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Flemish Legends

by Charles de Coster

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  1. 1Translator’s Note
  2. 2The Brotherhood of the Cheerful Countenance
  3. 3II — How Jan Blaeskaek Gave Good Counsel to Pieter Gans, and Wherei…
  4. 4III — Of the Songs, Voices, Mewlings, and Sounds of Kisses Which Pi…
  5. 5IV — Wherein the Two Worthy Men Set Out for Brussels, Capital City…
  6. 6V — Of the Long Conversation and Great Perplexity of Pieter Gans an…
  7. 7VI — Wherein It Is Seen That the Devil Is Not a Good One; and of th…
  8. 8VII — Of the Great Parliament of the Women of Uccle
  9. 9VIII — Of the Great Wit Which Every Woman Has, and of the Modest Co…
  10. 10IX — Wherein It Is Seen That the Learned Thomas a Klapperibus Knew…
  11. 11X — Of the Brigand Called Irontooth
  12. 12XI — In Which It Is Seen How Bravely the Good Wives of Uccle Did th…
  13. 13XII — Wherein Pieter Gans Is Nearer the Stake Than the Wine-Barrel
  14. 14XIII — Of the Great Wonder and Astonishment of My Lord the Duke Whe…
  15. 15XIV — In What Manner Was Instituted the Order of the Women-Archers…
  16. 16The Three Sisters
  17. 17II — How a Prince of Araby Was Taken With Love for the Youngest Sis…
  18. 18III — Wherein It Is Seen How Satan Persecutes Those Ladies Who Seek…
  19. 19IV — Of the Voice of the Divine Bridegroom, and of the Horseman in…
  20. 20V — How, by the Command of God, the Three Ladies Rode to Adventure
  21. 21VI — Of the Diamond Hammers, and Foundations Torn Up From the Ground
  22. 22VII — Of the Youngest Sister and the Beautiful Angel
  23. 23VIII — How the Three Ladies Saw a Green Island, With Sweet Flowers…
  24. 24IX — Of the Church of Our Lord at Haeckendover, and of the Strange…
  25. 25X — Of the Two Bishops, and the Withered Hands
  26. 26Sir Halewyn
  27. 27II — Of Dirk, Called the Crow
  28. 28III — Of Sir Halewyn and How He Carried Himself in His Youth
  29. 29IV — How Sir Halewyn Wished to Take Himself a Wife, and What the La…
  30. 30V — How It Came About That Sir Halewyn, After a Certain Tournament,…
  31. 31VI — Of the Rovings and Wanderings of Sir Halewyn
  32. 32VII — Of the Prince of the Stones and of the Song
  33. 33VIII — What Halewyn Did to the Little Girl Cutting Faggots
  34. 34IX — Of the Heart of a Maid and of the Great Strength Which Came to…
  35. 35X — How the Miserable Robbed a Lombard Goldsmith, and of the Pleasa…
  36. 36XI — Of the Arrogant Arms of Sir Halewyn
  37. 37XII — How Sir Halewyn Jousted With a Knight of England
  38. 38XIII — Of the Heart Dried Up and of the Dame Halewyn
  39. 39XIV — Of the Great Weakness of Sir Halewyn and of the Days and Nigh…
  40. 40XV — How the Miserable, Having Hanged Fifteen Virgins in the Gallow…
  41. 41XVI — How the Burgesses of the Good Town of Ghent Gave Protection t…
  42. 42XVII — Of What Sir Halewyn Did on the Borders of His Domain
  43. 43XVIII — Of the Damosels Magtelt and Anne-Mie, and of Schimmel the D…
  44. 44XIX — How Magtelt Sang to Sir Roel the Lied of the Lion, and the So…
  45. 45XX — Of the Sixteenth Virgin Hanged
  46. 46XXI — How Magtelt Sought Anne-Mie
  47. 47XXII — How Magtelt Wept Bitterly, and of the Fine Dress Which She Had
  48. 48XXIII — Of Toon the Silent
  49. 49XXIV — How the Damosel Magtelt Made a Good Resolution
  50. 50XXV — Of the Sword of the Lion
  51. 51XXVI — Of the Noble Apparel of the Maid Magtelt
  52. 52XXVII — How Sir Roel and the Lady Gonde Questioned Toon the Silent,…
  53. 53XXVIII — The Riding of the Maid Magtelt
  54. 54XXIX — Of the Crow and the Sparrow, of the Hound, the Horse and the…
  55. 55XXX — How Magtelt Came to the Gallows-field
  56. 56XXXI — Of the Sixteen Deaths and of the Prince of the Stones
  57. 57XXXII — How Father, Mother, and Sister Sought Everywhere Their Son…
  58. 58XXXIII — Of the Feast in the Castle of Heurne, and of the Head Upon…
  59. 59Smetse Smee
  60. 60II — How Slimbroek the Red Put Out the Fire in Smetse’s Forge
  61. 61III — Wherein Slimbroek Is Seen in the River Prettily Tricked Out
  62. 62IV — Of the Two Branches
  63. 63V — Of the Flaming Ball, of the Forge Relit, and of the Terrible Gr…
  64. 64VI — Wherein the Wife of Smetse Shows the Great Length of Her Tongue
  65. 65VII — Of Smetse the Rich
  66. 66VIII — How There Came a Ragged, Wayfarer to Smetse’s Door, and With…
  67. 67IX — What Smetse Did in Order to Keep His Secret
  68. 68X — Of the Bloody Councillor
  69. 69XI — Wherein the Workmen Hold Fair Speech With Smetse
  70. 70XII — How That Smetse Would Not Give His Secret Into His Wife’s Ton…
  71. 71XIII — Of the Bloody Duke
  72. 72XIV — Of the Great Fears and Pains of Smetse’s Wife
  73. 73XV — Of the Bloody King
  74. 74XVI — Wherein Smetse Beholds on the River Lys a Most Marvellous Sight
  75. 75XVII — Of Hell, of Purgatory, of the Long Ladder, and Finally of Pa…
  76. 76XVIII — Wherein It Is Seen Why Smetse Was Whipped
  77. 77XIX — Of the Fair Judgment of My Lord Jesus

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