The court awarded to the informer, Josse Grypstuiver, who was not named, fifty florins on the first hundred florins of the inheritance, and a tenth part of the remainder.
Having heard this sentence, Claes said to the dean of the fishmongers:
“Thou shalt come to an ill death and a bad end, thou man of evil, who for wretched pelf dost make a widow of a happy wife, and an unhappy orphan of a lighthearted son.”
The judges had allowed Claes to speak, for they also, all but Titelman, held in scorn and loathing the informing of the dean of the fishmongers.
The latter appeared all livid with shame and rage.
And Claes was taken back to gaol.
LXXIII
On the morrow, which was the day before Claes was to die, the sentence was made known to Nele, to Ulenspiegel, and to Soetkin.
They asked the judges for permission to enter the prison, which was granted, but not to Nele.