Farina, The Entry into Cologne

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌⁠Seven days Kaiser Heinrich remained camped outside Cologne. Six times in six successive days the Kaiser attempted to enter the city, and was foiled.

‘Beard of Barbarossa!’ said the Kaiser, ‘this is the first stronghold that ever resisted me.’

The warrior bishops, electors, pfalzgrafs, and knights of the Empire, all swore it was no shame not to be a match for the Demon.

‘If,’ said the reflective Kaise