“We are ready, even unto the death!”
And the men said one to another:
“What joy it will be to exchange this land of slavery for the freedom of the sea!”
And the women and girls said likewise:
“Let us follow our husbands and our lovers; we belong to Zeeland and there we shall find asile!”
Now Ulenspiegel had noticed a young and pretty maid, and he addressed her jokingly:
“I would you were my wife!”
But she blushed and answered him:
“I would have thee for my husband—but at the church only, remember!”
The women laughed and said among themselves: