Michal cried,
“Nothing is wanting, not even a hair,
Be sure the Devil himself is there.”
Then it was Jergli’s turn to speak,
“If it be not, it’s at least his mother,
Or else it’s the Devil’s own step-brother.”
And now Marli had a bright thought, and said to Veitli,
“Advance, Veitli, advance, advance,
And I behind will hold the lance.”
Veitli, however, did not attend to that, and Jackli said,
“Tis Schulz’s place the first to be,
No one deserves that honor but he.”
Then Master Schulz plucked up his courage, and said, gravely,
“Then let us boldly advance to the fight,
And thus we shall show our valour and might.”