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198 MINNESINGERS.
he appears to have been present. He takes the op-
portunity of giving very judicious advice to the new
Emperor for consolidating his government by a libe-
ral policy; and fortifies his counsel by the examples
of the generous Saladin, and his rival Richard Cceur
de Lion. In many of the subsequent songs we find
allusions to the evils which intestine war and the in-
trigues of the papal court had brought upon Ger-
many; and our poet is every where the staunch
advocate and defender of the national interest and
honour.
We soon after find him commemorating the mar-
riage which was celebrated at Magdeburg in 1207
between Philip and a Grecian princess :—
.... eins Keisers bruder und eins Keisers-kint.
A Cassar's brother and a Caesar's child.
The bride he describes as—
Rose ane dorn, ein tube sunder gallen.
A thornless rose, a gall-less dove.
Walter's life was completely that of a wanderer.
The geige and the harp were both his accompa-
niers. He pursued his way on horseback; and
when we contemplate the great extent of this
itinerancy, we need not be surprised that the poetry
and romance of these countries were so widely dif-
fused, even under so many apparent restraints on
he appears to have been present. He takes the op-
portunity of giving very judicious advice to the new
Emperor for consolidating his government by a libe-
ral policy; and fortifies his counsel by the examples
of the generous Saladin, and his rival Richard Cceur
de Lion. In many of the subsequent songs we find
allusions to the evils which intestine war and the in-
trigues of the papal court had brought upon Ger-
many; and our poet is every where the staunch
advocate and defender of the national interest and
honour.
We soon after find him commemorating the mar-
riage which was celebrated at Magdeburg in 1207
between Philip and a Grecian princess :—
.... eins Keisers bruder und eins Keisers-kint.
A Cassar's brother and a Caesar's child.
The bride he describes as—
Rose ane dorn, ein tube sunder gallen.
A thornless rose, a gall-less dove.
Walter's life was completely that of a wanderer.
The geige and the harp were both his accompa-
niers. He pursued his way on horseback; and
when we contemplate the great extent of this
itinerancy, we need not be surprised that the poetry
and romance of these countries were so widely dif-
fused, even under so many apparent restraints on