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 sword and said: “Now off with the heads of this paramour and his servants!” So the heads of them all fell off, and the lion tore the bodies in pieces, and the horses ran into the town.

After this Brunswik went to a certain castle and sent secretly for the barons of the land. Then the barons and nobles came with great joy as to their beloved lord and rode with him to Prague. Then, when King Astronomus and his daughter Neomenia learned the truth, they went out far to meet him with great joy. Likewise many others, old and young, went out of Prague to meet him. Then was there great joy in all the land, that their prince had brought the lion. And he related to all how great labour he had had, and his beloved queen, Neomenia, rejoiced above all others. Then Brunswik commanded proclamation to be made in all towns, and a lion to be painted on all gates, and on one side of the banner of the land he commanded a white lion to be embroidered on a red field.

When he was forty and five years old, he