Copy 1, Volume 2

Popular tales and romances of the Northern nations.

Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Popular tales and romances of the Northern nations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Who are you, and what do you want the abbot addressed him. Diet. I want to hire your mill; who I am, you will learn on the day when the deeds of all men shall be judged. Abbot. Have you gold to pay the rent? Diet. I was, for years, head butler to a bishop, of what he stole from the church, I stole the half from him; 1 am rich, therefore. Abbot. You are an audacious criminal, whom we shall punish and compel to make restitution. Diet. You are also priests. 1 wish you were the heads of the church. I would make restitution with my poniard. Abbot. Man, you are mad ! Diet. Not mad, reverend sir, only in a fever ! One of the monks. For ten gold pieces, you shall touch the girdle of St. Bruno three times, which cures all fevers, however obstinate. Diet. Impossible, impossible I Mine is the fever of the brain; the tears of man are my medicine, and ray thirst is for blood ! Abbot. Ha! you are.our man. Sit down^