71. Vexillis de more sublatis, auditisque triste
sonantibus classicis. Ammian. xxxi. 5. These are the rauca
cornua of Claudian (in Rufin. ii. 57), the large horns of
the Uri, or wild bull - such as have been more recently used
by the Swiss cantons of Uri and Unterwald (Simler de
Republica Helvet. 1. ii. p. 201, edit. Fuselin. Tigur.
1734). Their military horn is finely, though perhaps
casually, introduced in an original narrative of the battle
of Nancy (A.D. 1477) "Attendant le combat le dit cor fut
corne par trois fois, tant que le vent du souffleur pouvoit
durer: ce qui esbahit fort Monsieur de Bourgoigne;car deja
a Morat l'avoit ouy." (See the Pieces Justificatives in the
4to edition of Philippe de Comines, tom. iii. p. 493.)