The initial letter W, depicting the William Tell's successful attempt to shoot an apple off the head of his son, at the order of Gessler, the Austrian governor of Uri (Tell's canton), who stands in the background. On the ground is the pole and hat that represented the governer's authority, which Tell refused to honor, and in Tell's jacket is the second arrow--to be used to kill Gessler if Tell had killed his son.
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