Frode took his forces over the Elbe, and killed him near the village of Hanofra (Hanover), so named after Hanef.

But Swerting, though he was equally moved by the distress of his countrymen, said nothing about the ills of his land, and revolved a plan for freedom with a spirit yet more dogged than Hanef's.

Men often doubt whether this zeal was liker to vice or to virtue; but I certainly censure it as criminal, because it was produced by a treacherous desire to revolt.

It may have seemed most expedient to seek the freedom of the country, but it was not lawful to strive after this freedom by craft and treachery.
Therefore, since the deed of Swerting was far from honourable, neither will it be called expedient; for it is nobler to attack openly him whom you mean to attack, and to exhibit hatred in the light of day, than to disguise a real wish to do harm under a spurious show of friendship.

But the gains of crime are inglorious, its fruits are brief and fading.