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Legend of the Glorious Adventures Of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere

By Charles De Coster

2019-02-26 19:39:50

Excerpt.......At Damme, in Flanders, when the May hawthorn was coming into flower, Ulenspiegel was born, the son of Claes. When she had wrapped him in warm swaddling-clothes, Katheline, the midwife, made a careful examination of the infant’s hea ... Read more
Excerpt.......At Damme, in Flanders, when the May hawthorn was coming into flower, Ulenspiegel was born, the son of Claes. When she had wrapped him in warm swaddling-clothes, Katheline, the midwife, made a careful examination of the infant’s head, and found a piece of skin hanging therefrom. “Born with a caul!” she cried out joyfully. “Born under a lucky star!” But a moment later, noticing a small black mole on the baby’s shoulder, she fell into lamentation. “Alas!” she wept, “it is the black finger-print of the devil!” “Monsieur Satan,” said Claes, “must have risen early this morning, if already he has found time to set his sign upon my son!” “Be sure, he never went to bed,” answered Katheline. “Here is Chanticleer only just awakening the hens!” And so saying she went out of the room, leaving the baby in the arms of Claes. Less

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File size2688.224 KB
Print pages366
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781371528751
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Charles De Coster
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Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature.He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Cost...

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