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it, when, in the delirium of rage, which animated 
him, Tell answered with firmnefs, ‘* wretch! (saidhe,) 
if I had killed my son, this arrow fhould have bin 
steeped in your heart’s blood !”” This was a crime of 
too high nature to be forgiven. Tell was immediate~ - 
ly seized, and condemned to suffer perpetual im- 
prisonment in the castle of Kufinacht. Gesler would 
not even lose sight of him till he was safely lodged 
there. He was carried bound to Fiuellin, from 
whence they were te go by water to Ku/snacht, in 
the province of Schweitz ; but on their pafsage, one 
of those tempests so common on this lake at that 
time of the year, (the 18th of November,) arose; and 
they were in the greatest danger of being all swal- 
lowed up by the waves. In this extremity, one of 
the servants of Gesler, who knew that Tell was an 
expert mariner, proposed that he fhould be unbound 
to give them his afsistance. The advice was adop- 
ted. Tell exerted himself as much as pofsible for 
their common preservation ; and taking the helm, 
gave directions to the rowers how to proceed. He 
observed that his bow and arrows had been put 
-into the stern of the boat; and being driven near 
a projecting head land, between Siziken and Bru- 
nen,, where the sea ran very high, he gave orders 
to the rowers to exert all their force, and keep 
‘steady at their pull, till they fhould weather it ; 
then keeping as close to the lee fhore as pof- 
sible, and bringing the boat thus as near the rock as 
he could. No sooner did the prow of the boat get 
past the rock, than suddenly turning the helm, the 
stern came vwery near the rock, when, watching 
