The hawk eye
Leopold, the father of William, by these events was plunged into the deepest dejection.When John, the son of the King of Bohemia, was but the hawk eye seventeen years of age, and a puny, weakly child, he was hurriedly married to Margaret, then twenty two.In this awful hour Leopold developed magnanimity and heroism worthy of his name.Jaghellon was baptized by the name of the hawk eye Ladislaus, and Lithuania was annexed to Poland.There were two hostile parties in the field, one in favor of Frederic of Austria, the other in favor of Louis of Bavaria.Thus the diminutive margrave of Austria, which was at first but a mere military post on the Danube, had grown by rapid accretions in the hawk eye one century to be almost equal in extent of territory to the kingdoms of Bavaria and of Bohemia.Margaret, a sanguine, energetic woman, despised her baby husband, and he, very naturally, impotently hated her.Frederic himself was struck from his horse, and as he fell, stunned by the blow, he was captured, disarmed and carried to the presence of his the hawk eye rival Louis.No one was more punctual than he at matins and vespers, or more devout in confessions, prayers, genuflexions and the divine service in the choir.CHAPTER the hawk eye III.God forbid, said he, that I should endeavor to save my own life and leave you to die! I will share your fate, and, with you, will either conquer or perish.It was this successful intrigue which cost Louis of Bavaria his the hawk eye imperial crown for the blood of the King of Bohemia was roused.
