Flemish Legends. Charles de Coster

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Halewyn.

       XIV. Of the great weakness of Sir Halewyn and of the days and nights which he spent in the forest.

       XV. How the Miserable, having hanged fifteen virgins in the Gallows-field, held wicked revels and cruel orgies.

       XVI. How the burgesses of the good town of Ghent gave protection to the virgins of the domain of Halewyn.

       XVII. Of what Sir Halewyn did on the borders of his domain.

       XVIII. Of the damosels Magtelt and Anne-Mie, and of Schimmel the dapple-gray.

       XIX. How Magtelt sang to Sir Roel the lied of the Lion, and the song of the Four Witches.

       XX. Of the sixteenth virgin hanged.

       XXI. How Magtelt sought Anne-Mie.

       XXII. How Magtelt wept bitterly, and of the fine dress which she had.

       XXIII. Of Toon the Silent.

       XXIV. How the damosel Magtelt made a good resolution.

       XXV. Of the sword of the Lion.

       XXVI. Of the noble apparel of the maid Magtelt.

       XXVII. How Sir Roel and the lady Gonde questioned Toon the Silent, and of what he answered.

       XXVIII. The riding of the maid Magtelt.

       XXIX. Of the crow and the sparrow, of the hound, the horse and the seven echoes.

       XXX. How Magtelt came to the Gallows-field.

       XXXI. Of the sixteen deaths and of the Prince of the Stones.

       XXXII. How father, mother, and sister sought everywhere their son and brother, and could not find him.

       XXXIII. Of the feast in the castle of Heurne, and of the head upon the table.

       Smetse Smee

       I. Of Smetse, his belly, and his forge.

       II. How Slimbroek the Red put out the fire in Smetse’s forge.

       III. Wherein Slimbroek is seen in the river prettily tricked out.

       IV. Of the two branches.

       V. Of the flaming ball, of the forge relit, and of the terrible great buffet which the man with the lantern gave to Smetse’s wife.

       VI. Wherein the wife of Smetse shows the great length of her tongue.

       VII. Of Smetse the Rich.

       VIII. How there came a ragged, wayfarer to Smetse’s door, and with him, on an ass, a sweet wife and a little child.

       IX. What Smetse did in order to keep his secret.

       X. Of the Bloody Councillor.

       XI. Wherein the workmen hold fair speech with Smetse.

       XII. How that Smetse would not give his secret into his wife’s tongue’s keeping.

       XIII. Of the Bloody Duke.

       XIV. Of the great fears and pains of Smetse’s wife.

       XV. Of the Bloody King.

       XVI. Wherein Smetse beholds on the River Lys a most marvellous sight.

       XVII. Of Hell, of Purgatory, of the long ladder, and finally of Paradise.

       XVIII. Wherein it is seen why Smetse was whipped.

       XIX. Of the fair judgment of My Lord Jesus.

      Illustrations

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       The Church of Haeckendover Frontispiece

       The Little Stone Boy Facing page 6

       The Man in White 52

       Sir Halewyn in the Wood 64

       The Song of the Head 92

       Smetse caught by the Two Branches 108

       In Smetse’s Garden 126

       The Devil-King and the Sack 150

      Translator’s Note

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      There never was a book which needed less of an introduction than this one, unless it is that it should have an apology from the translator for his handling of so beautiful an original. But since so little is generally known of these Legends and their author a word of information may be demanded.

      Charles de Coster flourished in the middle part

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