ous picture of Ottocar's oppressions;
expatiated on the discontents of the natives, and their inveterate
hatred to the Bohemians, and used all his eloquence to encourage the
King of the Romans to invade the country. "I observe," he says, "the
countenances of your adversaries pale with terror; their strength is
withered; they fear you unknown; your image is terrible in their
imaginations; and they tremble even at the very mention of your name.
How will they act, and how will they tremble when they hear the voice
of the approaching thunder, when they see the imperial eagles rushing
down on them like the flash of the lightning!"

The plan formed by Rudolph for the prosecution of the war was
calculated to divide the forces and distract the attention of Ottocar.
He himself was to penetrate into Bohemia, while his son was to invade
Austria, and Meinhard of Tyrol to make a diversion on the side of
Styria. To oppose this threatened invasion, Ottocar assembled a
considerable army, sent a reenforcement to Henry of Bavaria, augmented
the garrison of Klosterneuburg, a fortress deemed impregnable,
fortified Vienna, and despatched a considerable party of his army
toward Teppel to secure his frontier; but resigning himself to
supineness and careless security, he passed that time, which should
have been employed in repressing the discontented by his presence and
rousing the courage of his troops, in hunting and courtly diversions.

Rudolph, apprised of these dispositions, changed his plan, marched
against Henry of Bavaria, and compelled him, by force of arms, to
desert the Bohemian alliance. He meditated a reconciliation between
the Duke and his brother the Count Palatine, and, to secure his
cooeperation, gave his daughter Hedwige in marriage to Otho, son of
Henry, with the promise of assigning a part of Upper Austria as a
pledge of her portion. This success opened to him a way into Austria.
Accompanied by Henry with a reenforcement of one thousand horses, he
traversed Lower Bavaria, by Ratisbon and Passau; overran that part of
Austria which lies to the south of the Danube, without resistance, was
received with joy by the natives, and rapidly marched toward Vienna.

This well-concerted expedition bore rather the appearance of a journey
than a conquest, and Ottocar, awakened from his lethargy, received the
intelligence with astonishment and terror. He now found even his ally
Henry, in whose assistance he had confided, serving with his