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BIBLIOGRAPHY 141

ILLUSTRATIONS

LA PLACE DE GRUYERE _Frontispiece_ _From a watercolour by Colonel R. Goff_

THE CHATEAU _Facing p._ 10

GATEWAY " 22

LACE-MAKERS " 38

FORTIFIED HOUSES--NORTH WALL " 56

THE CITY ON THE HILL " 72

TERRACE OF THE CHATEAU " 90

CHURCH OF ST. THEODATE " 112

JOUSTING COURT " 132

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THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE

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BIS SEPTEM SEACULA CURRENT
MOENIA FUNDAVIT BELLO FORTISSIMUS
HAEROS VANDALUS ATQUE SUO SIGNAVIT
NOMINE MUROS GRUS VIXIT AGNOMEN
COMITE DEDIT ADVENA PRIMO
RUBEA GRUEM VEXILLA AC SCUTI PILOSI SUSTENTENT
QUORUM EUTIS PARRIDA RUGIS AC ARMATA MANUS
VULSIS RADICIBUS ARAE EST
HUIC CELEBRIS SERVES ET LONGA PROPAGO NEPOTUM
DIVES OPUM OLIVES PIETA
VESTIS AURIS EXTITIT ET NOSTRIS
PER PLURIMA SAECULA TERRAS PRAEFUIT
GRUERIUS SEXTAE LEGIONIS VANDALORUM DUX

ANNO 436

_Behold now twice seven centuries.--That a Vandal hero bravest
among warriors.--Founded this fortress.--This fortified city has
since preserved the name of the Grue.--The stranger became the
first count.--His descendants carried the Grue on their scarlet
banners.--And on their hairy shields.--To the Vandal hero succeeded
a long line of illustrious descendants.--Rich in fortune, rich in
their piety.--These Counts won the order of the golden vest.--And
for many centuries the posterity of Gruerius.--Chief of the
sixteenth Vandal legion who lived in the year 436 governed our
country._