Jeppe—Talk Danish, you dirty dog! Then we'll be able to defend ourselves all right.
First Lawyer—For whether it is found that a person intends to steal, or does steal, he is a thief.
Jeppe—Ah, my gracious judge, I should gladly be hanged, if that lawyer could be hanged at my side.
Second Lawyer—Don't talk that way, Jeppe, you only injure your own cause by it.
Jeppe—Why don't you answer, then? (Aside.) He stands there like a dumb fool.
Second Lawyer—But how do you prove furandi propositum?
First Lawyer—Quicumque in aedes alienas noctu irrumpit, tanquam fur aut nocturnus grassator existimandus est, atqui reus hic ita, ergo.
Second Lawyer—Nego majorem, qvod scilicit irruperit.
First Lawyer—Res manifesta est, tot legitimis testibus exstantibus, ac confitenti reo.
Second Lawyer—Quicumque vi vel metu coactus fuerit confiteri—