[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[104] Situated at the extremity of the Confederation, without
forming part of it, and sharing the faith of the Reformed Cantons,
Constance, the first city open to the attacks of the Emperor
upon the banks of the Rhine, invoked the aid of the Cantons,
whose rigorous neutrality left it exposed without defence to its
adversaries.--_Histoire de la Confédération Suisse_, tom. xi. p. 296.
[105] Ulrich, Duke of Wurtemberg, although among the first to submit
to the Emperor, was compelled to sue for pardon on his knees, and to
pay a ransom of 300,000 crowns.--Robertson, _Hist. of Charles V._,
book viii.