— Rudolph, keeping the others, makes over Bohemia and Moravia to the king. ... Alas for the noble king — That he did not remain true to his owm nation — Thus would he have obtained great fame — And also great riches — With the help of which he could have made yet further conquests — And defeated all his foes. — But the king continued to revile his countrymen — To injure them whenever he could."

A lengthy account of the grievances of various great Bohemian nobles against King Ottokar follows. The writer closes the chapter dealing with that king by these words: "When, therefore, the king had need of the Bohemians — He did not receive willing aid from them — They left him when he required them. — When the king saw that he could not rely on them in the hour of need — As they would not forget their sufferings and the evil — (which they had endured) The king said: 'When I return from the wars — I will inflict much evil on the Bohemians — I will thus stain the Petrin^[1] with their blood — That no Bohemian will any longer be seen on the bridge of Prague. — Truly he could no longer wish to live.' — When he spake such words publicly. — Few Bohemians did he take with him — He marched with Germans, made them his own — Zavis^[2] and his brother were with Rudolph — This was very harmful to the Bohemian king — For he (Zavis) knew the strength of his forces — And had friends in his army — When at daybreak they were preparing for battle — Zavis sent a message to the king, saying — That if he were gracious to him — He would be

1 A hill near Prague (known in German as the Laurenz Berg), where the executions then took place.

2 The head of the family (or rather clan) of Vitkovic, whom Ottokar had exiled.

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