All the assembled people cried out:
“Mercy! mercy for Ulenspiegel!”
Ulenspiegel upon his ladder said:
“Pity! gracious Emperor!”
The Emperor lifted his hand and said:
“If this rascal asks me for something I cannot do, he shall have his life!”
“Speak, Ulenspiegel,” cried the people.
The women wept and said:
“He can ask for nothing, poor fellow, for the Emperor can do all things.”
And all said: