"I am a great sinner," was the answer. He certainly looked like a ruffian!
When further asked his designs he explained,
"I am a great traitor, and unworthy of any mercy."
Then they asked if he meant to burn the castle and kill Nicolas.
"Worse things than these would I do, only for God," he replied. Such a hardened, boldfaced criminal never stood before a bar!
He was taken, tied to a horse's tail, and dragged through the town to the gallows. If it had not been for the intervention of a good man in the crowd, who knew the friars, he would have been hung.
Ginepro's Dinner.
"Brother Ginepro," said one of the friars one day, "we are all going out, and by the time we come back will you have got us a little refreshment?"
"Most willingly," said Ginepro, "leave it to me."
Out he went with a sack, and asked food from door to door for his brethren. Soon he was well laden and returned home.