At length she was taken out and placed between the council and the howling mob, while the King said—
“Ye men of Friesland, this is the girl who saved the Christians. What are we to do with her?”
[From photo: C. B. Broersand, Leuwarden.
The girl was loved by the people, and they felt compassion for her; but the priest, in a loud voice, cried shame on them for their cowardice, urging them to cruelty, until with a savage cry they shouted, “To the wolves!”
Then Adgillus came forward, saying—
“If you kill her I will be a Frisian no longer. If you throw her to the wolves I go with her and fight with them for her with my sword, which I have sworn to use for the protection of the innocent and defenceless, and God helping me, I’ll keep my oath!”
The applause of the people was deafening, but the priest silenced them, saying—
“This girl has insulted our gods and embraced the new religion. Therefore our law requires her death.”
But the people cried out, with their thousands of voices—