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Van den bekeerden Zondaer Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics When the disasters are at their worst, And the run of pain and pressure, May a person comfort himself, With forthcoming happiness But when a person could live, In happiness and great prosperity, He may reasonably fear, For misfortune or for death. A soldier of many battalions (so the Gazette reports) Came from Spain on his leave With a soldier’s pack full of money, Saved and gathered well, By martial prowess, courage or sense, Came this man in joy approaching His beloved fatherland. He had taken a dog with him, An animal loyal but very Large of body, and [they] came To an inn at nightfall Where he was happy in his heart To the people it pertained, Without evil suspicion said, That he brought with him a great treasure. The owner<a title="">[1]</a> brought him to silence, And made the soldier understand, That many a thief are Nowadays along road and track, Who could attack him, The soldier said instantly, I would defend myself, With my loyal dog. Herewith he went onwards About a quarter hour outside the city He, by three murderers, Was treacherously seized They stabbed him in his heart, That he fell dead upon the ground Remark, this has now been proven, The loyalty of a dog. Because the beast ripped one apart Ferociously bit him in the throat Dragging his body back and forth, That he was choking on his blood, That dog made a great tumult, Threatened the other one with death too Who instantly fled up a tree Full of fear and greatly scared. [The dog] held on, howled, cried, and clawed, Against the tree’s bark, He frightened the murderers in their hearts, He brought them into the highest diffidence Whilst they were sitting upon that tree, The dog howled with all its might, The beast was rampageous Which lasted all of the night. In the morning, four gendarmes came, Saw the blood upon the ground, When the murderers saw them, Called kill that evil dog, The gendarmes were a little tardy, With attentive minds, Saw the dog caressed them, And showed them love and care. They followed this wondrous beast twenty steps, Whereupon they discovered The two dead bodies<a title="">[2]</a> The blood was lying in puddles and places They, astonished beyond measure, Saw the dog lick the wounds, Of his master, the soldier. They came to bind the murderers Climbed down from the tree, The dog wanted to devour them, They brought them full of fright and diffidence To Toulouse, what sad matters, Spectators so many times, Saw what people befell, By the honourable tribunal. The dog delighted and flattered, All the people, small and big, If they led him to the murderers, He became crazy and threatened death, To those two villains, barbarians, Disrupters of road and street, The deterrent murderers Of that native soldier. The judges were praised, With a verdict rightly grounded, Have sentenced them to death By the proof of the dog When they heard of their deaths These two murderers, full of misery, Before dying both Confessed their evil deed. Remark here, angry, evil minded-people, Remark here servant, maid, woman and man, How God through the mute beasts, Can uncover the murderers. So too all other misdeeds, Which are done in secret. Let us from now on fear that evil So that the virtue in us lasts. End. <div> <div> </div> </div> Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. murder Gender Gender of the person being executed. male Date Date of ballad 1800 Notes Additional information related to the ballad pamphlet or related events Translation notes: 1. ‘bazin’ is the female version of ‘owner’ 2. In Dutch the word ‘ontgeest’ is used which literally means ‘de-spirited’ or ‘de-souled.’ Image notice Full size images of all ballad sheets available at the bottom of this page. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource HISTORIE-LIED, Des getrouwigheyd van eenen Hond; Dutch murder soldier