AmongKingOttocar’sesquiresorsubalternjuniorofficialsonthisoccasion，isoneRUDOLF，heirofapoorSwissLordshipandgrayHill—Castle，calledHAPSBURG，ratherinreducedcircumstances，whomOttocarlikesforhisprudenthardyways；
astout，modest，wiseyoungman，——whomaychancetoredeemHapsburgalittle，ifhelive？Howtheshuttlesfly，andthelife—threads，always，inthis\"loud—roaringLoomofTime！\"——
AlongwithOttocartoo，asanallyintheCrusade，wasOttoIII。
AscanierMarkgrafandElectorofBrandenburg，great—grandsonofAlberttheBear；——nameOttoTHEPIOUSinconsequence。HetoofoundedaTowninPrussia，onthisoccasion，andcalleditBRANDENBURG；whichisstillextantthere，asmallBrandenburgtheSecond；fortheseproceduresheiscalledOttoTHEPIOUSinHistory。HisWife，withal，wasasisterofOttocar’s；[Michaelis，i。270；Hubner，t。174。]——which，exceptinthewayofdomesticfelicity，didnotintheendamounttomuchforhim；thisOttocarhavingflowntoohigh，andmeltedhiswingsatthesun，inasadway，asweshallseeelsewhere。
NoneoftheOrdersrosesohighastheTeutonicinfavorwithmankind。IthadbydegreeslandedpossessionsfarandwideoverGermanyandbeyond:IknownothowmanydozensofBALLEYS（richBailliwicks，eachagainwithitsdozensofCOMTHUREIS，Commanderies，orsubordinategroupsofestates），andBailliesandCommanderstomatch；——andwasthoughttodeservefavorfromabove。