surgcn 
 
 ttnb ftfjtoort ben ©tabten feinen Siirgereib; 
 
 3m Urf)tlanb fdEjon, im £I)urgau fyat'3 begonnen, 
 
 2)ie eble 23 em erfyebt ifyr fyerrfcfyenb Qaupt, 
 
 2435 ^reiburg ift eine ficfyre Surg ber greien, 
 
 ®ie rege £ux\3) toaffnet t^rc 3unfte 
 
 3um friegerifcfyen §eer — 6§ bricfyt bie 9Jia$t 
 
 ®er $onige ficfy an t^ren eto'gen 2BdHen — 
 
 (Sr fprt$t $>a3 fjolgenbe nut bem 2:on etne§ Sef)er§ — feine SRebe jletgt 
 bt§ jur 23egeifterunQ.) 
 
 ®ie giirften fefy' tcfy unb bie ebeln §errn 
 2440 $n §arnifd;en fyerange^ogen !ommen, 
 
 6tn fyarmloS SSoll fcon §irten $u befriegen. 
 
 5luf Sob unb 2zhtn toirb gefdmpft, unb fyerrlicfy 
 
 2Birb manner $aft burcfy blutige 6ntf$eibung. 
 
 SDer Sanbmann ftiirjt fid) mit ber nacften 33ruft, 
 2445 ©n f re i e 3 D})fer, in bie ©$ar ber Sangen! 
 
<*. 2Iuf3ug. 2. Scene. 131 
 
 @r bricfyt fie, unb be3 2Xbe^ Slate fciUt, 
 @£ fyebt bie greifyett fiegenb iB?re gafyne. 
 
 (2BattI)cr gfurjiS unb <5tauffa$er§ £anbe faffenb.) 
 SDrum fyaltet feft jufammen — feft unb etoig — 
 £ein Drt ber gretfyeit fei bem anbem fremb — 
 2450 §od;toa$ten ftellet au§ auf euren Sergen, 
 
 ©afr ficfy ber Sunb &um Sunbe rafefy fcerfammle — 
 <5eib einig — einig — einig — 
 (Gr ftillt in ba8 $tffen guriicf — feine §anbe gotten cntfeett nod) bie 
 anbem gefajjt giirft unb ©tauffadjer betradjten ilnt nod) eine 
 3eit tang fdjtoeigenb ; bann treten fte fyimneg, jeber feinem <Sd)mer$ 
 iiberlaffen. Unterbeffen ftnb bie $ued)te fttU Ijeretngebmngen, fie 
 nafyern fid) mit ,3etd)en c i nc ® jtitfera obcr Ijeftigem ©djmerjenS, 
 einige fnieen bei iljm nieber unb meinen auf feine §anb ; toaljrenb 
 biefer fhunmen ©cene mirb bie 93urggfocfe gelautet.) 
 
 9£uben$ JU ben 25 or i gen, 
 
 9tfuben$ (rafc§ eintretenb). 
 
 Sebt er? D, faget, fann er micfy nocfy fyoren? 
 
 SBaltijer Siirft 
 
 (beutet l)in mit toegacroanbtem ©eftcfyt). 
 
 3fyr feib jettf unfer 2efyen£l)err unb ©dormer, 
 2455 Unb biefeg ©cfylofc fyat einen anbem 9tamen. 
 
 Rubens 
 
 (erbltcft ben Ceidjnam unb ftefjt t>on t)eftigem Sdjmers ergrtffen). 
 
 D giit'ger ©ott! — Sommt meine Sfieu' gu fpat? 
 Sonnt' er nicfyt toen'ge $)3ulfe Idnger leben, 
 Urn mein gednbert §erj gu fefyn? 
 SSerad^tet fyah 1 icfy feme treue ©timme, 
 2460 £)a er nod) toanbelte im £i$t — ©r ift 
 ®al)in, ift fort auf immerbar unb lafct mir 
 
132 ID i I If elm Cell. 
 
 SDte fcfyroere, unbejatylte ©$ulb! — D, faget! 
 (5d)ieb er bafyin im Unmut gegen mid)? 
 
 Stauffatfjer, 
 
 @r fyorte fterbenb no$, toa3 2# r 9^an, 
 2465 Unb fegnete ben 2But, mit bem 3#r fprad^t! 
 
 yillbeitj (fntet an bem £oten nieber). 
 
 3ja, fyeil'ge SWefte eine3 teuren -JRanneS! 
 (Sntfeelter Seicfynam ! §ier gclob' id; bir'3 
 3n beine falte Soten^anb — gerriffen 
 $ab' icfy auf etoig aHe fremben SBanbe; 
 2470 guriidgegeben bin id) meinem SSoII ; 
 
 (Sin ©cfyroetjer bin id), unb id) mill eg fein 
 
 Son ganger ©eele 
 
 (Hufjfefcnb.) 
 
 £rauert urn ben $reunb, 
 Sen Setter aHer, bocfy Der^aget nicfyt! 
 ■Ntcfrt blofc fein 6rbe ift mir jugefaHen, 
 
 2475 ®% f* ^* f e * n § er 3/ f em ® e *ft au f 1™$ fyerab, 
 Unb Iciftcn foil eudj meine frifcfye $ugenb, 
 2Ba§ eud; fein greifeS 31 Iter fcfyulbig blieb. 
 — Gfyrrourb'gcr SJater, gebt mir Sure §anb! 
 ®tbt mir bie Surige! SReldjtfyal, audE> 3#r! 
 
 2480 Sebenft (Sucfy nid^t ! D, roenbet @ud£) ni$t meg ! 
 ©mpfanget meinen ©cfyrour unb mein ©eliibbe ! 
 
 SSaltfjcr gilrft 
 
 ©ebt ifym bie §anb! ©ein mieberfefyrenb §erj 
 33erbient 33ertraun. 
 
 Sfyr fyabt ben Sanbmann ni$t§ geacfytef. 
 ©£re$t, meffen foil man ficfy gu Sucfy fcerfefyn? 
 
t. 2luf3ug. 2. Scene. 133 
 
 DfJubenj. 
 
 2485 D, ben!et ntdjt beg ^rrtumg meiner 3 u 9 en b* 
 Siauffadjer (ju swei<$t&ai). 
 6eib etnig! toar bag te§te 2Bort beg 33aterg. 
 ©ebenlet beffen ! 
 
 £ier ift meine §anb! 
 2)eg Sauern §anbf$Iag, ebler igerr, ift au$ 
 gin 9)Jannegtoort ! 2Bag ift ber fitter ofyne ung? 
 2490 Unb unfer (Stanb ift alter atg ber (Sure. 
 
 JWubenj. 
 
 3$ efyr' tfyn, unb mein ©d^it>ert foil ifyn Befc^u^cn. 
 
 aRcidjtijai. 
 
 2) e r 2trm, §err greifyerr, ber bie fyarte Grbe 
 ©icfy untertoirft unb ifyren 6cbo& befrucfytet, 
 $ann and) beg 5ftanneg Sruft befcfyu^en. 
 
 JRuben^. 
 
 2495 ©oUt tneine Sruft, idfj toill bie Sure fa)u$en, 
 So ftnb fair einer burcfy ben anbern ftarf. 
 — Xod) tooju reben, ba bag SSaterlanb 
 ©in 9laub nod) ift ber fremben ^rannei? 
 SBenn erft ber Soben rein ift von bent geinb, 
 
 2500 2)ann h?oHen toir'g in grieben fdfyon fcergleicfyen. 
 (Wac&bem ex einen Wuoenblicf tnne gefjalten.) 
 3^r fajtoeigt? ^x fyabt mir nid^tg ^u fagen? 2Bie? 
 33erbten r icfy'g nod; nid^t, baft il?r mir toertraut? 
 ©0 tnufc \d) toiber euren -Bitten tni$ 
 gn bag ©efyeimnig eureg Sunbeg brangen. 
 
 25°5 — 3^ r § a &t S^tagt — gefefytooren auf bem Siutll — 
 
134 IDtlffelm Cell. 
 
 3$ toeife — toeifc aHe§, toa3 tfyr bort t»er^anbelt^ 
 Unb toa§ mir ni$t t>on eu$ fcertrauet toarb, 
 3$ fyah'% betoafyrt gletcfytoie em fyeilig $fanb. 
 9iie toar i$ meine3 SanbeS getnb, glaubt mtr, 
 2510 Unb mentals ^att* tcfy gegen eu$ gefyanbelt. 
 
 — So$ iibel ifyatet ifyr, e3 gu fcerfd^ieben ; 
 
 Die ©tunbe brtngt, unb rafter £l?at bebarf § — 
 2)er Sell toarb fcfyon ba3 Dpfer eureS 6aumen§ — 
 
 Siauffarfjer. 
 
 2)a§ Sfyrtftfeft abjutoarten, fcfytouren fair. 
 s Jfubeit$. 
 2515 3$ n?ar nicfyt bort, xcS) fyab' ntd^t mtt gefcfytooren. 
 2Bartet ifyr ah, id) fyanble. 
 
 2Weld)tl)al. 
 
 2Ba3? S&rtooHtei — 
 
 SDe3 2anbe§ 3Satem jafyP id) mi$ je£t bet, 
 Unb meine erfte SPfltcfyt tft, eucfy ju fcfyii^en. 
 
 SBaltljer gfirft. 
 
 £>er @rbe btefen ieuren Staub ju geben, 
 2520 3ft @ ur * nad^fte SPflid&t unb fyeiltgfte. 
 
 ^ubettj. 
 
 SBenn fair ba3 Sanb befreit, bann legen ftrir 
 S)en frifcfyen ^ranj be§ 6ieg§ ifym auf bie Safyre. 
 
 — D greunbe ! Gure <&a<fyt ni$t adetn, 
 3$ fyabe meine eigne au^ufedtfen 
 
 2525 SCRit bent 2tyrannen — §ort unb toi^t ! Serfcfytounben 
 3ft meine Sertfya, I)eimli$ toeggeraubt, 
 Wit fecfer grefceltfyat au3 unfrer SKittcI 
 
^. 21 uf 3119. 2. Scene, 135 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 ©oI$er ©etoalttl)at fyatte ber STtyrann 
 2Biber bie freie @ble ficfy bertoogen? 
 
 2530 O meine greunbe! @ud^ fcerfyracfy tcfy §ilfe, 
 Unb i$ juerft mu^ fie t>on eu$ erflefm. 
 ©eraubt, entriffen ift mtr bie ©eliebte. 
 23er faetft, too fie ber ffiutenbe fcerbirgt, 
 2BeId)er ©etoalt fie frebelnb ft$ erftifmen, 
 
 2535 3fyr §er$ gu jtotngen jum berfyafcten Sanb ! 
 Serlafet micfy nicfyt, o, tyelft mtr fie erretten — 
 6ie Iiebt eudEj, 0, fie fyat'3 berbient um^ £anb, 
 2)a{$ atle Slrme fid; fitr fie betoaffnen — 
 
 SSaltljer ftiirft. 
 
 2Ba§ tooUt %\)x nnternefymen? 
 JRubettj. 
 
 2Bei& id&'S? 2Td& ! 
 2540 3^ biefer 9ia$t, bie tfyr ©efefyief umfyitllt, 
 
 3n btefeS 3^ e 'f e ^ ungefyeurer 2tngft, 
 
 2Bo i$ nitfjts $efte3 ju erfafjen toeife, 
 
 3ft mir nur biefeS in ber ©eele f lar : 
 
 Unter ben S£rummern ber 2tyrannenma$t 
 2545 Sttlein fann fte fyerborgegraben toerben; 
 
 2)ie geften ade miiffen toir fcejtoingen, 
 
 Db toir bielleicfyt in ifyren ®erfer bringen. 
 
 $ommt, fitfyrt un§ an! 2Sir folgen @u$. 2Barum 
 33i§ morgen fparen, toa3 toir fyeut' bermogen? 
 2550 $rei toax ber Sell, al3 totr im Jlutli fcfytouren; 
 2)a£ Ungefyeure toar nocfy nid^t gefefyefyen. 
 
136 VO ill| elm Cell. 
 
 63 Brtngt bie geit ein anbereS ©efe£; 
 2Ber ift fo feig, ber je£t nod) fonnte jagen! 
 
 s Jtubtn% (ju <5tauffad)er unb SBalt&er ftflrft). 
 
 $nbe3 Betoaffnet unb gum 2Berf Berett, 
 
 2555 ©rtoartet ifyr ber Serge ^yeuer^etd^en ; 
 2)enn fdmeller, al§ etn Sotenfegel fltegt, 
 (SoH eu$ bte 33otfdbaft unfer§ ©ieg3 erretdE)en, 
 Unb fefyt ifyr leucfyten bte toiUfommnen glammen, 
 ©ann auf bte geinbe ftiirjt rate 2Better3 ©trafyl 
 
 2560 Unb Brecfyt ben 33au ber Styrannet gufammen ! 
 
 ((Mjen ab.) 
 
 Drttte Scene, 
 
 2)ie ^o^te ©affe.bei $uf$nad)t. 
 
 9ftan ftetgt toon fjtnten gtoifc^en gelfen Ijerunter, unb bte SBauberer 
 toerbeu, el)e ftc auf ber ©cene erfdjetuen, fdjon toon ber §5I)e gefefyen. 
 getfen untfdjtiegen bie gauge ©ceue; auf etuem ber oorberfieu ift 
 ein 23ortyrung, mit ©eftrcwd) betuad)feu. 
 
 Xctt (tritt auf mit ber 2Irmbruft). 
 
 2>ur$ btefe fyofyle ©affe muft er fommen; 
 @§ fiifyrt fetn anbrer 2Beg rxai) ^itftnacfyt — §ter 
 SSottenb' ify$ — 3)te ©elegenfyeit ift giinfttg. 
 £)ort ber §ol!unberftraud) fcerbirgt mtcfy ifym, 
 2565 SSon bort fyerab fann il)n mein Spfeil erlangen ; 
 ®e§ 2Bege§ @nge rcefyret ben SBerfoIgern. 
 9Ka$' betne Stemming mit bent igimmel, $ogt! 
 gort muftt bu, betne Ufyr ift abgelaufen. 
 
<*. 2Iuf3ug. 3. Scene. 137 
 
 3$ lebte fttll unb fyarmloS — ba3 ©efd^ofe 
 1570 2Bar auf be§ 2£albe3 £tere nur gerid^tet, 
 5Jkine ©ebanlen toaren rein t>on 9Jiorb — 
 J)u E?aft au3 metnem grieben micfy IjerauS 
 ©efcfyrecft; in gdrenb £)ra$engift baft bu 
 £)ie 9JWcfy ber frommen 2)enfart mir toertoanbelt; 
 2575 3 um Ungefyeuren fyaft bu mid) getoofynt — 
 28er fid) be3 itinbeS §aupt jum 3iele f e £* e / 
 2)er lann audj treffen in ba3 §er$ be§ $einb3. 
 
 3Me armen Sinbletn, bie unfdjulbigen, 
 2)a3 ireue 2Beib mufc id) bor beiner 2But 
 
 2580 23efcfyu£en, Sanbbogt! — SDa, ate idj ben Sogenftrang 
 Slnjog — al3 mir bie §anb ergitterte — 
 2113 bu mit graufam teufeltfdjer Suft 
 Wxd) Jtoangft, auf3 §aupt be$ SinbeS an^ulegen — 
 2113 icfy ofynmddjtig flefyenb rang bor btr, 
 
 2585 ®amal3 gelobt' icfy mir in meinem 3>nnem 
 
 ■Kit furdjtbarm ©ibfcfytour, ben nur ©ott gefyort, 
 SDafc meineS n defy ft en ©cfyuffeS erfteS £\d 
 2)ein §erj fein foUte — 2Ba3 kfy mir gelobt 
 2>n jene§ 2lugenblicfe3 §offenqualen, 
 
 2590 3P eine fyeil'ge ©cfyulb — icfy Voitl fie $afylen. 
 
 3)u bift mein §err unb meineS KaiferS 3Sogt; 
 2)o$ nicfyt ber $atfer fydtte ficfy erlaubt, 
 2Ba§ b u — 6r fanbte bidfj in biefe Sanbe, 
 Urn Jtecfyt ju fyrecfyen — ftrengeS, benn er gurnet — 
 
 2595 £)ocfy ntcbt, urn mit ber morberifefyen Suft 
 2)td& iebe§ ©reuete ftrafloS ju erfrecfyen; 
 63 lebt ein ©ott, §u ftrafen unb 511 rdefyen. 
 
 Somm bu fyerbor, bu Sringer bittrer 6cfymer$en, 
 SWein teureS $Ieinob jettf, mein fyocfyfter 6$a$ — 
 
138 10 tit) elm Cell. 
 
 2600 (Sin >$\d totH icfy bir geben, ba§ bi§ je£t 
 3)er frommen 23ttte unburcfybringlicfy h>ar — 
 3)o$ bir foil e§ nicfyt tuiberfte^n — Unb bu, 
 SSertraute 53ogenfelme, bie fo oft 
 9JUr treu gebient fyat in ber greube ©pielen, 
 
 2605 33erlaf* mtcfy nicfyt im fiircfyterlicfyen @rnft! 
 •Jiur jetjt nocfy fyalte feft, bu treuer Strang, 
 Ser mir [0 oft ben fyerben $feil befliigelt — 
 ©ntrdnn 1 er je£o fraft!o§ meinen igdnben, 
 3$ fyc&t leinen ^toeiten &u berfenben. 
 
 OEBanberer geljen uber bie Scene.) 
 
 2610 2luf biefer 33anf t>on Stein toil! i$ micfy fe£en, 
 3)em SBanberer jur furjen Stufy' bereitet — 
 3)enn fyier ift feine §eimat — %zt)tx treibt 
 Sicfy an bem anbern rafcfy unb fremb feoriiber 
 Unb fraget nicfyt na$ feinem ©cfymer§ — §ier gefyt 
 
 2615 3)er forgenbolle ^aufmann unb ber leicfyt 
 ©efcfyurjte ^ilger — ber anbdcfyt'ge SRdncfy, 
 SDer buftre SRduber unb ber fyeitre ©pielmann, 
 3)er ©dumer mit bem fcfytoer belabnen Sofc, 
 ®er feme fyerlommt fcon ber TOenfc^en Sdnbern, 
 
 2620 £)enn jebe (Strafe fiifyrt an§ 6nb' ber 2Belt. 
 ©ie atte jie^en ifyre£ 2Bege§ fort 
 2ln ifyr ©efdj>dft — unb tneineS ift ber -Kerb ! 
 (Sett M.) 
 Sonft, toenn ber 3Sater au^og, liebe Sinber, 
 $)a toar ein greuen, toenn er toieber fam ; 
 
 2625 Qtnn niemalS Ic^rt' er fyeim, er bracfyt' eu$ zttoaZ, 
 2Bar'3 eine fcfyone 2ltyenblume, tear'S 
 ©in feitner SSogel ober Stmmon^orn, 
 2Bie e§ ber SBanbrer finbet auf ben Sergen — 
 
*. 2Iuf3ug. 3. Scene. 139 
 
 Sefct gefyt er einem anbern SBeibtoerf na$, 
 2630 2lm toilben 23eg fifct er mit SIRorbgebanfen ; 
 SDeg geinbeg Scben ift'g, toorauf er lauert. 
 
 — Unb bocfy an e u cfy nur benft er, liebe Sinber, 
 2lud; je£t — eu$ ju oerteib'gen, eure fyolbe Unfd?ulb 
 3u fcfyu^en toor ber 9la$e beg Jtyrannen, 
 
 2635 2BiH er jum 9J2orbe jetjt ben Sogen fyannen. 
 (©tefct auf.) 
 
 3$ laure auf ein ebleg 2Bilb — Safet ficfy'g 
 3)er gager nicfyt oerbrteften, Sage Iang 
 Umfyer ^u ftreifen in beg 2Binter3 ©trenge, 
 SSon gelg ju gelg ben ffiagefprung ju tfyun, 
 2640 §inan ju fltmmen an ben glatten SBanben, 
 2Bo er ficfy anleimt mit bem eignen 93lut, 
 
 — Urn ein armfelig ©rattier ju erjagen. 
 £>ier gilt eg einen foftltcfyeren $reig, 
 
 2)a^ §erj beg £obfeinbg, ber micfy h)iH fcerberben. 
 
 (9ttan l)5rt toon feme eine Ijeitere 2ftuftf, roelcfce fidj nfl^ert.) 
 
 2645 3Rein gan^eg Seben Iang \)ab } \<fy ben 33ogen 
 ©efyanbfyabt, micfy geiibt nacfy ©cfyiitjenregel ; 
 3$ fyabe oft gefd^offen in bag ©d^fear^e 
 Unb mancfyen fcfyonen $reig mir fyeimgebrac^t 
 9Som greubenfefyiefeen — 2lber fyeute toiH icfy 
 
 2650 2) en 5Uietfterfc^ufj tfyun unb bag Sefte mir 
 3m ganjen Umfreig beg ©ebirgg getoinnen. 
 
 @ine §odj$eit $ieljt iiber bie ©cene unb burdj ben §of)ftt)eg fytnauf. 
 £ett betradjtet fte, auf feinen SBogen geleljnt; ©tiiffi ber glur* 
 jdjufc gefellt fttf) ju itun. 
 
 Stitffu 
 
 35ag i[t ber 5Uoftermei'r Don SWorlifd^ad&en, 
 
 2)er fyier ben Srautlauf fyalt — ein reiser 3Jiann, 
 
140 rDUtjeim (EelL 
 
 (Sr fyat toofyl $el)en ©enten auf ben 2lfyen. 
 2655 Die Sraut I)olt er je|t ah gu ^mifee, 
 
 Unb biefe 3lad)t tarirt fyod? gefcfytoelgt $u ^ufcnacfyt. 
 $ommt mit! '3 ift jeber Siebermann gelaben. 
 
 Xett. 
 (Sin ernfter ©aft ftimmt nicfyt gum §od^eit£fyau3. 
 
 ©tiiffu 
 
 2)riicft @u$ ein Summer, toerft ifyn frifcfy bom §er$en! 
 2660 -Kefymt mit, h>a§ fommt; bie 3 e it en fM i e l* fcfytoer; 
 2)rum mufj ber SKenfcfy bie greube leicfyt ergretfen. 
 §ier toirb gefreit unb anberStoo begraben. 
 
 %tU. 
 
 Unb oft fommt gar bag eine ju bem anbern, 
 
 ©tiiffu 
 ©0 gefyt bie SBelt nun. @3 giebt aHertoegen 
 2665 UngliicfS genug — Sin Stufft ift gegangen 
 gm ©lamer £anb, unb eine ganje ©eite 
 SBom ©larnifcfy etngefunfen. 
 
 Sell. 
 
 SBanfen au$ 
 SDie Serge felbft? @3 ftefyt nid&tS fc.ft auf (Srben. 
 
 etfifft- 
 
 2tu$ anberStoo fcernimmt man 2Bunberbinge. 
 2670 ®a fprac^ i$ einen, ber bon 33aben lam. 
 
 6in fitter tootlte ju bem $bnig reiten, 
 
 Unb untertoegS begegnet ifym ein ©cfytoarm 
 
 SSon ^orniffen ; bie fallen auf fein 9tofe, 
 
 2)afe e§ bor SRarter tot &u Soben ftnft, 
 2675 Unb er ju gufje anfommt bei bem $omg. 
 
$. 2Iuf3ug. 3. Scene. • 141 
 
 £eft\ 
 
 2)em ©dfjtoac^en ift fein ©tad^el audfy gegeben. 
 SI r m g a r b fommt mit mefyreren $inbern unb ftctCt ftd) an ben 
 (Singang be$ §of)ltt)eg8. 
 
 @tufft. 
 
 2Ran beutet'3 auf ein grofeeS SanbeSungliicf, 
 3luf fcfytoere Sfyaten totber bie Sftatur. 
 
 SeH. 
 
 3)erglei$en Jfyaten bringet jeber £ag ; 
 2680 $ein SBunbcrjeic^en braucfyt fxe 511 berfiinben. 
 
 ©tiifft. 
 3a, foofyl bem, ber fein $elb Beftefft in Ruty 
 Unb ungefrdnft bafyetm ft$t bci ben ©einen. 
 
 Sett. 
 
 S3 fann ber grommfte ntcfyt tm grieben bleiben, 
 SBenn e£ bem bofen 5fta$bar ntd^t gefdHt. 
 
 (%eU fic^t oft mtt unrulier (Jrroartung nad) ber £5f)e be3 SBegeS.) 
 ©tufft. 
 
 2685 ©efyabt 6u$ toofyl — S#r toartet fyier auf jemanb? 
 
 Sett. 
 
 2)a$ fyu' id). 
 
 grolje §eimfefyr 311 ben guren ! 
 — 3#r feib au3 Uri? Unfer gnab'ger §err, 
 3)er Sanbbogt, toirb nod& fyeut' toon bort ertoartet. 
 
 2$anbrer (fommt). 
 2)en 53ogt ertoartet fyeut' ni$t mebr. Sic SEBaffer 
 2690 ©inb au$getreten Don bem grofcen Jtegen, 
 Unb alle 33rudEen fyat ber ©trom jerriffen. 
 (Sett ffety auf.) 
 
142 ID Ufj elm Cell. 
 
 5trmgarb (fommt worroartS). 
 
 3)er Sanbfcogt lommt nicfyt! 
 
 etiifft. 
 
 <B\id)t %f)t mag an ifyn? 
 5Jrmgarb. 
 2t$, freilic§! 
 
 @tufjt. 
 SBarum ftettet £$r duty benn 
 gn biefer fyofylen ©aff tfmt in ben 2Beg? 
 
 2lrmgarb. 
 
 2695 S^ er roeicfyt er mir mc^t auS, er mufe mt$ fyoren. 
 
 3frief#arbt 
 
 (fomtnt eilfertig ben ^ot)ttDcg tyerab unb ruft in bte Scene). 
 SKan fafyre au3 bem 2Beg — 3Jiem gnab'ger §err, 
 Der Sanbtoogt, fommt bi$t Winter mir geritten. 
 
 (Sell geftt ab.) 
 Slrmgarb (leb&aft). 
 
 2>er Sanbbogt fommt! 
 (@te geljt mit ifyren $tnbern nad) ber borbcrn ©cene. © e g te r unb 
 Sftubolpl) ber §arra« geigen fid) 311 $ferb auf ber #ol)e be« 
 Begs.) 
 
 Stitfft (§u ftrieWarbt). 
 
 2Bie famt 3^r bur$ ba$ 2Baffer, 
 2)a bo$ ber Strom bie SBriicfen fortgefiifyrt? 
 
 grieparbt 
 
 2700 2Bir fyahtn mit bem ©ee gefocfyten, greunb, 
 Unb fiircfyten un£ fcor feinem Slfyenroaffer. 
 
 ©tttfft. 
 
 3#r mart &u ©d&iff in bem geroalt'gen ©turm ? 
 
<*. 2Iuf3iig. 3. Scene. 143 
 
 3)a3 toaren Voir. Sftein Sebtag ben!' i$ bran — 
 
 ©tufft. 
 
 D, bleibt, erjd^It ! 
 
 JJriefftarbt 
 
 Safet mi$, icfy mu^ toorauS, 
 2705 2)en 2anbfcogt mufe i$ in ber 93urg fcerftinben. 
 
 Stitffu 
 SBar'n gute Seute auf bem ©cfytjf getoefen, 
 3>n ©runb gefunfen toar'S mit 2ftann unb 9J?au3; 
 Jem 3SoIf fann toeber 2Baffer bet no$ geuer. 
 
 (<5r fletjt fi<& urn.) 
 2Bo lam ber SBetbmann fyin, mit bem t$ fyracty? 
 
 (<Htet)t ab.) 
 © e fj I e r unb 9* u b 1 p I) ber § a r r a « gu <Pferb. 
 (Sefeler. 
 2710 ©agt, toaS 3fyr toollt, id) bin be3 $atfer3 SDiener 
 Unb muft brauf benfen, toie \tf) i^m gefalle. 
 6r fyat micfy nid^t in£ Sanb gefcfytcft, bem 3Sol! 
 3u fcfymeicfyeln unb il)m fanft ju tfyun — ©efyorfam 
 Srtoartet er; ber ©treit tft, ob ber Sauer 
 2715 ©off §err fein in bem 2anbe ober ber $aifer. 
 
 9lrmgarb. 
 
 Sefct ift ber 2lugenblicf ! ge$t bring' id^'S an ! 
 
 (Wfifcert ft* furtftfam.) 
 ©efelcr. 
 3$ $aV ben §ut nid&t aufgeftetft $u SItorf 
 2)eS ©$er$e§ toegen, ober urn bie §erjen 
 2)e3 23olfS ju pritfen; biefe fenn' i$ langft. 
 2720 34> fyab' ifyn aufgeftecft, bafc fie ben 9iacfen 
 
144 IPtHelmtEell. 
 
 9JHr Iernen beugen, ben fie aufrecfyt tragen — 
 3)a§ Unbequeme fyab' i$ fytngepflan&t 
 2luf ifyren 2Beg, too fie fcorbeigefyn miiffen, 
 £)a{$ fie brauf ftoften mit bem Slug' unb fi$ 
 2725 (Srinnem ifyreS §errn, ben fie fcergeffen. 
 
 £>a§ SSolf fyat aber bocfy getoifie 9te$te — 
 
 ®eftler. 
 2)ie ab^utoagen, ift je^t feine 3 e ^' 
 — 2Beitf$icfyt'ge 3Mnge finb im 2Serf unb SBerben ; 
 2)a§ £aiferfyau§ toiff Vt>a(f)fcn ; toa§ ber 93ater 
 2730 ©lorreicfy begonnen, tr>iH ber ©ofyn fcollenben. 
 3)ie§ Heine SSol! ift un3 ein ©tein im SBeg — 
 ©0 ober fo — 63 muft fi$ untertoerfen. 
 
 (<£ie rootten tooriiber. Sie ££rau roirft fi# t>or bem Canbfcoot nieber.) 
 2lrmgarb, 
 Sarm^erjigfeit, §err Sanbfcogt! ©nabe! ©nabe! 
 
 (Skfeler. 
 
 2Ba§ bringt 2$r @u$ auf offner 6tra§e mir 
 2735 3n 2Beg? — .Surucf! 
 
 5lrmgarb. 
 
 3Kein OJtann liegt im ©efangniS; 
 2)ie armen SBaifen fcfyrei'n nacfy SBrob — §abt SKit(eib r 
 ©eftrenger §err, mit unferm groften (Slenb! 
 
 ^inbolpl). 
 2Ber feib 3$r? 2Ber ift (Suer STOann? 
 
 5Jrmgarb. 
 
 (Sin armer 
 SBUbfyeuer, guter £err, fcom Sftigiberge, 
 
4. 2tuf3ug. 3. Scene. 145 
 
 2740 5>er itberm 2Ibgrunb toecj ba§ freie ©ra3 
 2Ibmafyet toon ben fcfyroffen gelfentoanben, 
 SBofyin ba3 S3iefy ficfy md^t getraut $u fteigen — 
 
 IHubofyf) (sum fianbooflt). 
 
 SBei ©ott, ein elenb unb erbarmlicfy 2zhenl 
 %<fy Ktf Sucfy, gebt tfyn Io3, ben armen 5Wann! 
 2745 2Ba§ er aucfy ©cfytoereS mag berfcfyuibet fyaben, 
 ©trafe genug ift fetn entfefclid; §anbhxrf. 
 
 (3u bcr ftrau.) 
 
 6u$ foil 3le$t toerben — 2)rinnen auf ber Surg 
 9tennt gure 33itte — §ier ift ntd;t ber Drt. 
 
 ^rrngarb. 
 
 SKein, netn, icfy Vr>etd^e nicfyt fcon biefem $la£, 
 2750 33t3 mir ber 3Sogt ben STOann juriicfgegeben ! 
 ©$on in ben fecfySten 9Konb Iiegt er im £urm 
 Unb garret auf ben Jticfyterfyrucf) fcergebenS. 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 2Beib, toollt 2#r mtr ©etoalt antfyun ? $>intoeg ! 
 
 #rmgarb. 
 ©erecpgfeit, Sanbfcogt! 3)u bift ber 5Ric^>ter 
 *755 3 m S^nbe an be§ $aifer3 ©tatt unb ©otteS. 
 %W beine $fU$t! ©0 bu ©eredjtigfeit 
 SSom §immel fyoffeft, fo er^ei^' fie un§! 
 
 ©efetcr. 
 
 gort! ©cfyafft ba3 freeze SSoIJ mtr au§ ben Slugen! 
 
 5lrmgarb (greift in bie 3Uget be§ $ferbe§). 
 
 SKein, nein, icfy fyabe ntd)t§ mefyr gu fcerlteren. 
 
 2760 — S)u tommft ntcfyt fcon ber ©telle, 23ogt, bt£ bu 
 
 5Jttr Stecfyt gefyrocfyen — galte beine ©time, 
 
146 HH Helm Cell. 
 
 SRotte bie Slugen, hue bu toifip — 2Btr fmb 
 ©o gren^enlo^ ungliicflicfy, bafc fair ni$t£ 
 3^ad^ beinem 3 orn me ^ fragen — 
 
 ©egler. 
 
 SBetb, mad?' spiafc, 
 2765 Dber mem 9tofc gefyt iiber bi$ fyinroeg. 
 
 Slrmgarb. 
 
 £aft e§ iiber micfy bafyin gefyn — ©a — 
 (<&ie retfjt iljre JHnber ju 33oben unb nrirft fidj mit ifynen tt)tn tn ben SQ3eg.) 
 
 §ier Iieg' ic§ 
 SKit meinen $inbern — £afc bie armen SBatfen 
 SSon beinem $ferbe§ £mf ^ertreten toerben! 
 63 tft ba§ atrgfte vtify, roaS bu getfyan — 
 
 2770 SBeib, feib Sfyr rafenb? 
 
 5lrmgarb (Wiger fortfafcrenb). 
 
 STrateft bu bo$ langft 
 2)a3 £anb be£ $aifer§ unter beine giifee! 
 — D, i$ bin nur ein SSeib ! 3Bar' idfj ein 9Kann, 
 3$ roiifcte toofyl roa3 SeffereS, ate ^ter 
 3m ©taub ^u liegen — 
 (2ttan l?5rt bie toorige SJluftf tmeber auf ber £5f)e be3 SBegS, aber gebfimpftj 
 
 ©efeler. 
 
 SBo finb meine $ne$te? 
 2775 3J? an rc i| e f te *> on tytnnen, ober i$ 
 3Sergeffe mtc§ unb ifyue, roa3 mic§ reuet. 
 
 S)ie $ne$te fonnen nid^t fyinburcfy, §err! 
 2)er §ofylroeg ift gefyerrt bur$ eine £od^eit. 
 
©efjterS Sob 
 
 Face p. 147 
 
<k. 21 u f 3 u g. 5. Scene. 147 
 
 ©e&ler. 
 
 Sin allju milber §errf$er bin tc§ nocfy 
 2780 ©egen bieg 3SoI! — bie Sungen f tn ^ no $ fret, 
 @g ift nocfy ni$t gang, toie eg foil, gebanbigt — 
 SDod^ eg foil anberg toerben, icfy gelob' eg: 
 2d£> VDtll ifyn bredfyen, biefen ftarren ©inn, 
 £)en feden ©eift ber ftreifyeit toil! icfy beugen. 
 2785 Sin neu ©efefc toiH i$ in biefen Sanben 
 
 SSerliinbigen — i$ toiH — 
 ((Sin SPfeit burd)bol)rt iljn; er fftfjrt mit ber £anb an§ Jperj unb ttrill jinfen. 
 SDKit matter Stimme:) 
 
 ©ott fei mir gnabig! 
 £err Sanbfcogt — ©ott ! 2Bag ift bag? SSofyer lam bag? 
 
 21 rm garb (auffaljrenb). 
 
 ?Korb! 9Korb! @r taumelt, ftnftl gr ift getroffen! 
 SWitten ing §erj fyat ifyn ber $feil getroffen! 
 
 JKllbotyf) (fpringt t>om $ferbe). 
 
 2790 2Bel$ grapcfyeg ©reignig — ©ott — £err Slitter — 
 Sluft bie grbarmung ©otteg an i — 3$r f eib 
 gin 9Kann beg £obeg! 
 
 ®egler. 
 ®a$ ift SeH'g ©efd^ofe I 
 
 (3ft toom $ferbe ^erab bcm SRubotpf) #arra3 in ben 9Irm gegleitet unb ttrirb 
 auf ber SBanf nieber^elaffen.) 
 
 Sell 
 
 (erfd)eint oben auf ber £of)e be§ f$felfen). 
 
 £)u fennft ben ©$ii$en, fucfye feinen anbern! 
 grei ftnb bie §iitten, ftcfyer ift bie Unfcfyulb 
 2795 2J° r ^ r / & u h> xx $ *> em S«nbe nicfyt mefyr fd&aben. 
 (Eerfcfctoinbet toon ber £51je. S3olf pflrat herein.) 
 
148 Wxlktlm Cell. 
 
 ©tiifft (tooran). 
 
 2Bag giebt eg ^ter ? 2Bag fyat fi$ ^ugetragen? 
 
 Slrmgarb, 
 2)er Sanbfcogt ift feon einem $feil burcfyfcfyoffen. 
 
 ©olf (im £eretn[titrjen). 
 
 2Ber ift erfd^ofjen? 
 
 (Snbem bic SSorberften toon bent SBrautaug auf bie Scene fomnten, ftnb bie 
 £interften nocfc auf ber £5f)e, unb bie 3Jiufit aefyt fort.) 
 
 Oiuboipl) ber £arra& 
 @r berblutet fi$. 
 Sort, fd^affet £ilfe ! ©efct bem Worber nad& ! 
 2800 — SSerlorner 2Kann, fo tnuft eg mtt bir enben ; 
 3)o$ meine SBarmmg toollteft bu nicfyt fyoren! 
 
 ©tiifft. 
 33ei ©ott! 2)a Iiegt er bleicfy unb ofyne Seben! 
 
 JBiele Sttmmett. 
 2Ber tyat bie Sfyat getljan? 
 
 Wubotyl) ber §arra$, 
 
 SRaft biefeg SSoIf, 
 SDafe eg bem SWorb SDhifif mac^t? Safet fie fd&toeigen! 
 
 (9fluftf bridjt pl5felid) ab, e§ fommt nod) ntefyr SOolf nad).) 
 
 2805 §err Sanbfcogt, rebel, ioenn 3$r fount — igabt 3$* 
 
 SRu nicfytg mefyr gu bertrauen? 
 
 (®e|3ler gtebt ^etdjen mit ber £anb, bie er mtt ^eftigfeit nnebert)oU, ba jte 
 nid)t aletd) toerftanben roerbcn.) 
 
 2Bo foO idfr ^in? 
 — 5Rad& £ufena$t? — 3$ fcerftefy' ®uty nid&t — D toerbet 
 3l\ti)t ungebulbig — Safet bag 3tbif^e / 
 
<*.2Iuf3ug. 5. Scene. 149 
 
 SDenft je£t ©ud; mit bem §immel ju fcerfofynen! 
 
 ($)ie gange ^ocfoettgefellldjaft umflefyt ben Sterbenben nut etnem fiifytfofen 
 QJraufcn.) 
 
 gtiiffu 
 
 2810 ©iefy, toie er bleicfy toirb — getjt, i e $* ***** *> er ^°k 
 2#m an ba§ §er$ — bie 3lugen finb gebrocfyen. 
 
 5trmgarb (^ebt ein flinb empor). 
 
 ©efyt, fiinber, tote ein SButeridfj t>erfd^eibet ! 
 
 9?ubotyl) ber £>arra3. 
 SBafynfmn'ge SBeiber, fyabt iljr fein ©efufyl, 
 Safe ifyr ben 33licf an biefem ©$recfni3 toeibet? 
 2815 §elft — Seget §anb an — ©tetyt mir mernanb bet, 
 £)en ©cfymergenSpfeil ifym au§ ber 33ruft |tt jiefyn? 
 
 SBeiber (treten juriirf). 
 
 2Btr tyn beriifyren, toeld^en ©ott gefcfylagen ! 
 
 iHubolpf) ber £arra£. 
 glu$ treff* eu$ unb 93erbammni3 ! 
 (^tcfjt \>a$ ©#tt>ert.) 
 ©tttfft (fdllt i&m in ben Stan). 
 
 2Bagt e§, £>err! 
 @u'r SBalten fyat ein Snbe. 2)er £tyrann 
 2820 2)e§ £anbe§ i[t gefaHen. 2Bir erbulben 
 
 $eine ©etoalt mefyr. 2Bir ftnb freie 9Jtenfc§en. 
 
 WHt (tumultuanfd&). . 
 
 £>a3 Sanb ift frei! 
 
 ORubofyl) ber #arra£. 
 
 3ft e§ bafyin gefommen? 
 (Snbet bie gatrd&t fo fd^neE unb ber ©efyorfam? 
 CSu ben SBaffenfnecfcten, bie fyereinbrtngen.) 
 
150 ID Uft elm Cell. 
 
 2#r fefyt bie graufenbolle Xfyat be§ 9Jlorb§, 
 2825 SDie fyier gefd^e^en — §ilfe ift umfonft — 
 
 55ergebltd^ ift% bem 9Korber na<f>3ufe$en. 
 
 Un3 brangen anbre ©orgen — SCuf, nad) Sliiftnacfyt, 
 
 $Dafc Vt>ir bem Saifer feine gefte retten! 
 
 SDenn aufgeloft in btefem Slugenblicf 
 2830 ©tub alter Drbmmg, aller ^fticfyten 33anbe, 
 
 Unb feine§ 2Ranne3 3:reu' ift $u bertrauen. 
 
 3nbem er mtt ben SBaffenfnedjten abgefyt, erfdjeinen fed) 8 barm* 
 ^ergige 93 r ii b e r. 
 
 5lrmgarb. 
 
 $Ia|! $Ia£! ba fommen bie barmfyerj'gen Sriiber. 
 
 2)a3 Dpfer Iiegt — 2)ie 9taben ftetgen nieber. 
 
 Sarm^er^ige SBriiber 
 
 (fdjliefjen etnen £albfrei§ urn ben £oten unb fingen in tiefem Son)- 
 9laf$ iritt ber Sob ben 3Kenfd)en an, 
 2835 @$ ift itjm feine grift gegeben; 
 
 S3 ftiirjt ifyn mitten in ber 33afm, 
 
 63 reiftt iljm fort bom Gotten 2zhzn. 
 23ereitet ober nid&t, ju gefyen, 
 
 6r mufe toor feinen SRicfyter ftefyen! 
 (3nbem bie tefeten ^etten nrieberfyolt tr»erben, fatlt ber SSorfyang.) 
 
Jiinffer Jfruftug* 
 
 (Erfte Scene, 
 fiffentitdjer $la$ bci Hltorf. 
 
 3m §intergrunbe reacts bie gefle S^ins Uri mit *> cm noc *) Peljenben 
 Saugeriifte, trie in bcr britten ©cene be8 erfien 2Iufaug« ; Unf8 
 etne 2Iu«ftd)t in triele SBerge fytnein, auf toeldjen alien ©tgnalfeuer 
 brennen. (£8 ift cben £age«anbrud), ©tocfen ertbnen au8 Dcr* 
 fd)iebenen gernen. 
 
 SRuobi, $uoni, 2Berni, 9fteifter @teinme£ unb triele anbere 
 Sanbleute, aua) SScibcr unb $inber. 
 
 JHuoM. 
 
 2840 ©efyt ifyr bie ^eu'rftgnale auf ben Sergen? 
 
 Stemmed 
 
 §brt ifyr bie ©locfen briiben iiberm 2Balb? 
 
 Wuot>i. 
 
 2)te geinbe ftnb fcerjagt. 
 
 <5teimne$. 
 
 2)ie SBurgen ftnb erobert. 
 9{uobi. 
 
 Unb fair im Sanbe Uri bulben no$ 
 2luf unfcrm 33oben ba3 SCtyrannenf d^Iofe ? 
 2845 ©inb toir bie £e£ten, bie ft$ fret erflaren? 
 
 (151) 
 
152 ID ill? elm Celt 
 
 (Stemmed 
 
 2)a§ 3o$ foil ftefyen, ba3 un3 ghnngen tuoECte? 
 2luf, reiftt e3 nieber! 
 
 2We. 
 Nieber! nieber! nieber! 
 
 SBo ift ber ©tier Don Uri? 
 
 Stter toon Uri, 
 
 §ier. 2BaS fott id&? 
 
 ©teigt auf bie §ocfytoacfyt, blaft in guer §orn, 
 2850 $)afc e§ toeitfefymetternb in bie Serge fd^affe 
 Unb, jebeS @d?o in ben gelfenfliiften 
 2Iuftoecfenb, fcfynell bie Scanner be§ ©ebirg£ 
 3ufammenrufe ! 
 
 ©tier toon Uri gel)t ab. S£altf)ergurft fommt. 
 
 SBaltljer ftitrft. 
 
 §altet, greunbe! pallet! 
 9?o$ fefylt un§ Sunbe, roa3 in Untertoalben 
 2855 Unb ©d^tt>% gefd^efyen. Safet unS 33oten erft 
 (Srroarten ! 
 
 JHttobi. 
 2Ba§ ertoarten? 2)er ^rann 
 3ft tot, ber £ag ber $reir/eit ift erfefyienen. 
 
 ©tetttmet?. 
 
 3Sft'3 nicfyt genug an biefen flammenben 33oten, 
 £)te rings fyerum auf alien Sergen leucfyten? 
 
 2860 $ommt aHe, fommt, legt §anb an, 9Jianner unb SEBeiber! 
 
5. 2luf3iig. \. Scene. 153 
 
 93rec$t ba3 ©eriifte ! ©prengt bie Sogen ! SReifet 
 2)ie -Utauern ein! Sein (Stein bleib* auf bem anbem! 
 
 8teinme*?. 
 
 ©efetten, fommt! 2Bir fyaben'3 aufgebaut, 
 2Bir toiffen'3 $u jerftoren. 
 
 mt. 
 
 $ommt, reifct meber! 
 (Sie fl&rien fid) toon alien @etten auf ben 33au.) 
 233altt)cr Jiirft. 
 2865 63 ift im Sauf. 3$ * ann fa ™$t ^ e ^ fyalten. 
 2ft e t d) t Ij a t unb S3aumgarten fommen. 
 WUU&L 
 2Ba§? ©tefyt bie Surg no$, unb ©$lofi ©amen Kegt 
 gn 2lf$e, unb ber Stoftberg ift gebrocfyen? 
 
 293altf>er grftrft 
 
 ©eib 3^>r e$, 2KeId^at? Sringt gtyr unS bie ftreityett? 
 ©agt! ©inb bie Sanbe alle rein fcom geinb? 
 
 3WeW)tI)al (umarmt i^n). 
 
 2870 SRein ift ber 33oben. greut (Sucfy, alter 3Sater ! 
 gn biefem 2lugenbltcfe, ba fair reben, 
 3ft fein SCtyrann tne^r in ber ©d^toeijer Sanb. 
 
 SBaltyer gfirft. 
 
 D, tyredfyt, h)ie iourbet £#* ber Surgen macfyttg? 
 
 Wcldjtqal. 
 £)er 9luben$ toar eS, ber ba3 ©arner ©$Io& 
 2875 Wit mannlid) fiifyner SBagetfyat getoann. 
 
 2)en Stoftberg ^att' tcfy nad)t§ gut)or erftiegen. 
 
 — 2)o$ fyoret, toa3 gefefyafy. 2ll£ fair bag ©deleft, 
 
 SSom gfeinb geleert, nun freubig ange$iinbet, 
 
154 VOilktlm Cell. 
 
 SDie $Iamme praffelnb fcfyon jum §tmmel f$lug, 
 2880 25a ftitrjt ber SDietfyelm, ©efelerS 23ub, fyerbor 
 Unb tuft, baft bie 23runecferin fcerbrenne. 
 
 SSaltyer gfitft 
 ©creeper ©ott ! 
 
 (5Ran $ort bie Salfcn be§ ©erttfte§ fttirsen.) 
 
 ©ie tear e3 felbfi, Wax fyeimlicty 
 §ier eingefcfyloffen auf be§ 33ogt3 ©e^eife. 
 Slafenb erfyub ficfy SRuben^ — benn hrir fyorten 
 2885 3Me Salfen fcfyon, bie feften $foften ftiirgen, 
 Unb au3 bem 9tau$ fyerfcor ben ^ammerruf 
 2)er Unglitcffeligen. 
 
 SBaltljer fturft. 1 
 
 ©ie tft gerettet? 
 BtfUUttl, 
 
 SDa gait (Scfd&hrinbfein unb (gnt^Ioffen^eit ! 
 
 — SSar' er n u r unf er (Sbelmann getoefen, 
 2890 2Bir fatten unfer Seben toofyl geliebt ; 
 
 3)o$ er toar unfer ©ibgenofj, unb SBertfya 
 gfyrte ba§ 3SoIf — ©0 feften tow getroft 
 £)a3 Seben bran unb ftiirgten in ba£ geuer. 
 
 SBaltljer $urft. 
 
 ©ie ift gerettet? 
 
 ©ie iff 3. SRuben^ unb \&), 
 2895 9Bir trugen fie felbanber au£ ben glatnmen, 
 Unb Winter un$ fiel frad;enb ba§ ©ebalf. 
 
 — Unb jetjt, aU fie gerettet ficfy erfannte, 
 £)ie 2lugen auffcfylug &u Urn §tmmel3li$t, 
 
5. 2Iuf3ug. {.Scene. 155 
 
 $je$t ftiirjte mir ber greifyerr an ba§ §er$, 
 2900 Unb fcfytoeigenb toarb ein 93iinbni3 je$t befefytooren, 
 Da3, feft gefyartet in be3 geuer£ ©hit, 
 Sefiefyen ftrirb in alien ©cfyicffalsproben — 
 
 2Balt!)cr ftttrft. 
 2Bo ift ber Sanbenberg? 
 
 fiber ben Sriintg. 
 
 •Kicfyt lag's an tnir, ba& er ba3 Sid^t ber 3lugen 
 2905 3)at>ontrug, ber ben 3Sater mir geblenbet. 
 
 9ta$ jagf i$ i^m, erreicfyt' ifyn auf ber glucfyt 
 
 Unb rife tl)n ju ben ftiifeen metneS 3Sater8. 
 
 ©efefytoungen iiber ifyn toar fcfyon ba3 ©cfytoert; 
 
 3Son ber 33arml)er$igfeit be§ blinben ©retfeS 
 2910 ©rfyielt er flefyenb ba£ ©efefyen! beg SebenS. 
 
 Urfefybe fc^tour er, nie guriicf ju fefyren; 
 
 6r toirb fie fyalten; unfern 2lrm fyat er 
 
 ©efitylt. 
 
 SBaltyer gurft. 
 
 2Bofyf@u$, baft 3# r ben reinen ©teg 
 3Kit ©lute nxd^t gefefyanbet! 
 
 SHnber 
 
 (cilen mit Xrummern be3 ©eriifteS fiber bie Scene). 
 ftretyeit! greifyeit I 
 ($)a§ £orn toon Uri toirb mit 3Jiac^t gebtafen.) 
 
 SBalt^cr prft. 
 
 2915 ©efyt, toeld^ ein geft ! 2)e§ Staged toerben ftcfy 
 
 2)ie $inber fpat a(3 ©reife nocfy ertnnern. 
 
 (TObcfcen brtngen Sen £ut auf einer Stange getragen ; bte ganje Scene 
 faat fid) mit 5Bol! an.) 
 
156 rDilfjelm Cell. 
 
 9htobi. 
 
 §ier ift ber §ut, bem toir un£ beugen mufeten. 
 
 23aumgartcit. 
 ©ebt un3 93ef$eib, toaS bamit toerben foil. 
 
 ©altycr prft. 
 ©ott! Unter biefem §ute ftanb mein Snfel! 
 
 3Weljrere ©timmcn. 
 
 2920 3^ r fti>rt bag Senfmal ber Xtyrannenmacfyt ! 
 2>n3 geuer mit ifym ! 
 
 SBaltljer prjt. 
 
 Sftein, lafet i&n aufbetoafyren ! 
 2)er 2tyrannei mufjt' er $um SBerf^eug bienen, 
 @r foil ber greifyeit etoig ^eid&en f^ n * 
 
 ($)ie fianbteute, Conner, SBeiber unb tfinber ftetjen unb fifcen auf ben 
 SBalfen be§ jerbroc&enen ©erufte§ malerifcfc aruppiert in einem grojjen 
 #albfrei§ umfjer.) 
 
 ©0 ftefyen fair nun frofylicfy auf betj Srummern 
 2925 2)er 2tyrannet, unb fyerrlicfy ift'3 erfuHt, 
 2Ba3 loir im SRutli fc^touren, gibgenoffen. 
 
 28altljer prft. 
 
 2)a3 SBerf ift angefangen, nicfyt tooHenbet. 
 Seftt ift un3 5Kut unb f efte @intra$t not ; 
 2)enn, feib getoife, nic^t faumen toirb ber Konig, 
 2930 2)en 2:ob ju r&cfyen feineS $ogt3 unb ben 
 33ertriebnen mit ©etoalt auriicfyufufyren. 
 
 6r jie^ fyeran mit feiner §eere3ma$t! 
 
5. 21 uf3ug. i Scent. 157 
 
 3ft aug bem 3 nner " bofy ber $etnb tjerjagt; 
 S)em gfeinb bon aufeen tootlen fair begegnen. 
 
 JWuobu 
 
 2935 3iur toen'ge $affe offnen ifym bag 2anb, 
 !Dte tootten fair mit unfern Seibern becfen. 
 
 23aumgarten. 
 2Bir finb feereinigt bur$ ein etoig 33anb, 
 Unb feine §eere foUen une nicfyt fc^recf en ! 
 
 $ f f e I m a n n unb © t a u f f a d) e r fommett. 
 
 'Jioffelmamt (im ©intreten). 
 
 QaZ fmb be^ §immelg furcfyibare (Seriate. 
 
 SanMeute. 
 
 2940 2Bag giebt'g? 
 
 JRojfelmamt. 
 
 2>n h?cld^en 3eiten Ieben hrir! 
 2Baltl)er gitrft, 
 6agt an, toag ift eg? — £a, feib $#*'§, §err 2Berner? 
 5Bag bringt 3^r una? 
 
 fianbleute. 
 
 2Bag giebt'g? 
 
 IHoffelmamt. 
 
 §ort unb erftaunet! 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 SSon einer grofeen g-urc^t finb h>ir befreit — 
 
 Woffclmamt. 
 
 Der Saifer ift ermorbet. 
 
 SBaltyer fjiirft. 
 
 ©nab'ger ©ott! 
 (Canbleute madjen cinen Wufftanb unb umbrangen ben ©tauffad&er.) 
 
158 BUT fret in Cell. 
 
 Wit. 
 
 2945 ermorbet ! 2Ba3! £>er Saifer! §ort! 2)er Kaifer! 
 9Reldjtfjal. 
 9ti$t moglicfy! 2Bol)er fam @u$ biefe Sunbe? 
 
 Stauffad)cr. 
 @g ift getoifc. Set Srucf ftel £onig 2llbrec§t 
 Surety 9JWrberg £anb — ein glaubengfterter -iJiann, 
 Sofyanneg Soulier, bracfyt' eg toon ©cfyaPaufen. 
 
 SBaltyer gitrfL 
 
 2950 2Ber toagte folcfye grauenfcolle £fyat ? 
 <5iauffadjer. 
 6te toirb nocfy grauenfcoHer burcfy ben Sfyater. 
 ®g toar fein 5Reffe, feineg Sruberg £inb, 
 §er$og gofyann & on ©cfytoaben, ber'g boHbractyte. 
 
 aWeldjtijal. 
 2Bag trieb ifyn ju ber Sfyat beg 93atermorbg? 
 etauffadjer. 
 
 2955 ® er ilciifcr fyielt bag baterlicfye Srbe 
 2)em ungebulbig SKafynenben $urudE; 
 @g fyiefc, er benf il)n ganj barum ju fiirjen, 
 5Jiit einem 33ifcfyofgfyut ifyn ab^ufinben. 
 2Bie bem aucfy fei — ber IgungUng offnctc 
 
 2960 £)er SBaffenfreunbe bofem dtat fein Ofyr, 
 
 Unb mit ben ebeln §errn toon 6 f 6) e n b a $ , 
 SSon Segerfelben, Don ber 2Bart unb 5|JaIm 
 33efctyIofe er, ba er Secfyt nicfyt fonnte ftnben, 
 <S\<fy 9tacfy' $u fyolen mit ber eignen §anb. 
 
 293altl)er gitrft. 
 2965 D, fyred&t, tt>ie toarb bag ©rapcfye toollenbet ? 
 
5. 21ufjus. ^. Scene. 159 
 
 @tauffa$er* 
 
 £)er £onig ritt fyerab bom ©tein $u 23aben, 
 ©en Sftfyetnfelb, too bte §offiatt tear, &u &iefyn, 
 ^CRit tfym bte fturften § a it 3 unb 2 e o p o I b 
 Unb etn ©efolge fyocfygeborner §erren. 
 
 2970 Unb al3 fie famen an bte 9i e u fe , too man 
 2luf einer gdfyre ftd^ Itifct tiberfe^en, 
 2)a brdngten fidfj bte SDWrber in ba£ ©cfyiff, 
 ®afe fie ben $aifer bom ©efolge trennten. 
 $)rauf, al£ ber gtirft burcfy ein geacfert gelb 
 
 2975 §mreitet, — eine alte grofee ©tabt 
 
 ©ott brunter Itegen au3 ber £eiben 3eit — 
 S)ie alte gefte £ab3burg im ©eficfyt, 
 2Bo feineS ©iammeS §ofyeit au3gegangen — 
 ©tofct §erjog §an§ ben 2)oIcfy ifym in bie $efy(e, 
 
 2980 Slubotyfy toon $alm burcfyrennt iljn mtt bem ©peer, 
 Unb @f$enbacfy ^crfpaltet ifym ba$ §aupt, 
 3}afc er fyerunterftnft in fetnem 23lut, 
 ©emorbet bon ben ©etnen, auf bem ©einem 
 2tm anbern Ufer fallen fie bie £fyat; 
 
 2985 Tocfy burcfy ben ©trom gefcfyieben, fonnten fie 
 ■Kur ein ofynmddjiig 3Be^gefd^rei er^eben ; 
 2lm 2Bege aber fa& ein armeS 2Beib, 
 2>n ifyrem ©cfyofj berbluteie ber Saifer. 
 
 Kef**}*!. 
 
 ©0 fyat er nur fein fritfyeS ©rab gegraben, 
 2990 T)er unerfdttlicfy atteg toollte fyaben ! 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 
 ©in ungefyeurer ©cfyrecfen ift im Sanb umfyer; 
 ©efperri finb ade $dffe beg ©ebirg*, 
 gebhnber ©tanb bertoafyret feine ©renjen; 
 
160 ID U*i elm Cell. 
 
 ©ie alte 3™$ felBft fcfylofe t^re 2:fyore, 
 2995 ®ie breiftig 3 a fyr' Jang offen ftanben, £u, . 
 
 2)ie 9J?brber fiivcfytenb unb nocfy mefyr — bie SRdd^er. 
 SDenn, mit be3 SanneS glucfy beroaffnet, fommt 
 SDer Ungarn $dnigin, bie ftrcnge Signed, 
 3Me nid^t bie s Dlilbe fennet ifyreS jarten 
 3000 ©efcfylecfytS, be^ Setters fdniglicfyeS Slut 
 3u racfyen an bet -fitorber gan^em ©tamm, 
 2ln ifyren ^nec^ten, Sinbern, SinbeSfinbern, 
 3a, an ben ©teinen ifyrer ©cfyloffer felbft. 
 ©efefyrooren fyat fie, ganje 3 eu 9 un 9 en 
 3005 §inab$ufenben in be3 SaterS ©rab, 
 
 3>n Slut ficfy toie in 9ttaientau ju baben. 
 
 2Betfc man, too ficfy bie Corbet fyingefliid&tet ? 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 ©ie flofyen alsbalb wad) fcoEbradfyter Sfyat 
 
 Sluf fiinf fcerfefyiebnen Strain au^einanber 
 3010 Unb trennten fi$, urn nie ftcfy mefyr ju fefyn — 
 
 $tt}Q0 ^ofyann foil irren im ©ebirge. 
 SBatfljcr ftitrft. 
 
 ©0 tragt bie Untfyat tfynen leine $ru$t! 
 
 Sla^e tragt feine grud^t! ©id& felbft ift fte 
 
 2)ie fiircfyterlicfye -Nafyrung, ifyr ©enufe 
 3015 3$ SKorb, unb tfyre ©attigung ba§ ©raufen. 
 Stauffadjer. 
 
 2)en 5K5rbern bringt bie Untfyat ntcfyt ©etoinn; 
 
 2Bir aber brecfyen mit ber reinen §anb 
 
 5De§ blut'gen ^rebels fegenfcofle ftrucfyt. 
 
 S)enn einer grojjen gurcfyt finb toir entlebigt; 
 
5. 21 uf 3ug. {.Scene. 161 
 
 3020 ©efallen ift ber gfreifyeit grower geinb, 
 Unb tine fcerlautet, hnrb ba3 ©center geljn 
 2lu§ §ab3burg§ §au3 ju einem anbern ©tamm, 
 2)a3 9tet$ toill fetne 3Ba^Ifrex^eit befyaupten. 
 
 SBaltyer gitrft unb 2ttcljrere. 
 SSerna^mt 3fyr toaS? 
 
 Stauffad)cr. 
 
 ®er ©raf Don Sujemburg 
 3025 3ft bon ben mefyrften ©thnrnen fcfyon bqeicfynet. 
 
 SBalt^cr gitrft. 
 
 SBofyl un3, bafe fair beim 9tetd)e treu gefyalten; 
 Se^t ift &u fyoffen auf ©erecfytigfeit ! 
 
 8tauffad)cr. 
 
 3)em neuen §errn ifyun ta^fre $reunbe not; 
 6r hrirb un£ fcfyirmen gegen £)ftreicfy3 9ta$e. 
 
 (£ie Canbleute umarmen einanber.) 
 ©igrtft mit cinem SReidjSboten. 
 ©tgrtft. 
 3030 §ier finb be§ SanbeS hriirb'ge Dberfyaupter. 
 
 JRoffelmatm unb SRetyrere, 
 
 ©tgrift, toaS giebt'S? 
 
 ©igrift. 
 gin 3teid)3bot' bringt bie3 ©cfyreiben. 
 
 5(tte (8u 2Balt§er SttrfO. 
 
 @rbre$t unb lefet ! 
 
 SBaltlfer giirft cueft). 
 
 „2)en befcfyeibnen SRannern 
 3Son Uri, 6$to% unb Untertoalben bietet 
 S)ie flonigin @l3betfy ©nab' unb alleS ©uteS." 
 
162 ID Ult elm Cell. 
 
 $iele Sttmmett. 
 
 3035 2Ba§ hritt bie Jtftttgin ? g$r 9ieid? ift au§. 
 9Saltl>er gitrft (Heft). 
 „5>n ifyrem grofeen ©cfymerj unb SBitroenleib, 
 SBorein ber blut'ge §infcfyetb ifyreS $ernt 
 SDie $onigin toerfettf, gebenft fie nocfy 
 2)er alien £reu' unb £ieb' ber ©cfyro^erlanbe." 
 
 aReldjtijaL 
 
 3040 %n iljrem ©lucf fyat fie ba§ nie getfyan. 
 [Rojfelmamt. 
 ©tiff! Saffet fyoren ! 
 
 SBalttycr fjttrft (Ueft). 
 „Unb fie tocrfte^t fi$ ju bem treuen SSolf, 
 3)aj$ e£ gerecfyten 2lbf$eu roerbe tragen 
 SSor ben fcerflucfyten Jfyatern biefer SC^at. 
 3045 ®arum erroartet fie Don ben brei Sanben, 
 3)aft fie ben SRdrbern nimmer 33orf$ub tfyun, 
 SSielme^r getreulicfy ba&u ^elfen roerben, 
 ©ie au^uliefern in be3 5ia$er3 §anb, 
 2)er £ieb' gebenfenb unb ber alien ©unft, 
 3050 2)ie fie Don JtubotyfyS gtirftenfyau§ empfangen." 
 CSeidjen be§ UntoiflenS untcr ben Canbleuten.) 
 
 Stele 8timmen. 
 
 2)er Sieb' unb ©unft! 
 
 ©tauffadjer. 
 2Btr fyaben ©unft empfangen toon bem SSater; 
 ®o$ toeffen rufymen roir un§ Don bem ©ofyn? 
 §at er ben Srief ber greifyett itttf beftattgt, 
 3055 2Bie b r ifym aHe Saifer bocfy getfyan ? 
 
5. 21 u f 3 u g. \. Scene. 163 
 
 £>at er gericfytet na$ gerec^tem ©}>ruc§ 
 Unb ber bebrangten Unfcfyulb ©d;u$ berliefyn? 
 feat er aucfy nur bie 33oten toollen fyoren, 
 2)ie fair in unfrer 2lngft ju ifym gefenbet? 
 
 3060 9ii$t eing toon biefem alien fyat ber £onig 
 2tn un§ getljan, unb fatten fair ntcfyt felbft 
 Un3 9led^t berfd^afft mit eigner mut'ger §anb, 
 3#n riifyrte unfre 3lot nidfjt an — 3#™ ® an * ? 
 •Nicfyt DanI fyat er gefat in btefen £l)alern. 
 
 3065 @r ftanb auf einem fyofyen tylai}, er lonnte 
 (Sin SSater feiner 3S5lfer fein; bocfy tfym 
 ©efiel eg, nur $u forgen fiir bie ©einen; 
 2)ie er gemefyrt fyat, mogen urn ifyn toeinen! 
 
 SBaWjer gurft. 
 
 2Bir tooHen nicfyt frofylocfen feineS $atl3, 
 3070 5Kirf)t be3 empfangnen 93of en \ e $ t gebenf en, 
 
 $ern fei'S toon un£! 2)ocfy bafc toir radjen follten 
 ®e3 KbnigS Xob, ber nie un3 ©uteS fyat, 
 Unb bie berfolgen, bie un$ nie betriibten, 
 2)a3 jiemt un§ nicfyt unb toill un3 nicfyt gebiifyren. 
 3075 SDie Siebe Vuitt ein freteS Dpfer fein ; 
 
 Der Sob entbinbet feon er^tmngnen $fli$ten, 
 — 3$m fyaben fair nidfytS toeiter ju eniricfyten. 
 
 3Heldjtl)al. 
 
 Unb h)eint bie $onigin in ifyrer hammer, 
 Unb flagt tfyr toilber ©d^merg ben Jgimmel an, 
 3080 ©0 fefyt 3>l)r I)ier ein angftbefreiieS 93oK 
 3u eben biefem §immel banfenb flefyen — 
 2Ber £I)ranen ernten toiff, mufe Siebe faen. 
 ORei#3bote gef)t ab.) 
 
166 ID til? elm Cell. 
 
 2Bie autf) mein Ied^enb §erj na$ Sabung fcfymacfytet, 
 Sfticfytg rufyr' icfy an, big £#r mir ^ugefagt — 
 
 #eimrig. 
 31 1 5 33eriifyrt mein $leib ntd^t, tretet mir nicfyt *a$, 
 SBleibt feme fiefm, toenn i$ @u$ fyoren foU. 
 
 2Kond), 
 
 33ei biefem geuer, bag fyter gaftltcfy lobert, 
 83ei Surer $mber teurem §aupt, bag id) 
 Umfaffe — 
 
 (Grgreift bte $naben.) 
 Jpebttrig. 
 3Kann, mag finnet 3#r? &\ixix$ 
 3120 3Son meinen Sinbern ! — £$r feib !ein 5Ron$ ! ^ r feib 
 ©g nid;t! 2)er $rtebe roofynt in biefem $Ieibe; 
 ^n ©uren Biigen toofynt ber griebe nicfyt. 
 
 •ttafc 
 
 %<ty bin ber ungliidfeligfte ber 9Kenf$en. 
 
 $ebto>t0. 
 QaZ Ungliid tyricfyt getoaltig $u bem §er&en; 
 3125 2)o$ Suer 33lid fd^nurt mir bag 3 nnr * 5 U « 
 
 aSoIt^er (auffpringenb). 
 
 SMutter, ber Sater! 
 
 (<5ttt &inau8.) 
 
 D mein ©ott! 
 (2BiH nad), aittert unb f)dlt ftd) an.) 
 SSKtyflm (eilt nad)). 
 
 2)er 25ater ! 
 
5. 21 uf 3 u g. 2. Scent. 167 
 
 2Baltljer (braufcen). 
 
 2)a bift bu ftrieber ! 
 
 3Stl!)Clm (brau&en). 
 
 33ater, lieber Sater! 
 
 Xett (brau&en). 
 
 £)a bin i$ toieber — 2Bo ift eure Gutter? 
 
 (Sreten Ijercin.) 
 
 IBtttter* 
 
 Da ftefyt fie an ber S^itr' unb fann nicfyt toeiter; 
 3130 ©0 jtttert fie Dor ©cfyrecfen unb Dor greube. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 D §ebtoig ! §ebhrig ! 5Rutter meiner ftinber ! 
 
 ©ott fyat gefyolfen — Un3 trennt !ein 2tyrann mefyr. 
 
 ^)CbWtg (an feinem $alfe). 
 
 D Sell ! £eU! SBeld&e SHngft iitt id) urn btd&l 
 
 (5H5nd} ttrirb aufmertfatn.) 
 
 Sea. 
 
 33ergifc fte je£t unb Iebe nur ber $reube ! 
 3135 S)a bin icfy toieber! 3)a3 ift nteine §ittte ! 
 3$ fte^e hneber auf bem SKeinigen ! 
 
 BUffta 
 
 5Bo aber fyaft bu beine 2lrmbruft, SSater? 
 
 %$ \tf fie nic^t. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 $)u h)irft fte nie mefyr fefyn. 
 3ln ^eil'ger Statte ift fte aufbetoafyrt; 
 3140 6ie toirb fyinfort ju feiner 3<*Sb mefyr bienen. 
 
 fcebttita. 
 D Stea I Sell ! 
 
 ($ritt luriicf, lafct feine £anfc Iof.) 
 
168 IDUttelm Cell. 
 
 ZtU. 
 2Bag erfd)recft bid), Iiebeg SBeib? 
 
 $ebttng. 
 SBte — toie fommft bu mir toteber? — £)tefe £anb 
 — ®arf id(> fie faff en? — SDiefe §anb — O ©ott ! 
 
 $Ctt (&eraltc§ unb mutig). 
 
 §at eucfy fcertetbigt unb bag Sanb gerettet ; 
 3145 3$ barf fie fret fyinauf jum §immel fyeben. 
 
 (W6n6) mad)t eine rafdje 93eroegung, er erbltrft t&n.) 
 
 SBer ift ber Sruber fcier? 
 
 £ebwtg. 
 
 21$, i# bergafe ifyn ! 
 6pri$ b u mit ifym ; mir graut in feiner -Kafye. 
 
 2Jtom$ (tritt nft&er). 
 
 ©eib 3#r ber Sell, bur$ ben ber Sanbtoogt pel? 
 
 £)er bin t$, tc§ fcerberg' eg feinem TOenfcfyen. 
 
 3Rim$. 
 
 3150 3^r feib ber Sea ! 8W&, eg ift ©otteg £anb, 
 £)ie unter 6uer 2)a$ micij fyat gefitfyrt. 
 
 £efl (mifct t&n mit ben Wugen). 
 
 S^r feib fein SMoncfy! 2Ber feib 3^r? 
 
 3fyr erfd&lugt 
 £)en 2anbbogt, ber @ud& Sofeg tfyat — 2lu$ td& 
 §ab' einen §einb erfcfylagen, ber mir SRed^t 
 3155 93erfagte — 6r toar 6uer geinb toie meiner — 
 3$ fyab' bag Sanb bon tfym befreit. - 
 
5. 21 uf 3ug. 2. Scene. 169 
 
 XtU (iurudfa^rcnb). 
 
 3fc fcib - 
 ©ntfetjen ! — $inber ! $inber, ge^t fyinetn ! 
 ©efy, UebeS SBeib! ©efy, gefy ! — Ungliicflid&er, 
 3$r toaret — 
 
 ©ott, toer ift e3? 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 grage ni$t! 
 3160 ftort! fort! 2)ie Sinber bitrfen e3 nicfyt fyoren. 
 ©efy au3 bem §aufe — toeit fyintoeg — ®u barfft 
 •Jficfyt unter einem 2)a$ mit btefem toofynen. 
 
 Jpebnrig. 
 2Befy tnir, toaS i[t ba$? $ommt! 
 
 ((&et)t mit ben flinbern.) 
 £efl (ju bem 2Ron$). 
 
 Sfyr feib ber §erjog 
 SSon Sfterreid) — $br f eib'3 ! 3^r fyabt ben £aifer 
 3165 (Srfcfylagen, (Suern Dfym unb £errn. 
 
 SofjanneS ^arrtciba. 
 
 @r toar 
 S)er Jiauber meineS (SrbeS. 
 
 £ei 
 
 @uem Dfym 
 (Srfcfylagen, Guern Saifer! Unb @ucfy tragt 
 ®ie (Srbe nocfy! @ud) Ieucfytet nocfy bie ©onne! 
 
 ^arrictba. 
 
 Sell, fyort mid), e^ Sfyr — 
 Sell. 
 
 SSon bem 33Iute triefenb 
 3170 £e£ 33atermorbe3 unb be3 $aifermorb3, 
 
170 HM 1 1* elm Celt 
 
 2Bagft bu 311 treten in mein reined §au§? 
 ®u toagft% bein 2lntli£ einem guten 9Jknfcf)en 
 3u ^eigen unb ba§ ©aftrecfyt ju begefyren? 
 
 $amctba. 
 
 Set (5u<$ fyofft' id? SBarmfyer^igfeit gu finben; 
 3175 2lu$ 2# r na^mt 5ta$' an ©urern $einb. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 Unglucflicfyer ! 
 
 3)arfft bu ber ©fyrfucfyt blut'ge ©cfyulb bermengen 
 
 2Rit ber gerecfyten 9iottoefyr eine§ 23aterS? 
 
 §aft bu ber $tnber ltebe3 §aupt berteibigt? 
 
 £)e§ §erbe§ §eiligtum befcfyiitjt? ba3 ©cfyrecflicfyfte, 
 3180 £)a3 £e£te Don ben SDeinen abgetoefyrt? 
 
 — 3 um ^itnmcl tyV icfy meine reinen §anbe, 
 
 S3erflucfye bicfy unb beine %$)at — ©eracfyt 
 
 QaV \6) bie fyeilige ^atur, bie bu 
 
 ©efcfyanbet — 9Zid)t§ teil' \<fy mit bir — ©emorbet 
 3185 §aft bu, id) fyah' mein £euerfte£ fcerteibigt. 
 
 ^arrictba. 
 
 2$r ftofct micfy fcon @ucty, troftloS, in S3er&toeifluwj ? 
 
 XtU. 
 Mid) fafct ein ©raufen, ba icfy mit bir rebe. 
 $ort! SBanble beine fiircfyterlidje 6ttafce! 
 2afc rein bie §utte, too bie Unfcfyulb toofyntr 
 
 ^SarrtCiba (roenbet fid), ju ge§en). 
 
 3190 ©0 lann id), unb fo lr> i 1 1 icfy nid^t mefyr Ieben ! 
 
 Sell- 
 
 Unb bo$ erbarmt mid) beiner — ©ott be3 §immel3 ! 
 ©0 jung, bon folcfyem abeligen 6tamm, 
 
5. 2Iuf3ug. 2. Scene. 171 
 
 ®er Snfel 9tubotyfy§, meine§ §errn unb $aifer£, 
 %\$ 2Rorber flud;tig, ^ier an meiner €>cfytoelle, 
 
 3195 £)e§ armen 9Hcmne§, flefyenb unb fcer^toeifelnb — 
 (Servant jt* ba§ ©ejufct.) 
 ^arricibo. 
 D, toenn 2$r toeinen lonnt, laftt mein ©efd&icf 
 ©ucr; jammern ; e3 ift fiirdfyterlidj) — 3$ bin 
 ©in gtirft — id? to a r ' § — i$ lonntc gliicflicr) roerben, 
 2Benn id) ber 2BiinfdE)e Ungebulb bejtoang. 
 
 3200 ®er 5Reib gernagte mir ba3 §er§ — 3$ fafy 
 2)ie $ugenb meineS $etter§ Seopolb 
 ©efront mit Gfyre unb mit £anb belofynt, 
 Unb micfy, ber gleid)e3 2llter^ mit ifym tear, 
 gn fflafcifcfyer Unmimbigfeit gefyalten — 
 Xcll. 
 
 3205 Ungliidlicfyer, toofyl fannte btd^> bein Dfym, 
 2)a er bit Sanb unb Seute h>etgerte I 
 2)u fclbft mit rafter, totlber 9Bafynfinn§tl)at 
 SRecfytfertigft furdjtbar feinen roeifen Scr/Iufe. 
 — 2Bo finb bie blut'gen §elfer beineS 9Korb3? 
 
 ^arrictba. 
 
 3210 SBofyin bie 5Rad^egeifter fie gefiifyrt ; 
 
 3$ fafy fie feit ber Ungliicf3tl)at nicfyt roieber. 
 
 ZtU. 
 
 SBeifet bu, bafc bier) bie 2tcr;t berfotgt, bafe bu 
 2)em $reunb toerboten unb bem geinb erlaubt? 
 
 $amctba. 
 
 2)arum feermeib' icr; aHe offne (Strain; 
 3215 2ln leine §utte mag' icr; an^upocfyen — 
 3)er SBiifte fer)r' icr; meine Scfyritte ju; 
 
172 rDtifjelm Cell. 
 
 SRetn eigne3 6d)recfni3 trr' icfy burd; bie Serge 
 Unb fafyre fcfyaubernb fcor mir feI6ft ^uriicf, 
 3etgt mir em 33ad^) mein ungliicffelig Silb. 
 3220 D, h)enn $fyr TOitleib fiifytt unb 9flenfd)iid?feit — 
 
 (fjfallt bor tfym nteber.) 
 £cll (abgeroenbet). 
 
 ©tetyt auf ! ©tefyt auf! 
 
 $arrictba. 
 %.iji 6i§ £$r m ^ r bit §anb gereicfyt $ur §ilfe. 
 
 Sea- 
 
 Sann id? @u$ Ejelfen ? ^ann'S ein TOenfc^ ber ©iinbe? 
 Socfy ftefyet auf — 2Ba3 3fyr aud? ©raphes 
 3225 Seriibt — 2$ r f*to e * n Wenfcfy — 3>$ & n e3 au$ ; 
 Som Jell foil feiner ungetroftet fcfyeiben — 
 2Ba3 i$ fcermag, ba§ toill id? tfyun. 
 
 ^arrictba 
 
 (auffprtngenb unb fcine £anb mtt Jpeftigfett ergretfenb). 
 
 D Sett! 
 3$r rettet meine ©eele bon Ser^toeiftung. 
 
 XtU. 
 
 Safct meine $anb Io3 — %\)x miiftt fort. §ier fonnt 
 3230 %bx unentbedt ntcfyt bletben, fonnt entbedt 
 
 2luf ©d?u$ nicfyt redjmen — 2Bo gebenft 3t)x fyin? 
 2Bo tyofft %v)x SRufy' ^u finben? 
 
 $amciba. 
 
 2Beift td&'3? 21$ I 
 
 §ort, toaS mir ©ott in§ §erj giebt — 2# r m "^ fort 
 $n§ Sanb ^talien, nadj ©an!t qjeter^ ©tabt ! 
 
5. 2Iuf3iig. 2. Scene. 173 
 
 3235 Sort tocrft 3fyr @ud? bem Spapft $u ^ufeen, betd^tet 
 3#m (Sure ©cfyulb unb lofet @ure 6eele. 
 
 *garrtctba» 
 Sitb er mid) nicfyt bem Staler iiberliefern? 
 
 £ett. 
 
 2Ba£ er @ud) tfyut, ba3 nebmet an bon ©ott! 
 
 $arrictba. 
 2Bie fomm' icfy in ba§ unbefannte 2anb? 
 3240 34) bin be3 2Beg§ nid)t funbig, mage nid)t, 
 $u SBanberern bie 6d)ritte gu gefellen. 
 
 Sell. 
 
 3)en 255eg toill tdj) @ucr) nennen, merfet rooI)I ! 
 3#r fteigt fyinauf, bem (Strom ber 3teuft entgegen, 
 £)ie toilbeft SaufeS Don bem Serge ftiir§t — 
 
 ^arriciba (erf^ricft). 
 3245 ©efy' \<fy bie Steufc? ©ie flofc bei meiner Xfyat. 
 
 XtU. 
 2lm 2lbgrunb gefyt ber 2Beg, unb rriele $reu$e 
 Sejeid^nen ifyn, errid)tet jum @ebdcr)tni^ 
 2)er SBanberer, bie bie Saline begraben. 
 
 ^arrtctba, 
 
 3$ fiircfyte nid)t bie ©djrecfen ber ^atur, 
 3250 2Benn id) be£ §erjen3 roilbe Dualen ^afyme. 
 
 Sell. 
 
 SSor jebem ^reuje faEet fyin unb biifcet 
 ■Kit fyeiften Sieuetfyranen Sure ©dmlb — 
 Unb feib %bx gliidlidj) burd) bie 6cfyreden§ftrafce, 
 ©enbet ber SBerg ntd)t feine ^Binbe^roefyen 
 
174 rDtl^cIm Cell. 
 
 3255 2(uf @ucr) fyerab fcon bem beei^ten ^odE), 
 
 60 lommt 2$ r auf bie 93 r ii d e , roelcfye ft a u b e t. 
 SSJenn fie nicfyt einbricfjt unter (Surer ©tfmlb, 
 2Benn 3fyr $* QlMUd) fyinter @udb gelaffen, 
 ©0 reifct em f cfytoarjeS $ e I f e n t r; r ficr; auf — 
 
 3260 £em Jag r/at'3 no$ erfyetlt — ba gefyt 3^ r burcr), 
 @3 fiifyrt ©ucr; in eirt fyeitreS J fy a I ber greube — 
 £>ocr) fcfynellen ©cfyrittS miifet l^fyr fcoriiber eilen; 
 S^r biirft nid^t roeilen, too bie 3iur;e toobnt. 
 
 ^arriciba. 
 
 © ^ubotyb; ! Jhtbotyr/ ! £onigIid)er Hfyn ! 
 3265 ©0 jie^t bein (Snfel eirt auf beineS 9ieid)e3 23oben! 
 
 Sett. 
 
 ©0 immer fteigenb fommt 3$r auf bie §ofyen 
 2)e§ ©ottfyarbS, too bie eto'gen ©een ftnb, 
 3)ie Don be§ §immel3 ©tromen felbft ficfy fiiHen. 
 3)ort nebmt JSfyr SUbfc^ieb Don ber beutfcfyen 6rbe, 
 3270 Unb muntern £auf£ fiifyrt Sucfy ein anbrer ©trom 
 3n§ Sanb ^talien fyinab, Gucr; ba3 gelobte — 
 (9ttan tjort ben $ut)reif)en, toon toiclen 9llpl)drnern gebtafen.) 
 3d; fyore ©timmen. gort ! 
 
 ^pCbttHQ (eilt herein). 
 
 2Bo bift bu, JeH ? 
 £)er SSater lommt! S3 nafyn in frofyem 3 U 9 
 3)ie ©ibgenoffen attc — 
 
 ^arrtctba (oerijuat ft$). 
 2Ber;e mir! 
 3275 3$ ^ ar f n ^ J toeilen bei ben ©likflicfyen. 
 
 Sell, 
 ©eb, liebeS 2Beib ! (Srfrifcfye btefen SJtann, 
 
5. 2Iuf3ug. 2. Scene. 175 
 
 Selab' ifyn reicfy mtt ©aben; benn fetn 2Beg 
 3ft toett, unb leine §erberg' finbet er. 
 ©tie ! ©te nalm. 
 
 ^ebttiig. 
 SBer ift e§? 
 Sett, 
 
 gorfc^e ntcfyt! 
 3280 Unb toemx er gefyt, fo toenbe beine SUtgen, 
 2)a& fie ntcfyt fefyen, toelcfyen 2Beg er toanbelt! 
 
 ^arrictba gefyt auf ben XeU $u mit ciner ra(d)en 33emegung; btefer abcr 
 bebeutet tint mit bcr §anb unb gefyt. iffienn betbe 311 t>erfd)tebenen 
 ©etten abgegangen, oerdnbert ftrf) bcr ©djauplafc, unb man fteljt 
 in ber 
 
 ttfyten Sczxxz 
 
 ben gan^en £!)afgrunb t)or£etl8 SBolmung, nebfl ben 2(nI)oI)en, roeldje 
 ifjn etnfdjUefeen, mtt £anbteuten befe^t, meldje fief) $u etttem 
 malertjdjen ©angen gruppteren. $nbere !ommen iiber ciucn Ijofyen 
 ©teg, ber iiber ben ©djadjen fitfyrt, gc$ogen. SBaltfjer^itrft mi* 
 ben beiben £naben, Tl e t d) t f) a 1 unb @ t a u f f a d) e r fommen uor= 
 marts; anbere brdngen nad); mte £eU fjeraustritt, empfangen tfm 
 aUe mtt lautem grotjlotfen. 
 
 5tac. 
 
 @3 Iebe Sell, ber Sdm£ unb ber ©rretter! 
 
 3nbem ftd) bte SBorbcrften urn ben Xett brdngen unb tljn umarmen, 
 eufdjetnen nod) Rubens unb 23ertfja, jener bte £anblettte, bteje 
 bte §ebmtg umarmenb. 2)ie SRuftf com 23erge beglettet biefe ftumnte 
 ©cene. Senn fte geenbigt, trttt SBertfya tn bte Wlittt be8 33olf«. 
 
 SBertfja- 
 Sanbleute ! (Sibgenoffen ! ;ftefymt mi$ auf 
 3>n euern SBunb, bte erfte ©lucfltdfye, 
 
176 HHUjelm Cell 
 
 3285 ®ie (2$u§ gefunben in ber greifyeit Sanb. 
 ^n cure tapfre £>anb leg' id) mein SHecfyt, 
 SBottt tfyr al3 eure 23urgerin micfy fcfyu^en? 
 
 SanMeute, 
 3)a§ Gotten toir mit @ut unb Slut. 
 
 Sertlja. 
 
 Sffio^Ian ! 
 60 reicfy' icfy biefem Jangling meine Stecfyte, 
 3290 £)te frete ©d^iDeijerin bem freien 9Jlann! 
 
 JRubens. 
 
 Unb frei erftar' id? aEe meine 5tnecf)te. 
 (3nbcm btc 5Jiuftf ton neuem rajd} etnfaflt, ffiflt hex Sor^ang.) 
 
NOTES. 
 
 (177) 
 
NOTES. 
 
 ACT I. SCENE i. 
 
 * $faf-$ttg (from aitfaiefyett, 'to draw up '), at first the raising of the 
 curtain at the beginning of an act, was soon taken to mean act. 
 
 * <3cCitC (cf. French scene) is used in Xeft instead of the German 
 5tuftritt (from auf^tretett, 'to step up,' 'to appear'), lit. ' the stepping 
 up,' i. e. appearance of the actors on the stage, hence scene. 
 
 * $ier=ttJatb=ftattcr=feC r Ut ' Four-wood-steads' (districts) -lake,' i. e. 
 Lake of the Four Forest Cantons (cf. French Lac des Quatre Cantons), 
 so named from the four cantons (3Satb=ftfltte) Uri, Schwyz, Unter- 
 walden and Luzern, lying around it; in English Lake Lucerne. 
 
 * Sd)ttJt)5 (pronounce ©d)uriet3), capital of the canton of Schwyz, 
 is some three miles from the lake. The scene is laid on the western 
 shore of Lake Lucerne, in Canton Uri, not far from Treib, and directly 
 opposite Brunnen, at a point where the lake is only about half a mile 
 wide. See map. 
 
 * f ttljrt fid), is rowing about. 
 
 * fatten (akin to Eng. 'mead,' 'meadow'), South German and 
 Swiss for SSiefc. — $ofe (lit. ' courts,' ' court-yards '), farm-yards. — 
 fiefjt titan ♦ ♦ ♦ Itegett, one sees {are seen) . . . lying. Note the infini- 
 tive idiom with fiel)t» 
 
 * Spitjett be£ §afeit. The §afen (also £acfen or §aggen, lit. 
 *Hook') of to-day is a peak, rising from a pass of the same name, just 
 N. E. of Schwyz; Schiller identifies it with the two peaks (©pi^Cll), 
 ber groge SJtytfyen and ber fleine 3Jtytf)en, near by. The (Si^ge&irge 
 are those of Canton Glarus, directly east. 
 
 * Shows that the note is on a word occurring in the stage directions. 
 
 (179) 
 
180 NOTES. 
 
 * be3 ®uf)VZi\)tn$ (also ihtljreifjen) , lit. ' cow-song ' or ■ cow-line ' (cf. 
 Sfteilje, 'line,' 'row' (54), and 9?eigen, 'song'); oftheKuhreihen. It 
 is the Swiss herdsman's call to his cattle. Sometimes merely a call, it 
 is usually a simple, plaintive melody, a " yodel," without words and 
 consisting of long-drawn-out notes. These are generally sung, but 
 often played on the Alphorn (as in the last scene of £etl), and have 
 many variations, three of which are given below in the songs of the 
 gifefyerfnabe, £trt, and 3dger. It is the French < Ranz(=$Rang?)- 
 des-Vaches.' 
 
 1. ($£ Itidjdt bcr ©CC = ber ©ee I fid)e(t. This expletive e$, as n 
 grammatical subject, introducing the real, logical subject (here ber 
 @ee), is very common in both prose and verse. — tabtt f in prose label 
 . . . eirt. The poets often use the simple instead of the compound verb. 
 
 9. e£ tuft, so?nething calls. ($•$ is here the indefinite logical sub- 
 ject. This idiom is quite common, very different, however, from that 
 in 1, and Schiller often uses it with fine poetic effect. 
 
 10. 2itb (for 2ieber) Jhtabc. A neuter adjective often loses its 
 ending in poetry and familiar style; in masc. and fern, such omission is 
 poetic and rare. 
 
 11-12. Such superstitions are very old; thus, legend says, Hylas, 
 one of the Argonauts, was drawn into the water by the Naiads. Local 
 Swiss tradition also ascribes to Lake Calandari (now ber ©cfytDelttfee), 
 in the valley of Schams near Chur, the mysterious power of drawing into 
 its waters all who fall asleep near it. Goethe's gtidjer has the same idea. 
 
 17. 933it faljrett (we go, we drive ; cf. Eng. \ fare ' and 'wayfarer') 
 5U JBetg. The cattle are driven up to the high mountain pastures (jit 
 £3erg fafyreit) in spring, spend the summer grazing and are then gradu- 
 ally driven down to the valleys (511 %l)ai fafyren, fyetmtretbert, 62) for 
 the winter (203-206) . Notice the very unusual and highly poetic word 
 order in 17-20. 
 
 20. 25tiintt(eut» Not surface water, but intermittent springs, active 
 only from May to September; also called 9)cai ^ninnen. 
 
 25. (S3 ftonnem, etc. = Me §o^en bonrtern (cf. 1), i. e. with the 
 noise of avalanches and cracking ice. 
 
 26. Impersonal construction with logical subj. in dat. and the 
 grammatical subj., e§, omitted. fd)ttmtblid)tem, older form of fd)tt)tttb= 
 Ugem (dizzy), from ©cfyrouibet ; cf. also ttcMid)te3 (31) for nebtigeS. 
 
ACT I. SCENE I. 181 
 
 31. WlttX. Here ace. absolute, used adverbially. 
 
 35. SBaffertt, i. e. figuratively the zuaters of the ttCl)Utf)te3 WttX 
 (the clouds). 
 
 As yet these three singers have no individual names; so far they are 
 merely types of the three chief classes of Swiss people. Each song, 
 too, is characteristic, in metre and tone, of the class the singer repre- 
 sents. This lyric introduction is by no means an accident. Schiller 
 skillfully uses it to picture the idyllic scenes and characters among 
 which the play is to be laid. Cf. in this connection the opening scenes 
 in Shakespeare's Macbeth. 
 
 * ©djatteit . . . (aufClt itfcer btC ®egeitb (scene). A storm darkens 
 the sunny landscape, at the same time anticipating and typifying the 
 tyrannical oppression so soon to blight the lives of the people. 
 
 s J{nobt (pronounce Ruo'di), SBcmt, ShtOltt (pronounce Kuo'ni, al- 
 most Kwonee), Scppt are Swiss diminutives from 9tilbu(f (older 9iU0= 
 bolf), Serner, Jtotirab (older $llon--rat), and 3oiep() respectively. The 
 endings -i and -It are South German and Swiss, corresponding to 
 North German -djen, -lein ; thus SJiablt = 9D^cibd)en, SQcaflbelein, $tnbli 
 = $inbfetll, etc. ^aitbbllbc (modern Swiss 23ltob) is a boy-of-all- 
 work ; * hand-boy ' is wanting in Eng., but 'hand-maid ' is used. 
 
 37- 3cmu f dim. of 3ol)aim ; cf. Eng. Johnny. — 9JJatf) T (lit. ■ make,' 
 'do,' 'act') ljurttCJ (adverb, quickly), make haste. — Want (South Ger- 
 man and Swiss; cf. also navis, vavg) is primarily a freight-barge or 
 ferry-boat, also a small boat; here Jenni's ftafylt* 
 
 38. $cr grcme £fjaltJOgt, lit. ' the gray dale-governor,' the wind, 
 driving the dark storm-clouds, is thus personified. — 3^**tt> glacier. 
 gim was originally an adj. (allied to fern and like it implying distance 
 in time), meaning 'old,' 'last year's'; thus gtrne-ruein, Mast year's 
 wine,' ginteg tmb §rifd)e§, ' old and new.' It is the old snow of pre- 
 vious years, turned more or less to ice; successive layers of it gradually 
 form the glaciers. 
 
 39. The 9Jtl)tljettfteut of to-day is a rock, eighty feet high, rising 
 out of the lake near Treib. Ruodi means, no doubt, the 2JtytfyettftO(f, 
 one of the peaks of the §afett, mentioned in the introductory stage di- 
 rections as surrounded by clouds, the hood in question here. 
 
 40. 2Better4od) (also 2Biub-4od)),some mountain cleft from which 
 the wind blows fresher on the approach of a storm. In 38-40 we have 
 
182 NOTES. 
 
 the fisherman's weather-signs, in 42-45 follow those of the herdsman 
 and hunter. 
 
 42. T 3 (= e§) fomtttt, pronounce ffomtnt. — 29Barf)tcr r lit. < watcher,' 
 is Kuoni's dog; cf. Eng. Watch. 
 
 46. ihtgett (akin to Eng. look) is South German and Swiss for fefyett, 
 nad)fef)ett. Cf. colloquial Eng. 'look and see if (whether).' — ftrf) tier* 
 Iflufcit (l)Clt), this omission of the tense auxiliary is very common. 
 
 47. £tfel (or gifett for £tfe(etn), dim. of £ife, from (g(tfabctl) ; here 
 the cow's name. — 5(ltt (^eldttt(e), i. e. by the sound of her bells. 
 
 49. Ctlt fd)im(e$) ©dthtte, a fine set of bells. A herdsman often 
 has a number of different-toned bells, harmonizing with each other and 
 with the tfnljreifjen (Ebel's Chronicle). — SOZetftcr (^ptrt), term of po- 
 liteness here; has force also of Dber4)irt, ' chief herdsman.' 
 
 51. nit, a common dialect form for 1lid)t. 
 
 52. <$)C3 2lttUtCll)aufer3, the Baron of Attinghausen. Cf. Act II., 
 Sc. I. ttttr $U(JC5iif)U, lit. * counted to me,' i. e. in my charge. 
 
 53. bcr $llty ♦ ♦ ♦ §« ^>alfe r on that cow's neck. — ftel)!, looks.— 
 fteljen, with dat., means ' to suit,' 'to be becoming.' — £tt §ttlfe is ad- 
 verbial. 
 
 55 f. mil)llt T ttf), etc., condensed form of condition for tnenn \dj 
 nafym' (nefymen fotttc). — $l)r fetb md)t Hug ! Nonsense / 
 
 59. $)te f emphatic demonst., They. — ft)0 f here used for menu. 
 
 60. T ttC = (5ine. What is said here of the chamois, and in 55 of 
 the cows, is literally true. 
 
 61. mit Jjeflcr $feife (for mit fyellem ^feifen), i. e. with hoarse, 
 piercing sound, which serves the others as a danger signal; in sharp 
 tone. 
 
 62. See 17, note. $)ie 5tty, is the high mountain pasture, never 
 mowed, but left for grazing. 
 
 64. 3fal)rt f trip. — f eljrt ftdj'S = fefyrt man. 
 
 66. ber SBanmgart, familiar for 93aumgarten. — %\%zVlz\\, see map. 
 
 The def. art. is often used thus before names of persons, implying that 
 the person is well known, hence often adding a tinge of familiarity or 
 contempt. 
 
 68. tva§ gtcbt t ^ (lit. ' what is there ') fo eilijj, why such haste. 
 — SBtnbet (ben flaljn) loS. 
 
 70. t9Q$ fyflfot ^i)V, what's the matter with you ? 
 
ACT I. SCENE I. 183 
 
 72. £attb=t)Ogt, governor. Beringer von Landenberg (the £aitbcit 
 bergct of 282), imperial bailiff in Unterwalden, is meant. — 2§0gt, in 
 the general sense of ' governor,' 'bailiff,' occurs in several compounds in 
 the play; thus in the dramatis persona Gessler is Wetdj^UOflt, in 77 
 Wolfenschiessen is SBltrg DOQt, cf. also %t)ah'DOQt f 38. 
 
 73. gretfeit, for ercjreifen ; cf. 1, note. 
 
 75. batttt ftel) T (for toerbe fte^en) . , , s JicbC r then Pll answer (or 
 talk to) you. This use of pres. indie, for fut. is very common in em- 
 phatic expression; cf. 69, 79. — (Surf) JRcbC ftcljCtt = ^ltd) glir 9iebe 
 ftefyen, lit. 'stand for a speech for you,' i.e. 'stand ready to talk to you.' 
 
 78. 393o(fC1tfd)tcfeCtt (also 2Bolfenfd)lcf$), °ne of the younger Swiss 
 nobles, who, attracted by the splendor of the Austrian court, took sides 
 against their own country (cf. Act II., Sc. 1, especially 946). His 
 castle was the 9iOJ3berg, near Stanz. 
 
 81. Supply predicate getljcut fytitte. 
 
 85. &i)3 (for bi3je8, cf. 10, note) ©diiftett, his evil purpose. 
 
 91. 9ltt0ft bc3 $obc3, prose £obe$attgft, in mortal terror. This 
 passage is based on the account in Tschudi's Chronicle under the year 
 1306. 
 
 92. Schiller omits the fie fagte, upon which the subjunctives (of in- 
 direct statement) lteg T , l)3b r , fci depend and thus intensifies the 
 dramatic effect. 
 
 94. UltgclmljrftdjCd . . . Dcrfaitgt, made insulting demands. 
 
 96. Itcf fnfd) (=fd)Iietl) fyiltSU, ran up quickly. 
 
 97. I)ab T trf) tl)ltt r 3 SBab (jcfctjltct, / blessed his bath for him, iron- 
 ical for ' I made him suffer for it.' 
 
 100. lMt3 2$0lf, from {at the hands of) the people. 
 
 1 01. rndjtbar, for rudjbar. 
 
 104. ((£«) gcfyt lttd)t (cf. Eng. slang, ' it's no go '), (/) can't do it. 
 — ttll=ge=lMtter, storm * collective from ^Better ; Un- is generally 
 simply negative, like Eng. in-, un-, but sometimes adds intensive force 
 (Ult'-$al){, 'great number') and sometimes a "bad sense" (Un>tf)at, 
 ' crime ') . 
 
 109. $er (JiJljtt ift lf)§ (lit. ' loose '), the Fohti is up. It is a violent 
 southerly wind, blowing warm and dry over the Alps, useful in melting 
 the snow, but dangerous to boats on the narrow arm of the lake. 
 
 in. inettt, frequent in poetry for meitter (genit.). 
 
184 NOTES. 
 
 112. (£§ gdjt Uttt3 Sefeett, His life is at stake. 
 
 121. $5a3 1taI)C s J{ettmtg3ufcr f etc., ace. absolute, with the . . . i* 
 sight. It was half a mile distant. 
 
 123. The word order is very emphatic and poetic. Cf. 17, note. 
 124 f. IjtmtbcrtvitflC, condensed condition; cf. 55, note. — (id)) 
 
 126. SBitrgleit, Tell's traditional birth-place, a hamlet at the foot of 
 the lake and a mile from Altorf. — bet* XtU t cf. 66, note. 
 133. fiird)t r t for fiirdjtet 
 
 135. m tow* (HO. 
 
 136. ISjjt ftd) fltte3 UWgeit, anything may be risked. 
 138. fid ©iltttCU, III £l> senses. 
 
 141. laftt fid) r 3 gemadjlid) raten, i/ w ^wj /* advise. 
 
 143. $cr ©cc famt fid) (erbarmen), ber S*attb&ogt (aber) ttitf)t. 
 
 145. unb ttmr r 3, «wi if it were. — mtb (^r) . , . letbUd)(e$), for 
 
 eigeneS. Note the emphatic change to indicative : (£3 f atttt (for 
 tonnte) nidjt fern. 
 
 146. ©UttMtS Uttb Sltba (Sag), St. Simon's and St. Jude's day. 
 $ttba is Lat genitive of 3uba8. This fixes the date of the scene, Oct. 
 28 (1307). The season is also evident from 16, 61. Ruodi takes 
 refuge in the common superstition that the lake demanded a victim on 
 that day. 
 
 149. bem Wiatm mitft £Ufe nJCrbCtt, the man must be helped. 
 SSerbeit with dat. means * to be given to,' cf. 646. 
 
 152. Characteristic of Tell, the man of deeds, not words (cf. 148 ff.). 
 The contrast between Tell and Ruodi is not accidental. Schiller in- 
 tends it to be striking. Numerous instances in this play show the poet's 
 skill in thus using contrast as a means of heightening the dramatic 
 effect. 
 
 155. 28oI)I f yes, to be sure. — Wotttt (rare dat. pi. of ^Ot), dangers. 
 
 158 f. 5U3 in (bie £cmb) bcr 9ftettfd)ett. — tva# (for etroaS) 
 
 9Jleufd)tid)e£ (Ut. * anything human '), if anything should happen to me. 
 160. iud)t laffcit fottlttC, could not (let alone) leave undone. 
 Schiller purposely allows only a glance (125-160) at Tell, but it suffices 
 to show his character. His rescue of Baumgarten hints at what he 
 may do for the whole Swiss people, whose distress is typefied by the 
 wrong Baumgarten suffers. 
 
ACT I. SCENE 2. 185 
 
 161. SJlciftCr ©tCttCttttatttl (i. e. has been apprentice and become 
 master-steersman, cf. Eng. ' master-workman ') is here used reproach- 
 fully. 9ftetfter f here different from 49, has the accent. Cf. 49, note. 
 
 168. ftrftftiglid), old form of frciftig ; here adv. = in frciftiger 
 SSeife. 
 
 173. $>e3 2Bcg3» — bc^ has demonstrative force (=biefe8), ex- 
 pressed by spaced type and strong accent. This adverbial genitive is 
 very common, especially with fotntnett, gefyen, fafyretl. 
 
 175 f. Wtit (=9tot't = 9Mtet, cf. furdjt't, 133) £U, ride on.— 
 2Bemt tf)r frifd) betlegt, if you will hurry. bet4egen, lit., 'lay to,' i.e. 
 
 apply one's self vigorously to anything. 
 
 178. 3fyr fottt tttt§ (ethical dat.) buftett, you shall pay for it. 
 
 182. The bright opening of the scene is in powerful contrast with 
 this cry of despair. Yet in and akin to this despair is the vague hope 
 that help must soon come to suffering no longer to be borne. 
 
 This scene is often cited as a fine specimen of skillful dramatic ex- 
 position. In 180 lines the reader is made acquainted in detail with 
 Swiss scenery, with the character and daily lives of Swiss people, learns 
 at once the theme of the play — just resistance by an outraged people 
 of ruthless oppression — and, in a glance at Tell, the quiet, unselfish 
 citizen, sees the cool and courageous deliverer, who may later come to 
 the rescue. 
 
 ACT I. SCENE 2. 
 
 * ©tauffatfjer, Tschudi's Sernljerr Don ©tauffad), is an historical 
 
 character, according to the chroniclers, an influential citizen of old 
 family still living in 1341, in Stettteit, a considerable village some three 
 miles from ©djhJtyg. 
 
 * ^fctfcr t)0tt Slt^et tt r a fictitious character, used here to embody 
 and express the political views of the town and canton of IPugent (Eng. 
 Lucerne), which, by right of purchase, belonged to the Counts of 
 Habsburg (i. e. Austria) since 1291. 
 
 185. JHetd) = ba§ beutfdje 9Md). For the relation of Habsburg- 
 Austria to the German Empire, and of both to the Forest Cantons see 
 Introduction, p. xviii-xxii. 
 
 * Witt geljett, is about to go. 
 
186 NOTES. 
 
 187. 25IeU»t bodfj, stay, I pray you ; borf) strengthens the invitation. 
 
 — SBtrtttt (also (§f)e=mtrtitt) and 2Birt (also ($I)e=tturt, 238) are old 
 terms for wife and husband. 
 
 189. S^ict (en) ^>att! r accusative absolute. Cf. Eng. Many thanks I 
 
 — ©erfait, on the lake just under the Rigi. 
 
 190. 2Ba3 aud) <3d)tt>ere3, whatever trial; and} generalizes foa3 
 
 , ♦ ♦ <Stf)tt>ere3. 
 
 193. Gtt3 Wctcf) gelattgett, come to the throne. The crown was not 
 hereditary then, as now; since each new emperor was elected, it was 
 easily possible that a different emperor (i. e. of some other house than 
 Austria) should come to the throne. 
 
 198. auf ♦ ♦ ♦ ^cr^Clt brittft, — briicfert auf usually takes ace, rarely 
 dat. — ©efcrefteit, really the obsolete inf. (ge)breflett used as a noun, 
 has lost its old meaning, physical suffering/ and is here figurative; sor- 
 row. This interview is quite similar in general tone to that between 
 Brutus and Portia in Julius Ccesar, Act II., Sc. 1. Gertrud has been 
 called the Swiss Portia; the resemblance is sometimes striking and may 
 be due to the performance of Julius Ccesar in Weimar (Oct. 1, 1803), 
 while Schiller was at work on XtU. Cf. Introd., p. xxxi. 
 
 204. $er glattCIt $ferbe, etc., the sleek, well-fed horses. — gttdjt 
 (from glefyen, 'to bring up '), lit. * breed,' ' stock.' 
 
 210. $0lt Dielett ^ettftertt, etc -> *** many windoius shine bright 
 and homelike. 
 
 212. Even yet the better Swiss houses are often adorned with such 
 wise sayings. The gable bears the date, the owner's name and coat-of- 
 arms; below, in two to six lines, follows the (Sfyrud), usually religious, 
 sometimes comic, in character. 
 
 214* 2Sof)( (yes, I know) concedes what Gertrud has said. 
 
 220. %tX 3$0gt, Hermann Gessler, legendary £attbuogt of Schwyz 
 and Uri. 
 
 226. uii3 tttCUtCttb, lit. 'meaning evil,' i. e. with malicious purpose. 
 
 2.17. fdjttetf befOtttteit, with quick presence of?nind. 
 
 229. (£ttre3 r like atCfttel, agrees with §cmt. — fieljett, general 
 term for lands or other property, or rights granted to a vassal by a 
 feudal lord in return for allegiance and service. 
 
 232. 2htf fcinc etgene $anb (cf. auf eigene gauft, 'on one's own 
 hook'), whenever he pleases; i. e. without Gessler's permission. 
 
ACT I. SCENE 2. 187 
 
 233. alfo fret l)tttleb r , thus live on independent. 
 
 235. tntfjtgltd), for ordinary prose tro^ig. • 
 
 238. 2Kagft bn, here for SSiflft bu. 
 
 240. riiljnt r ttf) tmd) (gn feirt), lit. 'I boast myself; I am proud to 
 be. Tschudi names her Margaretha Herlobig; Schiller calls her Ger- 
 trud, and makes her, as daughter of the noble Iberg, a member of a 
 prominent family, thus justifying her heroic nature and ripe political 
 judgment. A Konrad Iberg is mentioned as magistrate in Schwyz in 
 1311. 
 
 244. ^crcjntltcntc (lit. * parchments '), the charters of rights, granted 
 by former emperors (Friedrich II. and Rudolf of Habsburg). 
 
 253. ^piltberm^, ba$ ♦ ♦ ♦ tttdjt, i. c. a hinderance resulting in his 
 not doing so; nidjt, once common after fjiitert, t>ert)iiten, Ijinbern and 
 other verbs meaning ' prevent,' ■ forbid,' etc., is now pleonastic, the nega- 
 tive idea (prevention) being contained in ^)tttbcnu£. Cf. like use of 
 ne in Latin and French. — bcm ttCUCtt gftirftenljaud ; the House of 
 Habsburg-Austria. The Swiss wished to be subject to the German 
 Empire (JReitfj), and were unwilling to submit to the newly made 
 Dukes of Austria, Rudolph's sons, one of whom, Albrecht, was now 
 Emperor. See Introduction and 185, note. 
 
 257. C$ flCljaltcn Ultb fletljatt (fyabetl), have always done. 
 
 258. ttlCttn id) litge, if I am wrong. 
 
 266. After the time of Charlemagne, the German Emperor, 
 crowned by the Pope as head of the Holy Roman Empire, claimed to 
 be the highest lord in Christendom. 
 
 273. bijfe filtft gCbiifjt, has vented his malice. — eWattett, rare for 
 toctrten or abtoartert. 
 
 277. Db, poetical for tnegert, or iibcr (with ace). — 933iitcrct r 
 £tyramtet« 
 
 281 f. fcf)afft t$ frcrf) f is acting outrageously. — iibcrm @ec, i. e. in 
 Unterwalden, where Beringer von Landenberg (bcr I'anbcitucrgcr. 
 Cf. Eng. similar idiom ■ New Yorker ') was SSogt. 
 
 284. ©Cttlolt*bcgitttteit (note this exceedingly rare division of a 
 compound at the end of a line), for ©ettmtttfyat. — t)0XX t on the part of. 
 
 286. tf|at c§ gut, it would be well. — euer etUcfje = eirtige Hon 
 eitd) ; after numerals the preposition with dat. of the pronoun is very 
 common, but the simple gen. is used. 
 
188 NOTES. 
 
 288. fidj , , , erlebtgen (for erttfebigen),£?/ rid of. 
 
 ' 290. Uttb, etc., but would, etc. 
 
 291. ($aft=freuttb ('guest friend'), good friend, one bound by 
 " ties of mutual hospitality," hence applied to a friend in another dis- 
 trict. 
 
 294. angefef)ett(e) grogc ^crrcnlcutc, prominent, influential 
 
 men, i. e. of the upper classes of the peasants. One can still hear tour- 
 ists called b' §eeralitt (= bic §errenleute, * gentlefolks') in the Alps. 
 
 2 95« Jjeljetm,. lit- ' private,' ' secret ' (hence §eim, ■ home '), here in 
 the old sense of * intimate '; who are intimate and trusted friends of 
 mine. 
 
 2gg. ftitt tJCrbot, silently forbade, etc., emphatic for dared not think 
 of in secret. 
 
 300. ait§fprecf)en (in prose 'pronounce') is here poetical for 
 IjerauSjpredjen. 
 
 304. 2Btr ttiagteit (pret. subj.) t§, we should dare! The subj. 
 implies his emphatic opposition. 
 
 306. <£)Cr flltte 8d)eht, a reasonable pretext. 
 
 311. greif)etr3=brtefc, cf. 244, note. — 9l£t, i. e. @trcit=ajrt 
 
 314. Cf. 10, note. The omission of both inflectional endings is rare 
 and highly poetic. 
 
 319. Poetical and emphatic for ber ungefyeure $rteg. 
 
 328. Like Portia {Julius C&sar, II., 1), she does not shun even a 
 last resort. 
 
 331. £erb ttttb £of (oftener §au§ ltnb §of ; cf. Eng. house and 
 home) is one of those alliterative phrases, so common in German 
 especially in conversation. Cf. ©elb unb ©Ut, Wlann ltnb 9ftau§, £eib 
 unb £eben, @tocf Ultb ©teirt, etc. Cf. Eng. 'life and limb,' 'kith and 
 kin,' ' hide and hair,' ' stock and stone.' 
 
 333 f . f tt^r T , go, used here, perhaps, because he would naturally go 
 by boat ; fat)reu is also often used in a general sense for geljen, reifen. 
 — fteljttbett $U$Z§ i s adverb, gen. Cf. Lat. abl. absolute stante pede. 
 Translate at once. — §t\X SSalt^cr Ofitrft, Tell's father-in-law; accord- 
 ing to Tschudi he lived in Attinghausen. Schiller makes him a citizen 
 of Altorf (cf. 1539 ff.), a town near the south end of the lake. — mxv, 
 dat. of interest. 
 
ACT I. SCENE 2. 189 
 
 336. 23fltttterl)errtt (cf. Eng. banneret). He was the leader of the 
 canton's troops in battle, a nobleman of rank, entitled to carry the 
 principal banner. 3)er gretfyerr {Baron) DOtl 2ltttngl)aitfen is an his- 
 torical character. He was, according to Miiller, a prominent Swiss 
 nobleman, chief magistrate of Uri, honored for his manliness, his age 
 and wealth, and beloved by the people for his true, unselfish patriotism. 
 
 339- WatS PfoQtn ( cf - 8« 9tote gefyen, 287), to consult. S 
 
 341. tOtit, usually meaning 'because,' is taken here in its old sense 
 of bieraetf, roafyrenb, while. 
 
 343. ($0tte3=ljattfC, He means the monastery of St. Meinrads- 
 zell, at Einsiedeln, not far from Steinen; founded, tradition says, in the 
 ninth century by Meinrad, a Hohenzollern nobleman, who was after- 
 ward killed there. In its place Otto the Great built (946 A. D.) the 
 Benedictine monastery of Einsiedeln, which is still, as then, a great 
 pilgrim resort. Cf. 520. 
 
 346. 3 U fiu^erft (lit. « on the outside ') am offncit $eer=tt>eg (lit. 
 
 ' army-road '), on the very edge of the open highway. 
 
 348. $e3 2Bege3, cf. 173, note. 
 
 This interview is recorded by Tschudi, whom Schiller follows very 
 closely, sometimes even borrowing quaint words and expressions; some 
 passages (228-234, 275-295) are but poetical translations from the 
 chronicler's account. 
 
 * trttt 28tl!)Clm XtU t etc. While Tell and Baumgarten have been 
 coming from the lake, two hours distant, the reader has learned the 
 situation at Steinen, the end of their journey; their reappearance skil- 
 fully weaves the two scenes together. 
 
 351 f. %$attV bcr SBcbrSttgtcn. Here, as elsewhere in this scene, 
 Schiller hints at Stauffacher's qualities, thus gradually developing the 
 character, which is to be so prominent later on. — Ijafct ♦ ♦ ♦ DOUltutCU 
 (=t)on + 9?0ten, dat. pi. of 9?0t, 'need'), have no further need of me. 
 
 The exposition begun in Scene 1 is continued. Types of other and 
 higher classes of Swiss people appear. These, too, feel the tyrant's 
 hand, men and women alike resent it, and though calmer and more 
 patient under it, they are no less determined to resist. 
 
190 NOTES. 
 
 ACT I. SCENE 3. 
 
 Scenes I and 2 testify to the tyranny of the governors in two of the 
 Forest Cantons, Unterwalden and Schwyz; Scene 3 takes us to a third 
 canton, Uri, and to still further evidence of it there. 
 
 * fid) barfteflt (lit. 'presents (shows) itself), can be seen. — 
 * .^anblaugcr (from tangert, 'reach'), workmen; cf. Eng. 'hands.' 
 
 * 3fr0tt=&ogt, lit. 'master of grott(from fro, ' lord ')arbett,' i. e. of 
 ' compulsory labor,' overseer. 
 
 353. tttdjt laitg Qefeiett, don't stop so long ; impatient commands, 
 such as these of the rough overseer, are often thus expressed by the 
 past part. (cf. ^ngefaljrcn, 354) or by the infinitive. — £etBet, com- 
 pounds of fjer and t)in often express emphatic command, without any 
 verb. Cf. §terf)er, ' come here ' ! §tnau8, ' go out ' ! 
 
 357. §Z\§t ba§ gelabeit, do you call (or is) that loaded? 
 
 358. *J$fli(f)t fcefteljlett (lit. ' rob duty '), shirk work. 
 
 360 f. Xttriltg (same as 3^i«0r 37°) > akin to $roingett, <to force,' 
 'to compel'; dungeon. Older chroniclers locate Zwing Uri near Am- 
 steg, some nine miles further south; Tschudi, and with him Schiller 
 puts it in Altorf. — foaS, for tt>arum. 
 
 365. ©ittgCtt)Ctb(e), cf. Eng. 'bowels of compassion'; feeling 
 (Buchheim). 
 
 368. toa§ mctttC^ 2httte3 (ift), lit. 'what belongs to my office,' i.e. 
 my duty ; an idiomatic genitive. As Gessler's servant and a foreigner, 
 the overseer had no sympathy with the Swiss. 
 
 373. ttJOllt ^fjV r do you intend to (or think you can). 
 
 375. itfcer T nattber = itber einanber. 
 
 * XtU ttttb <Stauffad)er. Tell, having rescued Baumgarten (349 ff.), 
 is on his way home to Biirglen; Stauffacher goes with him as far as 
 Altorf, where he expects to see Walther Fiirst (cf. ^^ f.). The scene 
 passes, therefore, in the afternoon of the same day as Scenes 1 and 2. 
 
 379 f. l)fitt T r optative subjunct., expressing strong wish, fcttt, 
 simple inf. without 311, is here the real subject. 
 
 382. teller ('cellar'), dungeon. — tv^t, only. — gefeljtt (Ijdttet). 
 
 384. ttidjt fiirbcr (cf. Eng. ' no further '), never . . . again ; fitrbcr, 
 allied to t)0r, fort, and Eng. ' further,' is really an old comparative, but 
 now obsolete. 
 
ACT I. SCENE 3. 191 
 
 386. fjfftttfett, the sharp-cornered, often V-shaped, projections, 
 which strengthen the corners of a fort or castle; corners. — <&tvcbt 
 (ftrebeit, 'strive,' ' push ')£feiler are sloping buttresses supporting the 
 side walls. 
 
 391. gfaftnadlt^aufpg, carnival procession. Schiller wrote ga fj* 
 nad)t * modern orthography prefers gafttmd)t. It is the day before 
 Lent, i. e. ■ Shrove Tuesday.' gaftrtadjt (or ga§rtad)t), at first a ' night of 
 revel,' ' carnival,' was easily confused with gaftrtadjt, i. e. the night be- 
 fore the gaftert (from fctfkll, 'to fast '), Eng. ■ Lent,' because the carnival 
 season came just before Lent. — bcr $\\t. In judicial meetings, held 
 on the market-place and presided over by the Wleiev (cf. 1073), a hat 
 (9Jfrter=l)Ut) was put on a pole, as a symbol of his authority. This old 
 custom is no doubt the basis of the fictitious reference here. The 
 9JMerl)ltt has here become the archducal hat of Austria (i. e. the Habs- 
 burgs) and symbol of Gessler's authority. 
 
 394. 5lufricf)tCtt, the unusual word order adds great emphasis. 
 
 397. gefrf)Cl)ett (lit. ■ happen '), be shown. 
 
 401. Serf alien tft, etc., forfeited with life and goods to the king is 
 he, etc. Note the highly poetic word-order. — Siihtig, here, as often 
 in the play, for $aifer, i. e. Albrecht. 
 
 408. ttorf), only. — fo f but. 
 
 410. ttber bCttl £l)r01t, etc. When in Switzerland, Kaiser Albrecht 
 resided at <2>tetrt flu* 33abert (cf. 2966) on the Limmat inAargau; it was 
 here that the Swiss fiefs were granted and that the ©efell had seen the 
 archducal hat. 
 
 412. Obeisance to the hat would have meant allegiance to the 
 Habsburgs, whereas Uri was dependent directly and only on the Em- 
 pire. 
 
 414. $iefe f background (of the stage). 
 
 415. i. e. you know what I think. The last part of a conversation 
 on political affairs on the way hither from Steinen. 
 
 421. $)te Cttt^tgc Xfyat, etc., i. e. the only thing they can do is to be 
 patient and silent. These terse one-line speeches, in striking contrast to 
 each other, for which Schiller found his model in Greek tragedy, greatly 
 increase the dramatic intensity of the passage. Cf. also below, 433 ff. 
 
 423. frfjltctf has here its original meaning bold, rash. Cf. the com- 
 mon proverb, (Seftrenge (' stem ') Jperrett regteren rtid)t fartge. 
 
192 NOTES. 
 
 425 f . This is still custom, indeed law, in many parts of Switzerland, 
 especially in Uri. 
 
 432 f. Sattbe, i. e. the Forest Cantons. The usual £cirtber implies 
 different countries, the old and poetic £anbe refers rather to provinces 
 of the same country. Cf. Me 'iftteberlcmbe, ' the Netherlands.' — f ijtttttett, 
 might do; pregnant use of the auxiliary without any infinitive. — 
 ftttttbeit, old form for ftcmbett. 
 
 437. A remarkable line. Note the very emphatic position of %$tV' 
 fcuttbett, which is still further emphasized by the strong contrast with 
 
 atfeitt, 438. 
 
 442. foflte, past subj., implying here emphatic denial, and would 
 (you think), etc. 
 
 446. t§ fott ait ttttr tttrfjt fef)lett, / shall not be found wanting. 
 The occurrence of the rhyme in this passage is not accidental; Schiller 
 uses it here, and often in this and other plays to show a rise of emo- 
 tion and, as an element of lyric expression, to add further emphasis to 
 an already important passage, often at the end of an act or scene. 
 
 * 23ertl)a (means * the shining one ') dOH 93rimeff (a castle in Aar- 
 gau) is a fictitious character, represented as a relative of Gessler, and 
 under his guardianship, though by birth herself a Swiss. 
 
 451. W\i (£ttrem @Mbe, (i. e. do you expect to help) with your 
 gold ! expresses angry contempt of the idea that money could help in 
 such a case. 
 
 Along with renewed evidences of Habsburg's tyranny (371, 393 fT.), 
 the scene shows the attitude towards it of still other and larger classes 
 of people (artisans, town people). Leading citizens begin to talk of 
 united resistance. Tell's brief reappearance develops further his char- 
 acter as a man slow to speak, but ready to act, to help in time of need. 
 
 ACT I. SCENE 4. 
 
 * 2Baltt)er $itrfi r 3 aiming, cf. 334, note.— 5trmrfb (called turn 
 
 9JZelli)tl)o( from his home in the Melch valley, in Unterwalden near 
 Kerns; see map) was the son of Heinrich von der Halden (cf. 562) or 
 better an der Halden. 
 
 467. $em frecfjen Sufcett, dat. of possession with gutger (470) 
 
 mir f poss. dat. with £)d)feit, JBltbe (lit. * boy ') means here, in a bad 
 
ACT I. SCENE 4. 193 
 
 sense due to Melchthal's mood, fellow, rascal; in 471, it has the com- 
 mon and better meaning, servant. Cf. the similar degeneration of 
 meaning in Eng. * knave,' originally ■ boy ' or ' servant ' ($nabe, 
 $nappe), now with bad sense. Note the highly poetic order of tttif 
 
 (467), tticg tooflre trciben (469)- 
 
 471. be3 %$0$t§, not Gessler's, but Landenberg's, cf. 72, 281, notes. 
 
 474. tt)te, for tttie . . ♦ and), however. — 25u^e r usually ' penance,' 
 here penalty. Cf. biiften, 178. 
 
 481. Ungcbhfjr (lit. 'what is not becoming'), wrong. 
 
 494. bom 28albe r i- e. the ^erntnatb (1 197), near which he lived; it 
 divided Unterwalden into two parts : ob bem SSatb and nib bent SBalb 
 (cf. 546, 718). 
 
 498. i. e. help each other. 
 
 502. 2Ba3 mtr 83ofe$ ftfjttJattt, the evil I fear {anticipate). 
 fd)tt)anen (late word for more usual afynen) is derived from ©d)tt>an, 
 the bird of prophecy. 
 
 506. tf|at r ♦ . ♦ fydtteit, the subj. of softened assertion. 
 
 508. Stauffacher has reached the end of his journey; this fixes the 
 date of Scene 4, afternoon of same day as in Scenes 1, 2, 3. Cf. 333, 
 375*, note. 
 
 514. Sielj (interjectional force), mtr ttltrb, etc., Ah! I feel so 
 happy. 
 
 520. Cf. 343, note. 2Bclf(fy(or SBciff cf)*) fottb is Italy; tnelfcf) is 
 also a generic term for anything not German. 
 
 522 f . frtfrf}, a favorite word in %t% here direct. — ttirgcitb fottft 
 ttod), very emphatic, nowhere else besides. 
 
 525. erftauitltd)(e8, cf. 10, 314, notes) itetteS 233erf, i. e. the 
 3hring Uri (370). 
 
 529. SJlcnfdjcmbenfen, for more usual 2ftenfd)engebenfen, within 
 the memory of man. 
 
 532. (£ttdj toerljalten (for oorentljalten or oerfdjtneigen), keep from 
 you. 
 
 538. tum nX-aUtV$ ))tX t from the earliest times; ut>Ctlter8 is ad- 
 verbial gen., cf. Eng. from of old. The phrase, usually DOll altera \)tX, 
 is strengthened by the prefix ur-, which denotes original (early) source. 
 
 541-2. trieb, tretben, here in different senses, trteb, cf. 62, 17, 
 note, tretben, to act, carry on. 
 
194 NOTES. 
 
 550 ff. bet (i. e. Baumgarten) l)au3=l)alt ('lives'), the wife of B. 
 who lives . . . he most shamefully insulted. The order is very poetic. 
 bcr 9Jlatttt f her husband. 
 
 554. bcfdjcibeit, usually 'modest,' here in older sense, 'experi- 
 enced,' hence prudent, discreet. 
 
 555 f. \>od) implies affirmative answer, is he not? — (Sibflnt, for 
 prose ©djnnegerfofyn. — itbent = iiber ben. Cf. 349 ff. 
 
 564. $Ut tDa§ (= ettt»a§), is zvorth something {has weight). 
 
 566. bitfiftc, punished ; here active, in 1 78, 474 passive in sense. 
 
 570. ttiic fteljt r 3 um ben, what about him ? 
 
 573- 3 U * ©telle frfjaffeit, etc.,i. e. demanded of him that he should 
 bring the son before him (Landenberg) ; fd)llffctt, in the sense of get, 
 produce. 
 
 576. $ft tttif, etc. Note the strong ellipsis (he cries) marking 
 Stauffacher's rising emotion. 
 
 585. wvx mcincr ©tfjulb (nriHen). Cf. 465. Notice the now 
 
 changed feeling, and especially the climax <3d)ltlb — fjf CtJCl ; also the 
 " eloquent tautology " bttttb — geblettbet* 
 
 589. <B(tymtV$tn§ is old gen. for more common ©rfjmergeg. In this 
 account of Landenberg's insolence and cruelty Schiller has followed 
 Tschudi quite closely, especially 465-500, 560-578. 
 
 594. fiiljlenb, feeling his way. 
 
 596. ttmrme3 ®riitt, the rich green. — <5tf)mel5, lit. ' enamel,' re- 
 fers to the fine glossy appearance of Alpine flowers. — btC XOtttt ffivttttl, 
 i. e. red from the ' Alpine Glow.' The reflected rays of the sun, below 
 the horizon, morning and evening, often color the snow peaks a deep, 
 rich red, while the valleys are quite dark. 
 
 600. frifdje SlUgett, good eyes. This whole passage (590-603) is 
 famous for its lofty poetic tone; this effect is further increased by the 
 very unusual and poetic word-order of ftdj 593, bcr fatten, ber 
 SBIumen 596, 2)ie girnen 597. 
 
 614. cmf ettoaS benfen has reference to the future, an ettt)a8 benfen 
 to the present or past (cf. 618). 
 
 623 f . ttemt, etc., if I can only, etc. 
 
 626 i. 5luf ♦ ♦ ♦ ^errenbttrg, in his lordly castle ; in Sarnen, the 
 chief town in Ob bem SBctlb. — $QVtl§, poetic use of gen. with fpotten. 
 
ACT I. SCENE 4. 195 
 
 Notice also the remarkably poetic order Uttb tt)of)nt T ♦ . ♦ tdj tnarf)C 
 (emphatic, poetic change from subj. to indie). 
 
 629 f. ©djretfljont, 3uttgfrau f two of the highest peaks in the 
 Bernese Oberland; in Schiller's time considered inaccessible. — tier* 
 fdlleiert, i. e. by clouds. 
 
 640. auf f Citteitt ®tyfel (lit. ' summit '), at its worst. 
 
 646. Sebettt SBefctt, dat. of recipient, cf. 149, note. Note also the 
 use of ttmrb (aorist) instead of rourbe (imperfect). 
 
 647. 9 f Jot( < need,' ' distress ')gettie^r ('weapon'), means of de- 
 fense, ©etrjefyr, now usually * musket,' ' rifle ' ; from toefyrett, ' prevent,' 
 
 'ward off,' hence ' defend.' Cf. ^otft>el)r, 440, £ctnbrue()r, ' militia.' 
 
 648. ftellt jitf) (' places himself), stands at bay. 
 
 653 f . Note the ace. idiom, utttcr£ Sod). — gcrci^t, elliptical con- 
 dition. 
 
 655. belt SBolfett $U, i. e. towards, etc. In poetry the preposition 
 often follows its noun. 
 
 659. bte altett iSBitttbC, the ancient compacts which united Uri, 
 Schwyz and Unterwalden in a league, renewed in 1291. Stauffacher 
 speaks for himself and his canton. 
 
 666 f . £attb£gentetttbe is the assembly or canton council, a general 
 open-air meeting of all the voters of a canton to decide important 
 questions. Such meetings are still held once a year in several of the 
 cantons. — 9ftd)t, construe with Deradjtet — erlebte = ertebt fyabe. 
 
 675. eittf), dat. of interest. — eljre . , , beumdjC, subj. implying pur- 
 pose; who shall, etc. 
 
 682. Tschudi makes the father a wealthy, influential man, firm in 
 his allegiance to the empire, as against the grasping house of Habsburg 
 (Austria), (cf. 184 f.). He had thus embittered Landenberg and 
 called down the tyrant's vengeance upon his head. Fiirst and Stauf- 
 facher, having done the same, were equally ■ guilty ' and liable to pun- 
 ishment. 
 
 686. bet 4?ert UOtt Stttineit lived near a village of the same name, 
 below Altorf on the Gotthard road, see map; a tower of the old castle 
 still remains. 
 
 693. £$*£ (= toanun, 360, note) braudjt r £, etc., lit. 'why is 
 there need'; what need is there of the nobles. His distrust is due to 
 
196 NOTES. 
 
 the fact that the younger nobility, represented by Rudenz, sided with 
 Austria. Cf. Act II., Scene I. 
 
 695. 293drctt (opt. subj. expressing strong wish) tOlt bod) (em- 
 phatic, only) itUcitt, i. e. if there were no nobles. 
 
 700. CtttftdjClt, usually * arise,' * grow out of; here, (to stand away 
 from) to fail, be lacking. 
 
 702. Cbtnamt, i. e. arbitrator, impartial judge. 
 
 718. bet 5t(gcUer r * the man from Alzellen ' (cf. Eng. * New 
 Yorker,' 218, note) is Baumgarten. — nib (cf. Eng. 'neath) betttSBalb, 
 the northern and lower part of Unterwalden. Cf. 494, 546. 
 
 722. See map and introductory note to Act I., Scene I. 
 
 726. SUtytljettfteitt, cf. 39, note. — grab itbcr, fust opposite. 
 
 728. 9itttli (long it), a small meadow-clearing, below Seelisberg, 
 some ten minutes from the lake. Another form is ©riitti ; both are 
 derived from riitett, Swiss for reutett (au§»reuten), 'to root out.' The 
 diminutive @riitlt, really collective in sense, would be North German 
 ®(e)=reut4etn, i. e. a little clearing in the woods; the same root ap- 
 pears in many names of places, 2Senuge=robe, £3at)*reutlj. 
 
 737. gcmcinfom (together) ba3 (Sememe (common good) is very 
 emphatic. 
 
 741. je^fl, old form of je^t. Schiller very skillfully selects just 
 these three for this personal compact, which typifies the union of the 
 brct £anbe ; not only does each represent a different canton (Fiirst, 
 Uri; Stauffacher, Schwyz; Melchthal, Unterwalden), but each is also a 
 type of different age and character; Melchthal is young and hot- 
 headed, Stauffacher mature and deliberate, Fiirst old and over-cautious. 
 All three have, directly or indirectly, felt the tyrant's hand. 
 
 744. 51s (&ti)Kt} ttttb Xvutl, for defense and defiance. 
 
 748. This use of signal fires on mountain tops is very old; Caesar 
 mentions them repeatedly; so also Aeschylus in Aga?nemnon. 
 
 752. ttttb fyett, etc., and bright shall day dawn in thy darkness. 
 Here, as often, the rhyme is used with fine effect in closing the scene 
 (cf. 446, note) and marking the climax here in MelchthaPs determina- 
 tion. Note also the dramatic skill with which Melchthal's changing 
 moods — grief, 590 ff., giving way to wrath, 615 ff., and then to resolve, 
 745 fT. — are portrayed. 
 
act n. SCENE I. 197 
 
 The scene, still a part of the exposition of the play, shows that, along 
 with the increasing cruelty of the governors, the love of liberty is also 
 growing. The distress of individuals has spread over every district and 
 class of pepole. Efforts of individual defense have led to plans for 
 united resistance. The very uncertain issue excites keenest interest. 
 This struggle for liberty is to be the theme of the play. 
 
 ACT II. SCENE I. 
 
 The scene passes, according to Tschudi, in the morning of Nov. 8, 
 1307, ten days after the events of Act I. 
 
 * gfreifjerr (same as 23aroit, Baron, a rank of nobility just below 
 ®raf, Count) t)0tt 9ftttltgl)aufett. Cf. 336, note. Ruins of his castle, 
 near Attinghausen, are still shown to tourists. In 1240, while still a 
 boy, he fought, Schiller says, at Faenza (cf. 912, note); in 1301, as 
 Landammann of Uri, he was cantonal ambassador to Emperor Albrecht. 
 His extreme age here (85 years) is fictitious; Schiller makes him old 
 enough to have been at Faenza in order to have him contemporary with 
 the charters of Friedrich II., the basis of Swiss liberty. — ftltOtti, cf. 37. 
 — s J{crJ)CU Itttb ©eitfeit. Though the grass in the Swiss valleys is often 
 cut quite late, November is too late for hay-making in the Alps; the 
 point escaped the poet's attention. Cf. also 1914. — lUrtcf) t)0tt s JiUbC!t ( ^ f 
 a fictitious character invented to embody and express the opinions of 
 the younger Swiss nobility. Chroniclers mention the name, Rudenz, 
 among the Riitli confederates. 
 
 755. ^riif^tntttf (lit. * early drink'), an unusual word, after the 
 analogy of griif)=ftucf ('breakfast'), meaning a morning draught of 
 wine or 2ftoft, prepared from the juice of fruits or berries. The pas- 
 sage aptly illustrates the patriarchal relation existing between master 
 and servant. 
 
 762 f . itt CltflCr ♦ ♦ ♦ eitcjcmt, etc., in ever narrowing circle. No- 
 tice that only the second of these comparatives has the inflection, which 
 really belongs to both. 
 
 766. 3d) &riltg T 3 (the draught) (Surf), I pledge you {drink your 
 health). — Q£3 geljt {comes), etc., i. e. we drink from one cup and feel 
 with one heart. — f rtf dj, i. e. without any hesitation or misgiving. 
 
198 NOTES. 
 
 773- $<*ft &U r 3 fo eUtfJ, are you in such a hurry. Cf. eittg fcin 
 and (Site fyauen. 
 
 779. ^«r ^rCtttbC, a strange place ; with toerbett the pred. noun is 
 often in dat. after 311. — Ult, Swiss dimin. from U(rtd). Cf. ©eppi, 
 etc., 35*, note. 
 
 781. trcigft ♦ ♦ . JUt Srfjatt, make proud show of. — fdjlfigft, here 
 throw. The silk costume, the peacock's feather and the purple mantle 
 all indicate attachment to the Austrian court. Attinghausen, a type of 
 the older nobility, prefers the Swiss ^efjttmmmS. 
 
 787. Albrecht was not only Emperor ($cttfer, 801, or $omg, as they 
 were once called, 788) of Germany, but also Duke of Austria, then a 
 Habsburg possession; in the latter capacity and as a Habsburg Count 
 he claimed authority over the Forest Cantons, a claim resented by the 
 Swiss who insisted on being dependent only on the Empire, and had 
 thereby incurred his anger. See Introduction, pp. xix, xxi. 
 
 799. foftCtC — tuiirbc foftett. Namely, to acknowledge Habsburg- 
 Austria's authority. Cf. 787, note. 
 
 802 f. Mugcit IjaltCtt (for gutjattett), keep the people's eyes closed. — 
 $>U$ C3 (they), etc., so that they resist their true good (lit. 'best'). 
 The reproach is, of course, intended for his uncle. 
 
 805. On the use of rtidjt after l)trtbern, cf. 253, note. 
 
 807 ff. ^errettfcattf, the nobles' bench in public meetings, to which, 
 however, chosen peasants then had equal rights with noblemen. The 
 Waldstatte thus in large measure ruled themselves, since the Emperor 
 was too far away to make his authority much felt (809). 
 
 812. tPctfott (like Lat. persona) here in original sense, character t 
 personage. 
 
 814. The £anb=(tmmamt (from 2lmt=marm, * official,' * magistrate ') 
 was the chief magistrate in a canton, chosen once a year by all the cit- 
 izens. — SBamterljerrtt, cf - 33&> note. 
 
 826 f. SBanettt=abel fdjelteit (Ht. 'scold'), nickname us the peas- 
 ant nobility. — Wltyt tttvatf td) T 3, etc. Albrecht was often at war; 
 thus against Rudolf of the Palatinate (1301), Wenzel of Bohemia 
 (1304), Friedrich of Thiiringen (1307). 
 
 841. Notice the remarkable force of these imperatives (so also in 
 855) and the deep emotion in the contrast: ®el) l)ttt (855) and ®e!) 
 nitfjt (860). 
 
ACT II. SCENE I. 199 
 
 844 f . £eim fefjtten, yearn for home. — £erbett=reU)ett {herd- 
 song), etc.; a loving reference to the same $ul)=retf)en, of which Ru- 
 denz speaks with such contempt in 838. The Switzer's home-sickness 
 (cf.<3(f)mer5e!t3=fel)ltfuii)t, 847), on hearing the $ul)mf)en in a foreign 
 land, is proverbial; we are told even that it was forbidden on pain of 
 death to play it before certain Swiss regiments, stationed in France, lest 
 they should become so home-sick as to desert in a body. 
 
 848. Mr anHittgt, strikes your ear. 
 
 853. Xttgenbett {virtues) here ironical. 
 
 862. be* Se^te, by poetic license only; historians say that the 
 family lived on for several generations. Schiller made him the last of 
 his race here, in order to heighten the dramatic effect. 
 
 866. brcrfjCltb 5ltt0,e, lit. * breaking eye,' Eng. idiom demands ' clos- 
 ing eye '; you are only waiting for my eyes to close in death. 
 
 868. That is, having given the estates to Austria, to receive them 
 again, in feudal tenure, as an Austrian subject. fret, as a freeman. 
 
 871. $)ie SBeft flCljort tfjm. In accordance with their title as 
 Roman Emperors they claimed the whole world; cf. 266, note. 
 
 875 ff. The chroniclers say that Albrecht had control of the mar- 
 kets of Luzern and Zug, and that he gave the tolls, collected on the 
 Gotthard, to his sons. The Gotthard is the watershed dividing 
 Switzerland from northern Italy. 
 
 878. feineit fiattbcrit, i. e. belonging to him, not as Emperor, but 
 as Count of Habsburg and Duke of Austria. So below (880 f.), careful 
 distinction must be made between <Keid) and Dftreidj. The cantons 
 sought the protection of the Empire and wished to be dependent di- 
 rectly and only upon it (reid)8=unmittelbar). It was the growing, 
 grasping power of Habsburg- Austria, that they feared (cf. 787, note). 
 The fact that Albrecht was both Emperor and Duke of Austria compli- 
 cated matters all the more. See Introduction, pp. xix, xxi. 
 
 883. 233a3 ift 5U gebett, what faith is to be put in. 
 
 885. 9lbler3, i. e. SfteidjSaMer, imperial eagle. — Derailment, alien- 
 ate from. All this was only too true; it happened repeatedly that im- 
 portant rights and privileges, towns, estates, even whole-provinces, were 
 thus- mortgaged and alienated from the Empire. Ludvvig von Baiern 
 and Adolf von Nassau both pawned their possessions thus, to get money. 
 
 890. i. e. by election. Cf. 193, note. 
 
200 NOTES. 
 
 892 f . tooljl nerbteneu urn (prose prefers ftd) rjerbient madjen um), 
 
 cf. English idiom * to deserve well of; to gain the favor of. — fyctj^t, 
 means, is. — \\\ (for) bte ^Nfuttft, i. e. to be reaped in future. 
 
 897 f. Cf. Pfeifer von Luzern's opinion, 184 ff., note. 
 
 901. §orf)=fmg 1Mb §0d)=ge=tt)Ube (commoner §od)ttnlb), collect- 
 ives denoting all larger game, bird and beast. — txutltClt ('put under 
 the ban '), forbid the hunting of i. e. to all except the nobility. 
 
 904 f . mit Ultfrcr 9lrmilt, resulting from this taxation. — Wit 
 Uttferm JBlltte, etc., i. e. fight their battles with (the help of) Swiss 
 troops, which was really often done. Cf. 911 f., 1229 ff. 
 
 912. gaUCUS (German form of gaett$a), in North Italy, near Ra- 
 venna. In 1240, in his war with the Pope, Friedrich II. was besieging 
 the town. Seeing their opportunity, the Swiss sent him a detachment 
 of 600 men, on condition that he grant them a charter attesting their 
 dependence only on the Empire; this he did (1240) in view of the 
 excellent service rendered (see Introduction, p. xx). Attinghausen's 
 presence is not authentic. Cf. introductory note to this scene. 
 
 913- StC fatten fommett, let them come ! 
 
 920. -M btr ftel)t, stands by you. 
 
 922. 2)ic angcbontCIt SattbC, i. e. those natural ties binding him 
 to his own country and people. 
 
 936. $a£ JJtaulCttt, originally applied only to young ladies of rank, 
 is a term of great respect here. Cf. Wtttcrfrtinidtt (939), i. e. maid of 
 noble birth. 
 
 940 ff. Bertha also tells him this, cf. 1663-1673. $ehter Uttfefjltlb, 
 i. e. for you, unsuspecting, simple-hearted fellow. 
 
 943. ©eljafct (£ltdj tt>of)l (old for 2ebt roofyl), Farewell. 
 
 945. erfyalten, for guriitMjaUen. 
 
 955. Note the peculiar compound aiti)tV§ (adverb) beufeitbc^ 
 (partic. adj.). 
 
 958. gettWltet Ultb gelefct, lived and labored. 
 
 The scene introduces two new and important characters, intended as 
 types of the older and younger native Swiss nobility in their attitude 
 towards the Waldstatte and towards Habsburg-Austria. As part of 
 the exposition, it really belongs in Act I. (Cf. Introduction, pp. xxxvf.) 
 It brings out strongly the contrast between the united people (Act I.) 
 and the divided nobles, between the pomp of Austria and the patriarchal 
 
ACT It. SCENE 2. 201 
 
 simplicity of old Swiss life. In the conflict between 55oI! and SBogte, 
 as presented in Act I., this scene develops a new clement of danger to 
 the cause of the people — the adherence of the younger nobility to 
 Austria — and renders the already uncertain issue even more doubtful. 
 
 ACT II. SCENE 2. 
 
 * (Sine 293tefe, the Riitli; cf. 728, note. According to Tschudi, the 
 scene passes in the night of Nov. 8, 1307. 
 
 * s JJlonb=rCgCU=bogClt f moon-rainbow, a rare phenomenon (978 f.) ; 
 Scheuchzer mentions one, however, seen Oct. 31, 1705. 
 
 * ^rofpeft, here background. — * 293iltfclrieb, etc. Besides Melch- 
 thal and Baumgarten, Schiller has chosen such names as occur in the 
 chronicles or other Swiss documents. — iBiUjd, lit. * hill'; gflue, nt * 
 * rocky wall '; so also below, 987 f. 
 
 960 f. mir Had) (idiom omits the verb) , follow me ! — %V\ 3*el3, 
 etc., the ©eelt^berg, at the foot of which the Riitli lies. 
 
 965. g>CUCr=ttMd)tcr f a little more poetic than s Jted)t»tt)au)ter. — 
 ©eelt^berg, village high up on the mountain just mentioned. 
 
 967. 2JZetten(from ' [hora] matutina,' Eng. ■ matins ')=fllufflctlt, 
 matin bell; signal for early morning prayer in the hermit's 2$$alb= 
 fttpcllc on the Schwyz shore. 
 
 970. $el)U ♦ ♦ , $imbcu, etc., subjunct. as softened imperative. 
 
 972. 3RottbeiMtad)t, also 9ftonb=nad)t. Sttonbcn is the old weak 
 gen. sg. for 3Roubcd (977), cf. ©onneiufdjein. 
 
 983. lafyt fid) ttttfjt , . , CM) attest (here in passive sense), be long 
 waited for y i. e. does not delay. 
 
 985 f. fteit ltm=gcljCtt (here the separable um'»gel)en), go azvay 
 round. — &uubfd)aft (lit. 'intelligence,' abstract fur concrete $unb* 
 jdjafter, spies) J)iutet(jel)cn (the insep. Ijintetge'Ijen, elude). 
 
 993- @Jcfd)elltte£ does not refer to \Xbel, but is abstract; what has 
 been done. 
 
 996 ff. fut (bie) gemeiite ©adi(e). — ottirfeit, snares. 
 
 999. (Bitre'tmett (elsewhere, and better, @lt'rertert), a lofty ridge 
 in Unterwalden; the Surenen pass leads from Altorf to Engelberg. 
 1001 f. &dmmer=geier (lit. lambs-vulture), the largest of European 
 
202 NOTES. 
 
 birds of prey; now extinct in Switzerland. — 5ltyett=trtft (from tretbeit, 
 'drive,' cf. 62, 17, note), Alpine pasture. 
 
 1005 f . (SHetfdjer 3}lild) f dirty-white water from the glaciers. — 
 
 9iunfen (ber flirts or tie 9iunfe, Swiss for 9ftrtnfai, akin to rumen, 
 
 'run ' (of water), gullies, channels, cut by the little glacier streams. 
 
 1007. etltfamcn, the herdsman had gone down into the valleys for 
 the winter; cf. 15 ff., 62 ff. 
 
 1012. frumittC (£l)r=furd)t (lit. 'pious reverence'), kindly sym- 
 pathy. 
 
 1014. entritftet, construe with grabcn {honest) Seetetu — s Jicgi= 
 
 IttCttt, i. e. the tyranny of Landenberg and others. 
 
 1022. tragCIt (for ertrageit), tolerate; note the emphatic and 
 poetic word-order, so also 1029, -sfijfl^ Q\lti), etc. 
 
 1035. SiBcttent (fit* ' cousins'), relatives, connections. 
 
 1043 f. $rutttme r for metrical reason instead of commoner $riim* 
 truing. Cf. 712. — id) ftw!)t T c$ a\\$, for baji id) e3 iiirfjt aii§fpal)te. 
 Two constructions confused: 3ebe§ Xl)ci\, a ud) fo uerftccft, id) tyat)t' e§ 
 au8 ; and fein £l)al roar fo t»erftectt, baft id) e§ nid)t ausjpaljte. Such 
 confusion is not uncommon both in Eng. and German. Cf. coll. Eng. 
 1 it is not so heavy, but what I can carry it ' (for : ' that I cannot 
 carry it'). 
 
 105 1 . (jebcn, yield, produce. 
 
 1057. ilioperg unb ©amen, cf. 78, 626, notes. 
 
 1072. fcttllte, past subj. interrogative form, with exclamatory force, 
 who wouldn't know you ! (i. e. * would say he did not ') ; it is akin to 
 subj. of indirect discourse. Cf. 442, note. 
 
 1073 f. 9Jlci r r DOtt ©amen, lit. overseer (in charge of rents and 
 other business of farm or monastery) of Sarnen. The office being often 
 hereditary, the title became, in time, the name of the family. — ©tntt!) 
 tJOlt SSinfcirieb* Schiller makes him a descendent of the famous 
 Winkelried, who, the chroniclers say, was knighted for bravery before 
 Favenz (1240) ; afterwards, banished for murder, he expiated his guilt 
 by killing a dragon at Dbroetler (lit. ■ deserted village'), near $ftof}berg, 
 but was himself killed by the dragon's poisonous blood, which touched 
 him. 
 
 1078 f. (5tvaM§, here struggle.— Ijtnterttt 2® alb, beyond the 
 Kernwald, in Ob bem 28dlb. 
 
ACT II. SCENE 2. 203 
 
 1081. CtgttC SeittC, (people, who are another's owii) bondmen* cf. 
 £eib=eigene and mit bem ifctbc Jjfitdjtig {subject), 1085. 
 
 1083. mot)( bentfCtt, well spoken of. 
 
 1087. History mentions an Itel (Ital) Reding, Landammann of 
 Schwyz about 1428. %\t{— bcr a\tt, former, £jr-)gattbammamt. 
 
 1090 f. It is a fine dramatic touch to thus make them bury personal 
 hostility for the sake of the common cause. 
 
 1092. The battle horn, made of the horn of the Auerox (Ur=od)*) 
 whence the name, Urt. 
 
 * The impetuous Melchthal is the first to arrive, then Stauffacher, 
 while the old and over-anxious Eiirst comes last. Skillfully does Schil- 
 ler indicate their character by the order of their coming. 
 
 1097. Qcv 3t(jrift r the sacristan, sexton. 
 
 1098. The ever grateful Baumgarten looks in vain for his deliverer, 
 Tell. He is absent for good reason. A man of deeds not words, he 
 wished to be left out of their deliberations; cf. 441-446. Schiller had 
 dramatic reasons, also, for his absence. Cf. the character-sketch of 
 Tell in the Introduction, p. xxxiii f. 
 
 1 103. fOttltCtt-frijCU, lit. ' sun-shy.' SoimCU is here really an old 
 gen. sing., not pi. Cf. also 1 108. Compounds (of nouns and adjs.) 
 with it and other similar genitives are common (972, note). Cf. <2>01t= 
 iten4id)t, (*rbeu=ftnb, graueu4iobe. 
 
 1 106 f. @Hetd)tt)te . ♦ ♦ Stfjofj be*? %a$C$, lit. 'as the radiant open 
 lap,' etc. (note the contrast with 1102), as bright, open daylight. — 
 £a%V$ gilt fcitt (lit. 'let it be well'; Eng. 'let that do'), never 
 mind. — <&oU (fonimen). Cf. the well-known proverb : 
 d§ ift ntrf)t3 fo fein gejponnen, 
 '§ fommt bod) ctn§ 2tcf)t bcr Sonncn. 
 
 1109. @tb=gcnoffcn (lit. ' oath-companions'), confederates. "The 
 Swiss Confederacy " is still called bic <2d)mei,3erifd)e (Sibgenoffenfdjaft. 
 
 1 1 12 f. tagcit, unlike tagen (' dawn') in 752, means here to hold 
 a meeting, deliberate. Cf. 9ietd)34ag, the German Parliament, English 
 Diet; also the terms, 'adjourn' and 'sine die.' — lute ttltr r 3 (ref. to 
 tagen), etc., as we are accustomed to do. 
 
 1 1 14. It was unconstitutional in three points; they numbered only 
 33 (1 120), they met at night (1 1 19), they had no statute-books (1122). 
 Cf. 666, £cmb8gemetnbe, note. 
 
204 NOTES. 
 
 1119. 3f* ♦ ♦ . flfeid) = 0r>gfeirf) (e8) IJt Inversion; so also 1120, 
 1 1 22. — (CUd)tct f gives light. 
 
 1 1 24 ff. In such meetings the Landammann sat on a low platform, 
 two large swords, symbols of his authority (&d)\OCVttV bcr ($CWalt, • 
 1 1 25), were stuck in the ground before him, two officials (298flil)Cl) 
 stood near (1127) to announce his decisions to the people, gathered 
 around the s Jii\\Q within which he sat (1 124). Note the poetic position 
 
 of auf , 
 
 1 13 1. fret, i. e. of their own accord. Self is forgotten for the sake 
 of the common cause. 
 
 1 135 ff. Wumc^itgCH, the state-journeys to Rome, made by the 
 newly elected German emperors, in order to be crowned by the Pope as 
 head of the Holy Roman Empire (cf. 266, note). The Swiss; as vas- 
 sals, furnished their part of the great procession; cf. 1229 ff. — 1>£§ 
 <Sd)t»ertc3 (cf. n 25) ($!)re, i. e. let Schwyz have the president. — 
 fciltC^ (2tammc3, Schwyz was traditionally the canton first settled (cf. 
 1 167-1203, especially 11 88 ff.), giving name to the whole country (bte 
 ©cf)tt)eig) and people ((Stfjraeijer) ; these are but later, 15th century, 
 forms of ©d)lt)t)3 and @(f)rot)$er, which are still used in Swiss dialect. 
 
 1 146. %a$t§ (cf. 11 12, note) $anpt, i. e. President of the meeting. 
 
 1 15 1. Note the exalted and poetic solemnity of Reding's address. 
 
 1 155 ff. Each speaker stepped into the ring and faced the pre- 
 sident or judge; cf. 1 1 24, note. — Utalt 23itttbttt£ may mean the league 
 of 1 29 1, or, perhaps, an older one (A. D. 1246-7). 
 
 1160. ttttb, and though. 
 
 1 163. ttt belt Stebertt, i. e. current popular songs. Especially the 
 well-known Oftfrtefeitslieb (17th century) is meant, which is authority 
 for the purely traditional Swedish and Frisian origin of the Swiss (see 
 Introduction, p. xvi f.), and which (in prose form, accessible through 
 Joh. v. Miiller), together with Etterlin's chronicle, Schiller has closely 
 followed in this whole passage (1 167-1203). 
 
 1 169 ff. Ijtntctt (far up, away back) tltt fiottbc (Sweden is 
 
 meant) ttad) fitter narfjt (for 9?orben, north. Cf. also $ttt=tag= 
 fonnc, south, 1 1 74) }e bcr (=jeber) sefjnte, every tenth. 
 
 1 1 73. Note the very unusual and poetic word-order. 
 1 179. WlUOttd (itO, pron. as one syllable, being scarcely heard); 
 see map. 
 
ACT II. SCENE 2. 205 
 
 1 182 f. tuartctC bCt JJttljre ; rare use of ttJavtett with gen., attend 
 tOj etc. Note the very poetic form tuogetc, for prose tnogte. 
 
 1 191 f. au3=5U=robett, North German for ail§=rcutcn ; cf. note on 
 Sftiitfi, 728. — ©nitgen (the inf. geniigen, from gemtg, used as noun) 
 tl)at, sufficed; tl)Un has here a semi-auxiliary sense, hence ®migen tl)ltn 
 = geniigen. 
 
 1 194. 3um fdjttJarjcn SBerg, i. e. across the lake to the Briinig 
 (=23raurterf(e), so-called from its thick woods), on the south-west 
 corner of Unterwalden. — 2Bct§lattb, the snow-covered peaks of the 
 Bernese Oberland in CBer*§a8(t, south of the Briinig. 
 
 1 196. The reference is to the neighboring cantons, Tessin and 
 Wallis, where Italian and French are spoken. 
 
 1200. He means the Alamanni, Burgundians, Franks. See Intro- 
 duction, p. xvii f. 
 
 1209 f. Sajfcit (from fi^eil), lit. 'settlers,' here for §interfaffen, 
 tenants without citizen-rights, owing allegiance to others (ftClltbe 
 $fttd)tCtt) : erben, trans., 'inherit'; erfceit . . ♦ auf r intrans., be' 
 handed down to, descend to. 
 
 1215 f. i. e. voluntarily they sought 9Mrf)$unmttteibarfeit, depend- 
 ence directly upon the Empire, and not upon any feudal lord (cf. 912, 
 note), which was granted in the charter of Friedrich II., in 1240. 
 
 1219. dittf)t fd)Uj)feu (lit. 'draw,' as water), old legal term, get 
 justice. — too, from whom. Noble sentiment nobly expressed, by a law- 
 abiding people. 
 
 1223. i. e. of Germany and Italy. Cf. 871, 266, 520, notes. 
 
 1229 f. £ert=bamt, lit. 'army summons'; for §eer=bann, i. e. 
 imperial summons to vassals to take the field. — fettte, the emperor's. 
 
 1231. gemappltct, prose requires gettmffnet, from SSaffe, ' weapon, 5 
 whereas SBappen means ' coat-of-arms.' 
 
 1235. $)er fyodffte S3htt=battlt f highest criminal authority, i. e. 
 cases involving capital punishment. This passage follows Joh. v. M til- 
 ler very closely. 
 
 1237. So that he would not be influenced by any partisan feeling or 
 fear of any one. 
 
 1243. toerljalt fid) aUt$, it is all, etc. 
 
 1245 ff. This quarrel with Einsiedeln is based largely on Joh. v. 
 Miiller. In 1018, Heinrich II., ignorant of the peasants' existence and 
 
206 NOTES. 
 
 ownership (125 1 f.), had given the pasture to Einsiedeln; in time 
 quarrels naturally arose; in n 14 the abbot appealed in behalf of the 
 monastery to Heinrich V., who decided in his favor (cf. 1246). The 
 peasants refused compliance (cf. 1245), and when Konrad III. tried to 
 force them (in 1144), they withdrew from the Empire (cf. 1255 f.). 
 
 1250. l)crfitr=(for l)eruor=)S0(}. — fcettieibet (fatten), had grazed. 
 
 1259. DOlt bcttt frcmbeit Silted)!, a contemptuous reference to 
 Gessler and the other Habsburg bailiffs. 
 
 1 26 1. erfdjaffCU (in very emphatic and pregnant sense), created; 
 hence it is ours. 
 
 1265 ff. Cf. the Winkelried legend, 1073, note. (]ift=(Jcfri)nH)Ucit 
 (' swollen with poison '), venomous. They dispelled the fogs by cut- 
 ting down forests, draining swamps, etc. 
 
 1270. (jdcttct, laid, lit. « led.' — taitfeitb=jal)rig, i. e. for a very 
 long time; it had really been nearly 1000 years, however, since the 
 first Alamannic migrations. 
 
 1274. m\$ belongs to both fdjmiebctt and @djmatf) antljim. 
 1279 ff. gretft cr , ♦ ♦ gctroftctt 9ftutc$ (adverb, gen.) in . . . 
 
 ^pUtttttcl, with confidence reaches tip to heaven. — UlttterfiltflCrlid), cf. 
 885, note. The grandeur of the language is eminently in keeping with 
 the situation here. 
 
 1283. llrftaitb (on Ur-, cf. 558, note), original conditun, i. e. one 
 of equality. 
 
 1285 f . gum . ♦ ♦ s TOtte(, as a last recourse, etc. — ticrfaitgcn, lit. 
 1 take hold,' here avail anything. 
 
 1287. i. e. their freedom; note the poetic word-order. 
 
 1 29 1 ff. Rosselmann is, of course, nut in earnest, though wishing, 
 as a man of peace (1316), to avoid open rupture; doubtless (cf. 1312- 
 14), he intends merely to test the confederates. 
 
 1296. 28tt ♦ ♦ ♦ frf)U>iJrCH f What! we S7t>ear, etc. This simple 
 exclamatory inf. strongly emphasizes the righteous indignation felt. Cf. 
 also IjulbtgCtt (i3°°)> laffctt (i3°0- 
 
 1302. Cf. note to 787. 
 
 1318. tt)0l)l gar . , . Ittdjt, probably not at all his, etc. 
 
 1324 f. vflmt t , f (juri) ( c f. bte 9ietl)e tft art dud)), now it's your 
 turn. — s J{I)Ctttfclb(en), a once strongly fortified town on the Rhine 
 
ACT II. SCENE 2. 207 
 
 near Bale' (Basel). — ^Sfulj (popularly connected with Lat. palatium), 
 the emperor's residence. 2)te s $fdt$ is also the name of a rich province 
 on the left bank of the Rhine; Eng. 'The Palatinate.' A §urm was 
 once (in 1275) ambassador to Emperor Rudolf. 
 
 1327. The old charter of liberties granted by Friedrich II., and 
 confirmed by every emperor up to Albrecht. Cf. 912, note. 
 
 1330- font fdjnJdbtfrijen Sonbe (<2d)tt>aben), Swabia, a large South 
 German province. — tiom Uoitf (lit. * course'), etc., from along the 
 Rhine. 
 
 1336 ff. foitft Citttnal ttJOljf, some other time, no doubt. — ^attfCtt, 
 obsol. ace. of §cut§ (dim. of 3of)anne8). Duke John of Swabia, Al- 
 brecht's nephew, the 3>ol)anue§ ^Ctrrictba of Act V., Scene 2, is meant. 
 — $cmt, for usual pi. §erren. 
 
 1341. rtefen, here for ricfen . . . gu, from gurufen. 
 
 1344. I)Uttcr=l)alt, here for ooretttljatt, withholds from. — fettt , , . 
 (£rbe was the dukedom of Swabia, from his father, and lands in Switzer- 
 land, from his mother, i. e. fcitt tttutterUd)C3 ((Srbc). 
 
 1346. (Jr f)abc (subj. of indirect statement; soalsotoftre — note the 
 irregular change of tense. Cf. 92, note) fctltC ^aljre ttott, he was 
 {lie said) of age. This account is based on actual facts as Tschudi 
 reports them. — 293a3 ♦ ♦ , 23cfd)db, what answer did he get? Cf. 
 149, 646, note. 
 
 1354. Notice the emphatic and poetic position of 5IbtrctbCtt. 
 
 1359 ff. 4?crrtt, f eu d a l l° r d> f rom whom they held land in fief 
 (1360). — fafjret fort, pres. indie, with imperative force (cf. also 1363, 
 
 1365). 
 
 1362. ftCUrc an, pay taxes to. — 9RaW>er$tuet(, now written and 
 pronounced $Rapperfd)tt)t)f (derived from Ruprechts-villd), a town on 
 the north shore of Lake Zurich. 
 
 1364. $er grofcen gran 511 £ur(i)d)f the grau*2Kitnfter, i. e. 
 
 Nunnery of Our Lady (Virgin Mary, — cf. Fr. Notre Dame) in Zurich 
 founded 853 by Ludwig the German, and richly endowed with property 
 and privileges. Cf. Introduction, p. xviii. 
 
 1370. ($3 fcl)C ber ffatfer, let the emperor see. 
 
 1374. ftaatv f htfl, with shrewd statesmanship. The next lines are a 
 very poetic and noble tribute to the Swiss. 
 
208 NOTES. 
 
 1382 f. 3ft etc> » ^at ( wnat Stauff. has just said) is easy said.-^ 
 Utl§ f construed with raflClt, as dat. of interest has the force of gegett 
 Utt8. The SdjliJffet were Rossberg and Sarnen (cf. 78, 626, notes), 
 each of which (hence ntttft in 1386) had to be captured. 
 
 1391. Note the poetic order (gtfer ♦ ♦ , bcr $\ltt. 
 
 1395 f. H1t3 ba§ bitten, offer us that affront. — (gibe, their oath, 
 as citizens, to the constitution, whereby they obtained political rights 
 and swore to do nothing hurtful to the common weal. The strongest 
 possible appeal, since refusal to obey was treason. 
 
 1398. UH'ifcit • ♦ ♦ baj? f I must remind you^ etc. 
 
 1401 f. ^s%\t be3 $$tVVn t till Christmas; other chroniclers say till 
 New Year's day (1308). — brutflt r 3 btC ©tttc mtt (fid)), i. e. it is cus- 
 tomary. — @affcn (cf. 1209, note), here for 3nfaffen, tenants. The 
 castle is Sarnen. 
 
 1406. $5tC fittyreit, (i. e. in accordance with my plan) ' they will 
 carry,' let them carry. Cf. 1359, note and same idiom in Jjalt (1409), 
 
 mirb geblafcn (141 0/ faedjen (h 12 )- 
 141 1. fid) . ; , ermadjttgct (Ijaben), for commoner jtdj . . . be* 
 
 tltadjttgt, made themselves masters of. 
 
 1415 ff. $irn(e),£*W. — ift mix Ijolb (lit. 'is gracious to me'), is 
 in love with me. — lctrf)t betl)0t r id) fie, lit. ■ I can easily deceive her.' 
 Cf. Eng. coll. " I fooled him into doing that "; here, I can easily induce 
 her to. — f djiuaufe ficttCt, swaying rope-ladder. 
 
 1418 f. S3in id) broben crft once up there, I, etc. — ba% toer= 
 
 fdjobCU ttJCrbc, impersonal without e§, that there be postponement. 
 
 1423. 3 c id)Ctt , , , Wauti), cf. 748, note. — £attb=fturm, more than 
 2attb*tt)eljr (' militia ') , is every man able to bear arms. £anb=fturm 
 cmfbietett, to call the country to arms, say call to arms will be read at 
 once in, etc. 
 
 1426. fid) , . , begebett (with gen. 'renounce,' 'forego'), give up, 
 
 1429. frfjtucrcu Stdttb, shows his character and prepares the way 
 for later events. 
 
 1434. t)al£--gcf fil)r(id), lit. ■ dangerous for the neck ' (i. e. life) ; 
 where there is danger. 
 
 1436. ©Cm fd)lao r . , , Sdjatt^e, will gladly risk. Sdjattse (Fr. 
 chance) different here from ©djan$e, fortification. Cf. Eng. take the 
 chances. 
 
ACT III. SCENE I. 209 
 
 T442. glit!) T ttbe $0d)ttWd)t r glowing signal ; the rosy tints of the 
 dawn falling on the highest summits are compared with fyVLlX^tifytn, 
 748, 596, notes. 
 
 * tmt ftiUcr Sammhtttg, from fammetn, 'to collect' (one's 
 
 thoughts), in silent meditatio?i. 
 
 * mit erl)0beneu brct ^tttgerit, sym bolic of the Trinity, Such an 
 oath was also taken by lifting the whole right hand. That Rosselmann, 
 the pastor, administers the oath gives it a kind of consecration. 
 
 1452. belt Xob, absol. ace. — * ttlie obcit, i. e. stage direction after 
 1450. 
 
 1456. (^enojfame (cf. ©ertoffenfdjaft, 1 109, note), 'community; 
 i. e. all belonging to a village, castle, monastery, etc., also later, a 
 political district ; Uri is still divided into @ettoffenfd)Ctften; to his own 
 village and friends ." 
 
 1465. s Jia\lb llCflCfjCU an + dat. (' commit theft on '), " steals from ' 
 (injures). 
 
 * fdUt , . ♦ Ittit Sd|tt)Ultg Cttt r comes in with (begins) a splendid 
 air, which, with the slowly rising sun, the sun of Swiss freedom, never 
 fails of fine dramatic effect. 
 
 One of the most important and carefully wrought scenes in the play 
 (cf. the detailed order of the meeting — arrival, general discussion, 
 organization and election of president, deliberation, result, oath — ), 
 affording still deeper insight into Swiss character and into conditions 
 prevailing. The action advances a long step; plans for united resist- 
 ance, suggested before, have been definitely formed ; hope is awakened 
 for the cause of freedom, and the outcome is anxiously looked for. 
 
 ACT III. SCENE 1. 
 
 Tschudi makes the events of this scene fall on Nov. 18 (mistake for 
 19th), 1307. Scene I passes about noon on that day, since, immedi- 
 ately afterward, Tell goes to Altorf (15 16), a mile distant, where he 
 arrives in the early afternoon, cf. 1744. It has been suggested that this 
 idyllic picture of TelFs home-life is an idealized description of the 
 poet's own family. 
 
 * 3immcr(cf. gimmcrrt, Eng. 'timber ')H£t, carpenter's axe. — 
 ^pebttug, Schiller gives her this name; chroniclers say simply that she 
 was Walther Fiirst's daughter. Cf. 556. 
 
210 NOTES. 
 
 1470. gritty am 3Jtorgettjtraf)t, unusual for betm 2ftorgenftralj(, 
 
 probably confused with am Sftorgett. This little poem is called the 
 @d)ti£etl4teb and is such a favorite in Germany that it has almost be- 
 come a folk-song. 
 
 1472. $)er 28etl) (also tie 2Beil)e, generic dialect name for large 
 birds of prey) ; eagle is doubtless meant here. 
 
 1478. tva$ ba, whatever. — freitd)t Uttb ffeugt, quaint old forms 
 for friedjt, fltegt. 
 
 i47g. mir cnt^ttJCt (geforungen), broken. Wlafy mtr (in both 
 
 cases nut, dat. of interest) Ujn, fix it for ?ne; a good example of macfyett 
 in general sense of Eng. fix. 
 
 1482. tt>03, here perfectly general; whoever. The line has almost 
 become a proverb in Germany. 
 
 i486, fetttCt, neither of the boys. — $tt 4?aufe; *• e - as a shepherd 
 or herdsman, rather than a hunter. 
 
 1491. atlf£ UClt r erbClttC (lit. ' capture.' Cf. Eng. ■ booty '), win 
 it anew, i. e. by saving it from some danger. 
 
 1494 f . $ltcd)te f either TelPs own, indicating that he had consider- 
 able property, or those of the village. — 393age=fal)tt, daring expedi- 
 tion; cf. TOagett, 'risk/ ' dare.' 
 
 1497. Note the very expressive use of the subjunctive mctbcft with 
 5tttcrt f i. e. for fear that you may not, etc. 
 
 1500. belt gcl)((from fet)(eit, 'miss^tytMtg {false leap) tljUtt, 
 make a false leap. Cf. gel)(4ritt, ' mis-step.' — (itelttfe, cf. 650. 
 
 1502 f. 393inb4attnne, or ©taub=(' dust') (amine, is an avalanche 
 
 of dry, freshly-fallen snow, driven down from high altitudes by heavy 
 winds; they occur in fall and winter, and differ greatly from the 
 ©d)tag4amuten (1782), which are masses of frozen snow, mixed with 
 blocks of ice, and which, loosened by the summer sun, rush with ter- 
 rible force down old beaten tracks, and strike (<2>ff)tag0 with loud 
 noise in the valleys. — JJfittt, cf. 38, note. Frozen snow often covers 
 the mouth of a crevasse, concealing the dangerous abyss below. 
 
 1512. gfoljt, obsol. for ©e^fafyr. 
 
 1514. auf $af)t Uttb $arj (cf. Eng. coll. « forever and a day,' 'for a 
 year and a day '), an old legal term for a full year, now an idiom mean- 
 ing a good, long time. 
 
 15 1 6. %attV, i. e. Hedwig's father, Walther Furst. 
 
ACT III. SCENE I. 211 
 
 15 1 8 ff. t§ fpUtnt, etc., some scheme is on foot. Some time must 
 have elapsed since Act II., Scene 2. Tschudi says ten days. He also 
 says Tell was present at the Riitli; Schiller prefers to leave him out of 
 the meeting. Cf. 1098, note. 
 
 1526. 2)CU UntcrttJalbltcr, Baumgarten. Cf. 151 ff. 
 
 1 53 1. Ijcifjt, is, cf. 357, note. Note the exclamatory infin. fd)iffctt f 
 with (more commonly without, cf. 1297, 1 3°°) JU, We would expect 
 
 in ben 8ee» 
 
 1536. Serljut' , . . nidjt Cf. 253, note; 805. 
 
 1540. 3 wm (Stynt, Swiss dimin. of 2Il)n (cf. Sfyni), for ©rofpater ; 
 to Grandpa's. 
 
 1545 ff. Cf. the well-known proverb %\)Wl 9ted)t, Ullb fdjeue me* 
 manb. $)ie rcd)t t!)nn f those who, etc. Note the poetic word-order. 
 
 — an fie f ommcn r get at them. 
 
 1550 f. This meeting with Gessler is Schiller's invention, and shows 
 Gessler's reason for hating Tell (cf. 1572). — (Sjrihtbc, ravines. See 
 map. — menfdjeiMccrcr Spnr, lonely track. — nid)t an^n wcidicn 
 mar (lit. * was not to be avoided '), i. e. the narrow path made it im- 
 possible for Gessler to avoid him in passing. 
 
 1559. £errc, old for §err. — mcin anftdjtig nwrb, saw me. ntetn, 
 
 for meiner, is genit. with anjidjttg. Cf. Eng. * catch sight of.' 
 
 1562 f. $CttlcJ)r f cf. 647, note. Gessler's previous punishment of 
 
 Tell is Schiller's invention. — DerMafft(e), generally applied to things, 
 
 erblaffen applies to persons. 
 
 1564. tJCrfagtClt Ujm (lit. ' refused him '), failed him. 
 
 1566. jammertc mid) fein(er), I pitied him. Cf. also 486; the 
 
 log. subj. is here ace, the log. obj. gen. Shows Tell's generous, for- 
 giving nature. 
 1568. fcincn armen (i. e. gertngen, fleinen) fiaut, i. e. not a single 
 
 word. 
 
 1575. bort ttJCg, azvayfrofn there. 
 
 1576. tva$ ffiUt, etc., what are you thinking of ? 
 
 1578. %&CtV§ f just because ; i. e. she can give no reason, but her 
 intuitive fear of evil is ground enough for her. A skillful touch of 
 woman's nature, as is also her yielding as soon as she learns that Tell 
 has promised to go. 
 
 1581. %8'dlti, dim. of Walther. 
 
212 NOTES. 
 
 * bCtt ^geljettbett, dat. pi. (not ace. sg.) after folgt. 
 
 A charming picture of Swiss home-life, developing further the char- 
 acter of Tell, and showing w r hat the Swiss mothers feel in such trying 
 times. While the (Sibgettoffen have planned resistance, Tell's chief 
 desire is to be let alone. Hedwig's anxiety hints that he may not have 
 his wish, and is a foreboding of evil, serving to further enliven and in- 
 tensify the interest. 
 
 ACT III. SCENE 2. 
 
 The time is about the same as in III., I. The scene gives Tell oppor- 
 tunity to go from Biirglen to Altorf. 
 
 * 3tauu=t)att)C, lit. ' dust (i. e. fine spray) brooks,' are little moun- 
 tain streams, rushing over high cliffs and dashed into fine spray by the 
 force of the fall. — im 3tt(J& s Hetb, Schiller's mistake; November is too 
 late for hunting in the Alps. Cf. introductory note to II., Scene I. 
 
 1592. ift bort IjtttrtU^, has gone that way. 
 
 1594 f. Note the poetic word-order. Uttb, even. 
 
 1601. (£ttd) lint tueruClt ('surround you as suitors'), sue for your 
 favor. 
 
 1604. 2)cr . , . ttJirb, who are faithless in. — txt\xU8 . ♦ . Mt, 
 treitloS usually has simple dat. without the preposition. 
 
 1612 f. ItaturUcrjJC^ttcn (pp. with active force), i. e. forgetful of 
 the place and duty by nature devolving upon him; degenerate. Cf. 
 ©ott=uergeffert, 4 god-less.' — fctnem, Gessler's. 
 
 1617 f. fcilt ♦ , , 511 bcfd)trmeiU Note these subject infinitives, 
 with and without 511, 
 
 1 62 1. $$£•«« ift, who are. 
 
 1631. (mitt id)) $Ijm ♦ ♦ . nidjt , ♦ . gfrteben (bereiten). 
 
 1633. This last stronghold of liberty is the Forest Cantons. 
 
 1635. tiCl'ftcfyt fid) ♦ ♦ ♦ auf (lit. 'in regard to'), understand better 
 their own happiness. 
 
 1640. To see hi??i despised . . ., whom, etc.; despised, no doubt, by 
 his own people, perhaps, too, by the Austrians, whose dupe he was. 
 
 1647. att=(je*ftammte XugCUb, your inborn (innate) virtue (man- 
 liness). 
 
 1 65 1 f. lo^t (causative) mitt) . ♦ . fetlt, etc., will help me be and 
 become (anything) all. — £?ett> (baS) pQ&U. 
 
ACT III. SCENE 2. 213 
 
 1653. tt)Ot) ttt (with reference to the future) gcftcllt, has destined 
 you, different from ttJO . . . gefteflt, which would mean 'has already 
 placed you.' 
 
 1658 f. $ertt)attbtett, i. e. of Gessler especially; as ©egler Don 
 SBntnecf (Muller) he is made a relative of hers, to whose care she is 
 entrusted, and who seems anxious to marry her himself. Cf. 161 1, 
 1720 f. 
 
 1660. In Aargau, cf. 446, * note. 
 
 1665 f . bent jirofjClt (£rb T f i. e. not the imperial possessions, but 
 those of the house of Habsburg. This scene is only imaginary, but 
 Albrecht's greed is historical. Cf. 1343 ff. 
 
 1672. mcttt, gen. with I)orrcn, are waiting for me. Here again 
 the rhyme and the poetic word-order emphasize the rising lyric emo- 
 tion. So below, 1685 ff. 
 
 1676. ©efjnen in ba$ SBcitC, longing (to get out) into the wide 
 world. 
 
 1686. be3 fiebettS 293etten r broad spheres of life. 
 
 1688. $tC . . ♦ SWoilCr brctten, extend around us their firm, im- 
 penetrable wall. 
 
 1690 f. Construe : 3Uttt $ttttmcl Olletn, — gclitt^tct (lit. 'light- 
 ened'; from lid)ten, to cut away undergrowth or thick branches to 
 let the light through. Cf. £id)tung, ' clearing ') fetn, be clear and 
 open. Notice the bn in 1 691, as compared with more formal ^Jjt above. 
 
 1695 f . aitfgcbliiljt, grew up. — grcnbeitftmrcn, glad memories. 
 
 1700. (£3 fcfjfte ('would be lacking'), etc., I should miss it in 
 every earthly happiness. — bcr (Srbett, old gen., cf. 972, 1103, notes. 
 
 1 70 1. The reference is to the fabled 3nfeln ber ©eligen, Isles of the 
 Blessed. 
 
 1703 f. tyctmifd) WOljnt, mixture of fyeimtfdj tft, 'is at home,' and 
 simple roufjnt, 'dwells.' — fid) . , . fjmfittbcn, find one's way. 
 
 1705 f. ttubt, C!ttf(iel)Cn f poetical presents with future sense. 
 
 1 719. 2Bie ftitttb T 3 Itm mid), how would it be zuith me f Cf. 1658 
 note. 
 
 1727. 223o3 and) bran3 merbC, whatever may come of it. 
 
 The scene is a bright spot in rather sombre surroundings, just such a 
 love scene as Schiller delighted to paint. Though a little too long, it 
 
214 NOTES. 
 
 is full of poetic beauty and lyric passion, expressed by unusual word- 
 order and frequent use of rhyme. Cf. 1696 ff., 1704 ff., 171 1 ff., etc. 
 The action takes a long step forward when Bertha wins Rudenz back 
 to his own people. The Swiss cause seems a little more hopeful; with 
 the sympathy and help of the younger nobility, the cantons can better 
 cope with Austria. 
 
 ACT III. SCENE 3. 
 
 The scene connects directly with III., 1, and takes place soon after. 
 Tschudi says the 5Ipfelfd)ltJ3 occurred on the following day. 
 
 * $rofpCCt, for more usual 3ln8*ftd)t, view. 
 
 * !!Baitn[from batmen, 'to forbid' (access to), hence, 'protect by 
 law 'JfoetCJ, the Bannberg. It is a high hill overlooking Altorf and 
 covered with woods, which protect the village from falling stones and 
 avalanches; even yet it is forbidden to cut the trees on it, hence 
 
 bie 83dume finb (jebatutt (1778). 
 
 * gne§=!)arbt (lit. 'fright-hard') Uttb £e«t4)0lb ('kind to the 
 people'; cf. teitt=4elig) are character names, intended to show at once, 
 and in telling contrast, the disposition of each guard. 
 
 1737. ^Dpfttt^ (pronounce Po'panz), bugbear, is of obscure origin; 
 it is probably derived from Bohemian bobak, sca?'ecrow. (Kluge.) The 
 reference here is, of course, to the hat. They had been standing guard 
 for some three weeks, cf. 393 ff. 
 
 1739 f. JBcrbrte^C, old dat. for SSerbruge, to annoy us. — 28a3 
 (collective for afle tt>eld)e) rcrf)tC SctttC filtb, all (who are) decent 
 people, retfjt here in sense of respectable, of better class. 
 
 1742. beugten, pret. subj. would bend. 
 
 1744. um btC SRittagdfttUtbC, taken with what follows, gives the 
 time of this scene, i. e. not long after noon. 
 
 1749. ^ocfjttmrbigen (also called ba& $enerabile). The 'host' or 
 
 sacramental wafer is meant. It is usually exhibited in a. WlmtftV HTl% 
 (cf. monstrare), an ornamented gold or gilded box, or ' pyx.' In 
 carrying it to the sick, however, the ciborium, a covered cup is used. 
 (Kuenen.) 
 
 1753 f- ®efeU r (0> nere friend, comrade. — (£3 fchtgt . . . bend)* 
 tCtt (for bciudjten), / begin to feel as if; beitrfjten, a secondary inf., 
 
ACT III. SCENE 3. 215 
 
 formed from btilldjte, pret. of biinfeit, and now quite obsolete, c§ biinft 
 
 mid) (mir) being used instead. — roir fteljett , , , am granger (lit. 
 
 'pillory'), here figurative. 
 
 * 9ttetf)tbtlb (cf. SUtotljllbe), (SlSbetf), for giifabetl). 
 
 1764. mer ba (= mer aud)), whoever, cf. 1478, note. 
 
 1767 ff. Uttb (tefj T ♦ . , $«t f i. e. leave us only his hat. — follte 
 brum ♦ , ♦ Xlttl§ fiattb, ' it would not on that account be (lit. ■ stand ') 
 worse for the country.' The country would not be worse off for it. — 
 
 95o(f ber 233etber, cf - En g- women-folks. 
 
 1771. SSctttt fie ber 9Jhtt (cf. 'mood') fttdjt, lit. 'if desire impels 
 ('pricks') them,' i. e. if they would like to. 
 
 * XtU . , ♦ tritt twf, Tell and Walther have had time (while Act 
 III., Scene 2, is passing) to come from Biirglen to Altorf (cf. 1539), a 
 distance of about a mile. 
 
 1773. $)te 33 (hint C Mutett, old Classic and Germanic superstition. 
 — ©tretd) fitljren, ' to deal a blow.' 
 
 1776. Qkbamtt, here charmed, in 1778 protected by law; cf. note 
 on SBarmberct, at opening of this scene. 
 
 1779. Corner, i. e. sharp snow-peaks, cf. <Sd)recM)orn, 629. 
 
 1782. 6d)lag4attrinett, cf. note on 1502. 
 
 1786. Sattbsmetyr (cf. roefjreit, 'to defend'), lit. 'defence of the 
 land'; denotes usually militia, reserved for defensive warfare only; 
 here in a more primitive sense of buhvark. 
 
 1790. grojje^, eblte3 £attb. Tell has Germany in mind, no doubt, 
 and not Italy or Lombardy; to him, as a man of Uri, belt StrOttteit 
 Itfld) would naturally mean along the Aar and the Reuss to the Rhine, 
 end nut the streams south of the Gotthard. 
 
 1793. itarf) alien $tmmel$*raitmctt f i. e. in all directions. Here, 
 r,s often, the rhyme accompanies a very poetic description. 
 
 1799. bcr ^)immc( f here the climate. 
 
 1803. i. e. to the Church and the State, to clerical and princely 
 wners. 
 
 1805. (SJefteber (collective, from geber, 'feather'), i. e. birds 
 nunted as game. Cf. 901, note. 
 
 1807. ba§ 3al,^, etc., i. e. the sale of salt was a state monopoly. 
 
 1 8 12. I feel oppressed in that broad land, i. e. when I think of how 
 things are there j eng and tOtit form effective contrast. 
 
216 NOTES. 
 
 1817. Tell knows what the hat means and wishes to avoid it. 
 
 * flfCtft (lit. 'seizes,' cf. Eng. 'grips') in, lays hold of. 
 
 1820. tlcrlc^Ctt (lit. ■ injure,' ' hurt '), here disobey (Gessler's order). 
 
 * 3 It bit Scene tltfettb, i. e. turning towards the back -ground and 
 calling for help. 
 
 1830 f . (SjcttJOlt (jefd)tel)t (gcjd)ef)ert, lit. ■ happen '), violence is being 
 
 done to, etc. — (SJrofftmter, cf. 1540, note. — 23itrg=|d)aft leiften (lit. 
 
 ■ do,' ' perform ') , to ' go bail,' give security for anyone. 
 
 1834 f. crfemteit, for cuterfemtert. — ^a^ liigft bit, 33ube, that's a 
 
 lie, you scoundrel. — l)fitt r , exclamatory interrogative subj. Cf. 1072, 
 note. 
 
 1840 f. uttfer3 ytmtc§, cf. 368, note. — fdjretettbe (cf. Eng. 'a 
 
 crying shame '), outrageous. 
 
 1847. fd)0it, merely for emphasis and to express Tell's self-assur- 
 ance. Say never mind, fit, etc. 
 
 1855. tt)a£ mirb t>a§ ttierbeit, what will come of this? Expresses 
 his grave fears as to the result, for he knows Gessler's character. 
 
 * belt tjdlfeit, etc., adverbial ace, with a falcon, etc. Cf. intro- 
 ductory note to Scene 2. They are returning from the hunt mentioned 
 1592, 23ertl)a and s JhlbC!tS having joined them. — JKttbotyJ) bet $at* 
 ta§ f a fictitious character here, though the name occurs in accounts of 
 the battle of Sempach (A. D. 1386). It is derived by some from the 
 Latin, by others from §uru§, name of a family in the Black Forest. 
 This, ($effler T 3 first appearance (and he is the only 23ogt who does 
 appear), is very impressive; on horseback and splendidly attended, he is 
 an imposing figure; his first harsh words show his whole character; at 
 once judge and tyrant, he quiets the tumult and overawes the people in 
 a moment. 
 
 i860 ff. ©eftreitger $err (cf. Eng. 'dread sovereign') lost its 
 original force and became a term of politeness ; Your Lordship. — 
 
 ttiol)l=I)eftc(lter (cf. also roofyUbeftoUter), duly co?nmissioned. — iiber 
 
 frtftf|Cr XI) at, Iflte, in the very act, as, etc. 
 
 1866. Gessler calls him by name at once; he knows Tell already. 
 Cf. 1556 ff. 
 
 1870. Xrarfjtett, the inf. tradjten ('strive for,' 'intend') used as a 
 noun, feeling, disposition, i. e. Tell's independent attitude towards 
 Gessler. 
 
ACT III. SCENE 3. 217 
 
 1872. $er=ad)tmtg (Surer (for (Suer, gen. of 3fyr) , contempt for 
 
 you. — 5ftt3 Uttbebatfjt, from thoughtlessness. 
 
 1873. The meaning of the name, %t\i t has been much discussed. 
 Some connect it with telum, arrow, making bcr XtU = ' archer.' Others 
 derive it from bafetl or taletl, ' to talk foolishly '; others from toll, origin- 
 ally = Eng. ' dull,' though now stronger (= ' mad ') ; others from Xatter, 
 'peasant.' The name appears in various forms, as XtU, Xfyatl, Xcill, 
 £l)efl. The chronicler, from whom this line was taken, seems to have 
 regarded %eU as a nickname meaning ' foolish,' ' simple,' i. e. 33>tU)elm 
 XtU = William the Simple. There is an old song beginning, 2Bill)etm 
 bin id), ber £elle. Cf. also the name of the old harlequin £ttl (2nlen= 
 fpiegct and Introduction, p. xxviii. 
 
 1874. tutfjt mel)r begegneit, in prose nidjt roteber gefdjefyen. The 
 pause following here heightens the dramatic effect; so also after 1857, 
 1865. 
 
 1876. bU Itefymft e3 (Wf m\t, you are ready to take it up {contest). 
 
 1878. btr f ethical dat., shoot you an apple. Schiller skillfully puts 
 this boast in the mouth of the boy, that it may suggest to Gessler the 
 cruel idea of making the father shoot the apple from the son's head. 
 The two lines were put in in response to a hint from Goethe. 
 
 1893. fommt ♦ ♦ . JU (for more usual in ben) Sttttt, you cannot 
 mean that. — nettt bod) (very emphatic) , Oh! no. The grim earnest- 
 ness of what follows is in effective contrast with the easygoing humor 
 of the opening of the scene. 
 
 1 goo. The pres. with imperative force is very emphatic. 
 
 1909. ttJOljl, no doubt. — fid) be=benfcit {stop to think), hesitate. 
 
 1913. 8uVfrtQt\l§, from furge SEBeile, 'what makes time short, 
 pleasant,' hence ' fan,' Jesting (opp. of £ange=tt>eile). The word, usually 
 fern., is sometimes mas. or neut. It depends on gewoljttt. 
 
 1918. tfjrer (part. gen. after I)unbcrt ; cf. 286, note, 293) refers to 
 
 ©djrttte. 
 
 1921. (£3 gilt (from getten, * to pass for,' « be a question of,' ' con- 
 cern,' which is used in many idioms) for the common e§ gilt (bd$ 
 £eben), ' life is at stake'; or, taken in perfectly general sense, t§ gilt, 
 1 the crisis has come,' all is at stake. 
 
 1922. i. e. in view of the Riitli decision to postpone any uprising, 
 cf. 1401, 1419, 1455-66. £aftet ail (£nti) t control yourself. 
 
218 NOTES. 
 
 1929. fcmtClt IcntCtt (for lennen geternt), this use of the inf. in- 
 stead of p. p. after another inf., common also with feljen, fyetfen, fyorert, 
 tefyren, etc., is like that of the aux. verbs of mode. Cf. (*r I)at . . . tf)lttt 
 tooflert. 
 
 193 1 f. ®affe (lit. < narrow lane.' Cf. South German ©affc for 
 ©trafce, * street'), here the narrow space, lane, between two lines of 
 people. — t)ertt)tfft, but Tell had not directly disobeyed his command. 
 Cf. 181 7, note. 
 
 1938. JQXCV 8*ft e ^ ( cf - J 9 2I > note )> **™ W * chance to, etc. 
 
 1943. $>Cttt r 3 (bem ba&), whose; i.e. whose feelings {heart) do 
 not make eye or hand unsteady. 
 
 1945- faffet ($Jtab T . , » cr(JCl)Ctt, lit. ' let mercy go out for right, 
 i. e. show mercy instead of enforcing justice. 
 
 195 1. fetylett auf r i. e. miss (the apple) and strike the heart, etc. 
 
 1964. gfriftf) (lit. ' fresh,' « brisk,' ■ quick '), here a simple exclama- 
 tion, £0*01 / Cf. Eng. Quick, now ! 
 
 1966. $eitt SButrid) 5Uttt SBcrbruffC (lit. 'for vexation to the 
 tyrant '), to vex the tyrant. 
 
 1971 f. ttttt frtfdjer Sljat (with prompt action), without the delay 
 agreed on in 1401 ff. 
 
 1973. &ergebeit£, with impunity (Buchheim). By carrying arms 
 he made himself liable to punishment for taking a right belonging only 
 to his superiors. Cf. 1976 ff. 
 
 1990 f. Gessler has evidently heard of Tell's having saved Baum- 
 garten (151 ff.). 511 rcttCtt gilt, when it means {is a question of) 
 saving anyone ; cf. also 1921, note. — $)tt rettcft Oflc is another cruelly 
 ironical reference to his rescue of Baumgarten. 
 
 * The strong contrast between the beginning (III., 1) and the end 
 of Tell's journey, between the quiet happiness of 1772 ff. and the present 
 suffering of Tell, serves to greatly intensify the dramatic effect. Cf. be- 
 ginning and end of I., 1. (Poller, another form of Poller, is a close- 
 fitting leathern doublet. 
 
 1992 f . fdjieft ^tt, shoot on ! — ($3 tttttft, it must be done. 
 
 * ttttt QbttValt ♦ , ♦ geljalteit, cf. 1922. Rudenz, now knowing 
 Bertha's attitude (1726 ff.) and brought to see his duty (cf. preceding 
 scene), at last takes his people's part. 
 
ACT III. SCENE 3. 219 
 
 2004 ff . Rudenz, without intending deception, and now in his true 
 character, gives himself rather more credit than he deserves; his attitude, 
 770 ff., towards his uncle's entreaties was not especially patriotic. 
 
 2015 f. glaufcf itf) p, thought I should. — $a id) . . . Bcfeftigte, 
 
 lit. ' in that I,' etc., by strengthening. 
 
 2020 f. baran ('on the point of), I was about to. — in bcftcr 
 
 $ftetltUH(J, with best intentions. 
 
 2032. Uttb hJCr tttir ttdljt. This skillfully developed crisis attracts 
 attention to Rudenz and Gessler, and spares the spectator the pain of 
 seeing Tell shoot at the boy. It also gives time for an apple, with an 
 arrow through it, to be thrown from behind the scenes. 
 
 2039 ff. Even in these exclamations of natural surprise does Schiller 
 portray character. Thus Leuthold and Harras admire the wonderful 
 shot; Bertha and Fiirst rejoice (2035, 2038) that the father's anguish 
 is relieved; the boy, knowing nothing of such suffering, is proud of his 
 father's skill (2036 f.) ; Rosselmann is incensed at Gessler (2045 f.) ; 
 Stauffacher rejoices that Tell is free (2047 f.) ; Gessler is surprised and 
 angry that Tell has shot (2034) and, failing in one plan to destroy his 
 enemy, seeks another (2050 ff.). 
 
 2048. m (hut 4 id) gdoft (lit. ■ redeemed '), manfully won your lib- 
 erty. Cf. Eng. * let us quit us like men.' 
 
 2050. $)U fterfteft . . . $tt Mr* I e. You put in your doublet. Cf. 
 stage direction after 1991. 
 
 2056. frifd) UUb frigid), freely andplaimy. 
 
 2061. bltrd)=fri)OJj . . . (£ttd), would have shot you. The past indie, 
 (instead of pluperfect subj. or conditional) lends TelPs words a ter- 
 rible emphasis, further strengthened by the contrast with his previous 
 humble attitude (1985 f.), and places the result (2063) beyond 
 doubt. This whole passage, 2O58(tt)0l)(an)-2o63, forms the inscrip- 
 tion on the pedestal of a life-size statue of Tell, erected some years ago 
 in Altorf on the traditional scene of the famous shot. 
 
 2063. (Surer (for Slier), gen. (cf. 1919 ace), with fel)Iett, cf. 1996. 
 — bity gefidjert for bid) uerftdjert ; so also above, 2059. 
 
 2077 fc 3fretf)eit3=bricfCtt, etc. A characteristic remark of Rossel- 
 mann, who knows all about the old charters; according to them it was 
 unlawful to imprison or try a man outside of his own canton. Tell 
 lived in Uri, but Kiissnacht was in the canton of Schwyz. Gessler feels 
 
220 NOTES. 
 
 free to ignore privileges not confirmed by the present Kaiser. Cf. 1325- 
 
 2089 f . HI antm tmtfttet $I|r, what made you, etc. Cf. Eng. coll. 
 'why did you have to.' — SBe^tUtttgC fttf), etc., Let him control himself 
 who etc. 
 
 2093. In spite of the oath of the Riitli confederates (1448 ff.), in 
 which Tell had no part ! Shows the regard in which he was held. 
 
 2097. fag r id), etc., i. e. shall I take no message to your wife? 
 
 This is aptly called the 9fteifterfcene of the whole play. It shows 
 greater dramatic intensity than any other, and it brings the action to a 
 crisis in TelPs fearful struggle and his terrible oath ; the confederates, 
 too, are incensed almost beyond control. It has been too much. Re- 
 venge must come — though the catastrophe is delayed by Tell's being 
 taken prisoner. The further development of the action is thus skillfully 
 held in suspense. 
 
 ACT IV. SCENE 1. 
 
 * Dftttd)e3 Ufer, etc., i. e. of the lower arm (called Urtier ©ce) of 
 the lake, about half way from Brunnen to Fliielen. The scene passes, 
 very soon after III., 3, late in the afternoon of the same day. Cf. in- 
 troductory note to III., 1. 
 
 * ftttttj (for $0ttrab) tJUtt ©crfau (see map) is a fictitious character, 
 introduced here to connect this scene with what precedes and follows. 
 Just from Fliielen (2106), he tells what has happened since the close' 
 of the last scene, while the news he brings of Attinghausen's illness 
 (21 16) prepares us for the next scene. 
 
 * ^tfdjet, no doubt the Ruodi of I., I. He is here essentially the 
 same as in I., 1, a man of words not deeds; his boy's name is Jenni 
 (cf. 2302), just as in I., I ; no other fisherman is mentioned among the 
 ^ScrfOttCtt (cf. p. 3); he was at the Riitli (2290), so was Ruodi (stage 
 direction after 1098) ; one MS. of the play gives here the name, 9£uobi, 
 instead of $ifdjer» We are evidently to suppose simply that, after I., 1, 
 Ruodi and Jenni moved into another hut across the lake. 
 
 2103. If there ever should be a fight for liberty. Cf. 1990, note. 
 21 14. %t% frciCtt S0Zamte3, i. e. of Tell, if he should get free again. 
 
 2121. negate S$txbtv%\ take shelter. — bem $orf, Sissigen or Sisi- 
 
ACT IV. SCENE I. 221 
 
 A 
 kon, a small village at the foot of the Axeuberg, about three miles from 
 
 Fliielen. 
 
 2125-7. Sttttttb bet 293al)rljett refers to Attinghausen, \>a$ fc^ r ltbc 
 5(ttge, possibly to Attinghausen (Diintzer), most probably, however, 
 to Rudenz, after Attinghausen's death (gftetfyerr tot) their natural 
 protector, who, though seeing; was blind to their interests. Cf. 25cr= 
 Mettbetcr, 840, mettt feljeitb 9Utge, etc., 2006. (Riehemann-Beller- 
 mann.) — $)cr %XXCi refers to Tell. Without these three representative 
 men, all seems to him lost, hence his cry of desperation, 2130 ft. 
 
 2129. fommlid) (cf. Eng. « comely'), Swiss for bequem, angenefym. 
 — (511) l)aufCtt r here to stay. 
 
 2133. The inconsistency of such elevated language in the mouth of 
 a peasant fisherman has been often noted; Schiller is thought to have 
 had in mind the famous passage in King Lear (III., 2) : 
 
 " Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks ! rage ! blow ! . . . 
 Crack Nature's moulds, all germens spill at once." 
 
 2136. 2$>tflfe . . ♦ bcr grofjeit 233tt|tC, cf. the legendary account 
 of the settlement of the country given by StaufTacher, 1261 ff. 933uftC r 
 here rather wilderness than ' desert,' is probably a wrong translation of 
 desertum, a name given to vast unsettled and hence uncultivated, but 
 not necessarily barren, tracts of land. (Birlinger.) 
 
 2153. ba% (e8) gcbetet ttierbe (impersonal pass.), that prayer be 
 offered. The subj. indicates purpose. 
 
 2160. ^MltMo3, lit. ' hand-less,' i. e. offering no hold, which, like a 
 helping hand, might be grasped; the cliffs, rising steep and inaccessible, 
 stare him in the face. Note the highly poetic effect of the alliteration 
 and unusual word-order in these lines. 
 
 2165. fid) ttetfattgCtt, has once been caught. The lake bed here is 
 really an immense gorge, full of water. Note the unusual word-order 
 in the next lines. 
 
 2171 f. §errett=ftf)iff, Governor's boat, cf. §erren=burg, 771, §er* 
 xtxubanl, 807, note. Gessler's boat showed red (Habsburg- Austrian 
 color) deck and flag. 
 
 2178. gcbCtt tud)t ailf, yield not to, heed not. 
 
 2181. ®rcif (lit. 'seize') nidjt . , . in ben 5lrm, Stay not the 
 judge's arm (i. e. by your prayer). The fisherman knows that Tell is 
 
222 NOTES. 
 
 also on the boat (cf. 2104 ff., also 2215-18), but in his excitement for- 
 gets it. 
 
 2186. mtt famt (gufammen mit), together with. The Steuermamt 
 
 is Tell, whom Ruodi had already seen handle a boat (cf. 1 5 iff., see 
 also 2196 f.). 
 
 2188 ff. SBuggi^grat (= « ridge ') f £atf=meffer, 2(£enberg, dan- 
 gerous, jutting cliffs on the east shore, some two miles north of Fliielen. 
 The Xeitfel3=ntiutfter is a similar cliff just opposite, on the west shore. 
 
 2194 f. $htl) (also glitf), glue, etc.), a Swiss word for 'bald, steep 
 rock'; found in many compounds; cf. g(iie4en, $lcm8 Doit ber glue 
 (Dramatis Persons). — gfil)=ft0^tg, abruptly, precipitously . gaf) (mod- 
 ern j[tif)) means 'sudden,' cf. GcilHOnt, 'sudden anger'; fto^tg (cf. 
 ©to£, 'stump'), steep. These words were taken from Scheuchzer, 
 whom the poet follows here. 
 
 2215. $aft connects with tfltgt, 2214. — faljen for fangert. 
 
 2220. Mlfgcgcbttcr, lit. ' a given-up man,' i. e. had given up all 
 hope of escape. 
 
 2227. (SJranfett (lit. 'beak'), the pointed end of a boat; ber t>or= 
 bere (Sranfert is the prow, ber fytntere ©ranjert, the stem. 
 
 222g ff . HctttCtt 5l£Cit, a lower peak of the Axenberg, nearer Fliielen. 
 Note the omitted endings in graufant and tttOtbertfd). Cf. 10, note. 
 
 — ©filKialj, 2194, note)lutg£ I)crfur(for l)er&or)brad). Cf. 109, 875, 
 
 notes. 
 
 2238 ff. tmffett fid) , ♦ . tttdjt Slat (lit. ' know not counsel for them- 
 selves'), know not what to do. — be3 galjrett^ ♦ . ♦ beridjtet, skilled 
 
 in steering. 
 
 2242. fcitt , ♦ ♦ brnudjtctt, should make use of him. The gen. 
 (fcilt) with braud)ert is poetical. 
 
 2247 ff. l)tc bttltUClt, Tschudi's expression, for modern rjon barmen, 
 Don t)ier fteg. — ful)r rcbltd) (Tschudi again) f)itt r rowed steadily on. 
 rebtid) generally means honest{ly), cf. 287. This story of Tell's escape 
 follows Tschudi very closely. — ©dfiC^^Cltg {shooting-implements) , his 
 bow and quiver; cf. 2226 f. 
 
 2252. 25orteil (lit. ' advantage'), old military expression for advan- 
 tageous point. — 5tt!tt (£]tt«f)>ringett r lit. 'for jumping away,' (Jo see) 
 if a chance for escape might present itself. 
 
 2257 f. angeljew, here to ascend. — uom ©djiff (ah) . . . $u (er*) 
 
ACT IV. SCENE 2. 223 
 
 retdjett, to reach it by a leap from the boat. — Stfjne, etc., takes up 
 2253 and shows Tell's excitement. — fjattMttf) ^U^UgCtjClt, to pull {row) 
 hard. Tschudi's (fyaittltcf)) $ugtttb (= jogett, from jie^en) was taken 
 for gugirtgert. 
 
 2263. $(n<jcftcttttttt. Eng. uses pres. part, bearing on (the tiller). 
 
 2266. $latte (now ^etl^ptatte, see map), a flat jutting rock, now 
 crowned with a little chapel, adorned with frescoes illustrating Tell's 
 deeds. 
 
 2279. iiber Sd)tt>t)3 r by way of Schwyz. 
 
 2283 ff. 2lrtl), a considerable village at the southern end of Lake 
 Zug. The fisherman knows a shorter, safer route along the west shore 
 of Lake Lowerz, whereas Gessler intended going along the east shore. 
 See map. 
 
 2291. tl)Ut . . . ttttr ait, do me the kindness. an=tf)Urt, 'to do 
 (something) to' (a person). 
 
 2295. 8cf)tt>ftl)Cr (now generally the same as @d)lt)ager, ' brother- 
 in-law '), here in its old sense father-in-law, i. e. Walther Fiirst. 
 
 2301. jur JHcbc fommen, more commonly gur @prad)e fommen, be 
 told. Just like the Tell of 419, 445 f. Lines 2283, 2299 ff. seem to 
 indicate that his plan to kill Gessler has already been formed. 
 
 The despair of the whole Swiss people over Tell's fate is skillfully 
 expressed in the words of the fisherman. Despite the Riitli meeting, 
 there seems no hope now. The situation is relieved by the news of 
 Tell's remarkable escape; the purposely retarded action (cf. end of 
 III., 3) can go on again; the end is awaited with ever increasing 
 interest and expectancy. 
 
 ACT IV. SCENE 2. 
 
 After the scene of the apple-shot, when Tell had been led away, 
 Fiirst, Stauffacher, and Melchthal hasten to Attinghausen (village, cf. 
 II., 1 ; see map), we may suppose, in response to the news that the 
 Freiherr is dying (cf. 21 16) ; Tell's boy naturally goes with his 
 grandfather; Hedwig's presence explains itself. The scene passes at 
 the same time as the preceding. 
 
 2304 f. Dorfcet ('past'), // is all over with him. — f)iniiBcr (lit. 
 'across'),^ is gone. — bic $t*btX t a down-feather, held to or laid upon 
 the lips to see if the breath has ceased. 
 
224 NOTES. 
 
 2314 f. tttit, good examples of the common ethical dat. which often 
 admits of no adequate translation. 
 
 2326. td) fel) r (i. e. present for vivid future, shall see) , , , gebltttbeit, 
 she either imagines this or has heard an exaggerated report. 
 
 2332. fc^Ctt for fet3eit . . . eitt, to stake. — bt§ ©pie(3, say as in a 
 game. She means that Tell in his blind excitement has staked the 
 child's head and the mother's heart upon his shot, just as in a game of 
 chance all is staked on a card or a throw of the dice. So far the 
 mother heart runs away with her head; her thought is only for her boy 
 and she does Tell gross injustice, forgetting that his own and the boy's 
 life depended on the shot. 
 
 * jjrof?ett f i. e. with a look of surprise and reproach. Reminded of 
 Tell's own suffering (2334 ff.), it is from now on the wife that speaks. 
 
 2343. fo all CHd) gefyattbdt, done so by you. Cf. 151 ff. 
 
 2358. btC ^UjJCltrofe is really not a rose, but a kind of rhododen- 
 dron, thriving only in very high altitudes, close to the snow line. 
 
 2361. *Balfam=ftrom etc., refreshing breezes. 
 
 2374. bCtt ^ttttfer (cf. Eng. * youngster '), name given to young 
 noblemen; Rudenz, of course, is meant. 
 
 2383. He means that ability to feel pain is a sign of life; now tha* 
 all pain has left him, death is coming. 
 
 2397. He naturally thinks that only the nobles can do this. 
 
 2401. (£§ tturb, etc., action will be taken (impersonal). 
 
 2415 f. tlJCUU Z§ gilt, i.e. when the time comes for actual struggle. 
 Cf. 1 92 1, 1990, 2103, notes. 
 
 2420. Uttferer (for Ultfer, gen. with fcebatf), i. e. the nobles. 
 
 2422 f. (££, etc., perfectly general; there will be life (a new life) 
 after us.— Qag $crdid)C f etc., i.e. liberty.— 5lnbrc $rdfte, i.e. other 
 than the nobles, namely the people. 
 
 2424 f . A reference to Walther Tell as type of the younger genera- 
 tion, the citizen class, that is to free the country. Mention of the apple 
 seems strange, for, most probably, the Freiherr knows nothing (cf. 
 introductory note to this scene) of Tell's daring shot. Contrast this 
 passage with the pessimism of 944-959. 
 
 2431 ff. The Baron speaks of political and social tendencies already 
 current — the greater importance of the towns and of the citizen class, 
 the removal of the nobility to the cities (2431 f.). — Ud)t(cf. uhta, 
 
ACT IV. SCENE 2. . 225 
 
 ' morning-gray ') laitb, lit. 'twilight (i.e. foggy) land'; the old, though 
 still common, name of a district between the Bernese Alps and the 
 Jura; it includes Lakes Neuchatel, Bienne and Murten, and was once 
 full of fog-covered swamps, later reclaimed. Sent and gretliUrg 
 were its chief towns. — Xljurgatt (lit. 'district of the Thur'), then 
 much larger than the present canton, it included nearly all of north- 
 eastern Switzerland. 3tirtd), its chief town, was very important com- 
 mercially, hence bic rCjJC, the busy. — hwffltct ♦ , ♦ §CCr (2436), 
 against Austria in the battles of Winterthur and Dattwyl. (J. von 
 Miiller.) — Qt§ brirfjt » . ♦ bcr SlOUige, i. e. in several fruitless attacks 
 by the Habsburgs, especially by Albrecht II., in 135 1-2. 
 
 2439 ff. After the retrospect comes the prophecy for the future — 
 results of wars with the Austrians and Burgundians. Important battles 
 were Morgarten (in 131 5), Laupen (in 1339), Sempach (in 1386), 
 Nafels (in 1388). 
 
 2443 ff. mand)Cr $a§, Morgarten (see map) and Nafels, directly 
 east of Morgarten, below Lake Zurich. — ^er iinitblUftUK. Reference 
 to Arnold von Winkelried's heroic death in the battle of Sempach. Le- 
 gend says that he made an opening for his comrades by seizing as 
 many as he could of the enemy's lances and forcing them into his own 
 breast. 
 
 2451. So that different members of the confederacy may come to- 
 gether quickly. 
 
 2462. i. e. the liberation of the Waldstatte. 
 
 2478 f. $ater, said to Fiirst; bic ©ttrigc, to Stauffacher. 
 
 2484. tticffett fid) toerfe!)Cn f what shall we {one) expect of (from) 
 you. fid) uerfef)en with gen. of the thing (ttJCffctt) means ' to look con- 
 fidently for,' ' expect/ ftd) \\\ jemanbem oerfefyen, ' to look to some one.' 
 Melchthal had good reason to hesitate. Cf. Rudenz' attitude in his in- 
 terview with Attinghausen, II., 1. 
 
 2489. (£itt SWlamte^mort, good as any man's pledge. — (gtaitb, i. e. 
 rank or class in the community. 
 
 2500. £>atttt ♦ ♦ ♦ tJCrgleirfjett, then we will adjust (lit. 'compare') 
 our differences (e£) in peace. 
 
 2529. bic frcic (£ble, Bertha was an (5bel*fraufetn, also 9tttter= 
 frdutcin (936, note, 939). — bcr Xljramt (also bcr SSittenbe, 2533) is, 
 
 of course, Gessler who, enraged at Bertha's defense of Tell (1923 ff.), 
 
226 NOTES. 
 
 has had her secretly carried away from her home (in some castle in the 
 Waldstatte, cf. 1660) and imprisoned. 
 
 2 534- SKkldjer ($enm(t f etc., what criminal force they (Gessler's 
 minions) will make bold to use. (Cf. 940 ff., 1668-1673.) 
 
 2542. ttid)t3 gefte3 . . , erfaffcit, get hold of nothing definite. 
 
 2547. £)&, etc., for (lim gU DcrflldjCll) ob, to see if we, etc. 
 
 2553. be? . ♦ ♦ fihtttte, remarkable subj. with relative, expressing 
 remote wish or purpose; (jy? cowardly) that he could ox so co7uard/y as 
 to, etc. 
 
 2555. Cf. 748,' note, 1422 f. 23otett-ferjd, lit. 'messenger-sail/ 
 peculiar compound for $8oteiufd)tff,/#.tf (packet-) boat. 
 
 2559. A remarkable example of poetic word-order. Furst and 
 Stauffacher, not opposing Rudenz and Melchthal, seem to feel that the 
 Riitli oath would not be violated by immediate action. 
 
 The scene gives Tell time for the journey begun 2294, and relates 
 development among the Eidgenossen meanwhile. Tell's mind is made 
 up; Rudenz, too, has felt the tyrant's hand and is roused to the fight- 
 ing point. Prince and peasant (Melchthal) have joined hands. From 
 two sides, individual (Tell) and general (Rudenz and confederates), 
 the blow is impending which shall set the Schwitzer free. The grand 
 old patriarch, Attinghausen, though he has never suffered as tht rest, 
 gives their cause his dying blessing. 
 
 ACT IV. SCENE 3. 
 
 * This scene connects directly with IV., 1 (2300 ff.) ; during Scene 2 
 Tell has come to the end of his journey from the lake; we find him 
 later in the afternoon of the same day. The ^{j])lt ®ttffc, hollow way, 
 then a deep, narrow road between overhanging rocks and trees, has 
 been filled up by a good modern turn-pike. The place, half a mile 
 from Immensee, is marked by Tell's chapel (see map). 
 
 2568. U!)r (=©anb*Ul)r) , . . abgelaufeit, reference to the run- 
 ning sand in the hour-glass; thy hour has come. 
 
 2572 ff. Ijerau^gefrijrctft, aroused from. — 2flUtf) ber frommen 
 
 2>enfart (cf. Eng. 'milk of human kindness'), i. e. Gessler had filled 
 his peaceful nature with rankling poison (of hatred, revenge). 
 
ACT IV. SCENE 3. 227 
 
 2584 f. ofjtttttadjtig, (lit. ' powerless,' here vainly) fleljettb, etc., 
 as I writhed in vain e?itreaty before thee. — ^fltttal^ takes up again 
 the $a in 2580. Dl)nmad)t, by popular etymology from ofyrte and 
 2ftad)t, is really from older Dmad)t (= a [negative] maht). 
 
 2590. Tell thus has two grounds for his action — natural and neces- 
 sary defense of his family, upon which he felt Gessler would soon wreak 
 vengeance for his escape, and the sacred debt of keeping the oath wrung 
 from him in a moment of agony by Gessler's cruelty. 
 
 2596. $>irfj jebeS (#reucl3 . . . erfrcdjcn (cf. frecf), 'bold,' 'im- 
 pudent'), to dare (to do) unpunished every horrible deed. 
 
 2598. Addressed to the arrow which he now takes from his quiver. 
 
 2601. Utt=burd)=bring=Ud), lit. 'impenetrable' (fig. of arrow and 
 target), inaccessible to. — fromtltC 23ttte, i. e. the requests of Gessler's 
 subjects. 
 
 2604. greube ©Jrielen, i. e. greubensfdjiegen, 2649, shooting 
 matches. 
 
 2610. 5lttf btefer Saitf, etc., this famous line is often quoted as an 
 instance of Schiller's " bad grammar"; auf with verb of motion takes 
 ace, but fid) fc^Cll has here the force of ^la^ nefymett, auSrilljen (rest), 
 hence, very correctly, the dat. 
 
 2612. trcibt fid) . . . rafd) . . . H0ritber r each hurries past the 
 other (like a stranger) carelessly. 
 
 2616 f. letdjt gefdjiir^te, ' lightly girt,' i. e., figuratively, careless, 
 easy-going; note the contrast with forgen&oU ; also anbad)ttg — btifter 
 
 — Ijetter. (Breul.) — Ijettre <Bp\dmann t jolly minstrel. — Saunter, 
 
 driver of ©auiturofj (876), ■ pack-horse.' 
 
 2620. a\l$ (£ttb r bcr aSclt, i. e. out into the world. 
 
 2625. (of)tte baft) cr CUd) CttOa§ brad)t r , without bringing you 
 something. 
 
 2627. 2tmmon£I)0nt, ammonite, a kind of fossil shell, so called 
 because it looks like the ram's horns ascribed to Jupiter Ammon. — 
 ttJar r 3 r either it was . . . or. 
 
 2637. firiftt fid) r £ (usually with bod)) , , , dcrbriefjcn (lit. 'vex'), 
 does not let it weary him. The word-order is very emphatic. 
 
 2641 f. This story that hunters cut open the ball of the foot and 
 glue themselves to the steep rocks with the congealing blood is taken 
 from Scheuchzer and not from actual life. They do use resin, but not 
 
228 NOTES. 
 
 blood. ©rat(Ht. 'ridge,' *crag')tter, a kind of chamois, living only on 
 the highest crags; it is red-brown in color and much smaller than the 
 ordinary chamois, called 2Bafbtier, which lives on the wooded slopes. 
 
 2650. b(l§ 23cftC (name given to the victor's prize in a shooting 
 match), the best prize (cf. 2643-4). 
 
 Tell's shot must be justified as righteous self-defense, lest it appear as 
 murder. Nor must it be the work of sudden anger, hence in a mo?io- 
 logue he calmly arraigns his purpose before the bar of his own con- 
 science and deliberately decides that he may and must kill the tyrant to 
 protect his home and his life. 
 
 * $od)=-$ett, lit. ■ wedding,' here, of course, wedding party. The 
 poetic force of the contrast between the wedding and Gessler's death is 
 very strong. — attf . , ♦ SBogett flclcl)ltt, leaning, etc., cf. 2263, note. 
 — ^htrfdjit^ (lit. ' field-shooter ') , ranger, glur (Eng. ■ floor '), ' level 
 plain,' also, indoors, ■ floor,' ■ hall-way.' 
 
 2652 ff. $Uofter=ttteFr r name given to the overseer of monastery 
 farm-work and property; cf. 1073, note. — SBrailMdltf l)fift, is getting 
 married. 58raut4auf f lit. ' bridal-race,' because in old German wed- 
 dings a race for the bride was actually run; the word, outliving the 
 custom, has become synonymous with §0cf)geit. — @Cttteit, allied with 
 ©enne (15), a small herd of cattle (generally over 20) tended by a 
 ©enn in the high Alps. — 511 ^tmfcc, from (lit. 'at') fmisee, same 
 as 3mmettfee (see map). 
 
 2660 f . UCljmt tttit, etc., take whatever comes, i. e. whatever pleas- 
 ure comes along. — tmtft . . . letdjt ergrctfctt, be quick to take. 
 
 2663. Stiissi does not understand such mysterious references, the 
 reader does — this serves to heighten the dramatic effect. 
 
 2665 ff. (£ttt tftufft, etc., There's been a landslide in Glarus. ^illffi 
 (also Sftufi, 3tiift, etc.), Swiss name for the often v^ry dangerous land- 
 slides occurring mainly in spring. — (SHftwif rf), a cluster of peaks rising 
 10,000 feet above Glarus, capital of canton Glarus, east of Schwyz. 
 
 2670. $)(J, etc., For instance, I met a man. — 23tlbCtt (cf. ©tein £U 
 SBaben, 2966), a small town on the Limmat, north-west of Zurich in Aar- 
 gau; Emperor Albrecht had a castle there, destroyed by the Swiss in 141 5. 
 
 2677. s Man betttet r 3 attf, etc. (lit. ■ point it to '), they say it means, 
 etc.; cf. note on benfert aitf, 614. Very natural among these semi- 
 superstitious peasants. All this is one of Tschudi's stories. 
 
ACT IV. SCENE 3. 229 
 
 2691 f. bCt StlDttt, the Muotta (see map). — Swfyt ... an itytt 
 
 ^cf. ©efnd) an jemanben ricfyten, which explains the unusual an + acc - 
 
 here), i. e. have you some request to make of him ? 
 * nati) ber tJOrbcnt 8CCHC, to the front of the stage. 
 
 2703. mcitt Stbtaq (for metne £eb=tage ; cf. Eng. coll. 'all the 
 days of my life '), as long as I live. 
 
 2707 f. would have gone to the bottom (!jn ©Htttb) with all on 
 board (mtt SKattlt Ultb 9)tatt3), cf. 331, note. $em (emphatic) Bolt, 
 such people. — bet (fommen), 'get at,' i. e. hurt. 
 
 2709. ttJO faitt . ♦ ♦ fyttt, w//*/v /to . . . gone. 
 
 2713 f. iljm (i. e. $olf) fanft tljun, ^ w//i with. — bcr Stmt, 
 
 /Vfc* question. 
 
 2716. brtltg T . . . ait f bring up, i. e. ask what she wants to. 
 
 2727 f. $ie (demonst.), these. — im SBcrf Ultb 2BcrbCU f are going 
 on and coming. 
 
 2730. &ater . . . begotUtett, i. e. what Rudolf of Habsburg, Em- 
 peror from 1273 to 1291, had done by establishing the supremacy of the 
 House of Austria. — Sofylt, Albrecht. 
 
 2736. SBatfcit, now orphans, here in older sense of fatherless (as 
 here, since the father was in prison) or motherless children. 
 
 2739. 233ilb*fyeu--er, wild hayer ; poor peasants, with no pastures 
 of their own, who cut " free " (unclaimed) grass on almost inaccessible 
 heights, cf. 2740 ff. 
 
 2751. 3n (Jnto) bcu fedjften 2Wonb (=2ftonat), going on six 
 
 months. 
 
 2758. ©djafft, etc., Get this . . . out of my sight. 
 2775. Get her away from here. 
 
 2781. tote e3 (fein) foU. 
 
 2786. 3d) tt)iU — Qbott fci mix gttabig. Gessler's cruelty reaches 
 its climax in terrible threats for the future; skillfully and with great 
 dramatic effect, does the poet choose this the best of all opportunities to 
 cut him down; his last act of cruelty — riding down a helpless mother 
 and her children (invented by the poet for this very purpose) — so 
 vividly recalls his past villainy and so righteously enrages the reader 
 that Tell's deed appear* as just retribution, the rescue of his country 
 and people, not as inu.ider. 
 
 2810 ff. Now death lays hold of (lit. ' approaches ') his heart. — gc* 
 
230 NOTES. 
 
 fcrodjett, cf. 866, note. — (geljt SHttber. The contrast between these 
 innocent children and the dying tyrant is indeed very strong; so also 
 that in 2804. 
 
 2815. fieget £anb a« f Take hold. 
 
 2818. SQdQt t§, Just dare it! implying that he had better not. The 
 moment the tyrant is gone the peasants change their tone. 
 
 2822. 3ft C3, etc., Has it come to that? 
 
 * S3armI)Cr5tgC 23riiber. The order of the Brothers of Mercy 
 was established in 1540 by Juan di Dio (also called Juan Ciudad) 
 in Seville; Schiller probably thought it much older. Their dress was 
 black, hence Stiissi's rude reference to them as ravens around a corpse. 
 
 2836 ff. ($3 ftiir^t tl)tt (fig. of runner) , he is overthrown ; t§ rctfjt 
 ♦ . . fort, he is hurried away. — XMX , , . JKtdjtcr ftcI)Ctt (for treten, 
 jtd) ftcHen). This chorus, after the manner of that in Greek tragedy, 
 which Schiller had imitated the year before in the Sraiit t»01l Sfteffitta, 
 is a very solemn and impressive close to the scene. 
 
 The expected catastrophe comes; the individual blow (Scene 2, end) 
 has been struck. Swiss freedom is half achieved (Rudenz' expedition 
 being still in doubt). The scene, one of the finest Schiller ever wrote, 
 is worthy of the events it describes. Not only v are the beginning and 
 end, the monologue and the chorus very impressive, but the many 
 striking contrasts — Tell and Stiissi, ber cmftc (Safi — ba& §od)gett8= 
 Ijaug, 2658, the 9ftorb and SJhlfif, 2804, the innocent children and the 
 dying tyrant, 2812, etc., etc., are also very effective. 
 
 ACT V. SCENE 1. 
 
 The scene is again laid in Altorf, before Zwing Uri (I., 3) ; the time 
 is the morning after Gessler's death. 
 
 2840 ff. geifrftgnale, cf.2555. — $ie S3urgett r Rossberg and Sarnen, 
 2846. Sod), i. e. Zwing Uri, cf. 371. 
 
 2848. ©tier t>0tt llrt, Bull of Uri. The name Uri is thought 
 to be derived from Ur = auer-ox ; Uri's coat-of-arms showed the bull's 
 head, and in battle her troops carried an enormous bull's horn (1092), 
 which was carried and blown by one called ber ©tier Holt Uri. 
 
 2849. $od}=ttiad}t f a high watch-tower^ different from 1442. 
 
ACT V. SCENE I. 231 
 
 2853 ff. Very characteristic of the old, over-cautious Fiirst. 
 
 2858. Have we not enough in these, etc. 
 
 2865. tm ilauf (lit. ' on its course '), i. e. it has begun. (Buchheim.) 
 
 2875. Sftanmlid), for usual mtinnUd).— 2Bage=tljat f daring deed. 
 
 2880 f. ®C^lcr T 3 S3«b ( = $nappe), i. e. his servant, no doubt one 
 of several who had brought Bertha here. Cf. 2529, note; 2883. — 
 23nutctf=er=Ut r lit. 'she of Bruneck'; note fern, ending in and cf. 
 281 f., note. 
 
 2888. $50 gait (cf. 1921, 1990, notes), That was the time for. — 
 ®cfrf)ttJtnb( i quick >fet!t f promptness. 
 
 28go ff. IjtittCU » ♦ ♦ flcltebt, i. e. would have hesitated and taken 
 no risk. — fe^tClt , , , gctroft . . . bratt, cheerjully risked. 
 
 2902 f . in alien Sd)icffal3*proben, in every trial. — fiber ben 
 
 23ninta,(*paf3), see map; it is allied to Bruneck, Bertha's family name. 
 Cf. 1 1 94, note. The chroniclers say he was allowed to go north, to- 
 wards Luzern. 
 
 2906. Wad) jagt T , Exceedingly poetic and emphatic word-order; 
 / rushed (flew) after him. 
 
 291 1. Urp^ebe (properly Ur--fef)be, but cf. late Latin urpheda), 
 Ur=, lit. 'out,' hence 'over with'; gef)be, 'feud,' hence 'feud at an 
 end.' It is an oath not to avenge wrong suffered, i. e. oath to keep the 
 peace. Say : He swore a solemn oath never to return. 
 
 2923. ber JJretljett . . . ^Ctdjen, as it always, from ancient times, 
 has been. We still speak of the " cap of Liberty." 
 
 2934. WOllcn, are ready to. 
 
 2 947- 23wcf f also SBritgg, allied to SBriicf^e, ' bridge,' is a small town 
 on the Aar, near the mouth of the Reuss, some 20 miles from Zurich. 
 
 2949. Schiller intends this as a tribute to his friend, the great 
 Swiss historian, Johannes von Miiller, a native of Schaffhausen (lived 
 1 752-1 809), whose personal letters and " History of Switzerland" were 
 of great assistance in writing the play. 
 
 2952 f. Duke Johann was the son of Rudolf, Albrecht's brother 
 and is the same as §ergog §atl8 of 1338 ff. The murder was really 
 done on May 2, 1308. 
 
 2954 ff. be£ $ater=morb3, here for SBerroanbterumovb. Cf. Lat. 
 
 parricidium, meaning the murder of any near relative; hence the 
 name Johann Parricida (3165),— ba£ Daterltdje Qttbe f Konrad Hunn 
 
232 NOTES. 
 
 speaks offeitt 3ftiittertid)e§, 1344, note. Tschudi mentions both. — (&§ 
 l)ie§, it was rumored; they said. — bcmtm ♦ . ♦ tfttgett, cut off from. — 
 
 a&5ufmb?tt (cf. Eng. 'pay off'),/«/ off with, etc. — 2Bte bem ♦ ♦ . fei, 
 
 Be that as it may. 
 
 2966 ff. @teitt $tt SBdfeen, name of Albrecht's castle. Cf. 2670, 
 note, ©tettt is very common in such castle names; cf. 9ftt)eirt=fteut, 
 
 ^omg^ftom— ©en (for ©egett, towards) 9fUjetnfelb(=en), cf - I 3 2 A-U 
 
 note. — 4pof=ftfltt, i.e. court; temporary residence. — §an§ (Johannvon 
 Schwaben, 2953), Albrecht's nephew; fieojjolb, Albrecht's son. 
 
 2975. flltc ♦ ♦ ♦ <St(lbt, the old Roman town of Vindonissa, a border 
 fortress against the Germans and one of the capitals of Helvetia, 
 but destroyed in 594 by Childebert II., Emperor of the Franks; now 
 village of Windisch. 
 
 2977 f. §ab§bMVq, shortened from §abttf)t«(hawk's) burg. — SSo 
 (= Don tt)0), whence. Except in the date (cf. 2952 f., note), Schiller 
 has adhered closely to Tschudi's account. 
 
 2983. 5(ttf bcttt ©etncn r i. e. upon his own territory. 
 
 2993. StcntD (i.e. 9ietcf)8=ftanb, division of the Empire); every 
 district. A @tattb was sometimes also a single city. 
 
 2997 f. be£ 33aiUte£, i. e. the ban of excommunication. — $)et 
 Ultgant JiOUtgiu, Agnes was Albrecht's oldest daughter and, since 
 1 301, widow of Andreas III. of Hungary. 
 
 3001 ff. The chroniclers tell many stories of her vindictive revenge; 
 that the castles of the murderers were destroyed and hundreds of men, 
 women, and children (gan^C ^eugiUtgeit, whole generations) killed. 
 Modern history gives her a better character. — in s D}aieittCM, Bullinger 
 says that after having had 63 men beheaded, she walked about in their 
 blood, saying she was " bathing in May dew." 
 
 3013. fid) felbft, etc., it is its own fearful food. Cf. Shakespeare's: 
 1 doth make the meat it feeds upon.' 
 
 3023. In Nov. 1308 the Electors did assert their independence of 
 Habsburg by choosing Henry of Luxemburg, who reigned, as Henry VII., 
 1308-1313. 
 
 3025 ff. metyrften (now vulg.) for meijtat.— 3fi jn Ijoffen onf 
 
 (future, 614, note), there is hope of. Henry did confirm (in 1309) the 
 old (Friedrich II.) charters of Uri and Schwyz and granted one of 
 the same kind to Unterwalden. 
 
ACT V. SCENE 2. 233 
 
 3032 s. fcefrfjeibett, here = obedient. Cf. also 554, note. — (gl^bctl), 
 for (SUfabetlj, widow of Albrecht.— aUc3 ®ttte3, for atleS ©Utc. 
 3037. ^in=frf)Ctb(en), death. 
 
 3042. Cf. 2484, note. The usual gen. is replaced by $0$ e£, etc. 
 3046. $or=fd)U& (t)Or-fd)teben, 'shove along'), aid. 
 3058. Cf. 1327 ff. Did he even deign to. 
 
 3063 ff. riifyrte ♦ . . an, remarkable form, for nmrbe angeritfjrt I)a= 
 
 Ben.— fnnttte fcitt, could have been. 
 3068. $>te (biejemgen, bte) cr gemeljrt, those whom he has helped. 
 
 3074. tO\U # , ♦ ttid)t gcbitljren, very emphatic, is by no means our 
 duty. (Buchheim.) 
 
 3081 f . j$U cbCtt bicfcm, to this same.— Straiten, i. e. of sympathy. 
 
 The other attack (Rudenz-Melchthal) upon the tyrants has also been 
 successful (cf. IV., 2, end), the triumph of liberty is complete and per- 
 manent. The scene shows that all danger is over, now that the tyrants' 
 castles are destroyed ; nor is revenge from without to be feared, for the 
 Emperor is dead and another, more kindly disposed, will rule in his 
 stead. 
 
 ACT V. SCENE 2. 
 
 * JCigt itt r 3 $fttit f lit. 'points into the free' (air), i. e. affords a 
 view out doors. The scene is the same as in III., 1 ; time same as in V., 1. 
 
 3088. Ultb aUt$ (ift fret), and everybody is free. 
 
 3093. ©ittg . . ♦ Ijart toorbci (tyart rare for na^e or bid)t, cf. Eng. 
 
 ' hard by '), lit. ' passed hard by my life,' i. e. came very near hitting me. 
 
 * mit 5cr=ftbrtcn 3 U 9 C11 , with ha ig ard > wild look - ger=ftort, gener- 
 ally ' ruined,' here for t>cr=ftort, * troubled.' 
 
 31 10. tOH§ ift (Slid), what is the matter with you. At once her 
 woman's instinct tells her something is wrong. 
 
 31 13. 233ie and), however much. — Iect)5ettb, longing. 
 
 31 1 7 f. A very ancient and classic invocation of hospitality. 
 
 3125. fdjltiirt (lit. 'lace up,' hence ' compress ') mir bus Sttltre £11, 
 your look oppresses my heart. Hedwig's gradually increasing fear, 
 prompted by her intuition alone, is well portrayed. 
 
 * I)dlt fid) (W, takes hold of something to support herself. 
 
 3139. Quite a common custom in classic as well as mediaeval times. 
 
234 NOTES. 
 
 3145. frei, i. e. with a clear conscience. Gives Tell's own view of 
 his deed. Compare his consciousness of innocence with Parricida's 
 manner. 
 
 3 I 59- 3ft* ttwret. The subj., following indie, fcib (3156), power- 
 fully expresses Tell's hesitation; he can hardly believe what he hears; 
 You are . . . can it be that you are? 
 
 3162 f. toofynett, for toeilen, stay. — £er$og toon Dfterretdj, another 
 
 name for the same Herzog Johann von Schwaben of 2953, called in 
 history Johannes Parricida (cf. 2954, note). 
 
 3171. Tell's angry contempt makes him say btt, 
 
 3176 ff. This passage embodies the real purpose of this scene — to 
 so contrast the deed of Parricida with that of Tell, as to make the one 
 appear murder, the other self-defense, thus fully vindicating Tell. 
 
 3184. s J?id)t3 tetl T , etc., I have nothing in common with you. 
 
 3192 f. fo jttltg, he was 18 years old.— ($nf cl s Jhlbotyl)3, i. e. his 
 father, Rudolf, was son of Rudolph of Habsburg, who, unlike Albrecht, 
 was much esteemed in the Forest Cantons. 
 
 3195. $e3 armen 2ftamte3, expands meiner. 
 3199. be^wang, for begtuungen Ijatte; fomtte toerbett, for fyatte 
 toerben fonnen. 
 3201. i. e. meinen juttgen Setter Seopolb, Albrecht's second son, 
 
 later signally defeated at Morgarten. The passage is based on Joh. 
 v. M tiller's account. 
 
 3210. According to Weiss all were executed but Walther von Eschen- 
 bach, who escaped to Wiirtemberg and became a herdsman, and Parri- 
 cida himself, who, after having found refuge in a monastery in Pisa, 
 was condemned to life-imprisonment by Henry VII. 
 
 3213. Tschudi's expression; i. e. their friends were forbidden to 
 shelter them, their enemies allowed to kill them. 
 
 3216. 2Biifte r cf. 2136, note. 
 
 3218. faljre fdjauberttb, start back shuddering {afraid of myself) 
 if etc. 
 
 3223. 2Rettfd) bet ©linbe, sinful (in perfectly general sense) 
 mortal. 
 
 3244. ftUbed (generally hrilbetl) 2attfe£, adv. gen., in its wild 
 course. 
 
 3245. <Sel) T r Am I to se-e. Cf. 2970. 
 
ACT V. SCENE 2. 235 
 
 3253 ff. This <5d)retfeit$*ffrfl&* runs along the steep bank of the 
 Reuss through the wild mountain gorge of Schollenen, from Goschenen 
 to the Devil's Bridge (bie Srutfe, tt>efd)e ftiittbet r the spray-covered 
 bridge; cf. (&taubbad), III., 2, introductory note); this latter (since 
 1830 a new granite structure) was once a slight hanging chain-bridge 
 spanning the Reuss, where it dashes over the rocks around the £eufet§= 
 ftein, covering the bridge with spray. Avalanches (333inbe^tt>el)ett, lit. 
 drifts forced along by wind) from the icy summits above (3>od), lit. ' yoke,' 
 4 mountain-ridge ') are very common and dangerous along this road. 
 
 3259. rci|t ♦ ♦ . fid) ttllf (' tears itself open'), i. e. opens suddenly. 
 This rocky gateway is the so-called Urtter £ocf), once a narrow cleft, 
 since 1707 quite a wide tunnel, over 200 feet long. 
 
 3261. This bright vale of joy is the Urferentfyal; its open, green 
 pastures are in marked contrast to the gloomy gorges just described. 
 
 3265. bettte3 IRetdjeS SSobett, Canton Tessin and Italy, part of the 
 Holy Roman Empire. Cf. 266, note. 
 
 3267. bte ettl'gett (Seen, seven small lakes on the Gotthard Pass, 
 fed by the eternal snows on the high Alps. 
 
 3270 f . eilt aitbrer (Strom, the Tessin, or Ticino, which, like the 
 Reuss, has its source in the lakes just mentioned. — (Slid) (&a\.,for you) 
 \>a$ gelobte, the Promised Land, i.e. of rest and safety; cf. Bible term 
 3)a* getobte 2anb = the " Holy Land." 
 
 The drama closes as it began with fine descriptions of nature; here 
 its rugged grandeur, there (Act I., Sc. 1) its exquisite beauty; it is 
 indeed remarkable that Schiller who was never in Switzerland can 
 describe the scenery and localities so vividly and accurately. For his 
 account of the Gotthard road he relied on Meiners' SBriefc liber bte 
 ©djtttetg, on Miiller, and on the chroniclers; much attracted by the 
 theme he used it again in one of his best lyrics, SBergltfb, in which all 
 the points mentioned above recur. 
 
 * bcbeutet . . . £aitb, makes a sign to him. 
 
 3291. &nedjte, i. e. the (Saffen, 1209, note, eigne Seute, 1081, note, 
 1 1 43. Appropriate ending for this drama of freedom. 
 
 The scene has the purpose of still further justifying the deed of Tell, 
 by comparing it with Parricida's. The murder of the Emperor is all 
 the more vivid in the murderer's presence. Tell vindicates himself pub- 
 licly as he had already done privately (2561 ff.). 
 
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS FROM Stell 
 
 1. ©reif an mit ©ott ! 2)em Sftdcijften mug man Ijelfen. (fluom, 107.) 
 
 2. 2Bo'8 not tfyut, lafit fU3| atfe8 magen. (£ea, 136.) 
 
 3. 2)er brace 9ftann benft an ftdO fetbft gulefct. 0CeB ( 139.) 
 
 4. SSom ftdjern $ort fdgt fid)'« gemdd)Ud) raten. (ftuobi, hi.) 
 
 5. 3d) t}ah' g:tt)an, ma8 id) nid)t taffen fonnte. (XeU, 160.) 
 
 6. £)er fluge 9flann baut Dor. (©ertrub, 274.) 
 
 7. 2)em 2Jcutigen Ijilft ©ott. (©ertrub, 313.) 
 
 8. UnbittigeS ertrdgt fein ebleS £erg. (©ertrub, 317.) 
 
 9. 2)ie tefcte ®aty ftefyt aud) bem ©djttmdjften often, (©ertrub, 328.) 
 
 10. 2Ba8 §dnbe bauten, fonnen §dnbe ftiiqen. (£ea, 388.) 
 
 11. S)a« fd)tt)ere §erg mirb nid)t burdj 2Borte ieidjt. (£ea, 419.) 
 
 12. 2)ie fdjneflen §errjd)er ftnb'8, bic fuq regieren. (Sea, 423.) 
 
 13. 2)em grieMid)en gemdfyrt man gem ben grieben. (Seu, 429.) 
 
 14. 23eim ©djiffbrud) Ijitft ber (Singelne fidt) teidjter. (Sea, 434.) 
 
 15. (Sin jeber gdtjtt nur ftdjer auf fid) felbft. (Sea, 436.) 
 
 16. SBerbunben merben and) bie ©d)mad)en mddjtig. (Stauffadjer, 437.) 
 
 17. 2)er ©tarfe if* am mddjtigften attein. (Sea, 438.) 
 
 18. D, maajtig iji ber £rieb be8 SBaterlanbs! (2itting$aufen, 849.) 
 
 19. @d)rec!Ud) immer, 
 
 5tucr) in gered)ter <&atyt ift ©ematt. (Hebtng, 1321 f .) 
 
 20. ©ott Ijilft nnr bann menu 2ftenfd)en nidjt me^r Ijelfen. (flebing, 1323.) 
 
 21. 3Ran mug bem 9Iugenblicf aud) roa8 oertrauen. (ftebing, 1439.) 
 
 22. gruy iibt fide), ma§ ein 2fteifter merben mitt. (Sea, 1482.) 
 
 23. 2)en fdjredft ber 23erg nid)t, ber barauf geboren. (Sea, 1513.) 
 
 24. 2)ie 5lrt im §au8 erfpart ben gimmermann. (Sea, 1515.) 
 
 25. (Sin jeber roirb befteuert nad) SBermogen. (Sea, 1525.) 
 
 26. Ser gar gu t»ieX bebenft, mirb menig leiften. (Sea, 1533.) 
 
 27. 3)er lann md)t ftagen iiber Ijarten ©prud), 
 
 S)en man gum 2fteifter fetneS ©d)idfat« madjt. (©efeier, 1935 f .) 
 
 28. 2)er ift mir Der Sfteifter, 
 
 2)er feiner flunft gettrig ift iiberatt. (©efcier, 1941 f.) 
 
 (237) 
 
238 ' rDiit^elm Cell. 
 
 29. (SefciljrUd) ift'8 ein 2ftorbgett)ef)r gu tragen 
 
 Unb auf ben ©djii^cn fpringt ber $feit guriitf. (©e&ier, 1974 f .) 
 
 30. Unb attguftraff gefpannt, gerfpringt ber 53ogen. (Rubens, 1997.) 
 Ser flug ift, feme fdjtneigen nnb geljordjen. (©efcier, 2086.) 
 
 31. @eib etnig — einig — eintg. (wtting&aufen, 2452.) 
 
 32. 25e8 SBauern £anbfd)lag ift and) ein 2ftanne8tt)ort. (2Rei<$t$ai, 2488.) 
 
 33. 2)urd) bieje fyoljte ©affe muf$ er fommen. (£eir, 256i.) 
 
 34. gort tnugt bu, beine Ut)r ift abgelaufen. (£eu, 2568.) 
 
 35. (S3 lebt ein ©ott, gu ftrafen unb gu radjen. (£ea, 2597.) 
 
 36. £)em @^tt)ac^e.n ift fein ©tadjel audj gegeben. (£eii, 2676.) 
 
 37. Sfadje trdgt feine grudjt. (ftUrft, 3013.) 
 
 38. 2)ie £iebe mitt ein freieS Dpfer fein. (ftttrft, 8975.) 
 
 39. 2Ber Xtyv'tintn ernten mitt, mug 2iebe fden. (3Reic$t$ai, 3082.) 
 
 40. 2)a8 Ungliicf tyridjt getualtig gu bem £ergen. (fcebwig, 3124.) 
 
 This list could easily be made much longer. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
 
 The following list does not claim to be in any sense complete. It 
 has been purposely limited to some of the latest and best litera- 
 ture, in the belief that only such will be of real, practical value 
 to those for whom this book is designed. For fuller biblio- 
 graphy, the reader is referred to the works of Dierauer and 
 Hettler, cited at the end of this list. 
 
 EDITIONS. 
 
 The first edition of Tell and the only one which received Schiller's 
 corrections was : 
 Wilhelm Tell. Schauspiel von Schiller. Zum Neujahrsgeschenk auf 
 
 1805. Tubingen. Cotta. 1804. 
 
 CRITICAL EDITIONS. 
 
 Important among modern critical editions are those by: 
 M. Carriere. In Brockhaus' ' Bibliothek der deutschen Classiker des 
 
 18. und 19. Jhdts.' Leipzig, 187 1. 
 H. Oesterley. In Goedeke's * Historisch-kritische Ausgabe,' vol. XIV. 
 
 Stuttgart, 1872. 
 W. Vollmer. Stuttgart, 1879. 
 W. v. Maltzahn. In Hempel's 'Deutsche Classiker.' Schillers 
 
 Werke, vol. VI. New ed. 1889. 
 A. Birlinger. In Kiirschner's ' Deutsche National-Literatur,' vol. 145. 
 
 Stuttgart, 1890. 
 
 SCHOOL EDITIONS. 
 
 As among the latest and best of the numerous German and Eng- 
 lish school editions, with introduction and notes, may be mentioned 
 those of: 
 
 German. 
 
 Jul. Naumann. Leipzig, 2nd edition, 1884. Map. 
 0. Kallsen. Gotha, 1884. 
 
240 ttHifjetm Cell. 
 
 J. Polzel. Vienna, 2nd ed. 1888. Map. 
 
 A. Funke. Paderborn, 4th ed. 1888. Map. 
 
 E. Kuenen. Leipzig, 3rd ed. 1889. 
 
 A. Thorbecke. Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1889. Map. 
 
 A. Florin. Tell-Lesebuch. Davos, 1891. Map. 
 
 English. 
 H. Miiller-Striibing and R. H. Quick. London, 2nd ed. 1374. Map. 
 C. A. Buchheim. Oxford, 7th ed. 1886. Map. 
 
 Same abridged. Oxford, 2nd ed. 1887. Map. 
 G. E. Fasnacht. London, 1887. Map. 
 K. Breul. Cambridge, 1890. 2 Maps. 
 
 Same abridged. Cambridge, 1890. Map. 
 
 COMMENTARIES. 
 
 Valuable among detailed commentaries on Tell are those of: 
 J. Meyer. Schillers Wilhelm Tell auf seine Quellen zuruckgefiihrt 
 
 und sachlich und sprachlich erlautert. New ed. revised and 
 
 enlarged by Barbeck. Niirnberg, 1876. 
 C. Gude. Erlauterungen deutscher Dichtungen. Leipzig, 7th ed. 1881. 
 H. Duntzer. Wilhelm Tell erlautert. Leipzig, 4th ed. 1887. 
 E. Kuenen. Die deutschen Classiker erlautert und gewiirdigt. 
 
 1 Bdchen. 3rd ed. Leipzig, 1889. 
 A. Florin. Die Unterrichtliche Behandlung von Schillers Wilhelm 
 
 Tell. Davos, 1891. 
 Bohme. Erlauterungen zu den Meisterwerken der deutschen Dicht- 
 
 kunst. Berlin, 1 89 1. 
 L. Bellermann. Schillers Dramen, Beitrage zu ihrem Verstandnis. 
 
 Berlin, 2 vols. 1 888-1 891. 
 
 More or less brief and general literary comment on the play 
 
 may be found in: 
 
 Th. Carlyle. Life of Friedrich Schiller. Ed. of 1845, with Supple- 
 ment of 1872. London, 1873. 
 
 H. Viehoff. Schillers Leben etc. Stuttgart, 1874-5. 3 vols. 
 
 G. G. Gervinus. Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung. 5 vols. 5th ed. 
 Leipzig, 1874. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 241 
 
 H. Kurz. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. 4 vols. 7th ed. 
 
 Leipzig, 1 876-1 881. 
 Herm. Hettner. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im 18. Jhdt. 
 
 3 vols. 3rd ed. Braunschweig, 1879. 
 C. Hepp. Schillers Leben und Dichten. Leipzig, 1885. 
 
 E. Palleske. Schillers Leben und Werke. 12th ed. Stuttgart, 1886. 
 H. W. Nevinson. Life of Friedrich Schiller. London, 1889. 
 
 Brief mention is made of Xett in the well-known histories of 
 German literature by Wilhelm Scherer, Vilmar, and Julian Schmidt. 
 Excellent critiques may also be expected in later volumes of the 
 Schiller biographies by Weltrich and Minor, now in press. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 K. Lucae. Aus deutscher Sprach- und Litteraturgeschichte. Mar- 
 burg, 1889. 
 
 M. Muhlenbach. Die dramatische Idee in Schillers Wilhelm Tell. 
 Ratibor, 1883. 
 
 H. Bulthaupt. Dramaturgic der Klassiker. Oldenburg-Leipzig, 
 1889. 
 
 The historical and legendary phases of the subject are exhaust- 
 ively treated in : 
 
 W. Vischer. Die Sage von der Befreiung der Waldstadte etc. 
 
 Leipzig, 1867. 
 W. Gisi. Quellenbuch zur Schweizergeschichte. Bern, 1869. 
 H. Hungerbuhler. Etude critique sur les traditions relatives aux 
 
 origines de la Confederation Suisse. Geneva, 1869. 
 A. Rilliet. Les Origines de la Confederation Suisse. 2nd ed. Geneva, 
 
 1869. 
 G. Meyer von Knonau. Die Sage von der Befreiung der Wald- 
 
 statte. Basel, 1873. 
 Kopp. Geschichte der eidgenossischen Biinde etc. Luzern, 1874. 
 
 F. Vetter. Uber die Sage von der Herkunft der Schweizer etc. 
 
 Bern, 1877. 
 E. L. Rochholz. Tell und Gessler in Sage und Geschichte. Heil- 
 bronn, 1877. 
 
242 rOti^elm Cell. 
 
 P. Vaucher. Esquisse d'histoire Suisse. Lausanne, 1882. 
 
 W. Oechsli. Die Anfange der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft. 
 
 Zurich, 1 89 1. 
 Ed. Heyck. Geschichte der Herzoge von Zahringen. Freiburg, i. B., 
 
 1891. 
 J. M. Vincent. State and Federal Government in Switzerland. 
 
 Baltimore, 1891. 
 J. Dierauer. Geschichte der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft. 
 
 Vol. I. Gotha, 1887. Vol. II. Gotha, 1892. Gives very full 
 
 bibliography. 
 
 For full lists of older works, cf. 
 Aug. Hettler. Schillers Dramen. Eine Bibliographic Berlin, 1885. 
 
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