Told by the Death's Head

ed of money-I hadn't a penny to my name!-it never occurred to me to help myself from the alms-b

e box with me-it had not been

he chalizeh sandals with straps, and the ancient Hebrew pallium. Anywhere else in the civilized world a

oes, Spaniards, Turks, Chinese-all nationalities, all the costumes of the globe were represented. Consequently no one, however striking may have been his garb, w

me to a D

of the harbor, and were scudding before a favorable wind. Then, as he was passing along

in a language I had never heard before. He tried several different tongues-oriental by their sound-with the same result. I

at language does this f

tch, and that I was not a heathen from the Orient, b

re you going

ship will take

oney to pay for

solitar

anything

h precious gems, which I will give you a

ome by it

an gave it to me as a souvenir. May I sink with this ship to

osed Mynheer. "I don't want my ship to go to the bottom of the s

h more than yo

moment, then

you got i

lver vessels

edn't mind swearing again! I won't arrest you

his private cabin, I would tell him how I

porcelain pipe-about the size of a thimble-with tobacco, thrust the stem between his lips, but did not light it-I dare say, because

ke to the archbishop, Mynheer removed the pipe from his lips, deliberately knocked the tobacco into the palm of his hand and em

you-by yourself-a poor unknown devil, would be believed by the archbishop, when you accused so powerful an order as the Dornenritter of blasphe

s, or heard with his ears? How could I have dreamed the Baphomet worship? How could I have d

mplars? But, what was permitted to King Philip will not be tolerated in you; you will not be allowed to tell stories about Baphomet idolatry, and serpent w

itness: this sacred wafer, defiled by the idol-worshippers. See! here in the center of it, is the print of Ash

large spectacles on the bridge of

aved the souls of many devout Christians from eternal damnation, in that you have hindered them from kneeling in adoration today at mass before this symbol of Baphomet! Indeed, half Stettin will owe thanks to you if, instead of damnation, it wins s

am afraid it will result in your ruin; you will most likely be arrested for stealing church property-the punishment for which is death at the stake. What will your word be worth against the denials of the knights? Do yo

ed in perplexity, giving the bag a thrust with

knights would, beyond a doubt, have you walled into some corner of the castle

you advise me to d

t man whose business it is to relieve pious folk of any treasure they may have taken from Satan-or, found where it was not lost. I am acquainted with a Christian of that sort; you need not be afraid to trus