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was the daughter and heiress of the Lord of the Kienast, and the most blooming of Sile- sian beauties. Her wealth and charms attrac- ted crowds of knightly wOOers to her fathers castle; but the maiden, like another Camilla was entirely devoted to the bOsterOus exer- cises of the chase, in which she excelled many of her suitors she would hear no tale OflOve and dreaded marriage as she did prison. At length to free herself from all importunities, she made a solemn vow, never to give her hand but to the knight who would ride round the castle on the outer wall. Now, this wall is not only too narrow to furnish secure or pleasing promenade in many circumstances, but,throughOut nearly its whole course, it runs along the very brink of hideOus ,precipices, & in one place, hangs over the brink of a fright full abyss, which to this day, bears the name of Hell. The number of theslady's lovers rap idly diminished. The more prudent wisely considered, that the prize was not worth the rlsk; the vain proposed themselves to the tri- al,ln the hope that their presence would mol ify Cunigunda's heart and procure dispen- sation from the hard condition; but the mountain-beauty was proof against all arts, and when the moment of danger came, the courage of the suitor generally gave way. History has not recorded the precise number of those who actually made the attempt; it is only certain that every one of them broke his neck (as he well deserveda) and she lived on in her wild and virgin independence. At length young and handsome knight appear ed at the castle gate, and requested to be ad- mitted to the preseuce ofits mistress, that he might try his fortune. Cunigunda received him and her hour was come his manly beau ty, the courtesy ofhis behaviour, and his mo- ble spirit made her repent, for the first time, of the price which she had set upon her hand. Having received in presence of the in- mates of the castle her promlse to become his bride fine should return in safety from the trial, I,he rode forth to the wall, accompanied by the tears and wishes ofthe repentant beau- ty. In a short time shout from the menials announced that the adventu.e had been a. chieved and Cunigunda exulting that she was conquered hastened into the court, which the triumphant knight was just entering, to meet his ardent caresses.-Bat the knight stood aloof, gloomy and severe. "I can claim you," said he; "but am come, and have risked my life, not to win your hand but to humble your pride, ,and to punish your bar barity''-and tEereupOn he read her harsh lecture on the cruelty and arrogance of her conduct towards her suit0rs. The spirit of chivalry weeps at recording, that he finished his oration in giving the astonished beauty a box on the ear, sprung into his saddle, and galloped forth from the gate. It was the Landgrave Albert of Thuringia, already a married man, and who had long trained his favorite steed to this perilous exercise. The memory of the ulterior fate of Cunigunda has not survived.