“When he is met, that Nele with care
And toil is very weary, say,
Beloved Thyl, where dost delay?
Saw you him, pray?
“Does he not know the dove’s despair
What time her mate abroad doth stay?
Much more a faithful heart must bear.
Saw you him, pray?”
Ulenspiegel smote upon Lamme’s paunch and said to him:
“Hold thy breath, big belly.”