[The Burgomaster’s Wife Complete by Georg Ebers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Burgomaster’s Wife Complete CHAPTER XXXIII 18/23
At first we wouldn't believe him, but the boy was right. The water had grown too hot for the crabs, and the lights the lad saw were the Spaniards' lunts.
Look, children, there is Lammen--" Adrian had gone close to the map with his companions and now interrupted the Beggar by laughing loudly. "What is it, curly-head ?" asked the latter. "Look, look!" cried the boy, "the great General Valdez has immortalized himself here, and there is his name too.
Listen, listen! The rector would hang a placard with the word donkey round his neck, for he has written: 'Castelli parvi! Vale civitas, valete castelli parvi; relicti estis propter aquam et non per vim inimicorum!' Oh! the donkey 'Castelli parvi!'" "What does it mean ?" asked the Beggar. "Farewell, Leyden, farewell, ye little 'Castelli;' ye are abandoned on account of the waves, and not of the power of the enemy.
'Parvi Castelli!' I must tell mother that!" On Monday, William of Orange entered Leyden, and went to Herr von Montfort's house.
The people received their Father William with joy, and the unwearied champion of liberty, in the midst of the exultation and rejoicing that surrounded him, labored for the future prosperity of the city.
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