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In which Van Baerle, before leaving Loewestein, settles Accounts with Gryphus
InonemomentCorneliuswasdisarmed,andGryphusraisedandsupported;and,bellowingwithrageandpain,hewasabletocountonhisbackandshouldersthebruiseswhichwerebeginningtoswelllikethehillsdottingtheslopesofamountainridge.
Aprotocoloftheviolencepracticedbytheprisoneragainsthisjailerwasimmediatelydrawnup,andasitwasmadeonthedepositionsofGryphus,itcertainlycouldnotbesaidtobetootame;theprisonerbeingchargedwithneithermorenorlessthanwithanattempttomurder,foralongtimepremeditated,withopenrebellion.
WhilstthechargewasmadeoutagainstCornelius,Gryphus,whosepresencewasnolongernecessaryafterhavingmadehisdepositions,wastakendownbyhisturnkeystohislodge,groaningandcoveredwithbruises.
Duringthistime,theguardswhohadseizedCorneliusbusiedthemselvesincharitablyinformingtheirprisoneroftheusagesandcustomsofLoewestein,whichhoweverheknewaswellastheydid.Theregulationshadbeenreadtohimatthemomentofhisenteringtheprison,andcertainarticlesinthemremainedfixedinhismemory.
AmongotherthingstheytoldhimthatthisregulationhadbeencarriedouttoitsfullextentinthecaseofaprisonernamedMathias,whoin1668,thatistosay,fiveyearsbefore,hadcommittedamuchlessviolentactofrebellionthanthatofwhichCorneliuswasguilty.Hehadfoundhissouptoohot,andthrownitattheheadofthechiefturnkey,whoinconsequenceofthisablutionhadbeenputtotheinconvenienceofhavinghisskincomeoffashewipedhisface.
