They would, for contumely, fain have flung the bodies to the dogs, but the Silent:
“It is not bodies that must be thrown to the dogs, but feeblemindedness that bringeth about doubts of singleminded and good intents.”
And lords and soldiers shouted:
“Long live the prince! Long live Orange, the friend to the countries!”
And their voices were as a thunder threatening injustice.
And the prince, pointing to the bodies:
“Give them Christian interment,” said he.
“And I,” said Ulenspiegel, “what is to be done with my faithful carcase? If I have done ill let them give me blows; if I have done well let them accord me reward.”
Then the Silent One spake and said:
“This musketeer shall have fifty blows with green wood in my presence for having, without orders, slain two nobles, to the great disparagement of all discipline. He shall receive as well thirty florins for having seen well and heard well.”